Tuticorin port handles over 3 mt cargo in February

Tuticorin port has handled a record cargo traffic of 3.23 million tonne (mt) during February 2015, surpassing the previous 2.85 mt handled during March last year.

The port also has crossed the previous year's traffic of 28.64 mt on February 27 by clocking 28.8 mt. It had reached the record figure 32 days ahead of its own laid out schedule.

The key contributors are coal, pet coke, copper concentrate, rock phosphate, construction materials, containerised cargoes, oil cake copra, naphtha, furnace oil, liquid ammonia and caustic soda lye.

The port also has crossed 2013-14 container traffic volume of 507,735 TEUs on March 3, 2015, by handling 508,678 TEUs traffic during the current year.