THE Port of Tuticorin handled 721,268 TEU in January, 7.52 per cent increase year on year, reported New Delhi's Times of India.

The port's container terminals, Tuticorin International Container Terminal and Dakshin Bharat Gateway Terminals, with a draft of 14.2 metres, capable of berthing 8,000 TEU vessels, offer an impressive 30-plus container moves per hour, according to port officials.

NICDC Logistics Data Services (NLDS) highlighted the industry-leading performance metrics of container trade through the port, such as its low dwell time and the least CFS export cycle dwell time in their Logistics Data Bank Annual Report 2024.

Its terminals offer mainline connectivity to the Far East, the Middle East, and the West, given its location on the eastern shore of the very tip of India.

Port Authority chairman Susanta Kumar Purohit said the port witnessed more than 30 ad hoc calls from various container lines and holds immense potential to attract more volumes upon completion of dredging and widening of the entrance mouth of the port in a couple of months.