In Tamil Nau, the Larsen and ToubroÂ’s Kattupalli Port is all set to commence import as well as export activities for industry on June 6. The port recorded the first successful trial run of imported goods on April 18. Inaugurated by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on January 30, the Rs 3,800-crore project is jointly floated by L&T and Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation (TIDCO).
Kattupalli Port received the first vessel of X-press Feeders (Thailand Chennai Express–TCX service) on April 18 carrying 76 forty-foot equivalent units of import containers containing auto spare parts for a Japanese firm. Noting that the consignment was successfully handled there, NYK Lines (Nippon Yusen Kaisha), one of the leading Japanese shipping companies, has announced that three vessels will arrive at the port on June 6, 13 and 27.
The vessels will depart from Laem Chabang (Thailand) on Wednesdays and will call at Singapore, Port Klang, Kattupalli and Chennai Port and return to Laem Chabang via Singapore on Wednesdays with a turnaround time of 21 days.
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