The Chennai Port Trust is to convert the Jawahar Dock (East) berth into a small container terminal to handle around 8,00,000 twenty foot equivalent units (TEUs) a year. The berth was used to handle coal till a few years back, but has been lying unused after coal handling was shifted to Ennore port. The port's proposal for a Rs 4,200-crore mega container terminal failed to attract good response from potential bidders recently.
