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14001:2004 Certificate of Approval |
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History of
Tuticorin
Port:
Tuticorin has been a centre for maritime trade and
pearl fishery for more than a century. The natural harbour with a rich hinterland, activated the development of the Port,
initially with wooden piers and iron screw pile pier and connections to
the railways. Tuticorin was declared as a minor anchorage port in 1868.
Since then there have been various developments over the years.
Tuticorin became the citadel of the freedom struggle
in the early 20th century. In 1906, one of the greatest
freedom fighters of
India, Mr. V.O.
Chidambaram Pillai, launched the first swadeshi ship "S.S.
Gaelia" in British India.DD
After
Independence, the minor
Port of
Tuticorin witnessed a
flourishing trade and handled a variety of cargo meant for the
neighbouring countries of
Sri Lanka, Maldives etc.
and the coastal regions of India.
To cope with the increasing trade through Tuticorin,
the Government of India sanctioned the construction of an all-weather
Port at Tuticorin. On July 11,1974, the newly constructed
Tuticorin
Port was declared as
the 10th major port 1st April 1979, the erstwhile Tuticorin minor Port
and the newly constructed Tuticorin major Port were merged and the
Tuticorin Port Trust was constituted under the Major Port Trusts Act,
1963.
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Construction details:
Tuticorin Port is an artificial deep-sea harbour
formed with rubble mound type parallel breakwaters projecting into the sea
for about 4 km. (Length of North breakwater is 4098.66 m, length of South
breakwater is 3873.37 m and the distance between the breakwaters is
1275m). The Port was designed and executed entirely through indigenous
efforts. The harbour basin extends to about 400 hectares of protected
water area and is served by an approach channel of 2400 metres length and
183 metres width.
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Advantages:
1.
Tuticorin
is the only Port in Southern India to offer a direct weekly
container service to U.S.A. Window berthing is provided on every Friday
and the transit time to US is 22 days. Further, regular weekly direct
services to Europe on every Tuesday (transit time 17 days), China on every Wednesday (transit
time 10 days), Red Sea
Ports on every Thursday (transit
time 8 days) are also available. Besides, 26 services per month to
Colombo are also available.
2.
For
the import container from Bangalore, Salem & Dharmapuri
region, concessional storage charges at Port area are offered on
experimental basis.
3.
Port
has good road / rail connectivity. Presently two ICD rakes viz. One ICD
train leaving Bangalore on every Sunday and another ICD train leaving
on Wednesday are available for connection vessel to Europe and USA separately.
4.
Based
on volume, Port could facilitate sharing of infrastructure facilities
available at Oil Jetty to handle POL products.
5.
Port
has vast open space within and outside security wall for storage of
cargo. Requisition for allotment of land on short term basis for 11
months could be considered within one month time.
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Important
Milestones:
It is now 32 years since
Tuticorin
Port was declared as a
Major
Port. In these 32 years
it has crossed many milestones. The important milestones in the development
of Tuticorin are given below:
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Declaration
of
Tuticorin
Port as a major Port
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11.07.1974
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Commissioning
of the Oil mooring berth
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13.07.1974
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Commissioning
of the first two alongside berths
(VOC I & II)
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02.12.1975
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Commissioning
of the next two alongside berths
(VOC III & IV)
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31.12.1976
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Constitution
of the Port Trust Board
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01.04.1979
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Commissioning
of Oil Jetty
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26.04.1980
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Commissioning
Coal jetty I
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01.03.1983
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Commissioning
of fifth alongside berth (AB 1)
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05.09.1983
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Commissioning
of sixth alongside berth (AB 2)
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01.01.1984
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Commissioning
of Coal jetty II
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27.02.1995
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Certification
of ISO 9002
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12.03.1996
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Introduction
of Night navigation
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12.10.1996
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Commissioning
of alongside berth 7
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05.09.1998
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Licensing
out berth no 7 to M/S PSA-SICAL
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15.07.1998
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Commissioning of shallow draught berth
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10.05.1999
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Completion of Dredging in
Harbour
Basin (11.90m) and
Approach Channel (12.50m)
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05.11.1999
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Functioning
of a world standard Container Terminal
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21.12.1999
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Introduction
of main line service to U.S.
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17.10.2001
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Commissioning of Berth No.8
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02.02.2002
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Switchover
to ISO 9001:2000 standards
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23.04.2003
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Entering
30th year of existence as a
Major
Port
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11.07.2003
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Introduction
of direct main line service to Europe
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16.07.2003
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Completion
of Dredging
Dock
Basin in front of berth No.8
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24-09-2003
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Inclusion
of our port in Western Circuit of Cruise Tourism
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26.12.2003
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Silver
Jubilee Celebration
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10.07.2004
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Registration
of Sethusamudram Corporation Ltd.
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06.12.2004
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Sethusamudram
Website launched
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30.06.2005
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Inauguration
of Sethusamudram Project
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02.07.2005
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ISO
14001 : 2004 Certificate of Approval
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16.09.2005
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