Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Tuesday, Apr 06, 2004
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Logistics
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Shipping Tuticorin port handles record cargo Our Bureau
Chennai , April 5 THE Tuticorin port handled a record cargo throughput of 13.67 million tonnes during financial year 2003-04. This is an increase of 2.89 per cent over previous year's figure of 13.29 million tonnes. Imports were 10.18 million tonnes, and exports accounted for 34.94 lakh tonnes. During 2003-04, the port trust completed hard rock dredging at berth number eight at a cost of Rs 43 crore. This enables the port to handle deep draught vessels up to 10.7 metre. The port trust is likely to report a net surplus of Rs 45.36 crore (revised estimates), as against budget estimates of Rs 54.69 crore, says the release.
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