Thailand-Chennai Express Service (TCX), a consortium of NYK and X-Feeders, has announced a regular schedule from Kattupalli port. The service will be operational from September 19, and will be the first regular call at Kattupalli, which is located adjacent to Ennore port.
The new private port was built by L&T Shipbuilding Ltd with International Container Terminal Services, Inc, a global terminal operator, as operations and maintenance partner. On January 30, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa inaugurated the port.
The port rotation of the new service will be Laem Chebang - Singapore - Port Klang - Kattupalli - Chennai - Port Klang - Singapore - Laem Chabang, according to a trade communication issued by Katupalli port.