Saturday, September 04, 2004
Tuticorin , the pearl city
Thanks to an official visit to one of the borrowing companies , one St.John Clearing and Forwarding Agents Pvt Ltd., I could see the beautiful container berth at the Tuticorin port. The sea was calm and pretty. The unloading of sugar was very interesting. The berth no 7 has been given to a joint venture company called PSA-SICAL ,a partnership between South Indian Chemical Industries ltd and the Port of Singapore Authorities on a thirty year lease for running the container berth .
The port is an artificial one created purely out of indigenous technology .The shallowness of the harbour does not permit big ships to call at the port . Only feeder ships operate between the port and the mother ships berthing at Colombo or some other international ports where ocean liners have facilities to berth. ¶ 5:21 AM
Thanks to an official visit to one of the borrowing companies , one St.John Clearing and Forwarding Agents Pvt Ltd., I could see the beautiful container berth at the Tuticorin port. The sea was calm and pretty. The unloading of sugar was very interesting. The berth no 7 has been given to a joint venture company called PSA-SICAL ,a partnership between South Indian Chemical Industries ltd and the Port of Singapore Authorities on a thirty year lease for running the container berth .
The port is an artificial one created purely out of indigenous technology .The shallowness of the harbour does not permit big ships to call at the port . Only feeder ships operate between the port and the mother ships berthing at Colombo or some other international ports where ocean liners have facilities to berth. ¶ 5:21 AM
