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V.O. Chidambaranar (VOC) Port marked the 77th Republic Day solemnisation with pomp and gaiety astatine Port School grounds connected Monday.
Susanta Kumar Purohit, IRSEE, Chairperson, V.O.C Port Authority, unfurled the nationalist emblem and received the defender of honour from the CISF personnel, port’s occurrence work squad and NCC cadets of the larboard school.
Addressing the gathering, Mr. Purohit reflected the historical value of 26th January, commemorating the adoption of the constitution and India’s emergence arsenic the sovereign republic.
He highlighted the port’s robust performance, noting that it handled 31.97 cardinal tonnes of cargo during the existent fiscal twelvemonth up to December 2025. He noted a 10.47% maturation successful instrumentality traffic, with 6,42,454 TEUs handled until present compared to the 5,81,557 TEUs during the corresponding play of 2024-2025.
He added, “Bids person been invited for the outer harbour project, which envisages the improvement of 2 instrumentality terminals, each with a 1,000 metre agelong quay, 18 metre draught and a combined capableness of 4 cardinal TEUs, reinforcing the port’s emergence arsenic a planetary maritime hub.”
At the lawsuit Mr. Purohit besides flagged disconnected the E-Payloader, marking a important measurement towards enhancing sustainable operational efficiency. He besides inaugurated caller gymnasium for the larboard employees and an ENT workstation astatine larboard hospital.
