India’s Tuticorin Container Terminal Declared Green After 100% Electrification Of Its Equipment
VOC Port is one of India's major ports and can handle 82 million tonnes of cargo a year, said its chairman, Sushanta Kumar Purohit.
VO Chidambaranar Port in Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu, India, has declared its international container terminal a green terminal after electrifying all its operational equipment, according to an official statement issued on Thursday, October 22.
Union Shipping Secretary Vijay Kumar announced the designation at Tuticorin International Container Terminal (TICT) during a review of port projects this week.
The port has also added 13 electric internal transfer vehicles to support container handling. Other projects include pilot facilities for methanol bunkering and green hydrogen, wind energy facilities and an outer harbour project costing more than ₹15,000 crore.
VOC Port said TICT had been declared a green terminal after 100% of its operational equipment was electrified.
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