Chennai Port

Chennai Port is one of the 4 top ports in India in terms of Cargo handling and is situated in the southern state of Tamil Nadu. Chennai Port, the third oldest port among the 12 major ports, is an emerging hub port in the East Coast of India. This gateway port for all cargo has completed 137 years of glorious service to the nation’s maritime trade.

The Port now with three docks, 24 berths and draft ranging 8.5 m to 16.5 m has become a hub port for Containers, Cars and Project Cargo in the East Coast

Chennai Port is one among major ports having Terminal Shunting Yard and running their own Railway operations inside the harbour. The port is having railway lines running up to 41 Kms, 8 sidings to handle wide range of cargo like Granite, Food grains, Dry Bulk, etc. For handling containers seperate sidings are available.