For the officers, staff and workers of the VO Chidambaranar Port Trust in Tuticorin, Workers Day celebrations held last week (May 6) seemed special, for it happened to be the first after renaming of the Port.

Commenting on the performance, VOCPT Chairman, Mr A. Subbiah, said that they had achieved 25.73 million tonnes over and above the target fixed by the Ministry of Shipping during the last fiscal and sought the stakeholders cooperation for doing better during the current year He also said that construction work of North Cargo Berth I & II, Shallow Water Berth and Capital Dredging would be completed during the Eleventh Plan period (2012), thereby enhancing the port capacity to 50 million tonnes a year.