The VO Chidambaranar Port here handled all time record cargo traffic of 282.61 lakh tonnes on March 28, surpassing the previous year's achievement of 282.60 lakh tonnes.
The port had handled 278.78 lakh tonnes the same day last year.
In terms of container handling, the port handled 5,02,500 TEUs surpassing the previous year's achievement of 4,75,599 TEU, port sources said.
On March 28 last year, the port had handled 4,68,937 TEUs.
The Port had crossed the target of 5,00,000 TEUs fixed by Ministry of Shipping for the financial year 2013-14, three days in advance, sources said.
During this year, Industrial Coal, Rock Phosphate, Pet Coke and Containerised Cargo have shown positive trends in Imports and Garnet Sand, Gypsum, Phosporic Acid were promising in terms of Export cargo.
