Chennai Port

Became a small fishing village called Chenna Patnam, which was founded in 1639, prominent during the early part of the 18th century when the East India Company was active on the east coast. Were transferred in the absence of the port, the ships were anchored the company for the quarter mile in abroad and goods to and from ships by small boats called lighters Masula. And loss while goods transport by boat Masula was high, it was proposed to build a pier to dock the largest craft was built pier screw pile of iron in 1861 to 1100 feet in length, perpendicular to the beach during the month of November 1881, because of the hurricanes, violent more than half a mile from the penetration barrier waves and lost equipment and human lives. If there is a request to move the portlet, the restoration was resumed in 1885. The port of Chennai (Madras then!) Until the year 1875, a mere open roadstead on the coast, sandy open that swept the storms and sometimes monsoons.Sir Francis Spring, who was then president of the port of Madras Trust in 1904 to create a new north-east of the entrance after the closure of the eastern entrance of the original control the siltation of the channel in front of the pelvis. After that, building sidewalks in different periods (ie,) South Quay - I in 1913, and five berths Quay West in 1916 to 1920, in 1931 Quay North and South Quay second in 1936 in the port of the Interior, who was later, as christened Dr. Ambedkar was the official opening for the dock Dock.The wet on November 6, 1964 by Shri. Lal Bahadur Shastri, the then Prime Minister of India. He was christened in the dock basin jewels in the memory of Shri. Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister of India. Originally built in the basin as a port of the external Bharathi to deal with ships that reach (-) 16.2 M project. Platform was created to address the oil crude oil imported by the oil refinery Manali (Chennai at present of the Petroleum Limited) at the beginning, during the year 1970. Was established iron ore berth in the dock himself in 1974 to export iron ore to Japan and other Far East countries. Was then split dock more oil during the year 1985 to meet the additional demand for crude oil / products in the 1970s began to Port of Madras Trust container handling at the port of the Interior, as was the increasing container traffic, the construction of a container along the 380 m in Bharathi Basin in 1983 first as a full container of the country with the container storage yard of 51,000 square meters and the container freight station of 6000 square meters area. Lift station and provided two other facilities needed to support the container terminal Terminal.Subsequently extended by 220 m during the year 1991 with additional shore cranes two and other infrastructure facilities matching. The continually increasing container traffic, the station was extended by 285 m, and during the month of July 2002. This was privatized container terminal of 885 m along the sidewalk up the total area under the concessional agreement with M / sec. Chennai Container Terminal Private Limited, on BOT basis for 30 years from the month of November 2001.Consequent to rename the city of Madras, Chennai, with effect from 09.30.1996, has been renamed the Madras Port Trust Chennai Port Trust.
Established M / s.Cogan and settlement of trading in a small fishing village of Chennaipattnam in 1639. East India Company chose this place English as a center of commercial activities in the south. And so laid the foundations of the modern city of Chennai, the capital of Tamilnadu. South Gate has developed this major commercial center, and is also linked through the water on the roads, rail and air with the rest of the world. But in those days when air travel was still unknown, and the sea route to Britain, and was the most important for transporting goods and people. The port of Chennai came into existence in those times, and began to flourish. In the early 19th century efforts to revive the trade by building the port, and improve shipping facilities. However, swept the sea on the breakwater in the port. And speed up the accumulation of silt at the bottom of the sea at the entrance and deposition of sand alarming proportions. Thus, the redesign was to address the port and wharf construction west of sidewalks, and transit sheds with two, along with the closure of the eastern entrance through the wall of vertical. Platform was created to deal with passenger traffic, and the movement of troops and horses on the import of the southern arm of the port and called in the south of the pavement.