Chennai Port handled 1.66 million TEUs on February 28, 2025, surpassing the previous record of 1.62 million TEUs set in Financial Year 2018-19, nine months before the end of the current fiscal year, according to the company's release.
Additionally, the port achieved a total throughput of 50 million tonnes on March 1, 2025.
Mr. Sunil Paliwal, IAS, Chairperson of Chennai Port Authority, stated, “He acknowledged all the stakeholders, the terminal operators M/s Chennai Container Terminal Pvt. Ltd. and M/s Chennai International Terminal Pvt. Ltd., as well as the port officials who have been spearheading the milestones.”
Established in 1881, Chennai Port Authority manages Chennai Port, India’s second-largest container port, handling over 50 million tonnes of cargo annually with a workforce of approximately 4,000.