Chennai, Dec 7 (UNI) The Adani Kattupalli Port Private Limited

near here on Monday denied reports of logjam at the Port.

As per orders of the government, the Port operations in the

Chennai cluster were affected due to several cyclonic storm

Nivar from November 24 to 26 when berthing of vessels and

yard operations had to be temporarily suspended in view of

the inclement weather.

Further, these ports have been impacted by the impact

of cyclonic storm Burevi resulting in slowing down of port

operations because of incessant rains and gusty winds.

These factors were beyond the control of the ports and

therefore resulted in slowdown of operations.

As per orders of the Central and State Government, the

normal operations resumed at the port after both the

cyclone, a spokesman from Adani said.

“After resumption of berthing of vessels at the Port,

the backlog of vessels is being cleared on priority

basis in order to maintain the critical supply chain

requirements of our business partners", the spokesman

said, adding, 'we are confident that the normalcy of

operations will be restored shortly and solicited the

cooperation of the trade and all stakeholders”.

Denying allegations of congestion in Kattupalli Port

owing to shortage of resources, the spokesman said

the Port has handled 18,134 TEUs (Twenty-foot

Equivalent Unit) from November 26till date, besides

handling an average of 1660 TEU’s gate movement

on a daily basis.

Throughput achieved in FY 2016-17 is 3,47,956 TEUs

as against 1,15,227 TEUs in FY 2015-16, a 200 per

cent growth.

The port handled 4,93,260 TEUs during FY 2017-18 as

against 3,47,956 TEUs during FY 2016-17, registering

a 47 per cent growth.

'In FY 2018-19, we handled 5,92,399 TEUs which is

a 20 per cent growth over the preceding FY', the

spokesman said.

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