Flooded freight station hampers import, export at VOC Port; losses run into crores

EXPORT and import of goods at VO Chidambaranar port (VOC port) has been obstructed for the past five days as the Container Freight Station (CFS) has been inundated due to the recent downpour.

-  S GODSON WISELY DASS

Consignments worth several crore, along with cargos, have been flooded and damaged on the premises due to the flash floods on December 17.

The trucks carrying Twenty Foot equivalent Units (TeU) containers are stuck on roads since Monday to enter the CFS for various clearances before being exported through the VOC Port. The container trucks are being parked along the Thoothukudi-Madurai Nh and along Tirunelveli -Thoothukudi Nh. Thoothukudi has over 16 CFS that handle export and import of goods.