News / Tuticorin box terminal opens – 'a new gateway for east-west trade routes'

Photo: JM Baxi Group

Container lines extending operations beyond the ocean leg is a trend gathering momentum in India, as the carriers differentiate themselves with integrated supply chain solutions amid evolving market dynamics.

Most liner heavyweights have established a terminal presence at busy Indian gateways,  with the latest to join that select group being Hapag-Lloyd.

A 600,000-teu terminal at Tuticorin Port (renamed VO Chidambaranar) in southern India, a joint project built by Mumbai-based JM Baxi Group and Hapag-Lloyd, went live this week, just as the Gemini ...