ICTSI, LTSB ink port deal in Tamil Nadu, Eastern India

摘要

International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI) and L&T Shipbuilding have signed a container port operation agreement for the management and operations of the Kattupalli Container Terminal in Tamil Nadu, India. Kattupalli terminal is ICTSI's first venture in India. The terminal is located near Chennai in the Thiruvallur District. LTSB is the developer of an integrated shipyard cum port with a 1.2 million TEU annual capacity container terminal in Kattupalli. It entered into a management contract with ICTSI for the operation of the container terminal under construction, which is scheduled to commence operation in January 2012.