Use iron ore terminal at Chennai port as buffer yard to park cars'

摘要

Chennai Port Trust's board has suggested that the port convert the idle iron ore terminal into a buffer yard to park cars, rather than give it to Chennai Container Terminal Ltd (CCT) for use as a box terminal. The yard will have a capacity to park nearly 4,000 cars. Every week, one car carrier is expected to use the terminal, which can be used to handle other ships when idle. The new proposal also means that the long-pending proposal of constructing a multi-level car park may be scrapped, according to sources in the board who did not want to be named.Chennai is the number one port in handling cars. In 2012-13, it handled 2.72 lakh cars with a majority of them Hyundai's.