Chettinad group has made its mark in Logistics and Supply Chain Management through the Stevedoring, Transportation and other Supply chain Services. As a logical extension of its business into Port related services, the Group created Chettinad International Coal Terminal and set its eyes on Building Port Terminals for core products handling like Coal/Coke and thus enable the Indian EXIM Industry to
be globally competitive. In the year 2006, CICTL was awarded a Licence Agreement by Ennore Port Ltd to design, build, operate, market and transfer a Common User Coal Terminal at Ennore Port. The World Class Coal Terminal has been successfully completed with state-of- the- art equipments and conveyor systems, yard and evacuations systems with capacity to handle 8 Million tons of Coal / Coke per annum at a project outlay of about Rs.400 Crores. The terminal can berth large ships of Panamax sizes presently and Cape size ships in near future. The terminal has unloading system of two ship un-loaders, two stacker cm reclaimers and conveyor system. This synchronized system is capable of discharging about 50000 tons in a single day from a ship. The stock yard is situated on a 128 acres spread of land which is very scientifically built. The cargo can be evacuated by most advanced systems of automatic truck-loading and wagon loading machinery. CICTL has helped develop transport eco-system in and around Ennore and generates direct and indirect employment. The terminal has very efficient pollution control measures and is growing green patches with in the yard itself. CICTL will be an important Supply Chain Node for the Nation and will contribute significantly to reduce the transaction cost in logistics
