450 metres of ICTT quay made operational: CPT

KOCHI: The Cochin Port Trust on Friday  announced that 450 metres of quay at the International Container Transshipment Terminal (ICTT) Vallarpadam have  been made operational.With the fast-progressing dredging operations at ICTT, an 11-metre draft along an additional length of 100 metre of berth length has been achieved which has made 450 metres of the quay operational. m v Seaways Venture and mv CMA CGM Telopea, a mainliner of CMA CGM Shipping Line berthed on the extended berth at ICTT on August 18.Cochin Port Trust had declared a draft of 13 metre on 350 metre of berth length at the ICTT at the time of commissioning in February.Port Trust chairman Paul Antony said that dredging was in progress and the deep draft of 19.5 metres is expected to be achieved soon.