🇮🇳 INDIA · SOUTH ASIA / BAY OF BENGAL · INMAA
Port of Chennai (Madras)
IndiaUNLOCODE: INMAAContainer / Bulk / Auto
27 berths across 3 docks
Drafts 8.5–16.5 m
VHF Port Control Ch.10 & 16
Wreck 0.8 nm SE of entrance (buoyed)
Overview
- 27 berths across 3 docks
- Drafts 8.5–16.5 m
- VHF Port Control Ch.10 & 16
- Wreck 0.8 nm SE of entrance (buoyed)
- NE monsoon Oct–Dec; cyclone-prone
Container traffic shifting to Kamarajar/Ennore.
Port Identity & Location
- Alternate Name
- Madras Port
- State
- Tamil Nadu
- City
- Chennai
VTS & Communications
- VTS
- Port Control
- VHF
- Ch.10 & 16 (call sign Port Control)
- Reporting
- ETA to Port Control
Pilotage
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Pilot Boarding
- Areas 1 & 2 (no anchoring N of 13°06'N without approval)
Anchorages
- Anchorage
- Chennai Roadstead; Examination Anchorage
- Note
- Subject to heavy swell/surf
Channel Depths & Approach
- Drafts
- 8.5–16.5 m across docks
- Hazards
- Wreck ~0.8 nm SE of entrance (buoyed), surf, cyclone
Berths & Terminals
- Docks
- Dr. Ambedkar Dock (11 berths), Jawahar Dock (6), Bharathi Dock (10); 27 berths total
Documentation & Customs
- Customs
- Indian Customs
Weather & Tidal
- Tidal
- Swell year-round; NE monsoon Oct–Dec; cyclone-prone
Security & Hazards (ISPS)
- ISPS
- Compliant
- Hazards
- Cyclone, surf, buoyed wreck 0.8 nm SE
Port Authority
- Authority
- Chennai Port Authority
- Tel
- +91-44-25360833
- Fax
- +91-44-25384012
- dc@chennaiport.gov.in
- Website
- chennaiport.gov.in
SAR & Emergency
SAR Authority
Indian Coast Guard
Ship Services
- Bunkering
- Available
- Tugs
- Available
- Repairs
- Limited
Port Details
- Country
- 🇮🇳 India
- Region
- South Asia / Bay of Bengal
- UNLOCODE
- INMAA
- Type
- Container / Bulk / Auto
- Website
- chennaiport.gov.in
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