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Date: 12/02/2025

VOC Port reportedly exploring setting up shipbuilding facility in Thoothukudi with Korean firm 

VOC Port Authority is exploring the possibility of setting up a shipbuilding facility in Thoothukudi for which discussions are on with a Korean conglomerate, it is learnt. VOC Port Chairman Mr Susanta Kumar Purohit, along with a team of senior port officers, had an interactive meeting with HD-Korea Shipbuilding and Offshore Engineering, (Hyundai Group) in this regard. The meeting was facilitated by the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, and Invest India. Union Shipping Secretary Mr T. K. Ramachandran said that the Ministry is looking at multiple options to set up the facility. The Korean company is evaluating the location of the land, following which a techno-feasibility study will be done, and the facility will be set up based on the response of the company, as per a report.
 
Source: Exim News Service: Tuticorin, Feb. 11