One of 13 major ports in India, Tuticorin Port has seen its traffic spike in recent years. An expansion of the port was necessary to cope with the unprecedented increases in cargo handling volume. It was planned for an outer harbor to be constructed around the already existing inner harbor in the expansion project of Tuticorin Port. To keep the harbor operationally stable and to maintain the minimum depth required for the construction of a Break Water, Channel, and Basin, dredging and reclamation were required.
PADECO INDIA team has designed the layout of the harbor, breakwater, and the approach channel was planned (depth 18.2 m-19.4 m, length about 10.0 km).
PADECO INDIA Team had also planned for dredging and reclamation, construction of an outer harbor breakwater, and expansion of the road.