Port users thank PM Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA Thanking Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his announcement on making Tuticorin Port a container transhipment hub, association secretary J.P. Joe Villavarayar on Monday hoped that it would go a long way in bringing in more maritime development in the region. In a press release he said various stakeholders formed the association in 2004 with the objective of making the facility a container transhipment hub port. The Prime Minister’s mention that the Union government would take further steps to make VOC Port into a big transhipment hub on the east coast came as a fillip to the industry as stakeholders were severely hit due to the pandemic.