Carrier services calling Chennai (ex Madras)
A carrier service is a carrier’s fixed loop of port calls, such as Hapag-Lloyd’s IEX. Read from the stops of the published sailings: a service counts as calling here when a sailing loads, transships or discharges at Chennai (ex Madras) on it. Services with their own page were seen on at least 3 sailings.
| Service | Carrier | Calls | Loading | Transshipment | Discharge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IEX | Hapag-Lloyd | 51 | 47 | — | 4 |
| CCX | ONE (Ocean Network Express) | 28 | 28 | — | — |
| TE2 | ONE (Ocean Network Express) | 12 | 12 | — | — |
| FCS2 | OOCL | 12 | 12 | — | — |
| TTX | Wan Hai Lines | 12 | 12 | — | — |
| FCE | COSCO Shipping | 10 | 10 | — | — |
| CIX6 | Evergreen | 8 | 8 | — | — |
| ACS | ZIM | 6 | 6 | — | — |
| FCS | OOCL | 3 | 3 | — | — |
| CI7 | Wan Hai Lines | 3 | 3 | — | — |
| FME | Evergreen | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| CI3 | Wan Hai Lines | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| CI5 | Wan Hai Lines | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Scheduled arrivals and departures at Chennai (ex Madras)
Every arrival and departure at Chennai (ex Madras) on the published sailings, as published on Sep 7. Arrivals name the ship that sails in, departures the ship that sails out. The same physical call published by several carriers or on several routes is one row. Dates are the carrier's published schedule and change without notice.
Sailings from Chennai (ex Madras)
Sailings to Chennai (ex Madras)
Carriers calling Chennai (ex Madras)
Vessels calling Chennai (ex Madras)
The count is scheduled calls at Chennai (ex Madras). Ships with a page were named on at least 3 published sailings.
Local time at Chennai (ex Madras)
Cut-offs, gate hours and the carrier's office all run on the port's clock, so check it before you promise a delivery date.
Source: IANA time zone database, the zone that covers the port itself, so the offset follows daylight saving; the clock reads from your own device.
Container terminals at Chennai (ex Madras)
The terminals a container ship can be worked at here, so you know which gate a trucker goes to and which terminal code to quote on a booking. Which one your ship uses is set by the carrier on the booking, not by the port.
| Code | Terminal | Operator |
|---|---|---|
| CCTL | CHENNAI CONTAINER TERMINAL (CCTL) | CHENNAI CONTAINER TERMINAL PVT. LTD. / DP WORLD |
| CITPL | CHENNAI INTERNATIONAL CONTAINER TERMINAL (CITPL) | CHENNAI INTERNATIONAL TERMINALS PVT LTD / PSA |
The carriers on the Airlift routes publish the port on their schedules, not the terminal, so no terminal above is marked as called. Ask us and we will confirm the terminal on your booking.
Source: SMDG Terminal Code List, edition of 2026-06-09, republished every few weeks (CC-BY 4.0); which terminals the carriers name comes from their published schedules, updated Sep 7.
Nearby ports you could ship through instead
Ports near Chennai (ex Madras) that Airlift also books, worth a look when space, a cut-off or a rate at Chennai (ex Madras) does not work.
No other port on the Airlift routes is close enough to Chennai (ex Madras) to load the same cargo.
Source: the two ports' own coordinates for the distance, which is straight-line and not road or sea miles, and the carriers' published schedules for the services that call at both, updated Sep 7.
About Chennai (ex Madras) (INMAA)
- UN/LOCODE profile: INMAA in the port-code finder
- Position 13.08, 80.28 (OpenStreetMap)
- Lane guide: India to USA
- Lane guide: India to Canada
- Lane guide: USA to India
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Where this data comes from
Sailing dates, ships and port calls come from the carriers’ own published schedules for departures in the next four weeks, and your browser asks the schedule feed again when you open a page. A carrier service or a ship gets its own page once it has appeared on at least three of those sailings. Transit times labelled “Airlift history” are the typical range on Airlift’s own shipments for that lane, and the sea lines on the maps are schematic.
Berth time and dwell time are not in the carriers' schedules and are not shown. The terminal list is the SMDG Terminal Code List and the time zone comes from the port's coordinates; neither says which terminal a given ship will work at. Schedules published as of Sep 7, method checked Sep 7. Provided for planning only. Schedules, routings and ship assignments change without notice; confirm with your carrier or with Airlift before booking. Nothing on these pages is a rate, a guarantee of space or a guaranteed transit time.