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Detailed explanation-1: -Shipping Ministry inaugurated ‘Direct Port Entry Facility’ at V.O. Chidambaranar port - GKToday.

Detailed explanation-2: -UPSC Mains Shipping Ministry inaugurated ‘Direct Port Entry Facility’ at which major port? Notes: Union Minister of State for Shipping Mansukh Mandaviya inaugurated the ‘Direct Port Entry (DPE) facility’ of V.O. Chidambaranar Port Trust, Tamil Nadu.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Union Cabinet today approved for renaming of Tuticorin Port Trust as V.O. Chidambaranar Port Trust. Ports in India are generally named after the city or the town in which these are situated.

Detailed explanation-4: -It is also called as “Sea Gateway of Tamil Nadu". Thoothukudi is part of the Pearl Fishery Coast, and is known for its pearl fishing and shipbuilding industries.

Detailed explanation-5: -Thoothukudi (also known as Tuticorin, the official name until 2018) is a port city and a municipal corporation and an industrial city in Thoothukudi district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.