Electricity Minister Mr Arcot N Veeraswamy on saturday laid the foundation stone for a new container terminal at the Ennore Port. The terminal is to be constructed at a cost of Rs 1047 crore and will have a continuous quay to a length of 1000 metres and along side depth of 16 metres. It will handle about 1.5 million twenty feet equivalent units. It is also designed to carry the largest container ship in the world up to the size of 14,500 TEU's. It can also handle three mainline vessels simultaneously. The port would be a major route for import of coal. T. R. Baalu, Union Minister of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways, said the capacity of Ennore Port Limited (EPL) had increased by 36 per cent in the last four years.