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NMPT handles giant gas carrier

March 26, 2011
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Mangalore, March 26: New Mangalore Port received a Very Large Gas Carrier (VLGC) - M T Maharshi Bharadwaj, with a capacity of carrying 44,000 metric tonnes of LPG on Friday.



The vessel was berthed at Berth No.12 for evacuation of LPG meant for distribution in the state. This is the highest size of LPG vessel ever handled at the Port. So far the maximum size was 33,000 tonnes which called at the Port on January 1, 2011 (M T Maharshi Vamadeva). The entire consignment has been brought from Port Yanbu, Saudi Arabia, for M/s Total Oil India, a subsidiary of TOTAL France.



New Mangalore Port continues to be the No.1 Port in handling LPG in the country. The Port has handled a record quantity of 1.87 million tonnes of LPG during 2010-11(as on date) as against 1.63 million tonnes handled in previous year with a growth of 11%, out of which 1.61 million tonnes has been handled for M/s HPCL. The entire consignment is brought for catering the LPG needs of the entire State of Karnataka, and border areas of Goa, Andhra Pradesh, Tamilnadu and Kerala.



P Tamilvanan, Chairman, NMPT has stated that NMPT could achieve this landmark by permitting Total Oil India to install LPG handling facilities at Berth No.12 w.e.f. 25-1-2009



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