Aside from ushering a brand new starting within the Indo-Bangladesh relation, it should additionally open connectivity between Kolkata Port and Mongla port
Kolkata: The ship-to-ship (STS) LPG switch between India and Bangladesh has efficiently begun, opening a connectivity between Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata (SMPK), erstwhile Kolkata Port Belief, and Mongla Port.
The SMPK stated it opened the “new chapter in cargo dealing with” by commencing STS operation on Saturday for LPG cargo sure for Bangladesh. It added that other than ushering a brand new starting within the Indo-Bangladesh relation, the event can even open connectivity between Kolkata Port and Mongla port of Bangladesh the place the LPG cargo is sure for.
An STS operator, Tempo Marine Options Pvt Ltd, approached SMPK with such a proposal round October-November in 2021 put up graduation of profitable operation of STS for LPG and different liquefied cargo sure for Haldia.
VLGC M T MIURA carrying 11666.335 MT of propane and 32848.804 MT of Butane from Trincomalee in Sri Lanka anchored at Sandheads at round 1.30 pm on Saturday and on completion of customs formalities commenced discharging cargo at 5.06 pm in LPG barge SENNA 7.
The operation will proceed with 4 such LPG barges loading from M T MIURA and discharging at Mongla in a merry go spherical method. M T MIURA will act as a floater for LPG cargo. In foul climate circumstances, such an operation shall be undertaken at Sagar.
The STS operation with floater and LPG barges was undertaken in Indonesia earlier and SMPK is the primary main port within the nation for endeavor such operation inside its limits, stated SMPK chairman Vinit Kumar.
He added that the port would earn vessel associated and cargo associated costs from the stated operation. As a startup enterprise, the port has offered its tug for towing and inserting Yokohama fenders for protected berthing of vessels within the sea. The tug can even act as a hearth float.
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