A crude oil tanker carrying Russian crude, which reached New Mangalore Port on Saturday night, started discharging crude at Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd’s (MRPL) single point mooring facility under the New Mangalore Port Authority (NMPA) on Sunday morning.
Sources said crude oil tanker Aqua Titan with 96099 tonnes of crude oil cargo started discharging crude oil at SPM facility on Sunday morning. The crude oil tanker Aqua Titan, which sails under the flag of Cameron, loaded crude at Russian port of Primorsk on January 18.
Another crude oil tanker Oasis with around 99900 tonnes of Russian crude is expected to reach New Mangalore Port on March 23.
Sources said the LPG tanker Pyxis Pioneer started discharging 16714 tonnes of cargo for Aegis Logistics Ltd at berth no. 13 of NMPA on Sunday morning.
The LPG tanker Pyxis Pioneer, which sails under the flag of Singapore, loaded the LPG cargo at the Port of Nederland located at Gulf of Mexico in the US on February 14.
Another LPG tanker Apollo Ocean with26687 tonnes of LPG cargo for Indian Oi Corporation Ltd (IOCL) and Bharat Petroleum corporation Ltd (BPCL) will call at NMPA on March 25.
Sources said that the LPG tanker Shivalik, which was expected to discharge 26000 tonnes of LPG to Mangaluru on March 18, had transferred the cargo to Apollo Ocean at Vadinar Port in Gujarat. Apollo Ocean is bringing the LPG cargo to Mangaluru from Vadinar port.