Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways Shri Sarbananda Sonowal received the first over dimensional cargo (ODC) transported via waterways at Numaligarh Refinery jetty.
Key points
- This is the first consignment transported by Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI), nodal agency of the Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways in charge of inland waterways in the country, for the expansion of Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL).
- The first ODC was transported by an IWAI ship – MV Marine 66 – from Kolkata to Numaligarh Refinery Jetty via Indo Bangladesh Protocol Route (IBPR).
- The Disel Hydrotreating (DHT) reactor weighs 485 MT in net while the gross weight was 521 MT.
- The length of this reactor is 31.5 meters while height is 8.250 meters along with a diameter of 8.00 meters.
