New Mangalore Port to receive at least 72,700 tonnes of LPG in the coming week

New Mangalore Port will receive 72,700 tonnes of LPG next week, including a 16,714-tonne discharge on March 22.

The New Mangalore Port is set to receive at least 72,700 tonnes of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in the coming week with one LPG tanker scheduled to discharge 16,714 tonnes fuel on Sunday at the port.

According to NMP Authority’s Daily Vessel Position, LPG tanker Pyxis Pioneer with a gross tonnage of 47,236 tonnes and sailing under the Singapore flag will arrive at Berth No. 13 at 6 a.m. on Sunday.

The tanker that sailed out of Port of Nederland, Texas, in the United States of America on February 14, would discharge 16,714 tonnes of LPG for Aegis Logistics Ltd. at New Mangalore. It would sail out on Monday early morning.

Meanwhile, LPG tanker Apollo Ocean would call on NMP on March 25 to discharge 26,687 tonnes of LPG for Indian Oi Corporation Ltd. and Bharat Petroleum corporation Ltd. The vessel, sailing under the Vietnam flag, has gross tonnage of 46,025 tonnes and would arrive from Vadinar Port in Jamnagar, Gujarat.

LPG tanker Shivalik that was expected to bring 26,000 tonnes of LPG to Mangaluru on March 18, had instead transferred the cargo to Apollo Ocean at Vadinar Port.

One more LPG tanker from the U.S. would arrive at New Mangalore Port with 30,000 tonnes of LPG meant for Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (HPCL) on March 29, sources in NMPA said. The HPCL LPG import facility in Mangaluru transfers the imported LPG to local bottling plants as well as pumps the gas towards Bengaluru and beyond through the Mangaluru-Bengaluru LPG pipeline.