INS Airavat arrives in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam with Covid relief supplies

As part of the ongoing Mission SAGAR, INS Airavat arrived at Ho Chi Minh City Port in Vietnam with Covid-19 relief material requested by the government of Vietnam to fight the ongoing pandemic.

As part of the ongoing Mission SAGAR, INS Airavat arrived at Ho Chi Minh City Port in Vietnam with Covid-19 relief material on Monday. The ship is carrying 100 metric tons of liquid medical oxygen in five ISO containers and 300 oxygen concentrators of 10 LPM capacity, each based on the requirement projected by the government of Vietnam in its fight against the ongoing pandemic. INS Airavat, an indigenously built Landing Ship Tank (Large) under the Eastern Naval Command based at Visakhapatnam, is on a deployment to South East Asia for trans-shipment of Covid-19 relief aid. The ship had earlier entered Tanjung Priok Port in Jakarta, Indonesia on August 24 and disembarked 10 liquid medical oxygen containers requested by the government of Indonesia.