MRPL handles 500th vessel at Single Point Mooring
The Hindu
MRPL Managing Director M. Venkatesh congratulated Team MRPL on achieving the feat.
Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd. created a milestone on Monday when its Single Point Mooring (SPM) off Mangaluru coast handled the 500th crude oil vessel.
MT Euroglory from Saudi Arabia with 1.35 million tonnes of crude became the 500th vessel to unload the crude at the SPM. The SPM was commissioned in August 2013, with MT Ratna Puja being the first vessel to unload the crude. Since then Team MRPL has successfully unloaded 75.5 million tonnes through 500 vessels in three different categories, namely, Afra Max (below 1 lakh tonne), Suez Max (1.5 lakh tonnes) and VLCC – Very Large Crude Carriers (upto 2.8 lakh tonnes).
MRPL at the SPM has unloaded vessels from countries including Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait and also the USA. Team MRPL has bravely withstood various challenges in achieving the incredible feat.
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