The Cochin Port Trust has forayed into seaplane bunkering business by enabling refuelling of a seaplane enroute Maldives.
The port has facilitated the first-ever seaplane bunkering when a SpiceJet seaplane berthed at the port for refuelling enroute Maldives. This paves the way for the port to position itself as a seaplane bunkering port.
The seaplane which arrived from Goa left for Maldives after bunkering 975 ltr of Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF), besides stocking essential items on board. Indian Oil Aviation supplied the bunker (ATF) for the seaplane.
Likewise, the port recently loaded the first coastal tank containers from BPCL-Kochi Refinery to Hazira in Gujarat. The first coastal consignment of two tank containers carrying acrylic acid from BPCL-Kochi Refinery for Hazira port, Gujarat were loaded on board MV SSL Vishakhapatanam from ICTT Vallarpadam.
The coastal shipping of hazardous cargo like acrylic acid marks the modal shift of transportation of tank containers from road to sea mode.
The consignees are Visen Industries, Silvasa and Rossari Biotech, Bharuch, Gujarat. Avana Logistek, a Transworld Group company, was the logistics partner.