VISAKHAPATNAM: A gigantic task of transporting a 680 metric tonne crude distillation column from the Hindustan Shipyard Ltd (HSL) to the HPCL refinery at Malkapuram was successfully accomplished on Sunday.
The column to be used in the HPCL’s 9 million tonne expansion project was built by L&T Heavy Engineering Division at Hazira in Gujarat and brought to Vizag on a barge. Logistics major Lift & Shift India Pvt Ltd was roped in to ferry the gigantic crude and vacuum columns.
Two self-propelled trailers of 32 axles each were used for transporting the 76 metre long and 6.5 metre high column.
