500th vessel unloading done at single-point mooring station of Mangalore Refinery
The single-point mooring (SPM) station of Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL) has successfully reached a milestone by unloading 500 crude oil vessels. MT Euroglory from Saudi Arabia with 1.35-million metric tonne (MMT) capacity which was unloaded on Monday at SPM has become the 500th vessel unloaded by MRPL, a press release from Rudolph Noronha, MRPL NSE 0.21 % general manager (corporate communications), said here.
The SPM was inaugurated in August 2013 with Ratna Puja being the first vessel to be unloaded.
Team MRPL has since unloaded 75.5-million metric tonne through 500 vessels in three different categories – Afra Max (below 1 lakh MT), Suez Max (1.5 lakh MT) and VLCC (very large crude carriers) up to 2.8 lakh MT.
