First ODC for Numaligarh Refinery received by Water Minister

Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways and Ayush Sarbananda Sonowal received the first over dimensional cargo (ODC) transported via waterways at Numaligarh Refinery (NRL) jetty.This is the first consignment transported by Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI), nodal agency of the Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways in charge of inland waterways in the country, for the expansion of NRL capacity from 3 MMT to 9 MMT. The MoU to transport a total of 24 ODC as well as Over Weight Cargo (OWC) for NRL was signed between IWAI and NRL last year in presence of Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal last year.DHT Reactor meant for NRL - weighing 485 MT, 31.5 m in length, 8.250 m in width - travelled from Kolkata via IBPR onto Brahmaputra.