25 Sep 2017 / Kandla, India
Tanker operations at most of Kandla Port’s oil jetties resumed yesterday afternoon (24 September), after being interrupted due to an explosion and fire at Oil Jetty-03 (FSWAI) junction late on Saturday night.
The port’s Fire & Safety Department has given necessary clearances for KESAR, VOPAK, IMC, JRE and all other terminals except for the affected FSWAI Terminal. Discharging operations at oil jetties have re-commenced with cargoes nominated for FSWAI Terminal being diverted to other working terminals.
Some delays are anticipated in the coming days for liquid cargo vessels as a result of the sudden disruption in operations at the FSWAI Terminal. Fully normal operations are expected to only be re-instated once this Terminal is fully back in operation.
Cargo discharge acceptance at the FSWAI Terminal will be hampered until the lines are repaired and fully re-commissioned. There are total 14 drop lines at FSWAI junction and, due to the explosion, these lines have become totally unusable and will be non-operational for the next month, as per the initial updates received.
Prior to the incident, berthing delays averaged two days. Delays of at least 4 days are now anticipated for arriving/due vessels.
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