Mangaluru (Karnataka), April 1 Two more large crude oil tankers have docked at the New Mangalore Port, further increasing the recent supply of crude oil for Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited.
According to port authorities, the vessel 'Sunrise Way' arrived on Monday carrying 88,152 metric tonnes of crude oil sourced from Mandji in Africa, and is currently engaged in unloading operations at MRPL's single buoy mooring.
Another tanker, 'Nagarjuna', which sailed from the Primorsk port in Russia with 97,354 metric tonnes of crude oil, has also reached the single point mooring, officials said.
Unloading operations for this cargo are scheduled to begin on April 1, they said.
Meanwhile, another tanker named 'Deshbhakt' is scheduled to arrive on April 3 from Rajasthan carrying 63,171 metric tonnes of crude oil, which will also be supplied to MRPL, port authorities added.