LNG vessel from Qatar still anchored off Kochi port - The Hindu

LNG vessel from Qatar still anchored off Kochi port - The Hindu:

"Wilenergy, the LNG vessel carrying natural gas from Qatar to Kochi, is still anchored off Kochi port. The vessel will be berthed at the offloading terminal after completion of desilting operations under way there. The desilting, being carried out by two dredgers, will continue on Tuesday, officials of Petronet LNG Limited said.

The vessel could not berth at the LNG facility owing to the large-scale deposit of silt brought by heavy monsoon rain and rough seas. The desilting operations will ensure adequate depth for the 283- metre-long vessel, with a width of 50 metres and draught 11.2 metre, to be berthed.

The vessel has arrived in accordance with the supply arrangement as per an agreement signed between Petronet LNG Limited and RasGas, the natural gas supplier based in Qatar. Wilenergy, built in 1983, and carrying the Marshall Island flag, has a gross tonnage of 10,2390 and dead weight of 7,055 tonnes. It had left Ras Laffan port, Qatar, five days ago."

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