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Indian Naval Ship Shardul Arrives at New Mangalore Port with 319 MT of Liquid Medical Oxygen from Gulf Countries
Mangaluru, May 25 (UNI) Indian Naval Ship Shardul, carrying 319 Metric Tonnes (MT) of liquid medical Oxygen from Kuwait and UAE arrived at New Mangalore Port
today.
The ship has been deployed for transportation of liquid medical Oxygen from Gulf countries. The deployment is being taken as part of Operation Samudra Setu II, launched by the Indian Navy in support of the national effort to fight COVID-19 pandemic, according to a press release here on Tuesday.
INS Shardul was deployed on May 3 to Kuwait for embarkation of liquid medical Oxygen containers. The ship embarked eight International Standardisation Organisation (ISO) containers, two semi-trailers of liquid medical Oxygen and 1200 Oxygen cylinders at Kuwait from May 12-16. The ship also embarked three more ISO containers of liquid medical Oxygen at Fujairah, UAE on 1