This was the largest vessel to have ever berthed at Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port (SMP), Kolkata in its over 150-year history. The MT Clearocean Ajax is a Large Crude Carrier with a capacity of 113,252 tonnes. When she berthed at HOJ-3, she carried 48,111 tonnes of Naptha. This was also a record. This was the highest ever single parcel load for Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd (HPL).
The highest single parcel load of Naptha handled by SMP, Kolkata till now was 44,088 tonnes.
The tanker set sail from Port Mina al Ahmadia in Kuwait with 82,271 tonnes of Naptha. Of this, 34,160 tonnes were discharged at Visakhapatnam before she sailed north towards the Haldia Dock Complex (HDC) under SMP, Kolkata.
