Medical Oxygen reaches Vizag from Singapore

  • | Monday | 24th May, 2021

The ISO tanks have been taken on lease to handle the supply and logistics of LMO in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. This consignment has been earmarked to meet the pressing demand for medical oxygen in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.

Indian Oil unloaded a consignment of 11 ISO tanks filled with liquid medical oxygen (LMO), carried from Singapore by INS Jalashwa, an Indian Navy vessel at the Vishakhapatnam Port on Sunday.

The same vessel also carried two more ISO tanks of LMO, sourced by GAIL. The entire consignment has been sourced from BNF Singapore and filled at Linde at Singapore.

The ISO tanks have been taken on lease to handle the supply and logistics of LMO in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. This consignment has been earmarked to meet the pressing demand for medical oxygen in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.

In the face of a massive surge in demand for oxygen and related logistic issues, Indian Oil, under the aegis of the ministry of petroleum and natural gas, has been importing ISO tanks suitable for transporting medical oxygen from across the globe.

While over 75 per cent of the filled ISO tanks are brought in by the Indian Navy vessels, the empty containers are airlifted back by the Indian Air Force to the sources of oxygen supply. The


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