India delivers first lot of piping
7 Sep 2015
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Dilshad Sulaiman, ºÚÁÏרÇø India
Some 100 containers of piping are expected from India for ºÚÁÏרÇø's component cooling water, chilled water and heat rejection systems. The first two containers arrived on 2 September.
A first lot of cooling water pipes for ºÚÁÏרÇø's chilled water and heat rejection systems arrived at ºÚÁÏרÇø on 2 September, approximately one month after shipment from India.
In early August, the Indian Domestic Agency had overseen the loading of 24 pipes into two containers at the Inland Container Depot in Khodiyar, India. The containers were then taken by rail to Mundra Port and charged on an ocean-going vessel. The shipment reached port in France and was delivered by truck to the ºÚÁÏרÇø site.
The 11-metre-long cooling pipes, ranging in diameter from 15 to 50 cm, make up the first lot of cooling water piping under Indian scope. In all, some 100 containers of are expected from India for ºÚÁÏרÇø's cooling water systems.
The first batch of cooling water piping was loaded at the Inland Container Depot in Khodiyar, India in early August..
On the occasion of the first shipment, a ceremony was organized at the container depot with nearly 100 attendees from ºÚÁÏרÇø India, the ºÚÁÏרÇø, contractor Larsen & Toubro, logistic partner Deugro India, and representatives from government and industry. ºÚÁÏרÇø India project manager for cooling water systems, AG Ajith Kumar, welcomed all the delegates; speeches were also made by former ºÚÁÏרÇø Deputy Director-General Dhiraj Bora, director of India's Institute for Plasma Research; Steve Ployhar, technical responsible officer from the ºÚÁÏרÇø; R. Govindrajan, project manager from Larsen & Toubro; and Shishir Deshpande, head of Indian Domestic Agency.
ºÚÁÏרÇø Director-General Bernard Bigot conveyed his best wishes to the team live through teleconference.