Kolkata-based project cargo transport specialist Prism Logistics Pvt Ltd pulled off what is said to be India’s most extensive long-distance multimodal transportation project - hauling 34 super heavy cargo units weighing up to 743 metric tons, with lengths reaching 55 meters and diameters up to 9.7 meters by a combination of sea and road – for the upcoming Barmer refinery in Rajasthan.
The value of the logistics contract is estimated to be over Rs 1 billion.
The multi modal movement of super over dimensional cargo, supplied by Larsen & Toubro Ltd, had two components – One, transporting the project cargo from Mangalore, Hazira, and Dahej - to Mundra Port run by Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd in Gujarat. Subsequently, the cargo was transported to the project site located in Pachpadra in Rajasthan’s Barmer district, covering a road distance of 553 kms.
The entire logistics movement took close to a year to complete.
And it was by no means a straightforward and simple transportation contract. The challenges were formidable, and the stakes were high with the end customer HPCL Rajasthan Refinery Ltd (HRRL) being helped by one of India’s biggest state-run oil firms, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL), and given the huge investment involved in setting up a mega oil refinery in Rajasthan, the first greenfield refinery in the country in more than two decades.
