NEW DELHI: Amid the disaster in West Asia, two vessels – LPG tanker Pyxis Pioneer, carrying 16,714 tonnes of LPG from the US, and oil tanker Aqua Titan, carrying 96,099 tonnes of Russian crude – arrived at New Mangalore Port on Sunday.Mangaluru has India’s largest underground LPG storage facility of 80,000 tonnes, which grew to become operational in Sept 2025.
Pyxis Pioneer, which left the Port of Nederland in Texas on Feb 14, is discharging the cooking gasoline. The port’s authority has waived cargo-related costs for LPG and crude oil from March 14 to 31.Based on ship tracker Marine Site visitors, the Cameroon-flagged Aqua Titan arrived on the port round 11.30am, barely 4 days after studies claimed that the Russian oil-laden tanker was initially headed for the Chinese language port of Rizhao, however modified its course and headed to India. What made it change course was unclear.Information company Bloomberg, quoting information from Vortexa, had stated at the least seven tankers, together with Aqua Titan, carrying Russian oil had switched their locations mid-voyage from China.In response to a query final week, Rajesh Sinha, particular secretary within the delivery ministry, had stated Aqua Titan had been “chartered by Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Restricted” and it was anticipated to reach at New Mangalore Port.
