More LMO arrives on board INS Shardul of Southern Naval Command

The Southern Naval Command deployed INS Shardul in an effort to increase its help within the combat towards the COVID-19 within the nation.

On Thursday INS Shardul of the Southern Naval Command entered Kochi to disembark 4 Worldwide Standardisation Organisation (ISO) containers. These ISO containers had been carrying 80 MT of Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO).

The ship after coming into Kochi berthed at ICTT, Vallarpadam beneath Cochin Port Belief, and oxygen containers which had been disembarked on the port have been handed over to the state authorities.

The mission was a part of the Operation Samudra Setu II which was launched by the Indian Navy for the cargo of the medical Oxygen-filled cryogenic containers and different medical tools from varied international locations within the Indian Ocean Area in addition to the Persian Gulf, which international locations had been sending to assist India combat the surge in COVID instances.

What’s Op Samudra Setu?

It has been launched by the Indian Navy, which has deployed frontline warships together with destroyers, frigates, tankers and amphibious ships. This operation is a part of the a number of strains of efforts that are being carried out by the federal government and the Indian Navy for supplementing Oxygen requirement throughout the nation.

Deployment of INS Shardul for Op Samudra Setu-II

The Southern Naval Command deployed INS Shardul in an effort to increase its help within the combat towards the COVID-19 within the nation.

INS Shardul’s missions

It embarked 270 Metric Tonnes (MT) of LMO from Kuwait and UAE and 11 ISO) containers, 1200 Oxygen cylinders in addition to two semi-trailers.

Based on the Indian Navy INS Shardul reached New Mangalore Port on Could 25, 2021, and off loaded 190 MT of LMO which comprised two semi-trailers and 1200 Oxygen cylinders and 7 ISO containers.

Extra about INS Shardul

It’s an amphibious ship which is able to carrying troops, armoured tanks, automobiles and armament for amphibious operations.

It has a flexible platform and has the potential of enterprise Humanitarian Help and Catastrophe Reduction (HADR) operations.

It has been actively taking part in a number of humanitarian reduction operations carried out by the Indian Navy and is connected to the First Coaching Squadron of the Indian Navy primarily based at Kochi.

It has carried a consignment of 600 MT of rice to Antsiranana, Madagascar as humanitarian help final yr in March and had performed a task within the repatriation of the Indians residents from Iran in June 2020, beneath Operation Samudra Setu I.