Tata Steel has become the first steel company in Odisha to use inland waterways to bring in heavy machinery for its Kalinganagar plant expansion project, reiterating its commitment to creating a carbon-neutral future. Tata Steel's consignment sailed in a chartered vessel from Shanghai to Paradip port in Odisha. It was then loaded on a barge that travelled up Luna River and was finally unloaded at Marsaghai, in Kendrapara district on 15 March 2022. Thereafter, the consignment was transported via roadways and reached the project site on 2 April 2022.Tata Steel's Engineering & Project Division used multimodal logistics including inland waterways for shipping nearly 1000 Cubic meters of four Super Over Dimensional Assembled Cargo, each weighing up to 100 metric tonnes having a diameter of 8 meters. These project cargos are part of the Slag Granulation Plant that is being set-up in the Kalinganagar plant of Tata Steel.For this ambitious project, Tata Steel had roped in Deugro projects India Pvt Ltd, a leading logistic solution provider in freight forwarding and project logistics solutions.Earlier this year, Tata Steel had undertaken its maiden multi-modal shipment of TMT bars from West Bengal to Assam via Indo-Bangladesh Protocol Route, becoming the first steel company in India to do so. It was a landmark effort to decarbonise the steel sector and the country.
Tata Steel has become the first steel company in Odisha to use inland waterways to bring in heavy machinery for its Kalinganagar plant expansion project, reiterating its commitment to creating a carbon-neutral future. Tata Steel's consignment sailed in a chartered vessel from Shanghai to Paradip port in Odisha. It was then loaded on a barge that travelled up Luna River and was finally unloaded at Marsaghai, in Kendrapara district on 15 March 2022. Thereafter, the consignment was transported via roadways and reached the project site on 2 April 2022.Tata Steel's Engineering & Project Division used multimodal logistics including inland waterways for shipping nearly 1000 Cubic meters of four Super Over Dimensional Assembled Cargo, each weighing up to 100 metric tonnes having a diameter of 8 meters. These project cargos are part of the Slag Granulation Plant that is being set-up in the Kalinganagar plant of Tata Steel.For this ambitious project, Tata Steel had roped in Deugro projects India Pvt Ltd, a leading logistic solution provider in freight forwarding and project logistics solutions.Earlier this year, Tata Steel had undertaken its maiden multi-modal shipment of TMT bars from West Bengal to Assam via Indo-Bangladesh Protocol Route, becoming the first steel company in India to do so. It was a landmark effort to decarbonise the steel sector and the country.
