Oldendorff informed that it conducted a trial transshipment of coal between two vessels, in the Andaman Islands. Namely, the panamax Trina Oldendorff loaded 73,086 mt of coking coal from Gladstone, Australia and sailed to the Andaman Islands.
Off Port Meadow, Trina Oldendorff transhiped 25,000 mt of coal into the M/V Spar Rigel for transport to the Indian port of Haldia, where there is a maximum draft restriction of about 7.5 metres. The Trina Oldendorff then proceeded to discharge part of the remaining cargo in India.
About half way to Port Meadow, the vessels started to slowly come together so that by the time they anchored in Port Meadow they were secured side-by-side. The transshipment was conducted using the side mounted cranes and grabs of the Trina Oldendorff. The ship was converted to a side mounted geared vessel last year at Chengxi shipyard in China. Four x 36-ton MacGregor cranes with grabs were fitted on the starboard side to give an outreach of 30 metres.
Oldendorff cooperated with the Harbour Master, Port Authorities, Customs and Immigration at Point Blair, Kolkata and Delhi in order to get the required approvals.
