Lok Sabha Question No. 5046 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-25
Subject: MoU for Transportation of LPG
Ministry: PORTS, SHIPPING AND WATERWAYS
Asked by: Sanjay Sadashivrao Mandlik, Shrirang Appa Barne, Chandra Sekhar Sahu, Sudheer Gupta, Bidyut Baran Mahato

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PORTS,  SHIPPING  AND WATERWAYS LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5046

TO BE ANSWERED ON 25TH MARCH, 2021

## MoU FOR TRANSPORTATION  OF LPG

5046. SHRI SANJAY SADASHIVRAO MANDLIK: SHRI CHANDRA SEKHAR SAHU: SHRI SHRIRANG  APPA BARNE. SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA. SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO: SHRI CHANDRA SEKHAR  SAHU:

will the Minister of PoRTS, SHIPPING  AND WATERWAYS be pleased to state: qa-d,  +d  qfu{f,fl  3n{ saErrt }i*

- (a) whether the Government  has signed any Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with MOL (Asia Oceania) Pte. Ltd for transportation  of Liquified Natural Gas (LPG) through  barges on National waterways-1 and 2 and if so, the details  thereof,
- (b) whether MOL Group is the world's largest  gas carrier company and is investing for construction  and operation of dedicated LPG barges  under Make-in-lndia initiative;
- (c)  if so, the details of investments likely to be made by the said company;
- (d) whether  Aegis Group has also proposed  investments for setting up storage ierminals, dedicated  pipelines between  jetty to the terminal and necessary  infrastructure at  jetty  for evacuation of products  from barges;
- (e) if so, the terms and conditions  fixed with these companies for the movement of LPG; and
- (0 the steps taken to boost the investment for setting up storage terminals of LPG and laying pipelines in the country?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)  FOR PORTS, SHIPPING  AND WATERWAYI (SHRI  MANSUKH MANDAVIYA)

- (a)AMemorandumofUnderstanding(MoU)hasbeensignedbetweenMoLShipping (lndia) Pvt. Lid. and lnland waterways Authority  of lndia (lwAl) on 25.02.2021  to facilitate inland  water  transport operations  in National  waterways. As per MoU, MOL Shipping (lndia)  pvt.  Ltd. together with their consortium  partners HALPG  (Aegis Group and lTocHU Petroleum  Group), have committed for supporting  the Government initiatives  as lnland Waterways  promotion  for better logistics solution, Sagarmala SchemeandextremelyvitalPradhanMantriUjjwalaYojana(PMUY)scheme.

(b)to(e)TheMoLGroup,inapresentationmadeintheMinistryofPorts,Shipping& waterways,  has claimed to be operating  one of the world's leading/  largest merchant fleets with over 800 vessels  which include container  carriers' bulk carriers, wood chip carriers,  tankers,  LPG carriers,  LNG carriers  etc. As regards investment,  the Group has shown interest. However,  no such firmed up proposal has been received from MoL/ HALPG or Aegis Group

- (0 oil Marketing companies  have reported that the following  steps have been taken to boost the investment  for setting up LPG import and storage terminals in the country'-
- . construction of Paradip  LPG lmport Terminal, locL having capacity  1.0 MMTPA and storage  of 40000 MT has been taken up at an investment of Rs. 690 crore.
- . construction  of cochin LPG lmport Terminal, locL having capacity of 0.6 MMTPA and storage of 15400 MT has been taken up at an investment of Rs. 714.25  crore.
- . Augmentation of Kandla LPG lmport Terminal, locl to 2.5 MMTPA capacity with provision of additional  storage  of 30000 MT at an investment  of Rs. 730.2 crore has been taken uP.
- storage augmentation  of LPG storage  facility at Mangalore  LPG lmport Terminal, HPCL by 80000 MT at an investment  of Rs. 800 crore has been taken up'
- Grass root import facility of capacity 5 MMTPA  at Dahej and storage of 60000 MT at Vadodara by HPCL,  at an investment  of Rs. 2380 crore is at feasibility  stage.
- Haldia LPG lmport Terminal,  BPCL having capacity of 1.0 MMTPA  and storage  of 30000 MT at an investment  of Rs. 1098 crore has been commissioned  recently.

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