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Kochi, Dec. 6 India Gateway Terminal Ltd (IGT), a DP World company operating the Rajiv Gandhi Container Terminal (RGCT) of the Cochin Port Trust, has won the prestigious “Innovation Award” at the 2007 Lloyd’s List Award ceremony in Mumbai.

Over a period of time, the Lloyd’s List awards have become the benchmark for excellence within the maritime industry.

Celebrating performance and innovation, the Lloyd’s List Awards are a unique occasion in the annual calendar of maritime events. Competing against five contenders for the Award, DP World Cochin received the honours for the design and fabrication of a ‘Hazardous Cargo Spill Container Trailer’.

Mr Suresh Joseph, General Manager, said in a press release that the RGCT handles various types and categories of containers including hazardous cargo containers. While a separate area is allocated to stack hazardous containers as per IMO classification, there was no system to handle leaky tank container/container stuffed with barrels of liquid cargo.

The liquid/oil leaking out from these containers could spoil the entire yard and would be a threat to the environment.

To deal with such eventualities various alternatives were evaluated.

The conventional method of constructing a bund was ruled out due to space constraints.

Eventually, it was decided to provide a trailer which could transport as well as store the hazardous spill thereby minimising the environmental impact.

The Engineering department of DP World Cochin was entrusted with sourcing the best available trailers for the use. Photographs of different types of trailer were received from various corners of the world — the cheapest one cost an estimated Rs 7 lakh. At this juncture it was decided to convert an unserviceable trailer available in the terminal.

The welders and fabricators of the RGCT workshop had made a platform with full reinforcement on the trailer and then a tank of 1,800 litre capacity was provided in the middle of the platform with a drain valve.

The slope of the platform from all the sides is towards the rear end so as to collect the oil in the tank through the funnel and pipe provided at rear end. Oil/liquid collected in the tank can be drained out easily and disposed off safely. The work was completed within a one month at a cost of less than Rs 1 lakh. The trailer is currently in use at the terminal and all the leaky containers are handled using this trailer thus preventing pollution.

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