Adani Ports delivers 50 US made GE locomotives to Railways

Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Wednesday said it has concluded import and delivery of fifty US made GE locomotives to Indian Railways.

All 50 locomotives were manufactured by GE Electromotive Division in the US and imported to Mundra port.

"Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (APSEZ) successfully concluded the import and dispatch of 50 General Electric Transportation (GE) locomotives from Mundra port for the Indian Railways with full customer satisfaction and zero' incident. All 50 locomotives were manufactured by GE Electromotive Division in the US and imported at Mundra port for the Indian Railways, a first for Indian shopping and logistics," the company said in a statement.

The final locomotive was handed over to the Indian Railways at the Roza Loco Shed (UP) on November 23, 2018.

The commissioning of the locomotives was completed in the period between October 2017 and November 2018, which is a landmark record for the logistics and ports sector.

The statement said Mundra port has the unique distinction of handling consignments critical for development and defence of the nation.

In a short span of time, the port has played an instrumental role in logistics of wagons for various Metro projects pan-India, mining dump truck of 240 MT capacity and heavy duty air-crane (helicopter), it said.

The port is also set to receive the first batch of Boeing Chinook helicopters, which is purported to give a decisive edge to India's defence forces in war like scenario and also during times of humanitarian crisis, as per sources.

APSEZ is India's largest private multi-port operator and a part of the Adani Group, an integrated infrastructure corporation.

Since 1962, after the import of WDM2 ALCO locomotives for the Indian Railways, the current import of GE locomotives is the biggest import consignment in India.

The first GE locomotive was imported to Mundra and handled by Adani Port in October 2017.

"Efficiency in logistical operations is given an utmost priority at Adani Ports. Therefore, while handling the logistical operations for the Indian Railways and GE, we made sure the transportation of cargo from the vessel to its destination is seamless and without any incident," APSEZ Chief Operating Officer Avinash Rai said