Oil conglomerate, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOC) has supplied Jet A1 fuel, lubes and Marine Gas Oil (MGO) as a bouquet offering for the prestigious 40th Indian Scientific Expedition to Antarctica (ISEA) mission.

The unique feature of this supply is that the aviation fuel Jet A1 has been supplied in bulk and packed form to a non-aviation customer and is delivered to an ocean-going vessel for the first time. The fuel will be used for aviation support and power generation units as well as in snowmobiles and for the voyage itself. At Mormugao Port, Goa, Indian Oil director (Marketing) Gurmeet Singh and Dr M Ravichandran, director, NCPOR, in the presence of Dr E Ramesh Kumar, Chairman, Mormugao Port Trust and Dr. N Vinodkumar, Postmaster General, Goa Region attended the fuelling ceremony of the 40thISEA.

Also on this occasion, Dr Vinod Kumar released two first-day covers – one to commemorate this 40th Indian Scientific Expedition to Antarctica, and the second one to commemorate the four decades of India’s Antarctica programme, under which the first Indian expedition to Antarctica sailed from Goa on December 6, 1981 and reached the shores of this polar continent on January 9, 1982. Adding on, Javed Beg, Group Director (Antarctic Operations & Infrastructure) said, “Every expedition is different and presents diverse challenges, but the 40th expedition is unique, as it takes place amid the coronavirus pandemic with innumerable logistical challenges”.

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