J M Baxi has completed the transport and marine loadout of 110 modules for Larsen & Toubro (L&T)’s CERES Project at the Modular Fabrication Facility in Kattupalli, near Chennai.
The modules had a combined weight of 64,000 tonnes. They were moved and loaded in 23 LOTs using 120 Scheuerle Generation 4 SPMT axles and five vessels.
For the project, J M Baxi carried out the engineering and transport planning required for the SPMT operations and managed execution at the site. Its work covered the distribution of loads, movement within the fabrication facility, final positioning and transfer of the modules onto vessels.
The transport programme was arranged around the different module loads, space limitations at the site, available equipment and operating conditions. J M Baxi said personnel from its Engineering, Operations, HSE, Maintenance and Project Management teams took part in the work.
The transport programme was completed as L&T marked the departure of the final CERES module shipment from Kattupalli.
Under the CERES Project, L&T fabricated and delivered 110 Process and Piperack modules with an approximate combined weight of 64,000 tonnes. The modules were shipped to the Burrup Peninsula in Australia over 23 voyages.
They are being supplied for an ammonia-urea manufacturing facility with a production capacity of 2.3 MTPA. L&T describes the facility as Australia’s largest ammonia-urea manufacturing plant and said the project was completed with 37 million safe workhours.
Separately, J M Baxi reached an agreement in principle in January 2026 with GAIL (India) and Japanese shipping company K Line to participate jointly in the ownership of an LNG carrier being built by Samsung Heavy Industries.
The three companies signed a term sheet for equity participation in a Singapore-based ship-owning company during India Energy Week in Goa in January 2026.
The LNG carrier is scheduled for delivery in 2027 and is planned to operate under a long-term time charter with GAIL (India). K Line had signed the charter agreement with GAIL (India) in December 2024.
The vessel under construction at Samsung Heavy Industries has a tank capacity of 174,000 cubic metres.
