Adani Ports receives 50 US-made GE locomotives, delivers to Indian Railways 

December 26, 2018: Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone have reportedly concluded the import and delivery of fifty US made GE locomotives to Indian Railways. The GE Electromotive Division in the US has manufactured all 50 locomotives, which were transported 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. 

A PTI report stated that 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. 

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.