India shipping operations run into disarray as cyclone makes landfall Shipping operations for commodities ranging from oil and coal to consumer goods and textiles will be delayed in the week ending May 22, as the cyclone Tauktae raged past India’s western coastline, trading executives, port officials and refiners told S&P Global Platts May 18. Naval ships and aircraft have been deployed to evacuate hundreds of personnel from oil barges and a rig while the bunkering operations have also been severely hit. Even though the landfall of the dreaded cyclone has already happened, its gradually fizzling out and most ports will resume operations by midnight May 18 or early May 19 but by the time all logistics are up and running, a few days of delay in loading and unloading cargoes and ship bunkering is projected by those directly involved in this work.