April 27, 2012 GAIL India Ltd has resumed cargo operations at the nation's third liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal at Dabhol after it repaired fenders at the port that were damaged by rough sea. A ship carrying maiden or the so called commissioning cargo, which will be used to prepare the site for commercial operations, had to move to high seas after the fenders lining the jetty got damaged. Fenders are bumpers used to absorb the kinetic energy of a berthing boat or vessel against the jetty. The fenders have been repaired and the ship has started discharging the cargo. The LNG carrier, called Excelerate, at the end of March brought a cargo from Statoil ASA Snohvit LNG plant in the Barents Sea off Norway. It had offloaded barely 5-10 per cent of the cargo when operations had to be suspended and the vessel shifted to anchor. GAIL owns 31.52 per cent stake in Ratnagiri Gas and Power Co Ltd -- the firm that owns the 1967 MW power plant and adjacent 5 million tons a year LNG import terminal at Dabhol in Maharashtra. The power plant and LNG terminal were built by now bankrupt US energy major Enron Corp about a decade back. Since it had been shut for so long, GAIL is taking all precautions in commissioning the terminal. The Belgian ship brought the commissioning cargo of 138,000 cubic metres around March 25 and was to start offloading from March 28.