The Logistics Plus Project Cargo team completed the successful delivery of a liquid bio-gas storage tank from Turkey to job-site in Norway. The Logistics Plus Belgium and Turkey teams carefully collaborated, planned, and executed every single detail of this “recon” mission. In order to complete the delivery of this massive tank in poor weather conditions, our SPOT (Special Projects Operations & Tactics) team had to apply gravel to roads, remove gates, lift wires, and more.
The liquid bio-gas storage tank was 24m long, 5.4m wide, and 5.6m high, weighing 80 tons.
In February 2019, Patric Drewes and Sandra Dinklage visited a new client to introduce the new Logistics Plus Project GmbH team. Not long after, Logistics Plus was awarded two projects from this client, both of which were bale finishing systems weighing about 200 freight tons each. From morning to night, the Logistics Plus Project Cargo team successfully handled and delivered both projects. The two projects and some of the challenges our team faced are highlighted below:
GP-ARC7 Bale Press to Monroeville, AL:
A fixed delivery date of August 1, 2019
The bale press and several containers from Europe were in Shipper Owned Containers (SOC) and Carrier Owned Containers (COC)
Major SOC’s and COC’s were loaded at the factory in Foshan, China
The cases were not ready in time, creating a shorter time frame to reach the fixed delivery date
Limited space on the vessels sailing from China to the U.S.
GP-Foley to Perry, FL:
Delivery between July 29th and August 16th, 2019
The bale press delivered to Antwerp where it was to be loaded onto the vessel
The vessel carrier cancelled the sailing to Jacksonville, causing Logistics Plus to find a different solution (we did!)
The cargo was shipped in COC including out of gauge (OOG)
Consignee was unable to do a live offload and the containers had to stay on site on a chassis
Teamwork On Full Display
Both projects were coordinated by Sandra Dinklage and the Logistics Plus Project GmbH team in Bremen, Germany. The Bremen team was responsible for the coordination of all parts and the bale presses from Europe. Once coordinated, the Logistics Plus Shanghai team arranged the pre-carriage and ocean freight from the factory in China. The loading’s were arranged on weekends with full staff support. Lastly, the Logistics Plus U.S. Project Cargo team was responsible for coordinating with the clients broker, along with handling all of the drayage, trans-loading, and final deliveries of each container to site.
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Bon voyage! Pieter Jan De Smedt, a very close friend of Frederik Geirnaert (global project manager for the Logistics Plus Project Cargo Division) is embarking on a one (1) year sailing adventure around the world in a Catana 401 named Vite & Rêves. The crew, a family of five, departed Lavrion, Greece late September with the intentions of ending their journey in Darwin, Australia next July.
To help the crew track its progress around the world, Logistics Plus has provided one of its Roambee global tracking devices. Now, thanks to GPS ocean tracking, the boat and crew can be followed along its route in near real-time at https://vite-et-reves.com/static/route/ as shown here:
You can also visit vite-et-reves.com to read regular “Captain’s Log” updates from Pieter and his crew. What an awesome adventure!
The Logistics Plus Project Cargo team has successfully shipped a 4,000 freight ton shiplift and transfer system from Iskenderun, Turkey to Shuaiba, Kuwait. The shipment was broken down into three platform sections, each weighing more than 100 metric tons each.
The Logistics Plus Project Cargo Team has kept busy in the summer months of June and July, 2019. In just these two months, we have managed a variety of projects, including the successful deliveries of windmills, heat boilers, transformers, and more (photos included in the video below).
LP Saudi Arabia successfully delivered a heat boiler from Dammam to Jubail.
LP Turkey successfully delivered transformers (200 metric tons) to Lithuania.
LP India successfully completed a windmill project from Europe to Tuticorin port.
LP Belgium safely delivered press machinery (114 metric tons) from Antwerp to Istanbul.
LP Turkey successfully delivered 7 units of heat exchangers from Korea to Turkey.
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