by logisticsplus | Dec 17, 2020 | News
The Logistics Plus Europe project cargo team is finishing 2020 off on a high note. In the last few months, our team in Europe has managed a variety of projects including the delivery of steel components to a distillery, a full charter shipment of windmill equipment, and much more. These recent projects are detailed below.
1. Steel Components from Germany to Scotland
Logistics Plus successfully delivered two steel components (each 15.70m x 5.40m x 4.05m / 54 mts) from Germany to a distillery in Bora, Scotland. This project faced multiple challenges including the mandatory guidelines for loading and routing by the Department of Transportation, the limited space on the North Sea Ferry service, and the wintery road conditions in the Scottish Highlands. Despite these challenges, the components were delivered on-time and in perfect condition.
Pictures of the steel components can be seen below.
2. Windmill Equipment from Turkey to Italy
Logistics Plus successfully executed a full charter shipment of windmill equipment (10,587 FRTs/ 1021 MTS/ 59 PCS) from Aliaga, Turkey to Manfredonia, Italy. The equipment consisted of windmill blades, generators, and accessories.
A picture of the windmill equipment can be seen below.
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by logisticsplus | Nov 4, 2020 | News
The Logistics Plus Europe Project Cargo team is proud to announce that they have been nominated as the project logistics solution provider for the Siemens Mobility Desiro HC project to Israel. Over the past several months, our project engineering team worked hard to find the most efficient loading solution for Siemens railways. As a result, our team met the highest Health, Safety, Environment, and Quality (HSEQ) standards without interfering with the design of the railways.
Project Scope
In 2018, Siemens and the state-owned Israel Railways (ISR) signed a €900 million contract for the delivery of 60 Desiro HC regional trainsets over the next ten years. This contract is of major strategic importance since this was the first time in company history that Siemens was selling complete trains to Israel. Also, the Desiro HC train platform was sold for the first time outside of Germany. By partnering with the RoRo carrier Grimaldi Germany GmbH, Logistics Plus was able to provide constant support and visibility throughout this crucial project.
Pictures from this ongoing project can be seen below.
by logisticsplus | Oct 28, 2020 | News
The Logistics Plus Europe Project Cargo team successfully delivered four liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo tanks from Shanghai, China to Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. Combined, the four gas tanks have a total volume of 15,472 freight tons. The tanks are assigned for installation in the largest LNG bunker barge under construction in the United States.
“The Logistics Plus Projects team in Antwerp and Bremen performed outstandingly and displayed major commitment on behalf of our customer to guarantee the success of this complex project,” said Bremen’s Managing Director Thomas Hoelker. “Fixing the necessary combination cargo to be able to book a full charter vessel at a reasonable cost created a win-win situation for all involved parties.”
Frederik Geirnaert, Global Project Manager for Logistics Plus added, “This was a project we have been working on for over two years now. In the end, everything came together with the support of the Chinese supplier, the customer, the shipping line, and the receiving shipyard. Even COVID-19 could not prevent this cargo from arriving just in time with smooth execution.”
Photos from this project can be seen below.
by logisticsplus | Sep 28, 2020 | News
The biggest news of last month in the maritime community was the CMA CGM Jacques Saade joining CMA CGM’s fleet on September 23. The Jacques Saade is a 23,000 TEU container vessel that is the largest liquified natural gas (LNG) powered container ship in the world. Logistics Plus is proud to have played a role in making this possible by assisting our customer, Wartsila Gas Solutions, with the delivery of all parts for the gas handling and auxiliary systems they supplied and installed on this ship. Logistics Plus would like to congratulate our long term strategic partner CMA CGM for this new addition to their already performant fleet.
The majority of the cargo Logistics Plus delivered to Jiangnan shipyard came from China via a special ‘bonded logistics zone’ procedure. This procedure always proves to be difficult -especially for oversized cargo – as it involves carefully checking both the export (supplier) and import (shipyard) documents and customs declarations. The remaining cargo was shipped from various locations around the world.
An image of the Jacques Saade vessel can be seen below:
For more information, visit the CMA CGM website here.
by logisticsplus | Sep 25, 2020 | News
On September 23rd and 24th, Project Cargo Journal held its annual Project Cargo Summit as an online event. Logistics Plus Global Project Manager Frederik Geirnaert was featured as a speaker for the event (at the 1:23:05 mark of this YouTube video also included below) to discuss the way he supervised the transport of three massive modules from one shipyard in China to another while working from home.
As detailed in our story about this same move story back in April, the project involved the transport of three regasification modules: the largest one measuring 20 x 10.5 x 14.5 meters and weighing 425 metric tons (fun fact: Just last week Logistics Plus completed the exact same move and Frederik once again supervised it from his home ?).
You can watch the entire Project Cargo Summit on YouTube below.
