The GPLN member Shipping.DK Spain project teams had transported a Herrenknecht tunnel boring machine from Kehl in Germany to Barcelona in Spain, totaling some 2240 cbm for the Girona AVE high speed train.

From Kehl to Rotterdam port cargo was transported by barge with direct operation of discharge and load into modern geared 400 ts vessel chartered specially for the occasion.

Pieces of 220 tons, 116 tons and various other cargos of an additional 90 tons, with the largest piece measuring 21 meters length and width exceeding 7 meters, were the more relevant pieces of the project.

“Several offices of the Shipping DK organization were involved in the project,” said Mr. Santiago Fontecilla, Managing Director of Shipping.DK Spain, “The Fredericia office chartered the vessel while the Rotterdam office took the operations of transshipment and the Spanish offices of Bilbao and Barcelona arranged the discharge and all formalities with forwarding company awarded and involved in the project. The full operation was carried out successfully and well organized between all of our offices involved.”

The Global Project Logistics Network (GPLN) is the premier non-exclusive professional projects logistics network of independent companies specializing in international projects movements by air, sea and land as well as specialized lifts and the special handling of oversized, out-of-gauge and heavy lift cargo.

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