ISS Global Forwarding transports refinery equipment to Kolkata

ISS Global Forwarding, member to the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC) for Kolkata, Eastern India, reported about a significant project they recently managed.

A company spokesperson stated: “This project involved critical and super ODC cargo for our ongoing Numaligarh Refinery expansion project for splitters – 70 x 8.6 x 9 meters, weighing 650 ton. Total cargo consisting of 4 packages with a total of 1,765 ton and 14,000/- FRT cargo ex supplier’s manufacturing unit in Vizag up to Kolkata, Diamond Harbor.

The journey involved:

• Inland transportation from the manufacturing yard up to POL on our own 20-hydraulic axle configuration + puller and a 40-SPMT (10+10 front and rear) configuration powered by 2 PPUs.
• Extensive on-site preparations & civil work carried out at Manufacturing yard & the jetty.
• One-of-a-kind vessel MV Jumbo Kinetic having crane capacity of 1,500 ton x 2 was chartered to carry the cargo on a coastal voyage from Vizag to Kolkata.
• All heavy lifts were discharged from the vessel onto barges at Kolkata Diamond Harbour, a mid-river operation.

Our team's meticulous planning, coordination, and technical expertise have resulted in a successful execution of this super ODC & critical project shipment.”