New World Logistics with air transport of rotor shaft

New World Logistics completed a project involving the round-trip air shipment of a rotor shaft for a steam turbine sent from Vietnam to Japan for repair. The multi-transportation project saw the unit transported from the client's site in Vietnam to Hanoi, flown to Japan by Boeing 747-8F aircraft, delivered to Okayama for repair and then the reverse journey back.

The rotor shaft had dimensions of 4.5 x 2.3 x 2.1m and weighed 6,800kg. The scope of work handled by New World Logistics included:

• Secure & safe plan for lashing, dunnage and craning
  
• Supervision during loading & unloading
  
• Local trucking transport in Vietnam from client's site to Hanoi
  
• Air transport by Boeing 747-8F from Hanoi Airport to Narita Airport in Japan
  
• Road transport from Narita Airport to Okayama
  
• The return trip after repair
  

New World Logistics are Cargo Connections members in Vietnam, experienced in handling a wide range of different cargo.