There are many things we do to deliver savings. Even if it means chartering a specialised vessel to make an inducement call at an Indian port. 

Yes, that’s what we did for GE Power. When their cargo of high-value gas turbine components was stuck in India, we chartered a 1725 TEU container vessel to make an inducement call at Kakinada Port, India and Colombo, Sri Lanka to carry them to the final destination, Houston, USA.  

The cargo was stored in challenging topographic conditions. Between the storage and Kakinada Port Transportation 55 kms away, lay inaccessible terrain and narrow roads. We mobilised an impressive ground transportation, mapping out feasible routes. We then had to fumigate the entire cargo to make it seaworthy.

On arriving at Colombo Port, the containers were devanned and reconsolidated with a different optimised configuration into another shipping line’s containers at the Freeport in Colombo, for their onward journey to Houston.

The formidable task required complex preliminary planning with proven expertise and active supervision. The team’s organisational skills and knowledge in managing door-to-door operations, unique handling requirements at origin, during transit and transshipment Freeport requirements, allowed them to mitigate risk factors related to customs clearance, route validation, transportation and delivery. What’s more is that across the project, we minimised the harmful effect on the environment. Even the fumigation was undertaken in controlled environments.

A project that had them perplexed for 6 months.
A project that would have cost them millions.
We got it done in 45 days and saved them close to 40% on freight costs.