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GLOBAL NEWS
DHL taps Antonov plane to airlift giant
heat boilers from Germany to Saudi
BONN: DHL Global Forwarding, the
air and ocean freight specialist of
Deutsche Post DHL Group, tapped
the largest cargo plane in the world,
Antonov, to transport four giant
waste heat boilers from Germany to
Saudi Arabia.
The project, which required a
combination of expertise, technology
and skilled workforce, was carried out
in August.
The multimodal movement was
handled by DHL Industrial Projects, a
unit within DHL Global Forwarding,
specializing in safe and reliable
transport of over-sized and heavy-lift
cargo as well as complex end-to-end
project forwarding.
For the spectacular transportation
of the four 140-ton boilers measuring
3.70 meters in height, 4.10 meters in
width and 19 meters in length, the
world's largest cargo aircraft Antonov
AN225 was deployed. A waste heat
boiler is about as heavy as 24 fullgrown
African elephants.
“Logistics, especially within the
break-bulk segment, is all about local
knowledge, mainly with regards to
specifics of different ports or with
r e f e r e n c e t o i n f r a s t r u c t u r e ,
equipment, roads and regulation,"
explains Nikola Hagleitner, CEO DHL
Industrial Projects.
“When it comes to breakbulk
logistics, our customers rely on our
dedicated teams and their extensive
expertise in some 60 offices across 45
countries. With this exciting transport
we are again reaffirming our role as
facilitator of global trade, no matter
how challenging the task.”
The transit of the four super-sized
waste heat boilers began at the
manufacturer’s plant in Berlin. From
there, they were transported to the
airport of Leipzig via the river Elbe,
reloaded at the port of Aken & via
road.
From Leipzig, the heavy lift was
then shipped to Saudi Arabia. On their
entire journey, the waste heat boilers
were moved with the help of a 1,000-
ton-mobile crane, a barge and a
heavy goods transporter with 20 axles
and a total weight of around 275 tons,
as well as the unique Antonov AN225
airplane.
“ Transporting freight of this
enormous scale requires wellorchestrated
resources of workforce,
expertise and know-how,” adds Peer-
Wulf Herrmann, Head of DHL
Industrial Projects Germany. “We offer
our clients safe, compliant and
reliable management during the
complete process of planning,
organization and coordination of the
transport. Even though unusual and
special transports like this are our
daily business, we are always happy to
support projects of this nature with
our capabilities and making the
impossible possible.”
The heavy-duty freight is divided
into four transports with an interval of
roughly two to four weeks, each
taking about seven days.
LATAM Cargo opens
pharma hub in
Copenhagen
COPENHAGEN: The Chilebased
freight carrier LATAM
Cargo recently opened its
dedicated pharma hub in the
Danish capital fueled by
strong demand for
pharmaceutical products
from Europe to Latin
America.
In a statement, the
company said the
Copenhagen hub is aimed at
improving services it offers
to pharma companies in
Denmark, Norway and
Sweden. Primarily, it will feed
the following routes:
Amsterdam-Viracopos-
Santiago; Brussels-
Montevideo; Amsterdam-
Brasilia; and Frankfurt-
Guarulhos.
“The new Copenhagen hub
is proof of our commitment
to continue leading the
transportation of pharma
products from, to and intra
Latin America. In 2017 we
were the first to receive the
CEIV Pharma certification in
the Americas; this being said,
we continue to work and
expand in order to provide
offline markets in Europe
with more connections to
more destinations in Latin
America, with the highest
quality standards,” said
LATAM Cargo.
The company's revenues
went up 16.8 percent yearon-year
during the second
quarter of 2018, largely
driven by recovery in both
imports and exports in the
region.
Offering air services to
around 140 destinations in 25
countries, LATAM Airlines has
one of the largest route
networks in the world.