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Sofia will be one of the largest offshore wind farms in the world as well as one of the farthest from shore. Technically it will be a major engineering feat, drawing on long-term offshore wind heritage and on our suppliers’ technological expertise. It will implement many of the innovations and advances made by the offshore wind sector as it has grown in size and sophistication over the past few years.
Our Project Forwarding division in Sheffield who are experts in moving oversized, sensitive, and high-value cargo across the globe; have undertaken a specialist shipment which is part of the Sofia project, which involved scheduling a multi-modal delivery from Santos, Sao Paulo in Brazil to the UK.
The shipment of specialist reactors travelling nearly 10,000 km across the equator required delicate packing into 5 wooden crates to spread the weight of the 11,500 Kg load. The crates were lashed to 2x 40-foot flat racks before being loaded onto the sea vessel bound for Liverpool.
On arrival at Liverpool after an ocean transit time of 47 days, the 5 crates were offloaded by enlisted agent Peel Ports, to then be transported the remainder of the journey by road to its final destination of South Shields on the North East coast. On arrival at South Shields after a cross-country 2-day haulage, the low-loaders were met by all the necessary unloading equipment which was pre-arranged with the receiver.
The specialist knowledge of our project forwarding team ensures all our customer’s expectations are met or overachieved throughout the shipment process. During the UK leg of this transit, the team kept in continued communication with the customer, providing regular updates to make them aware at every stage that arrival timeframes and cost-efficiencies were being met.
