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Project cargo by container ship
Trend or exception?
Transport via regular container services is an attractive option for the heavy lift and project cargo sector. Boskalis is currently shipping a whole 450-tonne component of a ship to Singapore with the CMA CGM regular container service.
The video shows this ‘heavy’ transhipment process. See what the Port of Rotterdam has to offer in the field of heavy lift and project cargo.The increased scale of new construction projects makes project cargo increasingly heavy and large.
Rotterdam responds to the demand for special transport facilities of this equipment. The Port of Rotterdam has floating cranes, pontoons and tugboats to handle the transhipment on the waterfront without obstructing container transhipment.
Information and video source:Project cargo by container ship. http://www.portofrotterdam.com/en/Business/breakbulk-roro/Pages/project-cargo-container-ship.aspx