Rickmers Jakarta transports long loads to
Saudi Arabia
The project forwarder deugro Projekt GmbH and
Rickmers-Linie, the Hamburg-based shipping line that specialises in
transporting breakbulk, heavylift and project cargoes, has recently completed
the transport of a major project shipment on behalf of Linde Engineering for
two air separation facilities being constructed in Saudi Arabia.
In addition to a number of smaller breakbulk
shipments, there were four large pieces of cargo - two reactors and two air
coolers - loaded on board Rickmers Jakarta in Bremen on 6 January 2007.
Measuring 61.26m x 6.52m x 6.45m, the air coolers were loaded on deck above
hold nos 2 & 3.
Precarriage was effected by barge and trucks to
Bremen, where the 2004-built Rickmers Jakarta took over. Being destined
for two different projects, part of the cargo was consigned to Yanbu and the
remainder to Al Jubail. On-carriage to the respective construction sites was
organised by deugro.
The air separation facilities are being built by Linde
Engineering for the National Gas Company of Saudi Arabia and are due to start
production at the beginning of 2008.
Rickmers Jakarta and her eight sister ships are
deployed on Rickmers' Round-The-World Pearl String Service, which offers
fortnightly eastbound voyages connecting the industrial centres of Europe, Asia
and America. Their high service speed allows for deviations to additional ports
en route, as in this case Sohar, while still maintaining schedule integrity.
Further, Rickmers-Linie operates a monthly liner service from Europe to the
Middle East/Indian Subcontinent and vice versa, as well as a monthly westbound
liner service from the US East Coast to North China, South Korea and Japan. The
company currently operates 17 owned and chartered multipurpose vessels on its
routes.
-ends-
Notes to editor
A downloadable photograph to accompany
the press release is available at http://www.dunelmpr.co.uk/Rickmers-photogallery-NEW.html.
The caption for the photograph reads:
"Rickmers Jakarta, seen here
loading in Bremen on 6 January during loading of the project units for Yanbu
and Al Jubail." Photo: Scheer |
