The land based oil rig consisted of 3,675 cubic metres of cargo with the heaviest unit being 52 tons.
The rig was transported on behalf of our customer, Burgan Company, which specialises in well drilling, trading and maintenance. Burgan is the leading company in Kuwait for oil well exploration, drilling and work-over.
“The land based oil rig consisted of 3,675 cubic metres of cargo with the heaviest unit being 52 tons.The challenge was crating and dispatching 45 truck-loads of cargo across 3,800 km from Canada to Houston Port, USA in time to connect with a heavy carrier vessel bound for Kuwait.” says Wilhelmsen Ships Service Assistant Sales Manager, Arun Ravindran.
All the cargo was delivered to Houston Port within 16 days, despite temperatures below 0 degrees Celsius and road bans due to snow and ice formation. Thereafter the cargo was kept in a holding yard until the arrival of vessel MV BBC Kusan.
On arrival in Kuwait, Wilhelmsen Ships Service also secured nomination of the vessel for husbandry services and handled vessel berthing, discharge and cargo storage in Shuwaikh Port.
Further information from:
Clive Figueiredo, Commercial Manager, Wilhelmsen Ships Service, Kuwait
Telephone + 965 6684 9904 (mobile) clive.figueiredo@wilhelmsen.com
Terje Borkenhagen, Vice President, Strategic Marketing, Wilhelmsen Ships Service
Telephone +47 67 58 47 03 (office) +47 95 08 55 23 (mobile) terje.borkenhagen@wilhelmsen.com