8 THOUSAND PIPES DELIVERED FOR OIL & GAS INDUSTRY

Project logistics and oil & gas industry are two sides of the same coin. Places where oil and gas are extracted, processed, or prepared for transportation, require the availability of unique equipment, which is often times a few thousand kilometers away from the site. This is where the help of RTL' s professionals comes in handy.

In the summer of 2019, RTL Group of Companies organized freight forwarding services for the gas industry. Eight thousand gas pipes loaded in the port of Burgas (Bulgaria) arrived at the port of Rostov-on-Don in three subsequent shiploads within short periods of time.

Upon arrival at Rostov seaport, 900 pipes totaling more than 8000 tons were carefully overloaded from river-sea vessels to the temporary storage area in the port, which we organized at the request of the Customer.

When the consignee's warehousing site was ready, we began to export pipes. Due to the dynamic nature of the piping material, improper fastening on the vehicle can cause the pipes to shift and move, so our experts have developed a plan to ensure that the piping is secure when placed and fixed on the road vehicles. That is why special fastening equipment was used to fix the main gas pipes on vehicles. Using crane equipment, we loaded cargoes on vehicles and exported them from the port. To organize the transportation of 900 pieces, 12 trucks were used per a round trip.

Every day for a month and a half, without days off, we ensured long cargoes are transported from the port to the Customer's storage site. Once at the Consignee's site, the main gas pipes were unloaded using crane equipment and stacked into specialized cells for pipe storage. The entire transportation process took about 45 days.