From factory in India to foundation in the USA

While the second wave of Covid19 was gaining ground in India and just before the Suez Canal was blocked, Total Movements picked up a critical Breakbulk shipment from the manufacturer’s works in India.

The move was fraught with challenges right from the beginning:

1. The extreme width of the cargo. More than 7.5 m wide.
2. Offset Centre of Gravity.
3. Extremely tight delivery schedule.
4. The lack of suitable breakbulk tonnage due to high demand.
5. Multimodal transportation in the US, including Barge transportation and Roll-off.

“The vessel had to be booked on a Last In, First Out basis due to the tight delivery schedule. Considering an acute shortage of breakbulk tonnage, our team had to work extra hard to locate something suitable. With good cooperation from the carrier, our team managed to finalise the vessel with a single port call in between.”

“Just when things looked to be going as per plan, calamity struck when the Suez canal got blocked just before our vessel could cross it. The wait for the canal to clear was quite unnerving as this was a time-bound shipment. Our entire schedule was pushed back by at least one week. However, with great cooperation from our on-shore counterparts in the US, we made up for the lost time by managing faster deliveries than expected.”

Source: BBN