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03 : KNT Cargo with Challenging Operation

of Boiler Plants Delivery

Qeshm Island is located a few
kilometers off the southern coast of

Iran (Persian Gulf), opposite the port
cities of Bandar Abbas and Bandar
Khamir. The island, which hosts a
300-square-kilometre free zone

jurisdiction, is 135 km long, and lies
strategically in the Strait of Hormuz,
just 60 kilometres from the Omani
port of Khasab, and about 180

kilometres from the UAE Port Rashid.

Transport of a large industrial
boiler can be quite challenging.
Large dimensions and heavy weight
pose unique requirements to ensure

safe and efficient transport.

KNT Cargo was awarded the
contract to transport power
SPMT (Self Propelled Modular Trailer). Since US sanctions on Iran were
generating equipment and its
to be recovered from Nov. 05, time
accessories with the largest unit
The main body were picked up deadline was another risk factor we
weighing up to 90 tons as part of
from factory in Kunsan, Korea and should challenge as well. Clients
Qeshm Project.
moved by SPMT to Kunjang new also carefully checked and got a
port of Kunsan, where they were
Due to oversized dimension and loading permission in advance from
loaded aboard a vessel for onward
heavy weight, the main body was government before shipments.
transport to Qeshm. Part of cargoes
manufactured in the factory adjacent
made a short journey to shipside for Since the first shipment in February
to loading port. This meant that even
loading and at the same time two 2018 up to the final delivery of the
special trailer could not be used to
vessel cranes were positioned for third shipment in November 2018,
travel the entire route directly from
lift. All necessary slings and shackles KNT Cargo has efficiently run the
factory to port, and the only suitable
were attached to the cargoes and operation processes.
type of transport solution, which was
the lift began. The cranes lifted the
able to carry such a heavy load along
cargoes over the fence and placed
a few kilometers to port, was an
them below deck on the vessel.

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