Project Management

Export packing and shipping

In the Spring of 2008, we project managed the on-site packing and door-to-door shipping of a ‘High-Precision Machine’ from Liverpool in the UK to Baltimore, north-east USA. This was the fifth machine of its type we had handled.

The dismantled equipment consisted of 22 cases of various dimensions, with a total gross shipping weight of 140,000 kgs. The largest case, containing the main machine body, was 620 x 350 x 380 cms. It weighed 70,000 kgs gross.

We shipped the consignment on an ACL RoRo vessel with an 11-day transit quay to quay and a further three days to its destination.

We packed all the machine parts to an extremely high specification, and were on hand at all the trans-shipment points in the UK and USA to supervise the lifting of the main machine body. And we were on site at the final destination, to inspect the contents of the 22 cases on arrival.

We acted as buying agents for the machine transit brackets, machine lifting brackets, and special lifting frame. We provided a purpose-built metal fabricated case base for the main machine body, and special transit ‘Temperature Recorders’ for temperature-sensitive parts.

Our colleagues at Charles Kendall Freight supplied a four-man packing team to pack the equipment over an 11-day period on site. They supplied and controlled the movement of the dismantled parts, as well as delivering cranes and haulage to Liverpool. All our cases complied with ISPM15, and were marked to Contract Requirements and International Standards.