Once booking confirmation was received from our partner, we worked towards getting the haulage booked along with route planning and submission of permits to the local authorities. Due to the width of the cargo, this needed special provisions to travel.

Departing from Tianjin, this would tranship via Hamburg to load onto connecting vessel into Liverpool port.

Upon arrival into Hamburg we had a challenging task of turning the cargo around at the earliest as not to miss the connecting vessel.

We always try to avoid additional costs to the customer, but unfortunately due to special requirements this wasn’t possible on this occasion. As it stood, the cargo wasn’t allowed to travel on German roads in its current state with wire ropes needed to be transferred from one quay to another. Therefore, the cargo needed to be relashed and secured in order to make the onward destination. We negotiated with the carrier to reduce the costs to a lower amount that the customer was more than happy to cover. All was successful and this made the connecting vessel within 4 days, once the green light was given to relash.

Upon arrival of the vessel into Liverpool the cargo was devanned onto awaiting vehicles and transported in convoy under escort.