XLP members Khimji Ramdas Shipping LLC ( KRS), Oman and Ceekay Shipping ,United Arab Emirates jointly executed the End to End Multimodal Logistics ex Central Oman, of a 1500 HP Geo-Thermal Rig and its  accessories from to Philippines.

The shipment consisted of a total of 144 pieces/7000 cbm/85 trailer loads of varying  sizes  and shapes.

While KRS were in charge for all operations in Oman including , Route survey for the OD Cargoes , Cargo sorting, Segregation, and Labelling, Packing list preparations, customs clearance, loading, Haulage of the OD and the In guage cargoes , Oman port handling and arranging the Marine Warranty Surveyor,  Ceekay Shipping  handled the Rig Packing and the vessel fixture to Philippines.

The Rig was Crated and Seaworthy packed by our Inhouse Rig packing team who were relocated to Oman for this project for a period of 25 days.

The Rig Packing list creation, packaging was done in the presence of shipper appointed Marine Warranty Surveyors.

The Shipment was executed with planning to move 85 truck loaded from Nizwa and Muscat to an intermediate storage yard in Sohar port area, to counter the shortage of storage space in the shippers yard.

In execution of the haulage the partners had to negotiate a number of challenges, the major one being preparation of customs documentation and the packing list. The Rig being refurbished in Oman with multiple Country of Origin cargo , customs declaration was required to be made separately for the Oman made and Non Oman made cargo and KRS customs documentation team  worked with the shipper and identified each cargo “ made-in” origin to  solve the challenge successfully.

The Rig being in fully assembled condition and needing to be dismantled fully the packing list preparation was another challenge as it was not a known fact to the shipper, who were not the manufacturers of the rig, about the  dimension/weight  of each piece . KRS availed the services of a professional surveyor to overcome this challenge.

Jointly overcoming all challenges, KRS and Ceekay ensured timely port gate-in  of the Rig and its packages, inspite of a shortened timeline to align to the revised lay-can of the vessel .

The vessel was chartered by Ceekay on the basis of Last In First Out terms within a shorter timeline to match up with the Rig decommissioning date in Oman and the requirement date in Philippines. A Multipurpose, heavy lifter, Tween decker, Fully Box vessel equipped with   2X250 MT  cranes was chartered for the shipment by Ceekay shipping while Khimji Ramdas Shipping took over the vessel husbanding  as well as the MWS  scopes as well at the Omani Port of  Sohar.

Challenges faced were escalated due to the issues in the  Red Sea due to which there is  a severe  shortage of available vessels suitable for the shipment  during the lay can expected by the end client.  Ceekay shipping did an excellent management of the vessel charter and the industrial packing services  while Khimji Ramdas Shipping matched up for the other local scope in order to complete the entire project to the perfect satisfaction of the end clients .

The project was another example of the strength we synergise at XLP – together we strive forward……..

Total packages handled: 144

Total Volume: 7000+ cbm