Special flight to Cairo

On time delivery of 226 tonnes of steel for the petroleum industry.

Our Belgian teams, with our french SDV International Logistics chartering department, organised the transport by plane of 226 tonnes of steel tubing for one of the world’s leading producers. This operation was organised to respond to an urgent request from a petroleum plant in Cairo (Egypt).

An oversized mission, needing an Antonov 124 (one of the most powerfull civil aircraft in the world with a useful load of 120 tonnes and 4 turbofans of 230 kN each) and a high precision task for our teams : the tubes had to be counted and weighed individually so that document could be drawn up and the aircraft cargo could be properly loaded.

A very special operation because of the particular shape and the unusual length of those items (14,5 meter). This meant that we needed cradles and retaining panels on aircraft to secure the tubes. Security requirements were maximum. It was imperative that the tubing didn’t shift during transport.
Two rotations were necessary to convey the tubes to Cairo.

For a special operation of that kind, SDV International Logistics was the ideal choice as the company regularly handles oversized air shipments.

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