Dec 10 | 2019
Shipment from Gabon
Cargo specialist Intercontinental Shipping has transported a pipe laying barge to an offshore production platform, near the coast of Trinidad & Tobago.
The outsized unit, comprised housing and amenities for 60 personnel and weighed 2,200 tonnes. Measuring more than 70 meters long, it was installed to support staff during construction of a 10-inch by 4-kilometer pipeline.
“The equipment was loaded and transported with the clients own asset of a semi-submersible deck barge towed by support tugs from Gabon to Trinidad, without any transit difficulties,” a spokesperson for the firm said.
Based in Trinidad and Tobago, Intercontinental operates three offices across the islands and is a member of the Project Logistics Alliance, which represents about 200 pre-qualified project forwarders in 114 countries.
The outsized unit, comprised housing and amenities for 60 personnel and weighed 2,200 tonnes. Measuring more than 70 meters long, it was installed to support staff during construction of a 10-inch by 4-kilometer pipeline.
“The equipment was loaded and transported with the clients own asset of a semi-submersible deck barge towed by support tugs from Gabon to Trinidad, without any transit difficulties,” a spokesperson for the firm said.
Based in Trinidad and Tobago, Intercontinental operates three offices across the islands and is a member of the Project Logistics Alliance, which represents about 200 pre-qualified project forwarders in 114 countries.
