18 American Journal of Transportation American Journal of Transportation ajot.com WHEN OTHERS SEE OBSTACLES, WHEN OTHERS SEE OSTA ES WE SEE A SOLUTION. WE SEE A SO TON WHEN OTHERS SEE OBSTACLES, WE SEE A SOLUTION. Ports don’t slow down and neither can our customers. When a reach stacker needed to move down the Delaware River from one port to another, it wasn’t just a transport job—it was a challenge that demanded the right plan, the right expertise, and the right partner. Complex logistics. Heavy equipment. Tight timelines. Solved. TAYLORNORTHEAST.COM 1-800-762-2500 out. Also, a temporary storage area was set up at Władysławowo while the job site itself was being prepared to receive the units. Challenges The onward land transport of the heavy trans- formers presented a series of legal, technical and logistical challenges. Several existing bridges along the route were unable to carry the weight of the cargo, requiring a temporary flyover structure to be mounted on top of the existing infrastructure. The operation also had to be coordinated closely with multiple local Polish authorities, and carried out through harsh winter conditions, with temperatures dropping to -15°C. Can Yılbaşı, Business Development Manager, COLI Istanbul, says: “We are very proud of our team and partners to have concluded this special and com- plex in a successful manner and I want to thank GE Vernova’s team for their trust. Thanks to the flexi- bility and close cooperation on both sides, we were able to overcome every obstacle along the way and deliver, as we say, a solution beyond the ordinary. Felix Peinemann, Managing Director of COLI Group, says: “I am very proud of our team and this project. Moving 14 large and heavy units to the same site in 3 months in challeging conditions is not something any freight forwarder does every day. A key reason that the project came to a succesful conclusion can be found in the combined efforts of people and locations in the COLI Group; that really brings out the value for our clients”. A Milestone Project For COLI, the project represents a significant milestone: it’s the second time working directly with GE Vernova’s team in Poland, and a contribu- tion to Baltica 2: a 1.5 GW offshore wind farm being developed by PGE Group and Ørsted in the Polish Baltic Sea. Scheduled for commissioning in 2027, Baltica 2 will be Poland’s largest-ever renewable energy investment, featuring 107 wind turbines with the capacity to power over 2.4 million households. of safety, efficiency, and operational control. “Major industrial developments depend on reliable and precisely executed logistics solutions to keep critical infrastructure projects moving for- ward,” said Bassel Karameh, Country Manager, Project Logistics, Rhenus Canada. “This project highlights our ability to manage challenging mul- timodal transportation operations across continents and deliver critical equipment safely from origin to final installation. Success required meticulous plan- ning, strong coordination among multiple stakehold- ers, and specialized heavy-lift expertise throughout every stage of the journey. “ The successful completion of these deliveries reinforces Rhenus Canada’s capabilities in han- dling oversized and heavyweight cargo for indus- trial, energy, infrastructure, and manufacturing projects, while demonstrating its ability to execute complex global supply chain solutions from origin to final destination. (DELIVERS – continued from page 14) (PROJECT – continued from page 16)
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