Maersk Line collaborates with Orchid Shipping (India) for OOG consignment

Mar 10, 2017: It’s not very often that a boiler weighing 25 tonnes and 2430-centimetre-long gets shipped from Mumbai to Antwerp. And when it does, it certainly requires the right expertise, equipment, and moreover the right kind of people who believe in teamwork. This is what exactly happened when Maersk line with its long-time customer Orchid Shipping India teamed up to ship 83 feet long consignment surpassing the previous achievement of shipping a 73 feet long cargo. The project has been shipped through MV Shams that sailed Nhava Sheva on February 17, 2017.

The well-planned shipment, right from scheduling the sailing of the cargo from a specific date and time to arrival of the cargo at the destination helped to reduce the transit time by 50 percent. The transit time was reduced from 45 days to 22 days as it was not loaded on conventional break-bulk and this fine co-ordination helped the customer for meeting their logistics requirement, stated a company release.

Orchid Shipping India said in a statement, “Maersk Line’s special cargo team have extended their co-operation not only for space, but also for arrangement of all special equipment on time, stowage and meeting commercial expectation to motivate customer for loading on Maersk vessel. They also managed to get the necessary approval from origin and destination terminal for handling this parcel on time.”

Commenting on the refinery project, Paibon 2, Franck Dedenis, Managing Director, Maersk Line (India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh), said, “I am very pleased that the Maersk Line team along with the Orchid Shipping team have been successful in handling this OOG (out of gauge) consignment. We believe in continuously seeking ways to provide the most competitive, innovative, reliable and sustainable services to our customers. We will continue our strategy to be closer to our customers by providing integrated cost-effective logistical solutions."