OREANDA-NEWS. The specialists of OJSC "Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg" ("SP SPb") successfully completed the operation on handling of two steam generating units with weight of 318 tons and length of 14.3 meters each and reactor tank with weight of 332 tons and length of 11.5 meters for Tianwan Atomic Power Station in China. Total weight of the shipment lot including all the components and spare parts amounted to 1186.6 tons.

Special technological scheme for handling of cargoes was developed by the employees of "SP SPb" and the logistic companies "Universal Forwarder", "Incotec Cargo". In order to distribute the load on berth evenly steam generating units were placed on special supporting iron frames. Reloading of heavy-lifts from berth to vessel was performed by the floating crane and took several days.

Handling of project and out-of-gauge cargoes is one of priority spheres of business of "SP SPb". The company has at its disposal all the necessary equipment, modern railway infrastructure suitable for railway transport of all types storage areas for allocation of large oversized shipment lots.

The company continuously expands the range of project and out-of-gauge cargoes and handles equipment for manufacturing industry, power plants and transport. The company handled one of the most powerful locomotives in the world KZ8A for Kazakhstan, components of Siemens power plant for "Yuzhnouralsk GRES-2" in Chelyabinsk region, deep-sea rescue equipment АСAS-30 "Priz", tug-boats for Pacific fleet and equipment for space center in South America.

OJSC "Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg" (included in UCL Port - stevedoring division of the International transportation group UCL Holding) - is the largest operator, rendering services on handling of all types of dry cargoes in the Greater Port of Saint-Petersburg. It operates by modern specialized terminals for handling of ro-ro cargoes, cars and metals. In 2013 the turnover of the company amounted to 7.8 mln. tons of cargoes.

"Universal Forwarder" (part of Universal Cargo Logistics Holding) arranges handling operations and forwarding of cargoes in sea and river ports of RF, CIS and Europe, performs multimodal and mixed transportation of cargoes, charters sea and river vessels, serves as the vessel agent in the Azov-Black Sea Basin.

LLC "Incotec Cargo" provides services on transportation of heavy-lift, out-of-gauge, project and oversized cargoes. It also provides services on transportation, insurance, customs clearances, escorting of equipment and etc.