Thunderbolt finished a project last week for one of their top clients that had a critical shipment from Turkey that delivered to their customer in Seattle, WA.
There was a total of 9 pieces of static cargo. The 3 largest had the following weight/dims.
17,209 kgs/Dims: 650 x 600 x 490 cm
2,500 kgs/Dims: 490 x 490 x 150 cm
14,750 kgs/Dims: 450 x 450 x 350 cm
Bati Shipping arranged the transport from the factory in Turkey to Zeebrugge Belgium on a short sea RO/RO vessel due to the fact there was no service option from Turkey to Seattle or Tacoma. Once the cargo arrived in Zeebrugge the cargo had to be transferred from the arrival terminal to the Wallenius Terminal in Zeebrugge at night. Europecargo based in Antwerp took care of that portion and set up the shipment from Zeebrugge to the Port of Tacoma with Wallenius Wilhelmsen Line.
The Wallenius vessel was only 1 day late from what they had showed on their schedule at the time of export. Unheard of these days for most ocean carriers.
Once the shipment arrived in Tacoma Thunderbolt arranged delivery with two excellent truckers. Omega Morgan delivered the tall wide piece and United Motor Freight delivered the balance of the cargo.
The two wide pieces had to be delivered on the weekend between 1:00 AM – 6:00 AM. Delivery of the two large pieces was complete by 2:30 AM on Saturday morning. The other wide piece was delivered during the day on Friday and offloaded at night once the crane was set up. The balance of the shipment was picked up and delivered the following Monday morning.
Thunderbolt expressed appreciation for all the help from the people at EB 1 terminal at the Port of Tacoma. They did an excellent job of loading the pieces on the trucks and gave access to the terminal so that Thunderbolt could be there to inspect the cargo and be there when the largest pieces were loaded on the trucks. The photo shows the two wide pieces on the trucks with Mount Rainier in the distance outside the terminal gate. It was a beautiful day in Tacoma.
The folks Thunderbolt worked with at the NW Seaport Alliance in Tacoma were very helpful and Jim Shapiro added “Thank you to Karolyn Paradise and Brenda Campbell and the superintendents at the port”.
Jim also extended his gratitude to Linda Serio and Cathy Murphy in their office who teamed up to provide excellent service to the customer.
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