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GPLN member Transport Systems Ltd transported the first parcel of Soyuz-ST space rockets

Recently the Russian based GPLN member Transy transported two Soyuz-ST space rockets from Russia for the launching complex at the Guiana Space Centre (GSC) .

 

The dangerous cargo of (IMO 1 class) of 21 specialized oversized containers and 30 standard containers, flat-racks, tank-containers with additional equipment and rocket fuel were transported from the Moscow and Samara regions to the port of St. Petersburg by rail-transporters and trucks. These were then installed and mounted by our specialists onto specially designed trailers (including installation of specialized equipment and connecting to specialized containers), cradles and lodgements in the port

area and then loaded on board of RO/RO vessel by using of two shore cranes.

 

The Global Project Logistics Network (GPLN) is the premier non-exclusive professional projects logistics network of independent companies specializing in international projects movements by air, sea and land as well as specialized lifts and the special handling of oversized, out-of-gauge and heavy lift cargo.

 

Transport Systems Ltd.'s GPLN Profile:

www.gpln.net/members/Europe/Russia/Transy.html

 

GPLN's Website:

www.gpln.net

 

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Uploaded on November 18, 2009
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