Access Freight Projects is currently involved in the delivery of a 3500TPD cement plant ex Walchandnagar Heavy Industry manufacturers in Pune, India to Tanga, Tanzania.

Coming off the back of the successful delivery of the 1000TPD turn key cement plant project at Ndola, Zambia in 2006, Walchandnagar naturally turned to Access and our Indian counterparts, to come up with a solution for the delivery of this new cement plant project in Tanga.

Although this contract would be FOB (Free on Board), Walchandnagar strongly recommended the Access alliance to their client, as the only logistics provider to handle a project of this scope. AFP projects team travelled to Dar es Salaam, Tanga and Mombasa and together with our local heavy lift expert agents, conducted a port feasibility study and route survey.

The options for discharge were Dar es Salaam Port, Tanga Port and Mombasa Port for onward delivery to the site some 20kms outside Tanga. The cargo comprised of 1,457mt & 5,148cbm of break bulk cargo and some 300TEU of containers. The largest single pieces of break bulk were mill shells of 15.5m long & 4.5m in diameter and weighing 121mt each. It was clear that the break bulk would require a geared charter vessel capable of lifting this massive cargo.

Whilst Tanga is obviously the closest port, it is not necessarily the best solution.

All options were investigated and finally a solution was resolved to charter the break bulk vessel to Mombasa where it would discharge the cargo midstream to a massive sea going barge.