The challenge
Lubbers Pipeline Services, the specialized pipeline department within Lubbers, was approached by one of its customers to offer logistics support in the Danish harbor Esbjerg for the Baltic Pipeline project.
The Baltic Pipe Project is a strategic gas infrastructure project with the goal of creating a new gas supply corridor in the European market. The Baltic Pipe Project will allow transport of gas from Norway to the Danish and Polish markets, as well as to end-users in neighboring countries. At the same time, the Baltic Pipe Project will enable the supply of gas from Poland to the Danish market.
The customer needed an experienced port operator and transport company who could offer the following logistics (pipeline) services: unloading activities, transportation from quay to the storage site and stacking services.
Our solution
Lubbers has its own facility in Esbjerg and the Danish team of Lubbers knows the harbor area very well. Loading and unloading ships requires knowledge of the operation and the proper techniques for lifting and stowing cargo. It was therefore decided to use Danish partner ‘Jutlandia’ for these stevedoring services.
A total of 5 seagoing vessels need to be unloaded in the harbor of Esbjerg in the period 2020-2021. The first vessel was unloaded in February this year. A total number of 560 concrete-coated pipes were delivered to the harbor and transported to the storage site. The pipes were each 12,30 meter long, had a diameter of 0,92 meter and a weight of 12 Ton.
The second vessel, called the Global Coral, was loaded with 2.030 of these pipes and docked in the harbor of Esbjerg in the summer of 2020. Lubbers and Jutlandia worked closely together to unload this vessel and transport all the pipes to the storage site.
Eight truck-trailer combinations were used for this project. As always, Lubbers paid a lot of attention to the loading security to make sure the transports were executed in a safe way.
Another 3 vessels will dock in Esbjerg the coming year.
Result
A nice project with a satisfied customer. Lubbers Pipeline Services was able to demonstrate its knowledge and expertise.
