Jumbo Spirit concludes voyage round the world
On the 26th of April the Jumbo Spirit finished sailing round the world transporting a mobile harbor crane and refinery equipment, the company press release said.
The voyage started in Australia, then to New Zealand, Chili, the Bahamas, and finished in Long Harbor, Canada. A tight and challenging stowplan was developed for the Jumbo Spirit in order to store the cargo safely on the vessel.
Ports of loading
After discharging her last cargo of a previous voyage in Port Louis, Mauritius, the Jumbo Spirit sailed to Brisbane, Australia, to load 2 autoclaves and associated equipment. In the next loading port Bluff, New Zealand, a 360 tons Liebherr crane was loaded on deck. This crane needed to be shifted on deck in the port of San Antonio, Chili to open up the vessels hatch and load the remaining cargo in to the hold. After completion the mobile harbor crane was repositioned according the original stowage plan.
Inventive engineering
Inventive engineering was needed to develop the stowplan for this voyage. In order to stow the ship at 90 percent capacity the tween decks elevation was modified with 1.8cm. The cargo loaded in the port of San Antonio was made stackable by Jumbo engineers.
A successful voyage
During this challenging operation it was crucial that the clients and Jumbo worked closely together. All parties knew and understood the objective of the shipment and worked safely, on time and within budget.
Captain Kornet is pleased with the voyage that the Jumbo Spirit made. "The most challenging part the journey for me was loading cargo in the port of San Antonio. There was a swell while loading so we had to make use of extra control lines, crew and optimal daylight. Because of the extra precautions we made sure that safety standards were met and that we finished the job according plan".