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Volga-Dnepr delivers a total logistics solution for 73-ton ‘runner’
from
Austria to Bratsk hydroelectric power station
28-02-2014 + + + Volga-Dnepr
Airlines has increased its reputation for supplying end-to-end logistics
services by managing the delivery of a 73-ton turbine ‘runner’ to Russia’s
Bratsk Hydroelectric Power Station, one of the world’s leading producers
of electrical energy.
Preparations for the project began in June
2013 when logistics specialists from Volga-Dnepr visited the manufacturing
plant of its customer, Voith Hydro in St. Pölten, Austria. This enabled
the airline to gather the technical specifications of the runner that were
required for transportation and load planning for this complex logistics
challenge.
The cargo’s journey began by road, with Volga-Dnepr
organising and managing ground delivery from the factory to Vienna
International Airport. At the airport, the next challenge was to carefully
load the 6m wide and 2.4m high shipment onboard one of Volga-Dnepr’s
An-124-100 ‘Ruslan’ freighters, the world’s biggest serial transport
aircraft.
Vladimir Grigoriev, Senior Load Planning and Logistics
Engineer at Volga-Dnepr Airlines, said: “Moving a cargo of such size and
mass is always a challenge but it is one we are experienced in taking on
for our customers. To transport the runner to the Bratsk Hydropower
Station, a unique technical loading plan was engineered. We used a ramp
extension, a special loading platform, rail system and a 250 tons capacity
crane. The runner was fixed on the platform and 'drawn' into the cargo
hold on rails. Then it was safely moored with chains. We used two types of
loading while handling the runner, using cranes in Austria but no cranes
in Bratsk. This was the uniqueness of this particular transportation
project. During the whole operation we cooperated closely with Voith Hydro
as well as with the consignee, OJSC Irkutskenergo, and transport companies
involved in the logistics chain.”
As part of Volga-Dnepr’s total
logistics solution, its team obtained all of the necessary approvals to
operate the flight, including the permission of the Russian Traffic Police
to ship the runner from Bratsk Airport to the power plant by road. Customs
documentation was also managed by Volga-Dnepr as well as the highway
convoy on the final leg of the delivery. The delivery of the runner is the
first stage of a project to modernise the Bratsk Hydropower Station. Under
the contract between OJSC Irkutskenergo and Voith Hydro, globally-leading
hydropower equipment manufacturer, the installation of another five
runners is planned.
Source: Olga Manakhova, Volga-Dnepr Airlines
www.volga-dnepr.com
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