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Oversized power plant cargo wrapped in blue tarpaulin during heavy-lift vessel loading, part of an international project cargo shipment.

COLOMBIA / South America
SOUTH AMERICA

Powering Colombia

Three 291-ton engines. Three 75-ton generators. One carefully coordinated power plant shipment.

Together with our long-standing partner DACOTRANS DE LATINOAMERICA COLOMBIA S.A., we handled the FOB delivery and vessel chartering for a power plant project in Cartagena, Colombia.

The cargo included:

  • 3 engines, each weighing 291 tons
  • 3 generators, each weighing 75 tons
  • Additional accessories and project cargo

Each engine measured an impressive 14.24 x 4.26 x 6.32 metres.

Altogether:

  • 26 units
  • Approx. 2,900 CBM
  • 1,707 metric tons
  • 53 SOC containers

The oversized units were carefully lifted, positioned and loaded aboard MV INDUSTRIAL DIAMOND alongside the remaining project cargo for the onward voyage. Operations like this come down to close coordination between everyone involved, especially when individual pieces weigh close to 300 tons.

DAKO & DACO have built a strong track record handling power plant projects across South and Central America, and throughout the Caribbean. We are proud to continue that long-standing cooperation. A big thank you to DACOTRANS DE LATINOAMERICA COLOMBIA S.A. for the continued trust. Another major project cargo shipment on its way.

 

Oversized power plant cargo wrapped in blue tarpaulin during heavy-lift vessel loading, part of an international project cargo shipment.
Breakbulk cargo units for a power plant project sit tarp-wrapped on the quay, one lifted mid-air by crane beside wooden shipping crates.
A tarp-wrapped generator unit swings from crane hooks onto a low-loader trailer during an oversized cargo transport operation.
Power plant equipment lowered into a vessel's open cargo hold, guided by dock workers in orange overalls during breakbulk loading.
A blue tarp-wrapped engine unit descends into a ship's hold on lifting straps at dusk, part of a heavy-lift shipping operation.
Overhead view of a vessel's cargo hold with power plant units already stowed and another oversized unit lowered into place by crane.
Wooden crates holding project cargo accessories, stacked in three tiers inside a vessel's hold and lifted into position by crane.
Large steel components in open crating frames inside a ship's hold, part of an oversized cargo shipment for a power plant project.
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