{"id":34775,"date":"2019-02-14T10:53:59","date_gmt":"2019-02-14T09:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bilbaoport.eus\/?p=34775"},"modified":"2019-02-18T07:58:11","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T06:58:11","slug":"port-of-bilbao-handles-its-greatest-unitised-cargo-operation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bilbaoport.eus\/en\/news\/port-of-bilbao-handles-its-greatest-unitised-cargo-operation\/","title":{"rendered":"Port of Bilbao handles its greatest unitised cargo operation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"show-for-small mobile-breadcrumbs\"><ul class=\"breadcrumbs\"><li class=\"home\"><span property=\"itemListElement\" typeof=\"ListItem\"><a property=\"item\" typeof=\"WebPage\" title=\"Go to Port of Bilbao.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bilbaoport.eus\/en\/\" class=\"home\" aria-current=\"page\"><span property=\"name\">Port of Bilbao<\/span><\/a><meta property=\"position\" content=\"1\"><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><div class=\"one_half bbcol\">\n<p>The Port of Bilbao has completed loading a Danieli STS crane on board the barge <em>Caroline<\/em> using self-propelled modular transporters. The crane\u2019s dimensions (107 x 37.50 x 64 m) and its weight (2,450 tonnes) made it the greatest unitised cargo operation ever carried out in this port.<\/p>\n<p>The embarkation operation of the crane, manufactured by URSSA, required the collaboration of Danieli and SARENS in engineering, Fracht Italia Forwarders, Davila Bilbao Shipping Agents and Consignaciones Toro y Betolaza Stevedoring.<\/p>\n<p>Once lashing and welding were completed, Ibaizbal Tugs manoeuvred the barge in its departure. The AHT tug <em>Mustang<\/em> then took over until reaching the Belgian port of Ghent.<\/p>\n<p>Operations such as this require a high level of specialisation and give prestige to the work of the shipping agent.<\/p>\n<p><\/div><div class=\"one_half column-last bbcol\"><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34776\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34776\" style=\"width: 535px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a class=\"thickbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bilbaoport.eus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/pontona-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-34776 size-medium\" title=\"The crane on board the barge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bilbaoport.eus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/pontona-3-535x355.jpg\" alt=\"The crane on board the barge\" width=\"535\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bilbaoport.eus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/pontona-3-535x355.jpg 535w, https:\/\/www.bilbaoport.eus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/pontona-3-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bilbaoport.eus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/pontona-3.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 535px) 100vw, 535px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34776\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The crane on board the barge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><\/div><div class=\"clear\"><\/div><\/p>\n <div class=\"hide-for-small page-options-container hide-for-print\"> <hr class=\"page-options\"\/> <ul class=\"inline right page-options\"><li><a class=\"bmprint\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Print this article\"><i class=\"icon-print\"><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a class=\"bmsend2friend\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Article of interest: Port of Bilbao handles its greatest unitised cargo operation - Port of Bilbao&body=https:\/\/www.bilbaoport.eus\/en\/news\/port-of-bilbao-handles-its-greatest-unitised-cargo-operation\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Send a link to this article by email\"><i class=\"icon-envelope\"><\/i><\/a><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"row collapse posts-navigation\"><div class=\"medium-6 columns\"><i class=\"icon-angle-left\"><\/i>Anterior<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bilbaoport.eus\/en\/news\/port-of-bilbao-hosts-international-port-community-system-association-ipcsa-meeting\/\" rel=\"prev\">Port of Bilbao hosts International Port Community System Association (IPCSA) meeting<\/a><\/div><div class=\"medium-6 columns alignright\"><i class=\"icon-angle-right\"><\/i>Siguiente<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bilbaoport.eus\/en\/news\/port-authority-of-bilbao-and-biscay-territorial-council-agree-to-improve-accessibility-to-port-and-use-surplus-land-from-councils-works\/\" rel=\"next\">Port Authority of Bilbao and Biscay Territorial Council agree to improve accessibility to Port and use surplus land from Council\u2019s works<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Port of Bilbao AnteriorPort of Bilbao hosts International Port Community System Association (IPCSA) meetingSiguientePort Authority of Bilbao and Biscay Territorial Council agree to improve accessibility to Port and use surplus land from Council\u2019s works<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":34776,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - 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