CEVA Logistics in Chile was contracted by Codelco, a copper mining company, to arrange the transportation of nine oversized (6.63 x 2.06 x 4.2 mtr / 58.8 tonne ea) conveyor belts for one of their mining operations in northern Chile.
CEVA’s scope was to receive the conveyor belts directly discharged from the vessel onto lowbed trucks in the port of Las Losas and to transport them to an intermediate site in Antofagasta. The belt sizes and dimensions required special transport permits which had to be adjusted, as well as equipment and personnel on a daily base, due to constant shifts in the vessel’s unloading program caused by strike and climate impacts in Port of Las Losas.
“All nine lowbed trailers could be positioned on time to receive the cargo directly from the vessel and be transported immediately to the destination, avoiding detention of overtime charges in the stand-by period at the port. The belt’s installation at the job site was delayed, hence the on-time delivery was imperative for the customer, in order not to affect production.”
