10.11.09
Logwin transports sensitive air freight to Sri Lanka
Grevenmacher (Luxembourg) – The logistics service provider Logwin organized a highly sensitive air freight shipment from its Zagreb location at the beginning of November: Logwin transported 5 mine-clearance machines and accessories to Sri Lanka on behalf of the Croatian company DOK-ING, a leading manufacturer of mine-clearance equipment. The entire shipment, valued at over one million euros, weighed 35 tonnes.
Three Logwin trucks left Zagreb on 3 November. On board were five mine-clearance machines as well as pallets with spare parts and containers with tools. The trucks reached Frankfurt/Main airport in the evening of 4 November, where they were loaded onto a 747-400 the next day. Owing to the high value of the shipment and potential issues with customs clearance, Ivan Kralj, air freight specialist at Logwin in Zagreb, accompanied the convoy up to the point of loading in Frankfurt. The sensitive air freight shipment reached its destination airport Colombo on 7 November.
Besides transportation, Logwin’s logistics services included customs clearance in Zagreb, the entire handling at the airports and the creation of the necessary documentation. As dangerous goods, the mine-clearance machines were subject to the Dangerous Goods Regulation and therefore required a shipper’s DGD (dangerous goods declaration). Logwin had already performed identical transportation for DOK-ING in September.
Background information
The civil war between the Government troops and Tamil rebels in Sri Lanka is officially over. Mahinda Rajapakse, Sri Lanka’s President, declared complete victory over the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in May this year. The LTTE, founded in 1972, had been fighting for an independent Tamil state since the beginning of the 1980s. According to the UN, between 80,000 and 100,000 people died in the fighting. According to estimates, there could be over a million land mines buried in the north of the country.
About DOK-ING
DOK-ING d.o.o. (Croatia) is a leading international manufacturer of multi-purpose, unmanned machines for use in danger zones. One major area of operation for the remote-controlled machines is the clearance of land mines. The machines are currently in use in 30 countries around the world and provide protection in this way for people’s life and health. DOK-ING’s customers include state-run, humanitarian establishments, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), the United Nations (UN), state military organizations as well as private humanitarian organizations that perform mine clearance. Founded in 1991, DOK-ING invests continuously in the development of new products and opens up new markets. Its innovations include remote-controlled machinery for the mining industry and for use in fires.
About Logwin AG
As an external partner, Logwin AG, based in Grevenmacher (Luxembourg), develops a comprehensive range of logistics and service solutions for trade and industry. In 2008, the group generated sales of 2.0 billion euros and currently employs approximately 7,800 staff in 45 countries. Logwin operates in all main markets worldwide and has over 400 locations across all continents. With its three business segments Solutions (customer-oriented contract logistics), Air + Ocean (global air and ocean freight forwarding activities) and Road + Rail (land and special transportation activities in Central, Western and Eastern Europe), Logwin is one of the market leaders.
Logwin AG is listed in the Prime Standard of the Deutsche Börse. The majority shareholder is DELTON AG, Bad Homburg (Germany).
Your contact at Logwin:
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Public Relations
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Sasa Baleta
Country Manager
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