We handled 15,000 MT of Natural Exports for Kerala State Rubber Co-operative (RUBCO) to various destinations. Our scope of work included the transportation from their various godowns, warehousing and inventory mangement, customs clearance, stuffing, scheduling, pre-alerts and shipment documentation. The inventory levels were optimised to avoid both higher storage costs and also higher inventory. We were monitoring the important parameters of inventory, shipment schedules, container positioning, vessel availability and transport requirements.

Starting with the inception of Cochin Refineries Ltd. (CRL) in 1965-66 to 1997, we have been involved with them for their initial project implementation to subsequent expansions. Working with Pacific Procon, USA who were the EPC contractors for Philips Petroleum, USA everything from the smallest spare part to the reactors (weighing 200 M/Tons and over 18 mtrs in length) and vacuum columns was customs cleared, transported, unloaded and erected at site. The transportation was multi-modal; i.e. by barge upto the nearest jetty - Maradu- and from then on by road. For subsequent expansions also we were involved especially for the ODC consignments. For their Crude Tankage expansion project, we handled the entire scope from Cochin Port to site FFof over 4000 M/Tons of steel pipes. The exercise involved the movement of 330 trailer loads. This called for innovative planning and logistics to provide the requisite number of vehicles and their rapid turnaround.

RUBFILA INTERNATIONAL LTD.

The entire project import consisting of machinery, plant equipment, testing and research equipment was handled by us. This job involved clearances and transportation from various ports and airports like Cochin Port, Cochin Airport, Trivandrum Airport, Madras seaport and Bombay airport.

The main imports for the client were 3 ODC kilns from USA. The kilns were over 60 ft in length, 60 M/Tons and had a dia of 12.5 ft. The three kilns were customs cleared, transported and delivered at site. We used skilled labour to unload the kilns manually at site.

A 165 MW Power project with GE Power Systems as the equipment suppliers and BSES as the EPC contractors. A total of 3 nos. 40 MW Gas/Naphtha fired Turbines with all its ancillary and accessory systems was customs cleared, transported, unloaded and erected at site. The transportation involved 35 nos. ODC packages among which were 86 MT, 16 ft high, 55 ft long and 15 ft wide packages. The packages were transported from Cochin Port to site in just 2 consignments.