Original news was published on 10 October, 2016

Shipping line COSCO has been awarded a major transportation and logistics contract to deliver modules for an oilfield project in Astana, Kazakhstan.

The contract includes shipment of 1,800-ton modules to transshipment sites in the Black and Baltic seas from fabrication yards in Korea and Europe. COSCO will collaborate with a number of Korean Partners on the project, including Dongbang Transport Logistics, Hanjin Transportation, CJ Korea Express and Chung Yang Shipping.

The team responsible for delivery at COSCO will rely on a fleet of 18 semi-submersible vessels and deck carriers to carry out about 60 shipments between 2018 and 2020. Shipments are scheduled to pass via the ports of Burgas, Bulgaria and Hamina, Finland before delivery to western Kazakhstan by Russian Inland Waterway Systems.

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