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Royal Cargo completed a time-sensitive heavylift operation moving a 75-ton gas turbine rotor from Batangas to Hyogo, Japan, meeting a tight delivery deadline to ensure the cargo’s scheduled repair
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Oversized cargo measured 10.60 meters long, 3.70 meters wide, and 3.40 meters high, requiring specialized heavylift and project logistics solutions
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The operation involved warehouse extraction, trailer transport, barge transfer, breakbulk vessel loading, customs clearance, and destination coordination
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Royal Cargo overcame a site challenge by fabricating jacking pads after discovering the warehouse overhead crane was not certified for the lift
Royal Cargo successfully carried out an urgent heavylift operation, transporting a 75-ton gas turbine rotor from Batangas to Hyogo, Japan, meeting a tight delivery deadline to ensure the cargo’s scheduled repair.
The oversized rotor, packed in a rotor casing, measured approximately 10.60 meters long, 3.70 meters wide, and 3.40 meters high.
Due to its weight and size, Royal Cargo said the movement needed a specialized logistics plan. This included heavylift coordination, breakbulk vessel arrangements, barge solutions, managing documentation, and providing destination support in Japan.
Royal Cargo’s Projects and Heavylift team faced a major challenge at the starting point: The overhead crane in the warehouse where the rotor was stored was not certified to handle the lift. To work around the limitation, the team fabricated suitable jacking pads and loaded the rotor via jacking onto a trailer for movement to the site jetty.
From the jetty, the cargo was rolled onto a barge and sailed to Batangas Port, where export customs clearance was completed before the rotor was loaded onto a heavylift vessel for the voyage to Kobe, Japan.
Royal Cargo said that timing was central to the operation. Every stage, from warehouse preparation and trailer movement to barge transfer, port clearance, and vessel loading, had to be executed within a tight window, as the rotor was required to arrive in Japan within the first week of April 2026 to secure its place in the repair schedule.
Operating under Delivered at Place (DAP) terms, the shipment was transported by barge from Kobe Port to the receiving facility in Hyogo. Customs clearance at the destination was handled by the consignee’s nominated broker, while Royal Cargo coordinated with the relevant parties to keep the delivery timeline intact.
The logistics firm said the project highlights its expertise in project logistics, heavylift cargo, breakbulk shipping, barge solutions, and moving oversized industrial equipment across Asia. It also highlights the importance of advanced planning, operational flexibility, and close coordination in managing time-sensitive industrial shipments.
Royal Cargo is a member of the WorldWide Project Consortium and provides project logistics, heavylift cargo transport, breakbulk shipping, and oversized industrial equipment movement across Asia, serving customers in the power, infrastructure, and industrial sectors.
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