Critical Spare Parts
An urgent requirement for spare parts critical to our customer's production line on the remote island of Westray in Scotland - with parts collected and delivered within two days, involving three modes of transport and 11 connections on the way from Romania to the customer's site.
This movement is testament to the response, care and attention offered by Streamline Shipping Group to it's valued customers when there is a critical requirement.
Timeline
Due to urgency, at the recommendation of Streamline Shipping Group, consignment broken down by the EU supplier into a small package of the most important parts, and the remainder on a pallet which would be more likely to be held up in transit. Both the small package and pallet are then collected on the same day, with the small package successfully delivered within two days at 7pm on a Saturday evening, and the pallet one day later on a Sunday afternoon on the remote island of Westray.
DAY 1 Thursday (VAN no.1, FLIGHT no. 1)
1430 hrs
Small package and pallet collected by dedicated van in rural Romania and delivered to Targu Mures Airport for movement to East Midlands Airport, via Budapest and Leipzig cargo hubs**
**Fastest method of moving the goods to UK**
DAY 2 Friday (FLIGHT no.2)
0400 hrs
Cargo arrives East Midlands Airport and loaded onboard cargo flight to Aberdeen
0830 hrs
Cargo flight turned back from Aberdeen to East Midlands due to fog
1630 hrs
Cargo flight lands at Aberdeen Airport
DAY 3 Saturday (VAN no.2, FLIGHT no. 3, FERRY no.1 and FERRY no.2, TRUCK no.1)
1000 hrs
Small package and pallet collected by dedicated van - small package delivered to Aberdeen Airport, pallet delivered to Streamline Aberdeen for shipping by ferry
**Required access to Aberdeen cargo hub on Saturday, normally closed**
1500 hrs
Small package transferred from Kirkwall Airport to Westray Ferry by dedicated van and loaded to truck on ferry.
1700 hrs
Pallet loaded onto ferry for overnight delivery to Streamline Kirkwall
1900 hrs
Small package delivered to customer in Westray by truck
DAY 4 Sunday (TRUCK no.2 and TRUCK no. 3, FERRY no. 3)
0800 hrs
Pallet transferred from Streamline Kirkwall to Westray ferry by truck and driven onboard
1200 hrs
Pallet delivered to customer in Westray by truck
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