BNSF Logistics LLC, a member of the US-based Worldwide Project Consortium WWPC, has managed a project to ship cement mill equipment from Izmir in Turkey to Houston, USA. Several pieces of equipment weighing a total of 1600 m3 were transported aboard the M/V Maersk Texas. From Houston, the equipment will be taken by truck to a cement plant in Alberta, Canada.
The project was carried out in cooperation with WWPC Partner Smart Logistics from Turkey.
Adapted from press release by Louise Fordham
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