Project: Construction of IGB pipeline (Gas Interconnector Greece-Bulgaria)

From March to December 2020

Road transportation

Loading point: Thisvi, Greece
Delivery point: Pipe yards in Momchilgrad and Dimitrovgrad, Bulgaria
Cargo: Steel pipes of outer diameter 32” and longitude 12m

Project: Construction of IGB pipeline (Gas Interconnector Greece-Bulgaria)

From February to December 2020

Road transportation

Loading point: Thisvi, Greece
Delivery point: Thiva Railway Station, Greece with destination Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
Cargo: Steel pipes of outer diameter 32” and longitude 18m

Project: Construction of the Greek sector of TAP (Trans Adriatic Pipeline)

From June 2016 to September 2017

Road transportation

Loading point: Thisvi, Greece
Delivery point: Thiva Railway Station, Greece with destination Diavata Railway Station, Thessaloniki, Greece
Cargo: Steel pipes of outer diameter 48” and longitude 12-18m

Project: Construction of the Greek sector of TAP (Trans Adriatic Pipeline) Trains’ unloading operation and road project transportation

From July 2016 to October 2017

Trains’ unloading operation and road project transportation

Diavata Railway Station, Thessaloniki, Greece: Operation of unloading a total of 11.600 steel pipes form rail wagons of 158 consecutive trains directly onto trucks

Road project transportation of above mentioned pipes: From Diavata Railway Station to Thessaloniki Main Marshalling Yard and several pipe yards along the pipeline
Cargo: Steel pipes of outer diameter 48” and longitude 12-18m

Project: Construction of the Greek sector of TAP (Trans Adriatic Pipeline)

From July 2016 to August 2017

Vessels’ discharging operation and road project transportation
Filippos II port, Kavala, Greece: Operation of discharging a total of 9.000 steel pipes from vessels of 42 consecutive shipments directly onto trucks

Road project transportation of above mentioned pipes: From Filippos II port to Kavala Main Marshalling Yard and several pipe yards along the pipeline
Cargo: Steel pipes of outer diameter 48” and longitude 12-18m

Project: Construction of the Greek sector of TAP (Trans Adriatic Pipeline)

From July 2016 to December 2018

Road project transportation with the employment of 21 specialized trucks

Loading points: Main Marshalling Yards
Delivery points: Several pipe yards along the pipeline (560 km length) as well as the Right of Way
Cargo: Steel pipes and hot bends of outer diameter 48” and longitude 12-18m

Project: Construction of the Greek sector of TAP (Trans Adriatic Pipeline)

From October 2016 to November 2019

Road project transportation with the employment of 4 specialized low bed trucks for the carriage of heavy cargoes above 60 tns

Loading points: Main Marshalling Yards and Camps
Delivery points: Right of Way
Cargo: Side boom cranes, excavators and other large and heavy pieces of machinery and equipment

Project: Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) of Replacement of NGL Pipelines Network, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.

From June to August 2008

Contract of Affreightment involving four consecutive shipments with chartered in vessels

POL: Thisvi, Greece
POD: Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.
Cargo: Steel pipes of outer diameter 16” and 24”
Terms: Free in / Liner out

Project: Transportation of steel pipes for piles to Angola

From May to December 2008

Contract of Affreightment involving four shipments with chartered in vessels

POL: Thisvi, Greece
POD: Port of Soyo, Angola
Cargo: Bare steel pipes of outer diameter 24”
Terms: Free in / out

Project: Construction of QCLNG Export Pipeline, Australia - Collection Header

From May to June 2010

Project by British Gas Group
Contract of Affreightment involving one shipment with chartered in vessel

POL: Kabil, Batam, Indonesia
POD: Gladstone, Queensland, Australia
Cargo: FBE and cement weight coated steel pipes of outer diameter 42”
Terms: Free in / Liner out

Project: Steel pipes transportation by railway from Greece to Germany with return

From October to December 2017

Hire of 4-axes railway wagons for the round trip Greece-Germany-Greece, loading / unloading operation, securing / lashing of pipes with provision of suitable equipment and construction of specialized supporting bases

Loading point: Diavata Railway Station, Thessaloniki, Greece
Delivery point: Trollenhagen, Neubrandenburg, Germany
Plus return trip from Trollenhagen to Diavata
Cargo: Steel pipes of outer diameter 48” and longitude 18m (4 pieces per wagon)

Project: Stowage and maintenance of steel pipes and hot bends safety stock at DESFA’s Volos warehouse

From November to December 2019

Provision of trucks and skilled personnel for a period of 40 days

Employment of trucks with knuckle boom crane
Employment of one experienced supervisor, two technicians and two riggers for the handling and maintenance of pipes, hot bends and various pieces of machinery and equipment

Project: Construction of pipeline in Iran

From December 2005 to January 2006

Contract of Affreightment involving one shipment with chartered in vessel

POL: Thisvi, Greece
POD: Port of Bushehr, Iran
Cargo: About 10.900 mts of steel pipes of outer diameter 8” to 16”
Terms: Free in / out

Project: Construction of pipeline in Iraq

From September to October 2002

Contract of Affreightment involving one shipment with chartered in vessel

POL: Thisvi, Greece
POD: Umm Qasr, Iraq
Cargo: About 16.800 mts of steel pipes of outer diameter 24”
Terms: Free in / Liner out

In addition to above described projects, we have transported steel pipes for the construction of many natural gas pipelines within the geographical area of Southern Europe:

  • From Thisvi, Greece to Burgos, Spain (Gas Natural Fenosa - Naturgy)
  • From Thessaloniki, Greece to North Macedonia (OKTA AD Skopje, subsidiary company of ELPE)
  • From ELPE refinery in Aspropyrgos, Greece to Athens International Airport
  • Greece’s central natural gas pipeline / Section of Alexandroupoli - Komotini – Xanthi, Greece
  • From Thisvi, Greece to Aliveri, Evia, Greece
  • From Thisvi, Greece to Megara, Attiki, Greece
  • From Motor Oil Refinery (Corinthos, Greece) to DEH (Greek State Electricity Company) electricity power plant of Megalopoli, Peloponnese, Greece
  • From Thisvi, Greece to DEH electricity power plant of Ptolemaida, Kozani, Greece by combining railway wagons and trucks

Our Shipping Division has chartered over the last 15 years more than 50 multi-purpose and dry cargo vessels for the carriage of steel pipes, coils, plates and rebars to the Continent, the Arabian Gulf and the Far East.