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Newsroom
A selection of our recent projects.
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December 2009, challenging combination
The 17.500 Metric ton Deadweight Geared Multipurpose Federal Patroller proofed to be the ideal vessel to lift a challenging combination of steel-, profile-, rail, reel, general- and project cargo. This combination of cargo is a perfect example of our strength, service and flexibility; the vessel was selected to fit the cargo needs that is we did not select the cargo to fit the vessel!
Trinitas is a provider of ocean transport with a strong focus in the Atlantic. Besides sea transportation services for break-bulk, we specialize in project and heavy lift cargoes. The company offers twice monthly service between Europe and Brazil and vice versa.
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November 2009, launch of Mexilhao Jacket
The Mexilhao jacket for which Trinitas carried all the construction steels to Niteroi was launched end November. During 2007-2008, Trinitas has carried on their regular sailings, various cargo parts for this project. The challenge in these shipments were the stowage of the various sizes of steels, tubes which measured to a diameter of some 3meter. A total of about 11,300mtons of steels have been shipped.
Trinitas’ flexibility provided the best solution for the clients to ship all the construction parts in various quantities and for which Trinitas also organized the receipt and handling in the port of Antwerp through its office Trinitas Antwerp.
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October 2009, More windmill equipment
Another Trinitas vessel, loads a large batch of windmill blades with Destination Europe in Santos, Brazil. This time including an under deck portion cone’s and power generating wind turbines. The turbines, 60 metric tons each, cones and blades are part of a shipment performed directly to Emden Germany.
Windmill blades are normally shipped on deck to allow for easier stowage, but in this case with a rotation demand “first in” and “last out” our engineers faced a stowage challenge. The rotation was ultimately possible because of the vessel’s box holds with adjustable tween-decks and dual 80-ton cranes.
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September 2009, Heavy unit for Manaus, Amazon River
The Industrial Edge loaded a 320 Metric ton MAN diesel-gas engine with her own twin 250 Mtns cranes in St Nazaire , France and transported the unit up the river Amazon all the way to Manaus. From the vessels arrival at Macapa, the first pilot station for Amazon navigation, she proceeded for a three days up river voyage to her final discharge berth but not before changing river pilot again at Itacoatiara.
The scope of this Trinitas shipment was not just the transport but included numerous extra services such as lifting-, loading- and securing- plan design. The unit was directly offloaded by her own cranes from the vessel to a river barge under supervision of our superintendent. The motor is a replacement unit for a power generation plant in the strongly developing Amazon region. Trinitas specializes in complex sea transport and caring for cargo is always our first priority; our own port captains manage loading and unloading operation even in the world’s most remote areas.
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August 2009, Steel Mill Equipment
Trinitas scheduled the 10.000 Deadweight new build Mv Industrial Edge for her maiden voyage. After the vessels well attended baptism ceremony in Hamburg she moved further south to load a variety of unique project cargoes for both Brasil and Argentina.
One of the special cargo you see portrayed here was loaded in Hamburg and destined for the new Thyssenkrup CSA Siderurgica Arlantica Steel plant in Itaguai, Rio de Janeiro State, Brasil. The three purple colored heaviest pieces, named “hot metal carriers”, with a unit weight if 153 metric tons and four yellow “slag pot carriers” of 94 metric tons weight each were loaded with the vessels dual 250 metric ton cranes that may be combined for 500 ton lifts.
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July 2009, Heavy Axle for Generator
On her regular service the Mv Jade C picked up a heavy 180 Metric ton axle in the port of Buenos Aires on her Northbound voyage to Rotterdam. The unit was delivered at the Dock-Sud terminal on a multi-wheel trailer for a direct load operation. The component, destined for Mulheim I Germany, was discharged into barge at RHB Rotterdam for the subsequent transport to the inland destination. The ship, which made a dedicated call for this cargo, features a hatch opening of 65 meters, box shaped holds, and adjustable tween-decks was perfectly suited for the safe handling of fragile 15 meter long piece.
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June 2009, Eolic towers for Suape, Brasil
A Trinitas vessel, the Geja C, recently loaded 15 complete Eolic towers at the port of Vigo, Spain for Suape, Brasil. The towers are over 12 meters long and 3 meters in diameter and destined for a wind park on the Brazilian North coast. The state of Pernambuco has a particularly favorable environment for developing wind power were wind farms are developed with Brazil Development Bank (BNDES) financing. Trinitas own superintendent was instrumental and present overseeing the loading operations in Vigo.
Trinitas East Coast South America heavy lift service offers multiple project sailings per month from Europe, Baltic and Mediterranean ports to the Brasil East coast and Argentina. The company is utilizing heavy lift vessels with a maximum lift capacity of 500 metric tons. The service is managed by Trinitas office in The Netherlands.
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May 2009, Trinitas Zeist & Arkon Shipping & Projects join forces
Trinitas Zeist & Arkon Shipping & Projects, Hamburg (general agents of Messrs. Intermarine of Houston) have decided to join forces to grow and improve service to the transport market in Europe. The marketing and sales activities in Hamburg will be merged and Trinitas Hamburg GmbH’s activities will be taken over by Arkon Shipping & Projects.
Consequently Arkon Shipping & Projects will continue the activities of Trinitas Hamburg and we are pleased that as from May 15th, 2009, Arkon will act as exclusive commercial agent on behalf of Trinitas Maritime Carriers BV for Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Poland, Slovakia & Tschech Republic.
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May 2009, Windmill blades for Eastport, Maine
The Mv Jade C loaded and delivered 54 packages wind turbine blades to the Port of Eastport in Maine. Manufactured in Brazil, most of the blades are destined for the Rollins Wind project in the towns of Lincoln, Burlington, Lee, Winn and Mattawamkeag. Once complete, the wind project, which is being built by Boston-based First Wind, will comprise 40 General Electric 1.5 megawatt turbines. The wind farm will produce enough power for 23,000 homes, First Wind said.
According to local news reports, some of the blades offloaded at the Eastport docks will also be trucked to wind projects in Nova Scotia and Mansfield, PA.
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April 2009, Intermodal South America, Sao Paulo
We do what we enjoy most design smart transport solutions, operate a young modern fleet in the Atlantic and maintain long lasting relationships with our clients. In order to facilitate our desire for long lasting client relationships we will participate at the largest transport trade show of South America the Intermodal to meet, greet, discuss but most of all listen to our clients. By listening and hearing what the specific needs are in today’s market we are able to fine-tune the Trinitas service.
Please visit us and join for a drink at Intermodal South America and judge this year’s booth design and atmosphere yourself!
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March 2009, Jade-C @ Nigg-Yard Scotland
In order to complete a contract carrying construction materials and crane parts to Brasil from Scotland our technical staff successfully investigated the possibility to load out directly from the draft limited Nigg Yard in Scotland. For the purpose of preplanning and determining if the vessel could meet the challenging draft restrictions our port Captain, Marko Habiecht, visited both the production site and port facilities prior to accepting & confirming the booking.
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January 2009, Vessel entering Rio de Janeiro
The ship had a full under and on deck cargo to discharge in the Rio de Janeiro area. The vessel loaded her cargoes ex. Newcastle, Rostock, Tilbury, Immingham and Antwerp and after Rio de Janeiro had only Buenos Aires, Argentina to call to complete her southbound laden leg. Mr. Marcelo Urbano, manager of our Rio de Janeiro branch office, coordinated the complex direct on truck & barge discharge operation in Rio de Janeiro and thereafter sailed with the ship to the Maua Jurong shipyard across the bay in NIteroi. The vessel features two lengthy box open holds, two 80 Mtns combinable cranes and with a very limited draft a perfect match for the TMC trades lanes and service
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December 2008 - Liebherr mobile port crane for Brasil
Although over the years Trinitas has moved several cranes for Liebherr the machines remain a very impressive sight. This particular LHM 500 crane was knocked down into 25 pieces with a maximum unit weight of 110 metric-tons of which 3 units were loaded on the weather-deck. The Motor vessel Geja C picked up this unit direct at the producers facility at Rostock, Germany and discharged it 20 days later on the receiving port-operators terminal. Besides our constant aim for full client satisfaction and service improvements, moving cargoes, designing and providing tailor made transport solutions for challenging projects is what we enjoy most.
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November 2008 – Railway equipment, Argentina / Portugal
Via the Trinitas brokers in Argentina pieces used Rail-Road equipment have been contracted for a direct shipment between Buenos Aires and Setubal. The heaviest unit weighed over 72 Metric tons and was loaded-stowed on deck by vessels own means. After completion of the load operation at the Dock-Sud terminal in Buenos Aires the vessel proceeded directly to Setubal were it arrived 16 days after her departure from the river Plate. At Setubal the discharge operation took a mere 4 hours thereafter the vessel headed for Rotterdam to discharge the balance of the cargo on board.
Trinitas provides a regular ocean transport service between the East Coast of South America, The European Continent as well as the Mediterranean and Atlantic African ports. With a modern fleet of several geared multi-purpose vessels and offices in Zeist, Hamburg, Antwerp, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Santos and Antwerp Trinitas serves you with a reliable, flexible and frequent transport service.
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July 2008 – heavy lift project – Sweden/Brazil
Trinitas has transported heavy lift cargo consisting of used machinery to Santos, Brazil. This plant has been dismantled by Trinitas client Austral Logstics in North Sweden. The cargo consisted amongst others of large base plates, machinery and structures.
These units were unpacked, delicate and require good proper stowage preparation and careful handling for a good sea passage. Trinitas loaded these cargoes with their heavy lift vessel and did deliver the cargo safe at destination. The shipment has been executed without damage and time loss to the satisfaction of the customers.
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March 2008 - Anchor chains, Scandinavia / South Brazil
Transporting anchor chains in over 250 meters lengths is an operational-, stowage- and handling- challenge for both our technical and nautical staff.
The crew of the Mv. Jade C. performed an excellent job handling this special cargo. Anchor chains with these lengths need to be loaded and discharged using both the vessels cranes simultaneously. A spectator on the quay side described the loading operation very accurately as a “graceful moving caterpillar”.
Both the load- and discharge operation requires superb coordination and communication between crew, stevedores and superintendent. Loading was done is close co-operation with the receivers realising the required discharge sequence avoiding further sorting efforts and expenses at destination.
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February 2008 - Pipe-laying equipment for Petrobras
Keppel FELS Brasil SA secured a contract with Petrobras for the repairs and upgrade of a 122-meter derrick-lay barge. The scope of work comprises detailed engineering, pre-fabrication of a heli-deck, dry-docking, special survey and the installation of six new thrusters and DP Control System. It also includes the installation of pipe-laying equipment and the upgrading of the living quarters. Upon completion scheduled for May 2008, the derrick-lay barge will be able to undertake deepwater construction support, the installation of mooring, subsea structures and pipelines.
Trinitas has been appointed to take care of the shipment of the brand new pipe-laying equipment, consisting of 10 pieces, of which 2 units of 180 mtns each.
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1st January 2008 - Founding of Trinitas Antwerp office
We are pleased to announce the establishment of Trinitas Antwerp. The Antwerp base forms part of the Trinitas' group, with the head office in Zeist, The Netherlands Trinitas offers specialized sea transport services and smart solutions for project en break-bulk cargoes to and from South America.
With the founding of the Antwerp office, Trinitas is offering her services from owned offices in The Netherlands, Germany (Hamburg), Brazil (Sao Paulo, Santos and Rio de Janeiro) and Belgium (Antwerp).
The Antwerp office is located in the centre of the city with quick access to the port and quays. The office staff will concentrate on cargo handling, port operations as well as commercial centre for the Belgium market.
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December 2007 / January 2008 - Transport of yachts
The bi-annual Jacques Vabre Trans-Atlantic sailing race is not just of interest to the yachting world, skippers & crews. It is also a logistic & operational challenge to return this high value cargo to France!
Again Trinitas was selected to transport the majority of the participating race yachts from Salvador, Bahia to Lorient, France. This year’s yacht volume demanded a split of the cargo over two separate ships resulting in the calls of the two 10.500 Metric tonnes sister vessels Mv Jade C and Mv Geja C operated by Trinitas.
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December 2007 - Christmas Party in Sao Paulo, Cafe de la Musique
Christmas parties are an absolute must for companies, whatever their size. A night out to remember at Christmas is an excellent way of saying a big thank you to our clients and staff for all the supports and hard work they have put in over the year and developing a high level of team spirit. Christmas is a time for reflection and reconciliation as well as a great opportunity to let your hair down and party hard.
So considering above we have done ours in Sao Paulo this year. We chose one of the greatest club of Sao Paulo, Cafe de la Musique. Nice music, nice food and drinks. Who attended enjoyed a marvelous night with a lot of fun through late hours in the night, finishing with big disco dancing in the salon. We are planning another for this year so stay tuned.
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August 2007 - A new Boom for Rig in Brasil.
Arraial do Cabo, also called Forno, is an offshore port located 180 km from Rio.
Many rigs are employed here. Amongst others the semi-submersible drilling rig "Pride South America".
This drilling rig was in need of a new boom.
The boom delivered by Huisman has a length of 40 meters and together with other equipment, like the pedestal, it occupied a major part of the vessel's deck.
As a specialist in shipment of project cargo to ports on the East Coast of South America, Trinitas was appointed to take care of this shipment and arrange for a smooth delivery.
Upon arriving on the 4th of July in Rotterdam to load the dismantled crane, same was loaded within only a few hours and vessel was able to depart before the evening. Crossing the Atlantic in 16 days to deliver the required crane to the rig.
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June 2007 - New office in Santos
To better serve our clients, we have just opened our new office in Santos.
The details of this new office are:
Trinitas do Brasil Ltda - Santos Office
Rua Brás Cubas, 37
9th floor - Flat 95
Cep: 11013-160, Santos, SP
Brazil
Tel. +55-13-3222 3642
Fax +55-13-3222 4154
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February 2007 - Klabin project - Brazil
Trinitas has lately transported cargoes for a new woodhandling plant in Brazil, the Klabin project. This plant is presently under construction, close to Curitiba in the state of Sao Paulo. The cargo consisted amongst others of large boiler parts, conveyor belts and structures. These units are unpacked, delicate and require good proper stowage preparation and careful handling for a good sea passage. Trinitas loaded these cargoes at their designated terminals in Rotterdam and Hamburg. Shippers involved were Babcock Espagna and Metso Finland. The shipments have been executed to the satisfaction of all customers.
Trinitas is a specialist in carriage of out of gauge break-bulk and project cargo in the Atlantic trade between Europe and East Coast South America as well as Africa.
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