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Embedded Parts of Transport Lock for the Second Construction Stage of Kudankulam NPP have been delivered to the Port of Saint Petersburg On 27th December 2018.

By order of JSC Atomstroyexport in December 2018 INCOTEC CARGO Ltd arranged the delivery of oversized equipment - Embedded Parts of Transport Lock - ex works Izhorskiye Zavody to the Sea Port of Saint Petersburg.

The most oversized item of the lot was the Inside Embedded Part of Lock. With a weight of 39 tons only its dimensions were as follows – length 8.4 meters, width 8.05 meters and height 0.84 meters.

Due to the closure of the river navigation, the delivery was carried out by means of inland transport.

In order to ensure the entry of the trailer with such dimensions to the territory of the Sea Port of Saint Petersburg, special measures were approved and carried out concerning preparation of entrance gate providing a free passage of the cargo.

On 27th December 2018 Embedded Parts of Transport Lock were delivered to the Port of Saint Petersburg, on 5th January 2019 they were loaded on board of mv “PACIFIC WINTER” and, as a part of the 8th shipload, dispatched to the Indian Customer.