On Tuesday 7th July – Global Shipping Services were tasked with collecting urgent equipment needed for a downed fertilizer plant that produces fertilizer for sub-Saharan Africa to support the agricultural industry in the region. Whilst the plant was down, production was at a full STOP.
The cargo needed to be collected, packed/crated and shipped using the fastest solution to Port Harcourt.
All regular carriers declined to carry the cargo due to COVID restrictions, except Turkish, but the space situation and flight schedule was not optimal and Global Shipping Services could not risk delays transferring via Istanbul. So Global Shipping Services opted for the AN-12 charter option.
On the 7th of July Global Shipping Services arranged the Air Charter, and the air craft was mobilized from Accra Ghana to IAH Airport, Houston.
Cargo was packed on 8th, transferred to the airport on 9th and readied for export.
The AN-12 arrived IAH on July 10th at 7:30am, loaded at 10am and was wheels up 22:07 local time.
The customer was panicking a little as you can imagine, with emails and texts coming non-stop, but Global Shipping Services representative Eric Drennan kept them informed of every step of the process.
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