Project Forwarding and Chartering

WWL ALS’s Project Forwarding team specialises in turnkey and large-scale heavy lift projects across industries such as mining, energy, oil and gas, construction, infrastructure, engineering, paper, marine and offshore industries.

WWL ALS can handle any out-of-gauge or heavy-lift project cargo, and provides the following worldwide services:

• Any size dry-cargo tonnage, multipurpose, reefer, ro-ro, heavy-lift tonnage
• Full or part-load shipments
• Voyage chartering, time-chartering, period charter, bareboat contracting
• Freight covers, contracting, project-engineering
• Sale and purchase of ships
• Towage or FLO / FLO operations
• Freight consultancy, market information

WWL ALS’ operations department provides clients with complete post-fixture follow-up and can handle the entire operation of vessels and/or voyages to include:

• Preloading preparations
• Cargo, customs and documentation
• Stevedoring operations
• Instructions to master and agents
• On/off hire surveys
• Liability insurance
• Vessel performance control
• Weather-routing
• Disbursement accounts, hire calculations
• Bunkering arrangements
• All correspondence and liaison with owners / shippers

WWL ALS’ all-round service package enables clients to charter vessels in confidence with the assurance that the transport will be capably conducted independently by WWL ALS, offering:

• Ship chartering full and part (deepsea, shortsea, liner, coaster, pontoon)
• Barge chartering
• Air freight
• Intermodal transportation solutions, air, road, rail, sea freight, canal
• Turnkey project management
• Job site transportation
• Planning, supervision and representation
• Crane planning, hire and management
• Contract services team for long-term or major movements
• Major / special projects advice and management
• Installation, erection and decommissioning
• Permits
• Insurance and customs services
• Security and warehousing
• Expediting