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AIR PARTNER AND RUSLAN INTERNATIONAL WORK TOGETHER TO MOVE PORTABLE HOSPITAL ON AN-124
Leading air charter broker, Air Partner, has teamed up with Ruslan International – the joint venture company which manages and markets the 17-strong fl eet of giant Antonov An-124 aircraft - to move an entire portable hospital on behalf of a Middle Eastern ruling family.
The demountable, modular clinic comprised 10 individual units – a reception hall, radiology room, operating theatre, dentistry unit, intensive care unit, pharmacy and medical store, and twin generators. All units were based around
ISO 20ft containers for ease of transport and assembly on site.
The portable health centre, weighing a total of 44 tonnes, was fl own on a single An-124 fl ight from its manufacturer in
Turkey to Tangier’s IBN Batouta Airport, en route to its fi nal destination.
Air Partner’s Regional Freight Manager for Turkey, Emir Ozdabak, commented: “We chose the An-124 because it could carry all 10 units on a single fl ight, and because its onboard crane system meant loading and unloading could be performed directly to and from road vehicles, without the need for any handling equipment. We have a huge amount of experience in dealing with outsize cargo, and we were pleased to be able to work with Ruslan International to fi nd an innovative solution to meet our client’s needs.”
‘CIGARETTE MARAUDER’ POWER BOAT SETS SAIL WITH VOLGA-DNEPR TO NICE
A ‘Cigarette Marauder’ power boat has arrived in Nice in the south of France onboard a Volga-Dnepr Airlines’ IL-76TD- 90VD freighter fl ight after its engineers devised a special loading solution to accommodate the boat’s length, weight and low ground clearance.
The 15-metre ‘Marauder’ was fl own from Doha, Qatar, to Nice. The fl ight was operated on behalf of Volga-Dnepr’s longstanding charter partner Air Partner.
The 14-ton boat was loaded onto a
standard trailer for transportation. To ensure the boat could be loaded into the IL-76TD-90VD’s cargo hold, Volga-Dnepr Airlines’ experts had to develop a special loading solution because the size of the boat and the small amount of ground clearance meant it wasn’t possible to use the aircraft’s ramp and internal crane. Instead, the engineers installed an extension ramp normally used to load heavy and outsize cargoes onboard Volga-Dnepr’s An-124-100 freighters, the world’s largest series-produced cargo aircraft. The ramp reduced the angle that the boat and trailer had to negotiate as they were carefully loaded into the aircraft and meant the boat could be driven on its trailer into the IL-76.
Rinat Akhmetov, Sales Executive at Volga-Dnepr, said: “Deliveries of yachts and boats always require an individual approach as these types of cargo are very bespoke. They are high value and custom-made and require very precise
and delicate handling. Thanks to the size and capability of our An-124 and IL-76TD-90VD freighters, Volga-Dnepr is able to transport a wide range of yachts and boats, boosted by our in-house engineering and logistics capability. We have shipped yachts and boats all over the world from countries such as Canada, Belarus, Ireland, Pakistan, and Russia to destinations in the USA, the Philippines, Kenya, Tanzania, and the United Arab Emirates.”
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