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Cockfield Knight are pleased to announce that they have activated their HRMC 'badge' for the Port of Tyne and Blyth.
This means we can now offer Customs Clearance of any containers imported into these ports on the Inventory Linked system.
Please contact Richard or Paul to discuss your import requirements.
During 2012 Cockfield Knight were awarded a contract to charter a suitable vessel to transport the new CSD Miondo from Rotterdam to Angola.
After negoiation with various shipowners a charter was agreed with Condock Bfrachtungs-Gesellschat to charter the Condock II to carry out this operation.
We are pleased to announce that the loading operation was succesfully completed on 23rd December and the vessel is now on pasage to Angola.
Cockfield Knight are pleased to announce that they have been appointed as UK Customs Agents for all of Koch Fertilizers imports into the UK with the exception of Portbury and Bristol ports.
This award recognises Cockfield Knight's expertise in non inventory linked Customs Import and Export procedures.
Cockfield Knight have recently upgraded their facilities with the latest Datafreight Import software and are always ready to help with any UK Customs enquiries.
Tideway perform precision rock placement project on subsea pipeline.
June and July 2012 saw Tideway bring their DPFPV (Dynamic Positioning Fall Pipe Vessel) vessels to the east coast of England to lay rock on a subsea pipeline.
The rock was shipped from Norway using bulk carriers and transferred from these vessels, using their on-board conveying system, onto the DPFPV's "Tideway Rollingstone", "Seahorse" and "Flintstone" whilst they sat on dynamic positioning in the middle of the River Tyne.
(Photo courtesy of Tideway bv)
Close co-operation with all parties was maintained by ourselves, acting as Agents on Tideways behalf, to coordinate berths for the bulk carriers and DPFPV's along with the actual transfer operation to minimise disruption for other river traffic.
Once full, the Tideway vessels sailed to their work site to lay their rock via the "Fall Pipe" system, then returned to the Tyne to pick up their next load.
For more details on these unique vessels please take a look at Tideways website at Tideway
Cockfield Knight oversaw the Agency, working on behalf of T.Ward Shipping and Saipem, for the barge “UR94”, which loaded four foundation piles destined for Norway.
The berthing and sail-away went without incident assisted by Svitzer tugs ultimately handing over to the sea-going tug “Pegasus” which transported the barge over to Stavanger.
More information regarding TAG Energy Solutions and the piles can be found at :-
www.tagenergysolutions.com/news/25/first-foundation-piles-leave-tag-energy-solutions
Ships gear was used to load this small consignment for direct shipment to Rio De Janeiro on 30th March 2012. The main piece came out of the fabrication halls at A.V.Dawson Ltd. premises and was constructed by Mechtool.
Tideway BV brought their 7.5m long survey vessel "Zigzag" on 30th March 2012 to survey part of the Breagh pipeline which they were involved in last year. The "Zigzag" may well hold the Cockfield Knight record for 'Smallest vessel handled' !
She was launched and landed at the slipway owned by South Gare Marine Club which we thank for their assistance.
Cockfield Knight & Co. Ltd. acted as freight forwarders for the movement of a 38.5m long dredger for final delivery to Luanda, Angola on behalf of Marina & Port Services Limited, Farnham.
The dredger was purchased by them for use in Luanda by their sister company Draimar Projects and needed moving from Damens yard in Nijkerk, Holland.
With assistance from our agents Aneka B.V. (big thanks to Jill & Christel !) it was shipped, after a few weeks of quoting and preparatory work, via the Port of Antwerp on board mv"UAL Gabon" on 2nd February 2012.
Thankfully the dredger is capable of being dismantled and shipped in seperate pieces, the heaviest of which being 63 tonnes. The total consignment consisted of 11 loose pieces and three 40' shipping containers.
Two 86 tonne generators for Nigeria were loaded on board the heavy lift vessel mv"Traveller" on Saturday morning, along with cases of ancillary equipment.
After agreement of the lifting plan and stowage and securing of the pieces, the operation commenced early morning with A.V.Dawsons Rosenkranz crane placing on board the two heavy generators followed by 23 smaller cases using their Gottwald mobile crane.
All done by midday with time for a bacon sandwich in-between whilst the generators were being secured by the vessels crew.
6500 tonnes of fertiliser got loaded during the 5th to 9th December 2011 destined for direct shipment to Australia on board mv"Julie C".
Stowage of the product had to be in strict compliance with Austrailian regulations and the cargo was the heaviest shipment that A.V.Dawsons has handled to date.
Cockfield Knight had the priviledge to act as Agents for the vessel during her port call (Another chart Capt. ? No problem !).
Cockfield Knight were pleased to be Ship's Agent, Customs and Documentation Agents for the recent visit mv"Beautrader" which loaded a Modular Data Centre at the North Sea Supply Base in Middlesbrough on behalf of Colt.
The loading operation of this unusual cargo was filmed and is available to view by following the link below.
Please use the link below if you wish to view the video :-
http://www.tomorrowsdatacentre.com/blog/?p=146"
Contact Cockfield Knight
Dinsdale House
Riverside Park Road
Middlesbrough
ENGLAND
T: +44 (0) 1642 230111
F: +44 (0) 1642 231651
