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(PRWEB) October 18, 2006

Advance International is undertaking a major project freight management contract on behalf of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), shipping thousands of parts and pieces of equipment from all over the globe to help construct a huge fertilizer plant in Sohar, Oman.

The multi-million dollar fertilizer complex is being constructed byMHI and is set to be operational in 2008. Acting as the exclusive worldwide freight forwarder for the project, Advance International has had to collect equipment and items from 208 shippers or manufacturers located in some 37 countries. The largest item was a 442-ton ammonia converter unit, shipped from Italy to Oman recently.

The plant is being built within the Sohar Industrial Area, approximately 260 km northwest of the Omani capital, Muscat. The complex will comprise a 2,000 mtpd (metric tons per day) ammonia production plant, a 3,500 mtpd urea production and granulation plant, and supporting facilities. It will initially produce ammonia from natural gas, and the entire ammonia output will be converted to urea for producing granular urea, the end product to be used as fertilizer.

The contract is just one in a series of large-scale transportation assignments for Advance International, which recently provided heavy lift transportation and logistics services for a major modernisation of Bulgaria’s largest thermal power plant.

Commenting on the Omani project, Jawad Kamel, Advance International’ s President and CEO, said: “Advance has long enjoyed a successful relationship with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and we are delighted to be involved in such an important and complex transportation project.

“The efficient and successful handling of this project is a further example of Advance International’s proficiency in project cargo transportation. This project started earlier this year and shipments of the main equipment will be completed by the middle of next year.We are very pleased to have played such a key role in this vital project for Oman.

“We understand that a second-phase ammonia/urea plant expansion project is already in the pipeline, and we hope to be selected as the transport partner for that development.

“On the strength of this large-scale project in Oman, Advance International is further developing its presence in the Middle East and enhancing its reputation in the area of project forwarding.”

Reference:

Ian Matheson / Luke King, Impress Communications Ltd

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NOTES TO EDITORS:

Advance International is an international forwarder, based in Istanbul. It offers services worldwide, and has special expertise in the Middle East, CIS and Eastern Europe. The company has vast experience in the shipment of project cargo, particularly power generating machinery and petrochemical, smelting and mining equipment. It also offers transport by road, rail, sea and air.

Originally headquartered in London, in the 1980s, Advance International relocated to Istanbul, the geopolitical and transport hub of central Asia.

Advance International has operating offices in Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Romania, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. It also has an extensive network of worldwide agents.

Over 60% of its turnover comes from Japanese clients including Mitsubishi Corporation, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), Mitsui, IHI, Toshiba and Marubeni.

Other major customers include Exxon Mobile, General Electric,Westinghouse, Fiat Avio, Ansaldo, Areva, ABB, Bechtel, Corus, Arcelor and leading car, truck and mining machinery manufacturers.

Advance International is able to handle the most awkward loads – even those that seem impossible to deal with. This is accomplished by employing professionals of the very highest standards. Every metre of the route is measured, mapped out and analysed and, where required to do so, Advance will carry out the support and strengthening of bridges and flyovers, temporarily remove street lighting, telephone and power cables, widen roads and even construct completely new by-passes or access roads, if necessary.

Advance International always utilises technology to ensure efficiency and regularly undertakes full-scale civil engineering projects, requiring meticulous project engineering and management, complex calculations, detailed specifications and a complete sequence of engineering drawings.

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