SUBMISSION SUCCESSFUL

South Sea Cargo’s barge departed on Wednesday, 13th September with a massive schedule to complete.

The journey began in Malekula as the crew arrived and started offload the various cargo. On board were several ISO tanks that been previously transferred to Port Vila to be tested and cleaned, and are now returned full with fuel to serve the people on the island. Among other exiting cargo that was to be repositioned from  Malekula to Santo was more pro machinery for the MAP project team for the work they’ve been doing on the islands. The heavy machinery was loaded onto the barge after all the containers were delivered.

Among the containers to be delivered to Malekula were 4 LCL containers, which is great to see the people of Vanuatu using South Sea Cargo to send smaller cargo items to the islands.

Next up was Santo, where a number of water tanks, FCL and LCL containers were delivered. The South Sea Cargo trucks managed to transport the heavy machinery also!

Among the heavy machinery was an excavator which was delivered to the Forestry corner in Santo.

There was an exciting movement afterwards as the team were delivering another excavator and a crusher to Najingo Point.

The equipment delivered to Najingo Point was because South Sea Cargo are also assisting to mobilise equipment for the SOUTH SANTO road project which is being constructed by a Chinese company. The location was a bit isolated so this was a ‘first’ for CARSINOS as it went to another place other than Litzlitz, Tanna and Melcoffe wharf (Santo). This first equipment delivery was initial mobilisation for the road project.

By Tuesday the team had wrapped up operations on Santo and loaded up the trucks ready to depart.

Returning to Litslits, Malekula was next on the agenda. When the barge docked, Vanuatu Ferry were also in operation but the crew noted that many customers were coming to load their LCL cargo with South Sea Cargo which is great to see many happy customers returning.

Before leaving Malekula the crew had a successful day. They had to load several more containers, empty ISO tanks and some small vehicles. The team even had to change a tire on one of the big trucks as it encountered a puncture in the afternoon!

The crew spent the night and finalised the loading the next morning and packed everything away securely. From the vehicles, ISO tanks, containers and tons of ‘aelan kaki’ (island food).

South Sea Cargo arrived safely back to Port Vila on Friday 22nd after a long 10 day trip. A massive effort!