COLI Group has completed two projects to move large, out-of-gauge shipments to Ivory Coast
The first lift involved the movement of a set of 90-tonne generators from Bergen in Norway to Abidjan, together with specific lifting gear and additional 30 t alternators.
COLI arranged the ocean transport, including chartering a breakbulk vessel and handling the vessel’s agency.
The units were loaded directly on MAFI-trailers, with lashing, seafastening, marine surveys and port agency all handled in-house.
In the second project, the company coordinated the shipment of a used Liebherr crane to an Ivorian mine.
This took the mobile Liebherr crane from the Dutch village of Geertruidenberg in the Netherlands to the port of Abidjan for onward delivery to the mining site inland.
Other recent non-African assignments completed by Coli Group include the movement of a single Atlas Copco compressor from Antwerp, Belgium to the port of Antofagasta, Chile, and the shipment of a metro railcar from Brazil to France.
All of the projects were coordinated by the group’s Antwerp office.
Eduardo Pijpe, account manager at COLI Antwerp, said it had been a very busy start to 2026.
“These four were not our biggest projects ever, and that is rather the point— individually they can be seen as routine project cargo; together, they map what our team handles frequently, and show the versatile portfolio we can offer to our clients,” he said.
“Four shipments, four continents, eight countries, and different sets of rules, languages and expectations in every one of them. From small breakbulk consignments to full heavy lift charters, a client only hands you a job like that if they trust you with every part of it – that is what makes me proud.”
Established in 1974, COLI Schiffahrt & Transport is a German logistics solutions provider focusing on breakbulk, project and heavy lift cargoes.
In addition to its headquarters in Hamburg, the COLI Group has offices in Antwerp, Bremen, Rotterdam, Istanbul, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Guyana, Dubai, Singapore, Shanghai, Seoul and Tokyo, plus a global presence via an extensive network.
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COLI Group moves Liebherr crane to Ivory Coast (Image source: COLI Group)
