Stevedoring and heavy lift operations in eastern Venezuela since 1989

Full vessel loading and discharge of breakbulk, project cargo, steel products, aluminum, bagged cargo, big bags, offshore containers and homogeneous cargo. We plan the operation before the vessel berths: gang composition, gear, sequence, lashing and dunnage, weather windows and terminal coordination, so the vessel works from first line ashore to last lift.

Our supervisors and foremen have decades on the same piers. We know the berths, the drafts, the terminal authorities and the paperwork, and we manage the full documentary cycle of the call, from pre-arrival cost estimates to the final Statement of Facts.

We have discharged and loaded single pieces of up to 350 metric tons, executed tandem lifts with ship's gear, and transshipped heavy units to barges and floating platforms. Every heavy lift starts with a rigging plan: piece geometry, center of gravity, lifting points, spreader frames, wire and sling certification, ground bearing and transport route to the laydown area.

Typical projects include refinery and petrochemical equipment, transformers, generators, shiploaders and port cranes, offshore modules, drilling equipment and wind and power components. Where the port has no shore cranes we engineer the operation around ship's gear and our own rigging inventory.

When a shipping line or cargo owner needs eyes and authority on the pier without contracting the full stevedoring, we attend the vessel as Port Captains. We supervise third-party stevedores, verify cargo handling practices, protect the vessel's and the cargo interests' position, and keep principals informed in real time.

Each attendance produces a complete record of the call: Daily Vessel Reports, Statement of Facts, photographic and video evidence, delay and stoppage logs, and immediate escalation of any unsafe practice or cargo damage observed. Our reporting has supported owners, charterers and underwriters in commercial discussions and claims.

Independent surveys and inspections of cargo at loading and discharge: condition surveys, tally, draft and quantity verification, lashing and securing inspections, pre-shipment and outturn reports. We document the condition of every piece from hook to yard with time-stamped photographs and video, so cargo interests know exactly what arrived, in what condition, and when.

Where damage occurs, our surveyors preserve the evidence trail that claims require: damage annotations on tally, joint survey coordination, segregation of affected cargo and full photographic files delivered within hours, not weeks. This service is available at all the ports we serve, for our own operations or as an independent check on third-party stevedores.

We rent our own fleet of port equipment for operations in eastern Venezuela: heavy-duty forklifts up to 30 tons capacity, container and heavy cargo lift trucks, spreader frames, certified wire rigging, slings, shackles and below-the-hook lifting gear. Equipment is delivered with certified operators, maintenance support and current inspection documentation.

Rental is available by the shift, day, week or project, at the port, in our yards or at industrial sites in the region. For project campaigns we assemble complete equipment packages matched to the cargo list, so a single contract covers machines, gear, operators and supervision.

Our group operates approximately 50,000 m² of yard space in the Guanta area, including a 9,000 m² yard directly opposite the port entrance. We receive, store and dispatch project cargo, tubulars, offshore equipment, chemicals in big bags, machinery and general cargo, with controlled access, inventory records and cargo condition documentation at reception and dispatch.

Because the yard is minutes from the berth, cargo moves from ship to secure storage in a single short haul, reducing handling, exposure and cost. Laydown planning, blocking and stacking, and preservation routines for long-stay project cargo are part of the service.