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GAC Laser was charged with the duty of receiving, storing, crating and re-loading of an ROV (remotely operated vehicle), the mobile control unity and mobile workshop worth R12million from the ‘Mermaid Commander’. This ship was specifically calling at Cape Town Port for the purpose of discharge.

The project required GAC Laser to arrange for permits, riggers and customs attendance, all within 24 hours of arrival. The ROV weighed in at 22 tons, and is the size of a 20-foot container. The berthing allowance schedule for this was 12 hours.

The ‘Mermaid Commander’ berthed on schedule and GAC Laser was on hand to meet the vessel, which was scheduled to leave port after bunkering at midnight – a tight schedule by all accounts.

Clark Pegg of GAC Laser was in attendance for the discharge and removal of the goods to GAC Laser’s premises in Montague Gardens, which should have been completed by 22h00. However, the 30 tons of precious cargo only left the port at 06h30 the following day with a cold and tired GAC Laser and rigging crew on hand.

The ROV was stored at GAC Laser for two weeks and then crated before being loaded onto another vessel heading for Bergen, Norway where the ROV was originally commissioned.

GAC Laser is one of South Africa’s leading independent clearing and forwarding companies specialising in facilitating international trade in imports and exports, air and sea.