Emirates SkyCargo transports equipment for new bridge in Uganda

The freight division of Emirates secured a charter from a Japanese construction company to transport equipment from Tokyo’s Narita Airport to Entebbe, Uganda via its cargo hub in Dubai for a new bridge being constructed in Jinja, Uganda.    Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates, has secured a charter from a Japanese construction company to transport heavy machinery and steel parts from Tokyo’s Narita Airport to Entebbe, Uganda last Saturday via its cargo hub in Dubai, the Emirates Group said.
   The equipment is for a new cable-stayed bridge being constructed across the Nile River in the town of Jinja, Uganda. The town is situated in southern Uganda where the Nile River and Lake Victoria meet.
   The new bridge is expected to improve transport flows on the Northern Corridor route, which links Kenya with the landlocked economies of Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda and eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
   Weighing approximately 84 tons, the cargo shipment for the project consisted of machinery, including a winch, down-the-hole hammer and steel parts.
   The cargo airline used one of its Boeing 777 freighters, which is equipped to handle over 100 tons of cargo per flight, to transport the shipment.
   “Emirates SkyCargo has carried many outsized items of cargo over the years, from helicopters, to ship rudders, aircraft engines and even a yacht’s mast, among others, so we have a lot of experience in managing this type of cargo,” Ravishankar Mirle, Emirates vice president, Cargo Commercial, Far East and Australasia, said in a statement.
   Emirates SkyCargo encompasses a fleet of 15 freighters, including 13 Boeing 777Fs and two Boeing 747-400Fs.