November 16 - Transport Systems Ltd (TRANSY), the Russian member of the Worldwide Project Consortium, has transported consignments of space station equipment for the European Space Agency's Guiana Space Centre (GSC).
The dangerous cargo (IMO class 1) consisted of 21 specialised oversized containers and 30 standard containers, flat racks, tank containers. Additional equipment and rocket fuel was transported from Moscow and Samara to the port of St Petersburg by rail and truck, and then installed and mounted by Transy specialists.
Specially-designed trailers and cradles were used prior to loading onboard a ro-ro vessel with the assistance of two shoreside cranes.
