TAP Completes the Shipment of Pipes to Albania, Tap Press Release, 20 June 2017

TAP Completes the Shipment of Pipes to Albania, Tap Press Release, 20 June 2017

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TAP Completes the Shipment of Pipes to Albania, Tap Press Release, 20 June 2017 Tirana, Albania. On 16 June, the last shipment of steel line pipes for building the Albanian onshore section of the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) was offloaded in the port of Durrës. Less than 15 months since the first pipes delivered to Albania, the vessel MV Galene M discharged the last cargo containing 726 pipes. This was the 15th shipment transporting steel pipes from Germany, where they had been produced. Approximately 13,000 pipes, bends, and various equipment and machinery weighing more than 200,000 tonnes have been delivered to Durrës since April 2016.  Karl Roberts, TAP Project Manager for Albania, noted: “The discharge of the line pipes and bends was an operation undertaken with military precision. The pipes were…
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