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    Project Shore Base & Logistics Support for Saipem in Alexandria

    Saipem required a controlled Alexandria base for project equipment, storage, lifting, maintenance support, office infrastructure and personnel access management, supporting its deepwater drilling activity in the Egyptian Mediterranean.

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    Project snapshot

    Client

    Saipem

    Coverage

    Alexandria, Egypt

    Key Base

    Alexandria

    Core Services

    Shore Base Establishment, Warehousing, Lifting Support, Site Management

    Industry

    Oil & Gas / Engineering, Procurement and Construction

    Max Marine project logistics and shore-base operation in Alexandria
    Max Marine project logistics and shore-base operation in Alexandria.

    Operational context

    The project environment

    The engagement covered a rented logistics base with covered and open storage and office space, plus cargo handling, manpower and lifting equipment deployed inside the base, supporting Saipem while its rig drilled for Burullus Gas Company on the West Delta Deep Marine (WDDM) project. The base had to operate as project infrastructure, not only as storage.

    Client requirement

    The operational challenge

    The client needed warehouse and open storage, lifting activity, equipment maintenance support, office space and controlled personnel access sustained for the life of the engagement.

    Execution structure

    How the scope was coordinated

    Daily base control linked handling areas, equipment, offices, access, maintenance and supervision. This gave the project one managed facility rather than a collection of separate suppliers.

    Max Marine ran the site end to end: indoor and outdoor handling areas, forklifts, cranes, trucks and trailers, warehouse and office infrastructure, access control, daily supervision and equipment maintenance support aligned to the project's certification requirements.

    Max Marine scope

    Workstreams included in the approved case

    Shore base establishment and daily operational management
    Warehouse, office and utility infrastructure support
    Forklifts, cranes, lifting equipment, trucks and trailers
    Accommodation, office facilities and site security
    Personnel access control and site readiness
    Equipment maintenance aligned with certification requirements

    Assets & capabilities

    Indoor and outdoor storage areas
    Forklifts, cranes, trucks and trailers
    Warehouse and office infrastructure
    Site security and access control
    Maintenance support for project equipment

    Operational value

    Saipem had a controlled Alexandria support base where storage, lifting, maintenance support, offices and access control were coordinated by one operating team.

    The Alexandria base was managed as an extension of the project operation.
    Equipment handling, access control and site supervision were kept under one local structure.
    Project equipment remained supported for storage, lifting and maintenance requirements.
    On the Burullus Phase VIII B and WDDM Phase IX A campaigns, sixteen cargo and supply vessels and a project barge were supported for Saipem Misr through Abu Qir and El Maadia Port, Alexandria.

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