ITER – ITER chooses a logistics service provider for the transport of components
ITER Newsline – ITER chooses a logistics service provider for the transport of components
15 February 2012
CADARACHE, France (15 February 2012) – The ITER Organization has signed a five-year contract for the provision of global transport, logistic and insurance services with the integrated equipment and services supplier DAHER. The Logistics Service Provider Framework Contract will facilitate the complex logistics related to the transport of ITER components from suppliers all over the globe to Cadarache, France where the ITER project is currently under construction.
The components that will make up the largest tokamak in the world will be manufactured by the seven Members of the ITER project, packaged, and shipped to the ITER site in Cadarache, France. On 10 February 2012, ITER Director-General Osamu Motojima signed the Logistics Service Provider Framework Contract for the transport, logistics and insurance of these loads on behalf of the ITER Organization and the seven ITER Members. The European company DAHER is named as Logistics Service Provider for five years with the possibility of extension.
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