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Our global marine and cruise logistics experts will work with your specific goals and requirements to build a custom plan designed to efficiently transport spares, equipment or whatever your supply chain needs.
Explore Marinetrans’ optimized door-to-deck solutions
Marinetrans, an AIT Worldwide Logistics company, supplies vessels with door-to-deck ship spares and marine equipment. Our team functions as a control tower, providing first- to last-mile management, including warehousing and consolidation, while tracking global transport movements from collection point to end destination.
Expert logistics at sea
Keep cruise ships stocked and itineraries on track. Our marine logistics specialists at Priano Marchelli, an AIT Worldwide Logistics company, coordinate regional vendor consolidation, compliant handling and time‑critical ship‑side deliveries—at port or mid‑voyage.
Supported by a global network including a strategic transshipment hub in Miami, the team manages purchase orders, in‑transit replenishment and reverse logistics with full visibility. The result: seamless, dependable service that maintains exceptional onboard experiences.
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From reusable containers and direct routing to strategic cargo consolidation, electric and hydrogen vehicle transport, alternative fuels, and much more, AIT is leading the pack when it comes to providing environmentally friendly supply chain options.
Marine supply chain shipment spotlights
July 29, 2026
When a major ship manager faced a critical engine breakdown in Spain, the immobilized vessel began to run up costly downtime losses.
To get operations back on track quickly, the customer turned to the marine logistics experts at Marinetrans, an AIT Worldwide Logistics company, for urgent support moving the ship’s heavy engine components overseas for repair and returning them as soon as the work was complete.
The project was complex from the start. The components weighed nearly 6,000 pounds (2,700 kilograms) and had to be professionally cleaned and crated before shipping to Sweden for immediate repair. Adding to the challenge, summer air capacity was limited, with airlines prioritizing passengers, baggage and mail over bulky belly cargo.
The team activated its emergency logistics protocol and developed a plan aligned with the customer's repair timeline. After coordinating safe removal, cleaning and crating of the engine components in Spain, bonded transport and customs requirements were managed for the international move. When no suitable commercial air cargo capacity was available, a dedicated charter flight was secured within 24 hours along with overnight trucking from the destination airport to the repair facility.
Then came an unexpected setback. Midway through its Friday flight, the chartered aircraft experienced a critical mechanical failure and made an emergency landing at a small military airport in Denmark.
The marine logistics team responded immediately. At 11 p.m., they engaged a local agent to coordinate with airport authorities. By Saturday morning, the team’s contingency plan was underway, with emergency support equipment arriving on site, including a forklift for cargo handling. Customs procedures were quickly amended to allow bonded entry through Denmark, and the cargo was loaded onto trucks before 11 a.m. for direct delivery to the repair facility.
Once repairs were complete, the marine logistics team managed the components' return to the disabled vessel with the same precision. They collected, repacked and moved the pieces by hotshot truck to Amsterdam, then booked them on the only available widebody aircraft capable of accepting the shipment. When the cargo arrived in Spain at 9 a.m. on Saturday, the team had already arranged for customs overtime. The shipment was cleared and delivered back on board the vessel that evening.
Through rapid coordination, contingency planning and hands-on problem-solving, the customer's delays and financial exposure were minimized and the vessel returned to service as quickly as possible.
March 04, 2026
When one of the world’s leading maritime energy transportation and infrastructure services companies needed to quickly move a 253-ton off-shore module to a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) in Dubai, their main challenges were tight timelines and limited local availability of heavy-lift capacity.
But they knew they could count on their long-time energy logistics partners at Marinetrans, an AIT Worldwide Logistics company, to deliver a seamless solution.
Marinetrans engineered an end-to-end heavy-lift plan, using self-propelled modular transporters, shore-based cranes, and heavy-lift-vessel deck reinforcement to keep the oversized load on schedule.
The module arrived at its final destination on time, enabling a direct lift onto the FSRU during a narrow floating-crane window with zero operational disruption.
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February 17, 2026
When a global leader in liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) shipping needed to outfit 15 of their vessels in dry dock with new, dual-fuel tank systems, they turned to Marinetrans, an AIT Worldwide Logistics company, for proven logistics expertise.
The Marinetrans team quickly delivered an end‑to‑end solution to move the massive systems, each made up of two tanks, measuring 118 feet by 26 feet (36 meters by 8 meters) and weighing in at 130 tons. The plan included chartering heavy-lift-capable barges from a fabrication site in Shanghai to the client’s shipyard in southern China.
Marinetrans completed multiple mid-typhoon-season deliveries of the large, sensitive equipment to vessels entering dry dock, with a program including sea-fastening design, permitting and much more. The work demanded precise marine engineering, heavy‑lift transport, and careful sequencing to align with yard availability and vessel maintenance windows. Strict safety requirements and third‑party technical validation by a marine warranty surveyor further increased complexity, while weather disruptions required flexible schedules and robust go/no‑go criteria.
Despite volatile weather conditions, all deliveries were completed safely, on schedule and on budget—with zero damage. Marinetrans met evolving client requirements with rapid response and documentation control, earning the customer’s trust to manage complex, high‑stakes marine logistics projects under pressure.