Partner with marine supply chain pioneers
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.
Explore AIT’s sustainable supply chain initiatives
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
August 11, 2026
When an advanced battery systems manufacturer needed more than $1 million in lithium-ion battery modules and components moved on a tight timeline from China to Switzerland for multiple vessel builds, they turned to the marine logistics experts at AIT for support.
The shipment had to arrive within a month to keep installation on schedule. If the cargo didn’t meet the deadline, the shipper risked late-delivery penalties, missed installation dates, customer satisfaction issues and potential operational delays for the vessels.
The shipment included two 40-foot high-cube dangerous goods containers and one 20-foot general cargo container.
With air freight and rail ruled out due to regulatory constraints, AIT secured a direct sea freight solution from Shenzhen, China, to Rotterdam, Netherlands, via the Suez Canal, coordinated dangerous goods approvals, and arranged full-value transport insurance for the high-value cargo.
The solution achieved a 23-day port-to-port transit time with a total transit time of just over one month from factory pickup in Dongguan, China, to the destination in Zürich.
AIT-Shenzhen managed the origin process, including pickup and gate-in at the Port of Yantian. After the containers arrived in Rotterdam, the shipment continued by truck to Switzerland, where AIT-Basel coordinated destination handling, including customs clearance and transloading service prior to delivery in Zürich.
Since one dangerous goods container included cargo for two consignees, the team unloaded that container at the Basel warehouse, then sorted and segregated the cargo by consignee before final delivery.
The result: AIT delivered the shipment two days ahead of the deadline, helping the customer avoid penalties, protect installation timelines, and support a vessel electrification project in Europe. With additional projects in the pipeline, the move demonstrated how reliable, compliant and time-critical logistics can support advanced maritime energy solutions.
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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