Ocean World Lines Moves Famous Sculptures Worth $40 Million from Spain to Florida
Lake Success, New York – Ocean World Lines (OWL), a global door-to-door and end-to-end NVOCC, announced today that it has moved seven sculpture pieces, weighing more than 117,000 pounds, from the Port of Barcelona to the Port of Savannah for consignment at a major New York gallery and exhibition in Orlando, Florida starting next month.
At the Port of Barcelona, the iron and concrete-made sculptures were loaded onto two 40-foot, over-dimensional flatracks and one 40-foot container. Two of the sculptures weighed 28,000 pounds and the other five approximately 12,000 pounds each and they arrived at the Port of Savannah last week after a 14-day transit.
The sculptures were created by a well-known Spanish sculptor, Eduardo Chillida Juantegui, who lived from January 10, 1924 to August 19, 2002. He was best known for his massive and monumental abstract works and his largest piece in the United States titled, De Musica is 81-tons of steel.
“We have been carrying works of art regularly for this customer, but moving these sculptures was particularly exciting given their size and that they were created by a world-famous artist,” said Cord Bruegge, OWL’s managing director for Europe. “The OWL Iberica office and OWL Miami office worked closely together to make this move a success from start to finish. It’s not too often we carry a single shipment worth that value and we were, of course, backed by a great insurance policy!”
About Ocean World Lines
Ocean World Lines, known in the industry by its iconic owl logo, is one of the largest fully bonded NVOCC’s in the world. OWL maintains more than 45 service contracts with the top ocean carriers and handles today’s most complex global supply chain requirements.
Founded in 1979, OWL works with importers, exporters and freight forwarders to move all types of cargo and provides global ocean and air door-to-door/end-to-end service. OWL offers a single source experience for its customers coupled with leading-edge technology for a truly value-based solution.
With over 200 employees worldwide, OWL has offices located in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Qingdao, Singapore, Tokyo, Atlanta, Charleston, Charlotte, Chicago, Cincinnati, Long Beach, Miami, New Orleans, New York, Norfolk, San Francisco, Seattle, Berlin, Poland, Bremen, Hamburg, and Ipswich, as well as a network of agents worldwide.
OWL is a subsidiary of Pacer International, a leading North American freight transportation and logistics service provider that offers a broad array of services to facilitate the movement of freight from origin to destination.