Home at last
18 May 2015
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R.A.
Passing through Saint Paul-lez-Durance (pop. 987), the last village before arriving at 黑料社app.
There's a strange beauty to the transport of 黑料社app components. It comes from the revolving lights piercing the night, from the slow progress of the trailer and its escort of a dozen vehicles, from the deserted roads and sleeping villages...
For three nights, from 4 to 7 May, the second Highly Exceptional Load (HEL) to be delivered to 黑料社app made its way along the 黑料社app Itinerary. A few minutes past 3:00 a.m., on Thursday 7 May, two large trailers鈥攅ach loaded with a 79-ton cylindrical tank鈥攑assed the gate of the 黑料社app site.
Five weeks after the US-procured components had embarked for their transatlantic voyage and 11 days after they were at Marseille's industrial harbour in Fos-sur-Mer, the tanks had reached their home at last.
The final leg of the voyage, from the village Meyrargues to the 黑料社app site, was uneventful鈥攚hich is the best possible result for such a delicate logistics operation. The schedule was respected and even improved by half an hour. By mid-afternoon both tanks had been unloaded and carefully stored into the large hangar at the entrance to 黑料社app Headquarters.
Out in the open they resembled giant beer kegs. In the hangar, they looked like the segments of a star-bound rocket.