Blue Bell Shipping Delivers Cargo to Remote Iraqi Oilfield

By Simon West

Blue Bell Shipping is playing a key role in the logistics for a major oil project in southern Iraq, with the Dubai-based breakbulk mover already delivering 150,000 cubic meters of cargo as part of ongoing operations.

Blue Bell has teamed up with BBC Chartering to transport the cargo, much of which is heavy-lift and out-of-gauge (OOG). The forwarder is responsible for moving the cargo from factory sites in the UAE, shipping it via Jebel Ali to Umm Qasr Port, and overseeing its onward delivery to the remote oilfield in Iraq.

The largest unit to date is a 179-ton reactor measuring 36 meters long and five meters wide.

The multimodal project has included breakbulk vessel charters, air freight deliveries and the transport of hundreds of OOG flat racks and standard containers, Aditya Menon, commercial manager at Blue Bell Shipping, told Breakbulk. “As a specialist project freight forwarder, BBS focuses its services to suit the specific requirements of EPCs, oilfield operators, drilling companies and others,” he said.

“By offering in an in-house transport engineering department, vessel chartering desk, pre-fabrication cargo surveys and other value-added services, Blue Bell Shipping has positioned itself as a leading logistics partner for large scale industrial projects in the region.”

Blue Bell Shipping, established in the UAE in 1987, is one of the Middle East’s fastest growing project forwarders, having expanded into 10 countries and launched 15 offices over the last two years.

The company has won “Airfreight Solution of the Year” at the HLPFI Heavy Lift Awards for two consecutive years.


Blue Bell Shipping is an exhibitor and sponsor at Breakbulk Middle East. Meet the project team in Dubai at stand G44.