Wind energy archive / Monte Redondo
Wind turbine components during a crane-assisted installation. The photograph is identified in the historical archive as Monte Redondo, a wind farm located in Chile’s Coquimbo Region according to ENGIE.
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Transport logistics and engineering, including project planning, route studies, geometric and structural feasibility analysis, and coordination of loading and unloading.
From feasibility
to delivery.
- Project planning and control.
- Route studies, permits and escorts.
- Oversized and overweight cargo.
- Coordination of loading, unloading, lashing and transport.
- Optimising operational processes.
PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVE
Cargo, journeys and projects.
Photographic material supplied for ZCN: industrial cargo, energy equipment and sailing environments. Descriptions focus on what the images document.
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Equipment for Cajón del Maipo
Electrical equipment on a transport platform and during lifting operations. The photographs show the handling of industrial equipment identified in the archive as cargo for Cajón del Maipo.
Antarctic voyage
Ice, open sea and deck conditions during an Antarctic voyage. This sequence brings together seascapes and scenes on board without assigning a station, expedition or specific cargo that the images do not identify.
Maritime archive / Elisabeth Böye
A view of the vessel Elisabeth Böye, whose name is visible on the hull. The material is kept alongside the earlier website’s SAAS and Falkland Islands record; the image is not presented as part of an owned fleet.
Locomotive transport
A locomotive on a multi-axle platform beside a crane. The image records the arrangement of railway equipment and supporting machinery during transport.
Loading industrial hoppers
Industrial hoppers suspended during cargo handling. The two views show the lifting points and movement of these pieces during loading, without adding an unverified client, port or tonnage.
INFORMATION SHEET
Helicopter loading in Valparaíso
Information sheet on preparation, securing and ship loading in Valparaíso in April 2024, based on an independent report that does not mention ZCN.
Open information sheet · PDF ↗PDF · English · 1 page · opens in a new tab.
Documented experience
Project archive.
Historical transport and logistics cases. The archive includes experience predating the foundation of ZCN.
Oversized generators
Logistics and transport of three generators.
Recovered detail
- The previous website describes a company specialising in the transport and logistics of oversized equipment.
Historical reference
2005
SAAS reference
Establishing a shipping operation, container administration and port agency services.
Recovered detail
- 2005: creation of SAAS, South American Atlantic Services.
- Container fleet administration.
- Establishing the commercial division.
- Port Stanley agency. Website and manifest and bill of lading systems.
- SAAS shipping line management.
- First vessel: Elisabeth Boye.
- Montevideo agency (Agencias Universales).
2009–2010
Hydroelectric project in Peru
Logistics studies, reactors and autotransformers on Ilo–Montalvo and Callao–Mantaro routes.
Recovered detail
- Routes: Ilo–Montalvo, Callao–Mantaro.
- Transport of 11 reactors weighing between 10 and 140 tonnes.
- Transport of eight autotransformers weighing 50 and 140 tonnes.
- Hydroelectric logistics studies for Elecnor Peru and Mabisa Bilbao, Spain.
- New three-phase power line route in Peru, 2009 and 2010: ten different routes.
Antarctic logistics
Receiving, storage, loading, lashing and unloading; project-specific logistics studies.
Recovered detail
- The historical article describes a team supporting logistics operations in Antarctica.
- Engineering and navigation resources supporting the complete project study.
- Receiving cargo in Chile, Argentina and Uruguay, storing it before loading it onto a vessel bound for Antarctica.
- Port handling, loading and securing cargo aboard the vessel.
- Hook-side unloading logistics at the Antarctic base.
- Where required, a complete study of unloading and landing cargo at the Antarctic base.
- The historical article describes a complete project logistics solution.
- Vessel chartering where the client requires a ship for the expedition.
- Transport of the client's technical and professional personnel for construction of the base.
- Combined air and sea logistics.
Logistics study
Easter Island / Mataveri
Logistics study for airport expansion and historical cargo supply operations.
Recovered detail
- The historical article refers to work on the Easter Island (Mataveri) airport expansion project.
- The proposed logistics would use maritime chartering from several mainland Chilean ports to the island.
- The study was prepared for more than ten companies in Chile bidding for the Mataveri airport expansion, according to the article.
- The historical article also describes year-round cargo transport and supply logistics for Easter Island.
November 2008–April 2009
Monte Redondo · first phase
Ten complete towers: shipping, unloading at Coquimbo, storage and transport to the wind farm.
Recovered detail
- Cargo origin: Europe, Denmark and Spain. Collection at the client's warehouse and transport to port.
- Shipping ten complete towers, with generators, bases and blades, from northern Spain.
- Unloading a full vessel at Coquimbo.
- Storage and loading of towers and generators.
- Inland transport to the wind farm and delivery to each tower's installation location.
2009
Monte Redondo · second phase
Nine complete towers: origin transport, shipping, unloading, storage and delivery to the wind farm.
Recovered detail
- Cargo origin: Europe, Denmark and Spain. Collection at the client's warehouse and transport to port.
- Shipping nine complete towers, with generators, bases and blades, from northern Spain.
- Unloading a full vessel at Coquimbo.
- Storage and loading of towers and generators.
- Inland transport to the wind farm and delivery to each tower's installation location.
2017
Cryogenic tanks
Transport from San Antonio to Puerto Montt, Osorno and Temuco.
Recovered detail
- In 2017, cryogenic tanks were transported from San Antonio port to Puerto Montt, Osorno and Temuco for a Chilean company, according to the article.
2016–2018
Rail equipment / Ferronor
Wagons, locomotives and rails; operations between Calera, Baquedano, Vallenar and Las Losas port.
Recovered detail
- Transport of 24 freight wagons from Calera to Baquedano station in Region II, 2016/2017.
- 100-tonne locomotives: Vallenar to Baquedano station, 2017.
- A full vessel shipment of 21-metre rails, from Las Losas port to Vallenar station.
- 90-tonne locomotives: Baquedano to Vallenar station, 2018.
Vaccine logistics in Chile
SINOVAC COVID-19 vaccine transport operation, contracted by Perilogistic according to the article.
Recovered detail
- Transport of SINOVAC COVID-19 vaccines in Chile.
- Contracted by Perilogistic for the operation in Chile, according to the historical article.
Historical reference
2019
Transformer / El Alfalfal substation
Receiving, transport and unloading on site in the Cajón del Maipo.
Recovered detail
- Unloading, transport and delivery at El Alfalfal substation, Cajón del Maipo, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile.
- Transformer and accessories: 158 tonnes / 312.45 m³.
- Dimensions: 8.15 × 3.8 × 3.8 (L × W × H).
- Transformer weight: 84 tonnes.
Project gallery
Operations in pictures.
January 2026 presentation
Cases from the brochure.
The supplied presentation adds recent operations and complements the historical archive.
View presentation↗Monte Redondo
English brochure, p. 10.
Korean Antarctic base
The historical reference provides Antarctic context; it does not identify the same operation.
English brochure, p. 11.
Komatsu–Cummins generators
Logistics and ramp transport, Falkland Islands.
English brochure, p. 12.
Ferronor rail equipment
English brochure, p. 13.
ABB transformers / El Alfalfal
English brochure, p. 14.
Solar plants
EIFFAGE Tucúquere; IM2 Ciprés and Granada; IM2 Cocharcas and Canchas.
English brochure, p. 15.
ABB Chile / Besalco transformers
Case cited in the presentation.
English brochure, p. 16.
Ferronor locomotives
Case cited in the presentation.
English brochure, p. 17.
Helicopter and 45 transformers
Exports to Southeast Asia.
English brochure, p. 18.
Route study / La Estrella
Wind farm project.
English brochure, p. 19.
65-tonne shipment
Port of San Antonio.
English brochure, p. 20.
The archive includes experience predating ZCN's founding.
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