What does a project logistics manager do?
From the logistics execution plan to the module on its foundation: the scope of the role on an EPC project, and how it differs from a supply chain manager.
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Project logistics, explained
What I run into on EPC projects, written down so it is usable: the logistics execution plan, heavy lift transport and how the roles divide between owner, EPC contractor, forwarder and carrier.
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What is a logistics execution plan?
The document that decides how everything an EPC project buys reaches site — and why it has to exist before procurement starts, not after.
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Work backwards from the foundation date: cargo data, route survey, vessel selection, sea fastening and the last mile. The sequence that keeps a heavy lift on schedule.
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Gert GeevePosted 2 November 2026 · Importance of Accurate Documentation
A 300-tonne module is hard to lose. The crate with its anchor bolts is not.
On large EPC projects I treat documentation as cargo. If the packing list is wrong, the shipment is wrong, whatever arrives on the quay.
My rule of thumb: one package, one number, from the supplier's workshop to the installation point. The same ID on the packing list, the marking, the shipping documents and the site receipt. When engineering, procurement and the forwarder each invent their own reference, you spend weeks reconciling spreadsheets instead of building.
So agree the packing list format and marking standard in the purchase order, not after the first shipment lands. And make tracking visible to construction, because they are the ones waiting.
Dull? Perhaps. Still cheaper than searching a laydown area with a torch.
How do you keep one source of truth across suppliers and forwarders?
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