For a 10 km onshore API Spec 15S RTP string, logistics is half the job. Stick steel is priced in joints and weld crews; spoolable RTP is priced in reels, multimodal lifts, and site crane plans.
This article is the shipping / handling story that sits beside the published 2025 Iraq south case — 6 inch, 1500 psi, 85 °C, 10 km. It does not re-tell trench pull and ROW install. Read the install case here: Iraq South oilfield 6″ API 15S RTP 10 km (2025).
IFGS connects buyers to licensed partner factories in China and worldwide and handles spec confirmation, procurement and pre-shipment QC. No operator name, vessel name, port name, TEU count, or door-to-door day count is invented below.
Caption: Yard row of black RTP reels — staging before highway move. Factory-side logistics context.
Why logistics is half the 10 km RTP story
| Stick steel mindset | Spoolable 15S RTP mindset |
|---|---|
| Many short joints, many field welds | Long continuous lengths on reels / spools |
| Truck count ≈ joint bundles | Truck count ≈ reel OD, weight, escort rules |
| NDE on every weld | Handling limits: bend radius, max pull, lift points |
| Port as “pipe cargo” | Port as oversized reel lifts onto ship / trailer |
Buyers who only quote “pipe meterage” without reel geometry and destination handling get unequal bids. This is still API Spec 15S spoolable composite — not GRE tubular shipping under 15HR / 15LR.
For why Iraq-type fields evaluate 15S at all, see Why Iraqi oilfields favor API 15S RTP.
Yard: reels staged before the convoy
Before the road move, black RTP reels are lined in the yard. That step is where packing, tarp, axle load, and escort assumptions should already be frozen on the RFQ — not discovered at the gate.
Product path: Onshore API 15S RTP pipe · Onshore spoolable RTP solutions.
Road: blue-tarped spool convoy
Highway photos show blue-tarped spools on flatbed trucks moving as a convoy. Tarps protect the product and signal oversized / weather-aware road moves. What we do not claim: a specific highway name, police escort contract, or transit hours.
Caption: Highway convoy of blue-tarped RTP spools on flatbeds — road logistics for spoolable 15S, not stick-pipe bundles.
Port / multimodal: ship deck and trailer lifts
At the water edge, reels move between ship deck and truck / trailer under shore and ship cranes. The photos show multimodal reality for oversized spools. We do not invent the port city, terminal operator, vessel name, or sailing schedule.
Caption: Port / ship loading of RTP spools — multimodal reel lifts. No port or vessel name claimed.
Iraq south site receive: truck + crane unload
On the Iraq south receiving side, trucks deliver reels for crane unload (including SANY-class mobile crane lifts visible in field photos). This closes the logistics chain into the same project envelope as the install case: 6″ / 1500 psi / 85 °C / 10 km / 2025. Digging the trench and pulling the string is covered in the case post — not here.
Caption: Iraq south site — truck positioned for crane unload of an RTP reel.
Caption: Site crane lift of a blue-tarped RTP reel — final receive step before trench install (see case article).
RFQ fields for logistics (copy into the next bid)
- Product: onshore API Spec 15S RTP — size class (e.g. 6″) and design envelope already agreed (1500 psi / 85 °C on the published case, or your numbers).
- Length / reel plan: total km and preferred max reel size / weight class (TBD if unknown — better than a guessed tonnage).
- Packing: tarp, cradle, lashing, spare end-fitting kit location.
- Multimodal: origin yard → road → port → destination country (Iraq) — Incoterm preference as buyer’s choice, not invented by this article.
- Site receive: crane capacity, laydown footprint, night/day limits.
- Docs: packing list, handling limits (bend radius / max lift), and who owns damage inspection at each handoff.
- Do not mix: 15S spool logistics with 15HR / 15LR GRE stick-pipe crates on the same line without splitting scope.
CTA
- Install + spec case: Iraq South 6″ / 10 km / 2025
- Product: Onshore API 15S RTP
- Quote / docs: Contact us
FAQ
Is this the same as the trench-install case? No. That post covers the project envelope and install. This post is yard → road → port → site crane.
Can you publish door-to-door days or freight cost? Not without a priced logistics RFQ. Photos are handling evidence, not a freight tariff.
Is this GRE 15HR shipping? No. API Spec 15S spoolable RTP only.
—
Watermarked field photos 01–05 only. Logistics angle. Pack for ifgs.com SEO + publish.