CRP2 CARGO

4.1. Winfly 98 Cargo. A total of nearly 31,700 lbs (14,400kg) of cargo was air freighted at Winfly 98 for the Project. Cargo consisted mainly of drilling equipment (sea riser rigid flotation modules −15,000 lbs - and additional steelwork), food - fresh, no-freeze and short shelf-life items, and science cargo.

4.2. Mainbody 98 Cargo. A total of 16,300 lbs (7,400kg) of cargo was air freighted during the season for CRP2. Of this, 6,000lbs (2,700kg) was for specialist drill 'muds'. Another 7,000 lbs (3,200kg) was science cargo, the majority for the two German science teams.

4.3. Resupply Items. Nearly 70 orders were raised during the drilling phase for resupply items that individually would have numbered well over a thousand. In terms of prompt delivery, most were important and about a quarter were 'urgent', ie. to replace a used, defective, near-defective or broken part. Fortunately most arrived on time. Timely delivery of over 2.5 tonnes of drill muds was appreciated. Resupply of 'freshies' needs to be looked at - weather delays couldn't be blamed for all the delays.