4,430 Tons of Steel for the UN Mali Project: PAC Wins a 10-Year Strategic Agreement

Project: United Nations Mali Infrastructure Construction Project | Total material volume: 4,430 tons | Strategic cooperation: 10-year long-term contract

I. Project Background: A Hard-Core Mission with High Standards and Strict Requirements

This order forms an important part of the United Nations Mali project in Africa (infrastructure development in the Mali region). As an international aid and construction programme, the project sets exceptionally strict requirements for material supply. With outstanding capacity and extensive export experience, PAC took on the supply of 4,430 tons in total, including Q235A steel plates, S275J2 IPE140 European-standard I-beams, Q355B square tubes and other core structural materials.

The project was not only large in volume but also posed four extreme challenges for PAC:

Extremely urgent delivery: multiple emergency shipments had to be completed in step with local construction progress.

Strict compliance requirements: full compliance with special environmental and compliance requirements such as carbon sealing.

Complex logistics distribution: goods could not stop at a single port; they had to be shipped in batches to seven local cities and two destination ports in Africa.

Special marking standards: goods had to carry strict special markings in line with United Nations project standards.

II. On Site: Custom-Grade Packaging with Every Detail Covered

Facing complex cross-border logistics and demanding environmental standards, PAC demonstrated the highest level of professionalism. The site photos clearly show our hard-core detail in packaging and protection:

• Special end protection and multiple fastening (square tubes and sections)

The neatly stacked Q355B square tubes each have a yellow protective end cap. This prevents rain corrosion during sea transport and also protects the tube ends from deformation damage during handling. For long sections such as European-standard IPE beams, high-strength blue strapping is applied in cross patterns at multiple points. The sections sit flush against each other so that nothing comes loose over long, rough journeys.

• Scientifically bedded plate storage yard

Before shipment, thousands of tons of plates and cut plates are uniformly bedded on solid timber dunnage. This effectively isolates ground moisture, facilitates forklift handling and keeps the plates flat under immense loads.

• Professional and safe port lifting

Before loading, the PAC team in orange hi-vis worked closely with port staff to lift bundled steel smoothly with slings, with waterproof tarpaulins laid on the ground to achieve zero impact and zero contamination.

III. Client Visit: Capability Secures a Ten-Year Agreement

Seeing is believing. Before placing this major order, the client's team flew to China to visit PAC's offices, the capacity of our partner mills and our export operations. After seeing our tightly run pre-shipment site and extensive cross-border coordination experience, the client gave high praise.

After the first emergency deliveries were completed successfully, and on the basis of absolute trust in PAC's product quality and logistics scheduling, the two sides not only concluded the current cooperation but formally signed a ten-year cooperation agreement.

IV. Conclusion

To be the backbone of United Nations aid projects and major global engineering is both an honour and proof of capability for PAC. Whether the challenge is highly complex multi-port distribution, strict special marking requirements or urgent delivery deadlines, PAC can turn the impossible into the possible.

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