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Air Liquide maritime

Maritime logistics

Conquering new maritime markets

Air Liquide Maritime supplies gases to players in the maritime sector and provides logistics and cryogenic transportation of high value-added molecules by sea.

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Our mission

Air Liquide Maritime aims at developing gas usages for the actors in the maritime sector, such as:

  • Offshore oil and gas platforms (construction and maintenance, inerting, support to drilling, analytical services, diving gases), drilling vessels, Floating Production or Storage Units (FPUs/ FSUs) and offshore wind turbines
  • Solutions for logistics and cryogenic transport by sea of high value-added molecules, such as helium, argon, carbon dioxide or Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)

Air Liquide Maritime has a strong customer focus, agile teams and an entrepreneurial spirit that allow it to fully contribute to incubating new activities.

Our organization

Present in
30

countries

As part of Global Markets & Technologies, which focuses on new markets requiring a global approach, Air Liquide Maritime’s international organization covers around 30 countries.

Our realizations

Cryogenic container.

Logistics

Our logistic activity gathers all our services of cryogenic transportation of molecules, including high value-added molecules: helium, argon, carbon dioxide and Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). 

Our logistic services are adaptable to our customers’ needs, from rental of ISO containers to door-to-door transportation. We offer multimodal transportation services, involving in particular maritime transport.

Our fleet has more than 750 containers, available for our various logistic activities and covering the entire world. The presence of Air Liquide in 80 countries leverages our logistic capacities.

On the cutting edge of technology, our containers allow us to transport effectively high value-added molecules such as helium at temperatures close to absolute zero. The temperature is maintained at a lowest level during transport thanks to a liquid nitrogen layer. Our containers rely on Air Liquide’s expertise in cryogenic technologies and ensure a secure and reliable supply.

Extract from our tracking system showing the geolocation of containers used for helium. Full containers are displayed in blue, empty ones in red.

Combined with our advanced planning software, our tracking system allows real-time tracking of our containers, in particular for helium. It contributes to the efficiency of our logistic activity and enables us to inform our clients perfectly of the geolocation of the containers.

Our containers are also equipped with connected sensors in order to control permanently main parameters such as temperature and pressure, enabling us to optimize our supply chain.

Focus on

Helium

Today, Air Liquide is the leader of the helium worldwide market.

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Helium is used in numerous industrial sectors, including medical equipment (MRI), electronics, aerospace engineering, fiber optics and welding.

Although helium is the second most abundant gas in the universe, it is relatively rare on the earth and thus considered as one of the most precious elements.

Helium is a colorless, odorless, non-flammable, inert gas. Along with argon, krypton, xenon and neon, which share similar properties, helium is classified as a noble gas (or rare gas). Helium has the lowest boiling point of all elements (-269°C).

Helium is sourced from natural gas fields and is extracted during the natural gas liquefaction process. Air Liquide is present along the entire supply chain, from extraction to distribution.

Worldwide transport and distribution of helium

Helium from several sources around the world is transferred by maritime transport to Air Liquide centers. The precious gas is then distributed to the clients of the Group. Our containers, transporting 36,000 liters of liquefied helium at -270°C, are equipped with a GPS tracking system developed by Air Liquide. They constitute one of the most important fleets of helium containers with a fully digitalized piloting. In addition, Air Liquide now operates the world’s first pure helium storage facility, located in Germany.

On the rare gases market, Air Liquide is also world leader for xenon.

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Le monde moderne dépend de l'hélium
Discover helium

Health, telecommunications, deep-sea diving, space exploration, etc. The modern world depends on helium. Air Liquide's cutting-edge technology makes us a major supplier of this essential gas.

Focus on

Offshore

Air Liquide Maritime helps offshore actors extract oil and gas resources safely and efficiently. We are a reliable partner who can provide optimum solutions anytime and anywhere around the world.

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Worldwide expertise in the offshore value chain

Air Liquide Maritime is present in more than 90% of all offshore supply bases worldwide. It is this presence that allows us to work with our customers at every stage of their activity cycle.

Thanks to our global presence, we operate in more than 90% of offshore supply bases.

We provide offshore actors with the best possible products, services and capabilities for their operations in compliance with the highest offshore quality and safety standards.

Thanks to our “one stop shop” offer, we optimize our service quality and improve our customers’ performance, while minimizing complexity and operational risk.

Our offshore offer

Product quality and security of supply are our top priorities. That’s why we are a reliable partner for:

  • Construction and maintenance
  • Scuba diving operations
  • Well maintenance
  • Analytical services and process control
  • Support services and on-site life support

Our gases are produced on-site or delivered in cylinders, bundles or iso-containers. All products are continuously analyzed during manufacturing and controlled before delivery, in the respect of local and international regulations (ISO, DNV, ABS).

Our web based equipment tracking system enables both, clients and suppliers, to remotely locate their equipment at any time.

By providing operators with the quality, expertise and innovations they need, Air Liquide Maritime has established itself as a recognized partner throughout the offshore value chain.

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QUAD+, a breakthrough in the Oil & Gas offshore market

Air Liquide Maritime has developed QUAD+, a compact equipment used to store a set of interconnected cylinders and distribute the gas they contain in a safe and efficient way used for the following activities in the Oil & Gas market:

  • Construction and maintenance
  • Subsea works
  • Well services

Find out more about QUAD+

QUAD+ customer presentation