Route: Germany (Hannover) - Russia (Yekaterinburg, Krasnodar, Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Voronezh) - Ukraine (Kiev) - Belarus (Minsk) - Hungary (Budapest)
Vehicle: reefer equipped with security alarm, the telematics system and increased safety lock
Cargo: musical instruments, concert equipment
Client’s request
Stage equipment transportation along the route of the concerts in Eastern Europe.
APS solution
The Scorpions rock band needs no introduction: for 54 yeаrs of career musicians have been sharing their passion, rock drive and energy with fans all over the globe.
The tour has the symbolic title of the 11th group’s album – Crazy World that has been brought out in 1990. The tour was started in 2017 and the APS has already accompanied the Scorpions concerts in Russia. This time the customer assigned a more global task, because the current route in addition to Russia covers Ukraine, Belarus and Hungary.
Tour plan
To receive the cargo, the APS car arrived to musicians’ homeland, Hanover (Germany). The first concert in Russia was held in the Urals - in Yekaterinburg. The next stops in the schedule of Russian concerts were Krasnodar, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Voronezh. After that, the stage equipment went to Kiev (Ukraine), and then to Minsk (Belarus).
Peculiarities of the loading and unloading process
To the venue of each concert, the APS car arrived in the morning. Unloading, installation and adjustment of equipment were carried out until the beginning of the concert. The whole process took place under the strict guidance of the chief technical coordinator of the rock band.
Immediately after the end of the concert technical specialists of the Scorpions put together and loaded concert equipment back in the semitrailer on the fly, calling this process “game in Tetris” in joke because under the slightest deviation from the scheme arises the risk to exceed the dimensions of the semitrailer.
“It was very nice that the client turned to us again. Since delivery times were strictly regulated, two drivers were sent on the trip. Communication with the client was organized through the chief technical coordinator of the Scorpions. We often discussed working issues on the phone, so it was interesting to finally meet and talk in Minsk” – shares his impressions the APS Manager, who led the transport.
"You can always bring interesting stories from the work trip. My next story is about how I toured with the Scorpions:) Each concert of the band was an amazing show; each subsequent hall differed from the previous one. It's nice to feel your contribution to such a large-scale event of great musicians" – says the driver of the APS, who got the opportunity to attend concerts as a pleasant bonus.
The more sophisticated and responsible the task, the more interesting to solve it and get a high evaluation of our services. Famous rockers continue their Crazy World Tour and we are pleased to become a part of it one more time.