Tigers transports 29 large wildlife sculptors from Cape Town to London

December 11, 2017: Hong Kong-headquartered logistics and supply chain solutions provider Tigers recently transported 29 large bronze wildlife sculptures from Cape Town, South Africa to London, United Kingdom. This was for South African conservationist-turned-artist Bruce Little’s largest exhibition to date, held at the Mall Galleries. 

The sculptures ranged from a tiny Harvester Mouse, measuring just 10cm long, 10cm wide, and 10cm high, and weighing three kilograms, to a Leopard, measuring 450cm long, 160cm wide, and 120cm high, and weighing 250 kilograms. 

“We loaded the sculptures under the watchful eye of the artist himself, Bruce Little, and re-palletised and delicately wrapped them to ensure a safe and secure movement to the gallery.  Twenty-nine large sculptures arrived in an ocean freight container at Tigers’ London Heathrow Airport facility and were cleared as a temporary import with a view to possible sale, providing the customer with the most cost-effective solution. 

“A further 31 smaller sculptures were moved from an address in the UK, and were delivered together at the Mall Galleries, using a vehicle-mounted forklift truck to assist the gallery team with offloading,” said Trevor Weeks, branch manager, London Heathrow Airport, Tigers. 

“Hosting an exhibition, the scale of which we have just had in London is no easy feat particularly when the source of work has come from thousands of kilometres away. Tigers have assisted seamlessly in delivering our bronzes where and when they are supposed to be. Last year they moved a monumental lion for me from Cape Town to Longleat, Wiltshire, UK, which weighed approximately five tonnes and this too went without a hitch,” said Bruce Little. 

Tigers collected the sculptures from the Mall Galleries after the exhibition had ended, and delivered them to another location in the UK for a private show.