On May 10th, 2011, the longest pipes ever sailed through the Bosporus in Istanbul, Turkey. These PE pipes, each 400m long, with a diameter of 2.000mm and wall thickness of 66mm were produced in Stathelle, a production site of the Pipelife Group in Norway. The total length of the pipes was 4.307m with a massive weight of 1.640tons and they were produced for a marine outfall installation in Odessa, Ukraine. Having set off from Norway on March 25, the pipes sailed through the North Sea, the English Channel, the Atlantic Ocean and entered into Mediterranean Sea after passing Gibraltar Straight. After sailing through the Dardanelles on 06.05.2011 the pipes passed through the Bosphorous. The tugboat used for transportation of the pipes has a speed of 4-6 knots and the total distance until Odessa is about 4,223 nautical miles.