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SPECIALIZED TRANSPORT
Moving house with
Holzbau Greif
Heavy transport company
V. Alexander in Germany
transported 2,500 freight
tonnes of dismantled cranes
from Xiamen in China
to Bogouchany in
Siberia, Russia.
The pieces of crane, which
measured up to 33 metres
long, were transported
along 4,500 km of road to
the China-Russia border.
Challenges along the route
included snow, ice and
difficult road terrain. In total,
45 trucks were used to
transport the pieces.
RTH-Lubbers from Cramlington in the UK has taken delivery of its
first Broshuis 8 axle SL trailer.
The trailer, which has a removable 100 tonne low loader deck,
is the first design with a split behind the third axle. This feature
enables an extendible low loader deck to be fitted for high loads,
a company spokesperson said. It also has independent hydraulic
suspension, a low ride height of 850 mm and a maximum steering
angle of 57 degrees. When in operation the platform length can
extend to lengths in excess of 26 metres.
RTH operate in the oil and gas sector, transporting loads
throughout Europe.
The trailer will be added to the RTH-Lubbers fleet.
CRANE PARTS
TRANSPORTED
RTH-LUBBERS' FIRST SL TRAILER
piece on trailers hauled by
heavy MAN transport trucks.
The main contractor for the
move was Holzbau Greif. Sub
contractors were Kahl from
Moers and company Klaus
Neusel from Lahntal.
To transport the pavilions
along the 4 km route, Kahl
used a coupled Goldhofer
THP / MT trailer combination
consisting of three front
axle lines, two rear axle lines
The pavilions are moved through
the streets Marburg in Germany
The Broshuis 8 axle SL trailer
Transport company Holzbau
Greif in Germany transported
three pavilions from the
Martin Luther School on
Savignystr in Marburg to
the University campus on
Wilhelm-Röpke-Straße,
Germany. The pavilions,
which needed to be moved
in preparation for the
reconstruction of Marburg’s
town hall, Erwin Piscator-
House, were moved in one
and a 4.50 metre-high bed.
Complete with cargo, the
transport was 24.50 m long,
7.15 m wide and was
8.10 m high.
Challenges along the route
to the university campus
included overhead lights, trees
and a narrow road 7.5 m wide.
It took 3.5 hours to complete
the 4 km journey.
Steder dispatches
challenging African
road conditions
Earlier in 2013, Steder Group
FZCO Djibouti helped
transport and deliver three
large pieces of tunnel boring
machine (TBM) from Djibouti
to the Ethiopian Inlands
Hydro Power Plant, which is
under development.
The heaviest piece of cargo
weighed 110 tonnes and
measured 5.6 metres long,
5.4 m wide and 2.2 m high.
The two TBM Gripper pieces
of cargo weighed 78 tonnes
each, and were 7.3 m long, 4.3
m wide and 3 m high.
Steder Group transported
the cargo on specialized
trailers from the Port of
Djibouti to the Genale Dawe
Hydro Power project site
southeast of Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia’s capital.
The 1,500 km route
to the project site mainly
passed through Ethiopian
countryside. Although the
sites were stunning, the
road conditions were poor,
causing several delays. On
some occasions the conditions
meant that only 25 km a day
could be covered, while on
others bulldozers had to be
used to prepare roads for the
loads to travel on. It took
14 days for the cargo to be
delivered to site.
Poor road conditions caused
several delays during the 14 day
expedition in Ethiopia
INTERNATIONAL AND SPECIALIZED TRANSPORT
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AUGUST 2013
