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SPMTs
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theworld. The substantial acquisition is a
strategic investment inMammoet’s fleet.”
The contractwas the largest SPMTdeal
ever forbothMammoet andScheuerle.
HermanSmit,COOofMammoet, said
that SPMTs are an important part of the
company’s fleet andplayapivotal role in
providing engineering solutions for the
company’s customers. Thepurchaseof
ScheuerleSPMTunits supportsproject
requirements forMammoet in2014and
beyond.
Thirtyyears ago, the first SPMTs
weredevelopedbyScheuerle in close
partnershipwithMammoet. Today,
Mammoet employs SPMTmodules in
transport operations across theworld.
Long-termprojectsoften contract SPMT
modules for a longer time,making the
need for additionalmodulesnecessary.
One suchprojectwas themoveof six
cokedrums for theChevronEl Segundo
Refinery. First, thedrumsweremoved
7,330miles fromSpain to thePort of Los
Angeles. Each cokedrumweighed250
metric tons andmeasured30meters long
and8.5meters tall.
After arriving inLosAngeles, thedrums
were transported to theRedondoKing
HarborMarinabybarge twoat a time.On
arrival atKingHarbor, thedrumswere
loadedonto12axle linesof Scheuerle
SPMT, beforebeing transported to
HerondoStreet, on theWestPacificCoast
Highwaynear theEl SegundoRefinery.
spectatorswatching itmake tough turns.
The super loadwas 129 feet longand14
feetwide. Itweighed510,000pounds and
loadedout,measuredabout 17 feet tall
onCraneRentalCorporation’sGoldhofer
multi-axle trailer. The27-mile routewas
chosenandplannedover the last yearbya
team that included the state’sDepartment
ofTransportation inorder to travel safely
to the tower’sdestination.At amaximum
speedof 5mph, the tower’s journeywas
expected to take about fourdays, but
thanks to cooperativeweather andan
expert team, took less than three.
Demand increases
Mammoet, aworld leader in solutions
for lifting, transportation, installation
anddecommissioningof large andheavy
structures, announced last fall that it had
purchased650axle linesof Scheuerle
SPMTs. Thedeal brought thenumberof
axle linesusedgloballybyMammoet to
more than3,000.
“Thepurchaseof 650axle lines is
Mammoet’s response to the strong
demand for SPMTmodules,” said Jan
Kleijn,CEO. “Wemeet a lot of demand
for intelligent transport solutions around
Self-propelledmodular
transporters have
become the tool of
choice for complex
industrial installations.
S
elf-propelledmodular
transporters (SPMTs) are a
modernandversatile tool for
movingand installinghuge components
and largepiecesof equipment used
in industrial and energy industry
construction.
Demand for andusageof SPMTshas
surged inNorthAmericaover thepast
fewyears asmore contractors realize the
benefitsof using this typeofmovingand
hauling solution.No longer just a tool for
movinghuge components throughpower
plants and refineries, crane, riggingand
specialized transportation companies are
using these tools in ingeniousways.
Super tower
CraneRentalCorporationhasdiscovered
many creativeways touse its SPMT fleet.
Inmid-February, the companywaspart
of a teammovinga super loadnearly30
miles in theNortheast.A tower, used to
refine ethane fromanatural gas stream,
needed tobe transported froma rail spur
to its final destinationat anatural gas
plant. The tower’smovementwas covered
by local newspapers and television, and
sometimesdrew crowdsof up to200
Creative solutions
Crane Rental Corporation assisted in
moving a tower used to refine ethane
from a natural gas stream.
The towerwas off-loaded from the
rail spur using Crane Rental’s gantry
system. It was loaded onto Crane Rental’s
Goldhofer SPMT. See a video of themove
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