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SPECIALIZED TRANSPORT
SCS delivers 174 tonne press frame
Transport and heavy lift
specialist SCS Heavy Lifts and
Transport Group in Holland
transported a press frame from
Ruhr to Ginsheim in Germany.
The press frame was
10 x 6.40 x 4.84 metres and
weighed 174 tonnes. The
biggest components weighed
74 tonnes. SCS co-ordinated
the logistics and assembly of
the press frame, including its
components. It was transported
and delivered in one piece.
For the first stage of the
project, the press-frame was
transported by road from its
production location to a local
harbour. It was moved on a
Goldhofer 20 axle modular
trailer, which was pulled by an
MAN 4 x 3 truck. On arrival at
the harbour, the cargo and its
components were transferred
onto an inland vessel with a 200
tonne capacity harbour crane
and a Terex CC 2200 crawler
crane. The two cranes worked
in collaboration to lift and
position the press frame on the
inland vessel.
Once positioned securely in
place, the frame was shipped
to a harbour in Ginsheim. On
arrival the press frame and its
components were lifted out of
the vessel by a Terex CC 2600
crawler crane onto a 20-axle
Scheuerle modular trailer.
The smaller press component
Yankee dryer paves its
way to Liverpool docks
A Yankee and MG paper
drying cylinder, manufactured
by PMT Industr ies, was
transported from the factory in
Bolton to the Liverpool Docks
in the UK.
The Bolton foundry has
one of the largest medium
frequency electric furnace
installations in Europe. Its
computer controlled furnaces
can melt 38 tonnes of iron per
hour. A 12 tonne slab can be
melted at 1,450 degrees Celsius
in 38 minutes.
The paper dryer, which was
5 metres wide, was transported
by heavy haulage company J.B.
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Rawcliffe. It was destined for
the Hainan Jinkhai pulp and
paper mill in China, where it
will remove excess moisture
from pulp before conversion
into paper. It takes the level of
dryness from around 42 % to
more than 89%.
Obstacles on the way to
Liverpool included bridges,
narrow roads on residential
housing estates and a 6,000-
rider charity bike ride from
Manchester to Blackpool.
All obstacles were negotiated
thanks to careful planning, the
Rawcliff transport team and the
local police.
Omega Morgan, a provider of lifting, rigging and transport solutions, has
transported a ferry from Oregon to eastern Washington in the USA.
The load weighed 136 tonnes, was 160 feet (49 metres) long, 22 feet
(6.7 m) wide and 16 feet (4.9 m) tall. The ferry, named the Sanpoil, will
replace the Martha S, which has been in service for 65 years, making
30 to 35 crossings a day across Lake Roosevelt in Eastern Washington.
The ferry was built by Foss Maritime Co in Rainier, Oregon. It
consists of nine pieces - the main hull and eight additional loads. The
convoy included four pilot cars and the ferry arrived on Wednesday 13
March. Assembly is over the next few months at the Crescent Bay Boat
Launch on Lake Roosevelt.
“The main hull was essentially a beam and dolly move with a
semi-tractor performing a drawbar pull of the ferry,” explained
Mark Richardson, project manager. “Eight dollies were mounted to
the framework to create a trailer and then the tractor loaded with
counterweights pulled the load
down the road.”
The crews exited their trucks
along the route to steer the
dollies by remote control.
“We know people along Lake
Roosevelt are looking forward to
delivery of the new ferry for their
daily transport needs. We are
proud to be a part of this project,”
Richardson commented.
MILESTONE FERRY MAKES
WASHINGTON JOURNEY
After its journey from Oregon,
the Sanpoil arrives in eastern
Washington, USA
was moved onto an 8-axle
Noteboom trailer. The tractors
used were MAN 4 x 3 units.
For the final stage of
the journey, the cargo was
transported by road to its
final location at a car parts
manufacturer in Ginsheim. SCS
used an hydraulic telescopic
lifting gantry, with 1,100 tonnes
lifting capacity, and a 600 tonne
capacity skidding system to
offload and position the press
frame and its components on
the prepared foundation.
The project ran from
December 2012 through until
April 2013. During this time
SCS assisted in assembling the
entire press on the construction
site in Ginsheim.
