SPECIALIZED TRANSPORT
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INTERNATIONAL AND SPECIALIZED TRANSPORT
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OCTOBER 2013
Feldmann transports 160 tonne
cargo through Switzerland
Transport company Feldmann
has transported 160 tonnes of
cargo through Switzerland.
The cargo was a 160 tonne
hydraulic gearbox for a tunnel
boring machine (TBM). It was
transported on a Goldhofer
THP/ET heavy duty modular
trailer system with 20 axle lines.
The gearbox was 4.3 metres
long and 6.3 m in diameter.
It was transported from
Courtedoux in Canton Jura to
Balsthal in Canton Solothurn.
In total combination the
trailer measured 45.5 m long
and weighed 260 tonnes.
Challenges on the route
included two motorway
bridges along the A16 from
Porrenturuy to Delémont,
which had to be crossed with
the correct axle load. Other
challenges included several
narrow mountain passes.
The route was
made easier due
to the easyLOAD
system, which made it
possible to distribute
the load, a company
spokesperson said.
Marcel Guilbert,
head of transport
operations and
project manager at Feldmann
Pneukran und Transporte
AG, said, “For the motorway
sections, we were able to use
the same steering plan with the
additional axles; so there was
no need to lift the load for the
Royal Cargo in 4,200
tonne transport project
Heavy transport company
Royal Cargo Combined
Logistics (RCCLI), based in
the Philippines, has completed
the transport of 16 pieces of
Guangzhou Sunshine Logistics
has transported hydropower
equipment from Da Chan Bay
(DCB) in Shenzhen, China, to
Mersin in Turkey.
The pieces of equipment
weighed up to 81 tonnes each.
For the project the cargo
was fitted onto flatracks and
partially stowed into high cube
containers onto a container
vessel at DCB. The loading
was completed by a 300 tonne
capacity floating crane, operated
by Sunshine.
Once the cargo had been
secured and cleared by
customs, the ship sailed to
Mersin Port. From here the
equipment was unloaded and
delivered to its client through
Sunshine’s agent in Turkey.
FROM SHENZHEN
TO TURKEY
axle suspension, a company
spokesperson added. Potential
obstacles such as highway
bollards and posts, road signs
and traffic light sets, were also
removed for the journey.
modular pontoon for an oil rig
in the Philippines.
The smallest piece of cargo
weighed 260 tonnes, while the
largest weighed 337 tonnes.
Measurements of the pontoons
were from 8.5 x 16 x 9.5 metres
to 11.5 x 16 x 9.5 m. In total,
the weight of the transport
was 4,500 tonnes, a company
spokesperson said.
RCCLI transported the
cargo to Keppel Port in
Batangas, Philippines, where
the pontoons will be used
as the base of the oil rig in
Keppel Batangas Shipyard.
The oil rig is due to be shipped
to Singapore, a company
spokesperson added.
Lawrence Esteban, senior
technical engineer at RCCLI,
said, “The recent projects
and heavy lift move of Royal
Cargo in Keppel Port
Shipyard is not your ordinary
heavy lift transportation,
it is also over dimensional
because of its height
and width.”
Precision working was needed
from Feldmann to pass under a
bridge. Photo: Goldhofer
A satisfied crew on the
road. Photo: Goldhofer
modification.”
Where necessary, the load
was raised by up to 300 mm
using the hydraulic swing
Royal Cargo with one of the pieces
of modular pontoon for an oil rig in
the Philippines
The 300 ton (272 tonnes)
capacity floating crane
A recent project for specialized transport company Van der Vlist was
to transport some specialist special wheel loaders for Poland’s official
Caterpillar dealer, Bergerat Monnoyeur.
The four CAT 988H machines were for a Polish steel works near
Katowice in Poland. The machines are designed to work in conditions
up to 600 degrees Celsius.
To begin with the loaders were shipped to Antwerp in Belgium from
the USA. They were shipped without wheels and tyres; these will be
moved at a later date. Minus the wheels, the loaders measured 10.3 x
3.6 x 3.81 metres and weighed 44.1 tonnes each.
From Antwerp Van der Vlist transported the cargo using 4- and
5-axle trucks, a 4-axle trailer and 6-axle modular trailer. Due to the
size and weight of the cargo the
convoy was escorted by police
through Germany and Poland.
The journey from Antwerp to
Katowice in the south of Poland
took three days.
HIGH TEMPERATURE JOB
FOR VAN DER VLIST
The Van der Vlist convoy
travelling through Poland
