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MAY 2014
ACT
JOBSOF THE YEAR
SC&RA
was joinedupwith theother
two sections.
Scott-Woods
Transport, Inc.
hauled
seven steel tanks, each
weighing80,000pounds and
measuring34 feetwideby
40 feet tall, fromCornwall,
Ontario, Canadaby cargo
ship to a remote location
more than2,000miles away
onnorthernBaffin Island.
Challenges at the island
includedveryhilly terrain,
numerous sharp turns, six-
inch crushed rock roads that
shredded tires, lackof guard
rails and a frigid climatewith
hugewindgusts.
Tradelossa
transported six
17-ton tanksmeasuring25
feet longby24 feetwide and
17 feet tall fromMonterrey
City toAltamira,Mexico, a
distanceof approximately560
miles. The tankswerehauled
in convoys of two tanks per
journey, overcoming such
obstacles as tight clearances
under bridges and roadways
not designed tohandle such
large cargo.
Specialized
Transportation,
over 160,000
pounds (net)
Emmert International
hauled convectionboxes by
adolly-frame transporter
on a3,450-mile route from
Houston, TX toWhitecourt,
Western Ltd.
transported
aSulfurReductionUnit
Column inAlberta, Canada
from the fabricator in
Edmonton to theKearl
OilsandsProject northof
FortMcMurray, adistanceof
over 505miles. The column
weighed763,118pounds and
measured156 feet longby
29 feetwideby30 feet high.
Overall loadeddimensions
increased toover 275 feet long
and1,633,400pounds.
Moving Job
(with specialized
equipment)
Fagioli
transported24
modules over sea, river and
road fromArbata, Italy to the
Suriname refinery expansion
project at Paramiribo,
Suriname. The entry focused
ononeof theseparts –PAU
Module 2604,whichweighed
204 tons andmeasured62
feet 4 inches longby27 feet
11 incheswideby114 feet
10 inches high. Themove
required several changes of
configuration for the load-out
and transshipment operation
becauseof strong currents,
changing tides, and extreme
height of the load.
Mammoet USA South,
Inc
. helpedMehanexmove
itsMethanol plant fromCao
Negro, Chile toGeismar, LA.
The cargo totaled13,360 tons
with sizes ranging from5 tons
to1,500 tons. The largest piece
measured111 feet longby107
feetwideby80 feet 6 inches
high. Equipment included four
crawler cranes and81 axles
lines of SPMT. Ships included
general cargovessels; heavy
lift, gearedvessel; heavydeck
barges; and semisubmersible,
self-propelledvessels.
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American Cranes & Transport
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Seattle,WA andPueblo,
CO andback for two trains,
totaling roughly7,500miles.
Emmert International
transported a
SuperconductingMuong-2
StorageRingweighing35,504
pounds andmeasuring87
feet longby54 feetwideby
13 feet high fromBrookhaven
National Laboratory in
Brookhaven,NY, toFermilab
National Laboratory in
Chicago. Total distance
traveledwas 3,248miles. Tight
turns and clearances and
theneed to travel primarily
at nightwere among the
challenges overcome. Emmert
customdesigned, engineered,
built and installed a support
frame for the transportation.
Mammoet Canada
Western, Ltd.
transported
two evaporator vessels
fabricated inNewburg,OR to
ConocoSurmont 2, located
SouthofAnzac,Alberta,
Canada, covering200nautical
miles and1,325 landmiles.
OmegaMorgan
hauled the
middle sectionof theKeller
Ferry fromRainier,OR to
LakeRoosevelt at theGrand
CouleeDam inWashington
along a435-mile route. The
hullweighed115,200pounds
net andmeasured116 feet
longby22 feet 6 incheswide
by15 feet 6 inches high. The
middle sectionwas launched
at LakeRoosevelt,where it
Alberta, Canada. The cargo
weighed469,057pounds and
measured182 feet 3 inches
longby16 feetwideby19
feet 6 inches high. Routing
issues included rain, snow and
ice; tight turns; gravel roads;
steepgrades; and theneed to
reconfigure footprintwidths.
Entrec Corporation
hauled14vessels from
a fabrication facility in
Lloydminster,Alberta,
Canada, to a remote sitenorth
of FortMcMurray, adistance
of 472miles. The vesselswere
43 feet 2 inches longby37
feet 6 incheswideby37 feet 6
inches high. The concentrated
weight of the vessels required
distributionon two transport
saddles only10 feet apart,
which challenged the
structural integrityof the
trailer and the 22bridges
along the route and required
very carefulmonitoring.
Mammoet USA South,
Inc.
received sixCokeDrums
ondoublewide SPMTs from
aheavy lift ship at thePort of
LosAngeles. Thedrums each
weighed552,000pounds and
measured99 feet 8 inches long
by27 feet 5 incheswideby33
feet 4 inches high.Ondollies,
the loadweighed1,010,858
pounds and stretched to
280 feet 3 inches longby27
feet 5 incheswideby33 feet
10 inches high. The final
destinationwas theChevron
refinery inEl Segundo, CA.
about 25miles from theport.
Mammoet Canada
ALE broke aworld record
by jacking a 42.78metric
ton offshore topsides
structure at the DSME
yard in South Korea in
May 2013.
