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4VA N S E U M E R E N G R O U P w o r l d w i d e s p e c i a l i s t s i n h e a v y l i f t i n g a n d t r a n s p o r t
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Heavy Lifting at high level page 10
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Heavy Lifting at high level page 10
Changing of the guard... page 2
Perform under presure page 4
A Reverse lifting job at Bass Strait Sea page 14
Vertical challenge page 16
Changing of the guard... page 2
Perform under presure page 4
A Reverse lifting job at Bass Strait Sea page 14
Vertical challenge page 16
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Mammoet has come a long way. The merger ofVan Seumeren and the former Mammoet is nowrecent history. Two companies with differentroots, different styles of enterprise and differentorganizations have become a single enterprise,one culture, even one family. NowadaysMammoet is respected as a market leader inmany fields when it comes to heavy lifting andtransport. The successful merger is largely dueto the effectiveness of Roderik van Seumeren’sdedicated management. In many respectsRoderik van Seumeren can be considered thearchitect of the worldwide organization as itstands. At the end of the year Roderik willbecome CEO of Mammoet, taking over the batonfrom his brother Frans van Seumeren.
When he came into office a well-known presidentonce said “It’s time for a change.” Do you feelthe same?“Let me first say that I feel very honoured by mybrother’s decision to name me as his successor.I am inheriting a company I can be proud of. Mybrother did a great job of developing Mammoet toits current size and scope. As he writes elsewherein this issue, I was involved in all of the major decisions. So I learned in detail what is needed tokeep the Mammoet ship on course. However, wealso have to face facts. The leadership qualitiesthat are needed to assemble a big enterprise differfrom the competencies that are required to assureits continuity and maintain its position as marketleader and its overall health. This is the reason why,
as soon as the merger was completed, I devoted a great deal of effort to integrating the two culturesand enhancing effectiveness and efficiency so as tobe able to benefit from the best of both worlds. The‘Mammoet way of working’ which means worldwidestandardization of procedures among others thingsand the implementation and use of our SAP ERPsystems are two obvious examples. Naturally, this is not something that I have achieved single-handedly. Our managers, staff and crew deserveconsiderable acknowledgement for what they havemanaged to accomplish in just a couple of years.”
What is your main mission?“As said before, I want to assure Mammoet’s con-tinuity. This means I want to ensure that we keepproviding our customers with specially tailoredsolutions backed up by our innovative and modernfleet of equipment operated by highly skilled andexperienced people. To stay at the top we have tobe the best in all respects. As our QSE Manager,Cronie, says, safety and risk management are ourmain priorities. This can only be achieved if youhave complete control of the entire enterprise. Yet this certainly does not mean that Mammoet isinclined to shy away from challenging projects. On the contrary. Managing risks is not the samething as avoiding risks. We will continue to seek outchallenges because that’s what made us a greatenterprise – and that’s what we are. My mission is to implement flexible management so that weseize opportunities and continue to improve ourservices and set trends as market leader.”
You mentioned opportunities. Are these occurringsimply in ‘blind spots’?Yes, ‘blind spots’ – by which I mean ‘non-traditionalmarkets’ – are certainly areas in which opportunitiesare likely to occur. Especially given that we have aworkforce of flexible people who are willing to fulfiltheir obligations to our clients all over the world.But, surprisingly enough, there are also challengesand opportunities right here on our doorstep in theNetherlands. I’d like to emphasize the fact thatMammoet continues to serve and to develop services for the low end of the market as well asthe high end of the market. We must never forgetthat crane hire, for instance, is vitally important toour continuity. A casual observer might associateMammoet simply with the large eye-catching projects. Mammoet might be big but it has a tender heart and is well aware of the diversity ofits roots, its markets and its customers’ needs. A small local contractor who needs to hire a craneon a temporary basis can rely on us with the same confidence as our respected internationalcustomers.”
A final word?“In documents for internal use I refer to our strategyfor the near future as ‘controlled entrepreneurship’.These two words embody a certain tension. Our ultimate goal is to find a proper balancebetween structure and control, and flexibility andentrepreneurship. These opposites are held togetherby creativity, nerve, dedication, hard work andbelief in your colleagues and yourself!”
You may have heard the rumour already. At theend of this year I will step down as president &CEO of Mammoet. It has been a mind-blowingcareer of 35 years, with three decades in man-agerial areas. It may come as a surprise, but I’mreally not sad or melancholic about it. Why?
The main reason is that I’m convinced that the newMammoet needs new Leadership. An era of stormygrowth gradually changes towards a period of con-trolled growth and control. Exactly as described inthe well known management literature. Young, new leaders of today face different challenges thanI did in the past. What’s more about my happiness is the fact that I’m really proud. Not only on today’sMammoet, our valued customers and highlyrespected crews and staff, but also on finding atop notch successor within our Van Seumeren family, the major stakeholder in the firm.Mammoets’ new CEO will be my youngest brother
Roderik. We worked together for more than 12 yearsnow and I engaged him in all my major decisionsof the last 7 years. So he’s ready, willing and up to his job! He’s really the Leader Mammoet needsnow and will ensure continuity, combined with further controlled expansion. He will preserve ourunique Mammoet culture: a mindset to service forcustomers and colleagues alike with high respectfor corporate values and … safety first. Our work-force of around 2,000 talented man and womenwill be kept inspired to work hard, being honestand maintain loyalty.
As Roderik moves Mammoet to the future as CEO,his current position will be taken by Patrick vanSeumeren. He is the son of my sister Henneke and has the same qualifications as Roderik: thebest man for that challenging job. Patrick is acommercial wizzard with a unique feeling on bothtechnology and sales. This enables him to trace
down exactly what customers really need in termsof service, operations and pricing. He is a cornerstone in the Mammoet building.
But there is more in the family. Jan van Seumeren jr,son of my brother Jan, will join the new Board ofManagement. Jan jr will focus on purchasing andselling cranes and other equipment, as well as theworldwide maintenance of all Mammoet equipment.During the last decade he worked in virtually all ofour departments and knows Mammoet like nobodyelse. Siem Kranenburg, our CFO remains memberof the new Board.
So the guards change. Just to make sure that you,as respected (potential) customers may rely on acontinued service at the competitive edge. I like to summarize briefly our main assets for you:
Worldwide presence and availability of small andheavy equipment for any lifting and transport job,even down into the most remote areas on thisplanet; The best crews and staff for any job;Worldwide enigneering capabilities, feeded bymore than 35 years of experience and know-how.
Our corporate values are at the base of any successand any achievement. I consider it a great honorand a true recognition of our performance thatboth the ESTA and the SC&RA awarded Mammoeta 1st prize for innovation. Please read the articleelsewhere in this issue.
Well, time to move on. Also for me. You may wonderwhat I’m going to do. I really leave the companyand will, together with my wife, start a two-yearjourney through Europe. Just walking!
I am honored and pleased for having been at yourservice and leading Mammoet through high andlow tides, steady on course. The acquisition of oldMammoet by Van Seumeren and the salvage ofthe Kursk will never fade from my memory. Theymark our true spirit: believe in what you do and dowhat you believe in.
Frans van Seumeren
Frans van SeumerenPresident & CEO
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Changing of the guard…
‘Combining control, cautious growth and continuity’
Roderik van Seumeren,Managing Director & COO.
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Safety is a key property of Mammoets’ perfor-mance. To maintain high safety standards can beseen as a kind of insurance to protect assets ofthe customer and Mammoet alike. “Of coursethis first refers to the safety of people, includingour crews and employees of the customer andsubcontractors. However, safety also applies toprecious equipment, cargo and installations,”says Bryan Cronie, Corporate QSE Director with Mammoet.
Safety should be considered as the result ofmany underlying processes. Do you agree withthis statement?“It is true that many aspects and processes contribute to safe operations, even in dangerousor even hostile environments. These could resultfrom live plant circumstances, nuclear aspects orweather related circumstances. The goal is, ofcourse, to avoid incidents with people, equipmentand cargo. There is only one way to achieve thisgoal: prevention. And as such, prevention originatesfrom awareness of our crews, from training andeducation, from proper maintenance, from in-depthengineering, from managerial awareness, theinstallation of safety monitoring, frequent safetyaudits and many more.”
Unfortunately, Mammoet often must rely on theperformance of local partners, subcontractors,customer representatives and others. How then,can you still manage risk to an acceptable level?“You touch one of the big issues in safety man-agement. Our strategy is to maintain our corporatesafety standards at all times, even if local laws or customer regulations would allow for less constraints. Secondly, we request from any of our local partners or subcontractors that work forus, to comply with our standards and to prove thatthey can and do. Thirdly, we open communicationsas quickly as we can to third parties involved as toestablish safety issues and approach these fromour perspective. Thus, we trigger safety meetingsand have safety officers in charge. They haveextreme responsibilities and may decide overgo/no-go issues.”
Safety also seems a matter of maintenance, notonly of equipment but also of people’s mindset.“True. That’s why we invest quite a lot in scheduledand unscheduled safety audits. We then look atmany aspects, ranging from having the properdocumentation in place to physical tests. Thisawareness of a ‘sudden audit’ enhances the willingness of all concerned to stay tuned to safety. Yes, we do have corporate safety standards
but they’re only worth something if you really liveup with it. Of course, another element is the proper education and training.
Do you consider the safety policy as a competitive advantage?“It shouldn’t be. And I must admit that, fortunately,most of our respected competitors also acknow-ledge the importance of safety. But it is up to thecustomer to value the safety track record of thevarious companies. To my opinion, ours is excellent.But there is still room for improvement.”
What do you mean with that?“Having achieved a high level of safety controlshouldn’t be the reason to become ‘lazy’ andhence to rely blindly on routine. Any lifting andtransport job poses risk and thus should never be approached as a routine job that can be doneeasily. To keep us sharp on the issue, we continueto set even higher goals. Moreover, as a marketleader in many fields of expertise, customers andcompetitors just expect us to set the trend. It’s a kind of responsibility that goes beyond the corporate scope and affects the whole industry.We take this responsibility and keep on movingupwards our safety standards.”
Mammoet stands for people, working safe andwith responsibility. Any operator or engineerreceives a basic in-house learning and develop-ment program. Ben Vermeij is responsible for rigging and crane courses in The Netherlands.“With a few hours to a few days at most, relyingon my long experience, I know if a new traineehas ‘the right ambitions’ or not. Our teachersmaintain strict requirements that the traineesmust meet”.
Your colleagues say that Ben runs his own shop.Do you?“To some extend yes, but of course all that wetrain and learn is directly linked to what operatorscan expect in real world situations. Yes, I have myown school premises here in Schiedam. We haveour own equipment including a complete crane. All young colleagues, and many others, knowwhere to find me. To give you some data, last yearwe had 200 people attending our basic riggerstraining, which takes 3 days.”
What’s the content of this riggers training?“Two half days are dedicated to learning theory.Some topics are: communications between riggerand operator, physical and verbal communications,words with special meanings, knowledge about
lifting equipment and the use of it, safety issuesand ergonomics. In addition, we spend two halfdays to practice things: the real rigging, the han-dling of a load and the selection of auxiliary liftingequipment. Then, on the last day, the trainees mustpass a real exam. The independent organization‘Stichting EVL’ tests the candidates. If successfulthey are awarded the official Riggers Certificate. To some extend, this program is also open foremployees of third parties and we also offer a one-day course for topics of special interest.”
What happens next to those that passed the exam?“They start working as rigger for a year. However,during this period we assist them and monitor theirdevelopment. With some interviews we get an ideaabout the ambitions and expectations. After thisyear we may select them for an advanced course‘Mobile crane operator’. That’s quite a difficultlearning program, covering 6 weeks. Again there isa mixture of theory and practice. If the candidatealso passes this exam, he’s on the career track to‘own’ his own mobile crane.”
So they drive their crane straight away after thetraining?“Not really. First they will be employed with senior,experienced operators, which we trained as coun-
selor. During an 8-week period the candidateoperator faces real lifting jobs. The counselorsreport to me and, frankly, I do a lot of on-sitescouting work myself to develop a good feeling on the performance of these youngsters. Anothersource of information is the branch manager. I assess the trainees on dedication, understandingof the work, maintenance, safety, documentationand technical skills. If all goes well, 2 years afterthey start their career they will have a crane oftheir own. Currently we have a few dozen of thesepeople in the training line.”
Is there a further career path?“Of course. If you manage to improve continuously,you will become responsible for cranes with morecapacity, all the way up to our high-end cranes andgantries. Then it also comes to the development oflanguages, most of all English, and the willingnessto travel whenever it is needed. Our selectionprocess is such that we really get the best peopleon the most demanding jobs. Mammoet is not aplace for cowboys or softies, but for men andwomen with ‘the right ambitions’. So, lots ofopportunities for those that accept real challenges!”
“Keeping your promise under any circumstance is mandatory”
“There is always room for further improvement”
“Learning and development is key to our success”
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Patrick van Seumeren is going to be the Vice-Chairman of the Board of Management andresponsible for the alignment of Sales andOperations. When asked about his personal mission, the spider-in-the-web says: “My drive isto develop our customers’ perception that, whentrusting a job to Mammoet, his problems turn into benefits due to our solution”. Obviously thisdoesn’t depend on creativity and innovation alone.Being trusted by demanding clients is the resultof a long standing track record of clear success-es, smart approaches and dedicated teams.
This track record is renowned. Yet, it is notstraightforward because quotation and bidding –summarized with ‘paper work’ – is quite differentfrom real operations. How do you manage tokeep up with the promises in Mammoets’ offer?“You are right in the sense that the preparationsand engineering stage is quite different comparedto the execution of a lifting or transport job –sometimes in cooperation with our very valuedlocal alliances. But we have several processes inplace to ensure that ‘sales’ and ‘operations’ staytuned to each other. First, our engineering peopleor sales representatives do exactly know whatfield operations mean. We maintain an advancedpolicy for job rotation between office jobs and
field jobs. In other words, both sales and opera-tions employees are made from the same stuff.Second, in our control room we monitor each jobvery carefully, right from the bidding process untilthe closing-out of the final operations. I’m proudto lead a team of multidisciplinary experts thathave in-depth knowledge of marketing, sales,finances, but also of engineering, logistics andoperations. In addition, my people can rely on stateof the art tools for Enterprise Resources Planning,monitoring software and facilities to drill-down intothe nitty-gritty of each project. Finally, we do takeinto account local culture and habits. It doesn’tsound spectacular, but when the customer feelsyou really understand what he means, it will addto his trust in you.”
In cases, the solutions that Mammoet offers maycome to a surprise for the customer. Apparently,certain jobs may take far much less time thananticipated by the client, saving time, resourcesand money. What’s the trick?“No tricks, really, but for each potential job westress ourselves to the limit and ask: are there different solutions and can we select an alternativethat is better, faster and cheaper? Sometimes theresult is eye-catching, such as the salvage of theKursk. But another example is the ‘Baku – jackup
system’. This is based on our skidding systemwith 4 skid shoes integrated with 1 jack-up unit,and subsequently to combine such units. Jacking-up heavy loads to high elevation is easy then, asyou insert new stopping sections in the jack. Wefirst applied this system in Baku to jack a 14,750tonnes deck. Hence its name. The system is safe,performs excellent and saves lots of time.”
It’s hard to believe that such elegant solutionscan be presented instantly, out-of-the-box. There must be more…“Frankly, yes, there is another factor that is manda-tory if we want to develop money saving solutions.That is: early participation in the job development.Sometimes, during the development of an object, a plant or a heavy load, it is possible to adaptslight changes. In doing so, an object may becomesuitable for the alternative solution. Examples arethe addition of reinforcement, adapters, hooks, andetcetera. We call this: designing for the solution.Now you might think, that early participation costsextra time and thus extra money. However, the netsavings far out way the modest extra investment intime and resources. I might say that such earlyparticipation is now breaking through and developsinto a trend.”
Patrick van Seumeren,Managing Director Mammoet Global.
Brian Cronie,Corporate QSE Director.
Ben Vermeij,Trainings Coordinator.
QSE
Training & Education
Marketing & Sales
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�EUROPE
MAMMOET
Highlight
For a refinery in Karlsruhe, Mammoet wasawarded the contract for the transport andinstallation of a new 265 tonne vacuum column.Firstly, 2 x 12 axle lines of SPMTs transportedthe 32 meter long column over a distance of 14 km from the factory in Kleve to a site at theriver Rine. Because of the low water level it wasnecessary to construct a 35-meter ro-ro ramp tothe pontoon. The vessel sailed the column to aharbour at the other side of the river where thecolumn was transferred to an inland ship. At herturn, this vessel sailed to a harbour at 4 km distance of the final destination. A CC 2800 andthe LR 1350 lifted the column onto 2x 9 axlelines conventional trailers.
In the middle of the live plant, we assembled ourLR 1750. Because of the very restricted space, 1 meter at the backside and only 30 centimeteron the front site of the crane, we used a LTM 1200 to install the boom parts by movingthe LR 1750 on its crawlers backwards. Onceassembled the LR 1750 crawled to its lifting position.
In the meantime, the transport of the columnto the site was executed. The column was firsterected in a vertical position with the LR 1750 as main crane and the AC 650 as tailing crane.The LR 1750 had then to travel to its newlocation. Due to the restrictions in space, therewas only one possible location for the superlift
ballast for the main crane. This space, locatedbetween 2 pipe bridges, was at approximately21-meter radius. The superlift boom of the LR 1750 was extended to 45.5 meters. The second restriction of the location for thesuperlift ballast where the 2 pipe bridges.Because stacking of the ballast at this locationwas impossible, the superlift-tray was placedon our skid system. This made it possible tostack the ballast in an obstacle free area andskid the superlift ballast in position. After that,the column was successfully installed at aradius of 36.5 meter with 70 meter main boomand 400 ton superlift ballast. The client stated:“Congratulations for another job well done.Perfect engineered and executed”.
Kleve and Karlsruhe, GermanySPMTs, conventional trailers, LR 1750, AC 650
Location
Main equipment
Petrochemical
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Highlight
Mammoet was awarded a new buildingcontract at a refinery in Moerdijk. Theproject had 3 phases: the transport of a 360 tonnes reactor from Vlissingen to Seaport Moerdijk Stevedoring, thetransport of the reactor to set-downarea at the refinery at Moerdijk and the installation of the reactor with 3additional smaller items.
Due to the subsurface network of pipes,a ground pressure of more than 3tons/m2 was not allowed. Thus the
PC 4200 crawler crane had to be placedon driven piles. To do this, a constructionof steel beams, flaps and bearingpedestals was made first. The solutionimplied that the crane had to be erectedat around 2.5 meters above the ground.The space for this job was very limited,adding to the complexity for its execu-tion. The reactor was driven under thecrane hook on a double 15-liner. Thenext step was to connect the head ofthe reactor in the crane hook, as toallow to split the double 15-liner in adouble 9-liner. The reactor then had to
be positioned across the road, as toaccommodate a 500-ton tail crane. This crane was also used to stack andunstack the superlift, because due tothe lower permissible pressures, thesuperlift could not be put on the ground.The demanding project was completedsuccessfully in such a way the customerexclaimed: “A fine piece of work, verywell prepared and professionally execut-ed, certainly not easy. Congratulationswith the excellent result which meant afantastic milestone to us!”
Perform under pressure
Engineered super lift at Karlsruhe
Location
Main equipment
Moerdijk, The NetherlandsPC 4200, AC 500, conventional trailers
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Highlight
Mammoet was asked to transport 3 hugecool boxes over a distance of 78 kilometersfrom the manufacturer at Acrefair, Englandto a yard at Gent, Belgium. The operationsrequired extensive planning with severallocal authorities to escort the transportsand to remove street furniture.
Most critical part in the challenging transportroute was the transport of the 53-meterlong, 150 tonnes HP/LP Column Boxunder the A41 bridge at Whitchurch. Theavailable clearance was 6.76 meter but
the total transport height was 6.71 meter. Many people lined the streets to see theColumn Box creep under the bridge. Oncearrived at the port in Ellesmere the itemswere transported with a vessel to Belgium.The 1st 2 cool boxes were installed with a LR 1750 while the 3rd cool box used aCC 2800 as main crane. A S 5500 per-formed as tailing crane. After the transportof the 1st cool box the customer was soimpressed by our transport team that herequested the same team for the remaining2 cool boxes.
Highlight
Work is currently in full progress on the Syncrude UE-1project in Ft. McMurray, Canada. Mammoet has beenawarded 3 contracts: Heavy Lifts, General Cranes, andon-site transportation. The volume of items to be handledis astronomical.
The Heavy Lift package calls for lifting of approximately1300 items, ranging from modules and reactors to vessels and other equipment. When this issue went topress, 900 items of the Heavy Lift program had beeninstalled already. There are 10 heavy-lift cranes deployedon a permanent basis with assistance from 7 smaller
cranes ranging from 65 to 230 tonnes. Mammoet appliesa warehousing system for the monitoring, loading,offloading and (re)location for all required rigging equipment for the cranes.
The 2nd contract is the General Cranes package, involvingmore than 20 crawler cranes ranging from 100 to 300tonnes. The 3rd contract comprises on-site transport ofthe modules from storage to the crane locations. Varioustrailer-units, pilot trucks and spotters are used to ensurethat the drives maneuver the trailers safely around. Themajority of all module lifts will be completed in May 2004;the entire project will closed-out early 2005.
Ft. Mc Murray, CanadaCrawler cranes, Hydraulic cranes, and trailers
Location
Main equipment
Astronomical numbers in Canada
Acrefair, England and Gent, Belgium.Modular trailers, LR 1750, CC 2800 and S 5500
Location
Main equipment
Cool boxes down the street
Petkim, TurkeyCC 4800-3
Location
Main equipment
Expansions in Turkey
Edmonton, Calgary, Fort McMurray12-line roadstyle, 3-File trailer, prime mover
Location
Main equipment
400 Modules on the move
Highlight
The UE-1 Module Transport contract involved moving over 400 modules outof Edmonton and Calgary to the Syncrude UE-1 Project in Fort McMurray.Operations started in late fall, 2002, and peaked during August 2003 – March2004, transporting up to 25 modules a week. The highlight was a pipe-rackmodule weighing over 150 tonnes on a 12-line roadstyle, 3-File. This was the 1st time ever such a configuration was in Alberta, and it was also theheaviest piperack module transported from Edmonton to Fort McMurray.
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�AMERICAS
MAMMOET
Highlight
Together with local partner Hareket, Mammoet com-pleted an interesting lifting job in Turkey. Being part ofan expansion project, 4 vessels between 130 and 340tonnes were to be installed on their foundations. Thelongest of these objects measured 75 meters. Beforeoperations could start, Mammoet completed extensiveengineering on the best solution and instructed localcontractors on how to bring the loads within reach ofthe CC 4800-3, an upgrade of the well-known CC 4800.Hareket supplied a CC 1800 for tailing services. A special feature was that Mammoets’ crawler cranehad to move with the load on the hook, to cross a distance of 40 meters. “It’s always impressive towatch such stacks move” says senior project managerMaarten de Graaf. “I’ve seen a lot of jobs in my longcareer, but every time we see our preparations justwork out well, the move keeps us moving…”
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Québec, CanadaPTC, SPMTs, Railcars
Location
Main equipment
Montreal, CanadaTrailers and TC 4000
Location
Main equipment
Highlight
A column with a diameter of 5 meter, a length of 70 meterand a weight of 450 tonnes was manufactured in Venezuelafor a USA refinery. The stack had to be moved. ByMammoet of course… A side-by-side 8 x 8 conventionalaxle lines arrangement along with a 450 tonnes turntablewas chosen to provide stability to the convoy at primemover side. The rear side was equipped with 8 lines singleconventional with turntable. Transport started at the con-structer’s main shop and progressed along a 15-kilometerroad, crossing a heavy traffic industrial area at PuertoOrdaz. Some obstacles (traffic poles, lighting poles andfences) were removed to allow the column to completeturns. The journey ended with a roll-on operation onto abarge at the riverside dock of the Orinoco River.
Highlight
Four Convection Module Halves, fabricated at PuertoOrdaz, were temporarily connected in pairs of 2 halves in order to move in a whole pack (11 meter width x 450tonnes) using 2x 7-spacer-4 conventional trailers in anunusual spreader side-by-side arrangement. The roadlength was about 2 kilometers. Coordination of primemovers to exert proper pull / push proved to be a maximum
challenge given the fact that the conventional trailers werenot connected to each other but through the structure ofthe module itself. Some stiffeners were applied to ascertainproper rigidity and thus to avoid distortion of modules.During transport some fences, obstacles and light poleswere removed and ground was reconditioned to match thewidth of the convoy. The roll-on operation onto the bargewas special and delicate because space onboard wasalmost equal to the module width. Final destination wasagain for the same USA refinery.
Location
Main equipment
Highlight
Mammoet transported and erected somefifteen items of heavy cargo at a refinerynear the St. Lawrence River in the provinceQuébec, Canada.
The 1st phase of the project required thetransportation of 3 large columns. Thesecolumns, built in Malaysia, were transportedto the Port of Becancour where Mammoetloaded them onto heavy-duty railcars for a200 kilometer ride to the refinery. The rail-way transport was critical considering thecolumns to be 5.7 meter wide, while thenominally allowable width for specialized
rail cargo is 4.3 meter. Upon arrival at therefinery, the columns were transferred toSPMTs, transported over a short distanceover public roads, and were thenoffloaded by the PTC.
The 2nd phase of the project involved thetransportation of 7 large CCR modules tothe site. As these modules were too largeto be shipped by railway, they werereceived from a heavy lift ship and thentransported along roads 12 kilometer tothe refinery. This was very challengingsince the SPMTs had to ascend slopes of15% in November when snow and ice
were a certainly possible. In addition,months of preparation were required toorganize the removal of hundreds of overhead wires, in order to allow safepassage of the modules, which wereapproximately 10 meter high.
At the refinery, the PTC was assembledwith a 69-meter main boom and 57-meterluffing jib. The PTC crawlers were alsoused during the project to relocate thePTC from one lifting position to another.Most spectacular was the erection of a70-meter long and 388-tonne weighingcolumn on a 56-meter radius.
Highlight
Mammoet successfully completed a refineryproject in Montreal. It involved the transpor-tation and erection of several CCR modules.Due to the large size of the modules (8 meterwide, 10 meter high), all of the cargo wasmoved in convoy in a single night in order to minimize disruption to the public services,since many utility wires had to be temporarilydisconnected as the cargo was moveddown the streets. After arrival at the site, the modules were erected and stacked over80 meter high with a Demag TC 4000 crane.
Outsized cargo in Québec
Large convoy through Montreal
Transports in Venezuela for USA refinery
Porto Ordaz, VenezuelaConventional trailers, prime mover
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�ASIA
MAMMOET
Highlight
A Gas Chemical Plant under construction at Duque deCaxias, Rio de Janerio State, Brazil, will become opera-tional by the end of 2004. It will yearly produce 520,000tonnes of ethane 75,000 tonnes of propane, and 540,000tonnes of polyethylene. The construction work involves7,000 tonnes of steel structures and 14,000 tonnes ofequipment on the site. Mammoet was awarded the heavylift contract, which included lifts ranging from 100 to 470tonnes. Mammoet Irga do Brasil was awarded the localheavy lift contract, with lifts ranging from 20 to 100tonnes. Mammoet deployed the largest crane operated todate in Brazil for this project, i.e. its PTC (Platform TwinRing Containerized). This crane could do all the heavy lifts
from only 2 positions and was relocated fully rigged usingthe its own containerized crawler system. Mammoet Irgado Brasil deployed 2 Manitowoc M-250 cranes, one ofwhich was involved in the PTC assembly, tailing lifts, anddisassembly work. Irga also supplied a truck and trailer for a maximum of 50-tonne loads, as well astelescopic cranes with capacities between 45 and 225tonnes. More than 100 lifts were completed successfully.The more critical lifts involved 2 reactors of about 45meters long and weighing some 460 tonnes, 2 towers, 85 and 95 meters tall and each weighing 465 tonnnes and2 purge bins with a length of 40 meters and weighing 175tonnes. In addition Mammoet lifted to a greater height, asteel structure with a length of 50 meter.
Rio de Janeiro, BrazilPTC, Manitowoc M-250
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In December Mammoet deployed the 4800 Twin Ring LD and CC 2600 for aheavy lift contract at a refinery in Shanghai. The offloading of the cranes fromthe ship was completed in 1 night followed by clearing through customs thenext day. Assembling started almost straight away. For the main contract,Mammoet lifted 2 reactors weighing 750 tonnes and 4 columns ranging from250 to 500 tonnes. After the main contract the Twin Ring was converted intoa standard CC 4800 and continued to work for various other mechanicalinstallation contractors lifting another 12 units ranging from 70 to 150 tonnes.At all times Mammoet could reschedule the lifting period, proposals andchanges in the engineering to comply with clients requirements at the jobsiteitself. This was mainly possible due to our vast site experience in projectingvarious changes in the lifting schedules and planning issues.
Joint efforts in Brazil
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For a plant in Brunei, Malaysia, Mammoet won a contact for theexchange of 4 cryogenic heat exchangers. The scope of workincluded the delivery of the new heat exchangers in Muar, a little town near the capital of Brunei, onto a flat top barge, sail it to Kuala Belait and subsequently transport it over 32 km to the plant in Lumut and install the equipment there.
Before the barge set sail to Brunei, the grillage and sea fasten-ing (prepared in Malaysia) was installed. Upon arrival, the 1stexchanger was transported to site on 2x 10-axle line Comettotrailers. The manufacturer of the exchanger did a perfect job onthe design of the saddles and especially the lashing points for transport. Mammoet could only trans-port at midnight and driving then 32 km on a dark road is a tedious operation. Upon arrival of the2nd exchanger the following day, the turn tables were removed and a straight 20-liner was built inorder to clear the pipe racks. While the transport was moving on the crane team was busy with theassembly of the CC 1800. The new exchanger had to be installed next to the existing exchanger thatwas still operating in the live plant. Assembly of a crane in a live plant is always challenging but itwas done without any problems. The new exchanger was installed safely and on time. After that,Mammoet removed the existing exchanger as well with a specially designed lifting frame. Upon completion of the 1st set, Mammoet repeated the operation 3 more times.
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Brunei, MalaysiaCometto trailers, prime mover, turntables, CC 1800
Exchangers exchanged!
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Shanghai première
Shanghai, ChinaCC 4800 Twin Ring LD, CC 2600
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Brisbane/Gladstone Queensland, AustraliaSPMTs
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For the construction of a Refinery at Gladstone inNorth Queensland, Australia, a number of modulesneeded to be constructed in a purpose built fabri-cation facility in Brisbane. Upon completion, themodules were “loaded out” onto a barge and thentowed approximately 350 nautical miles for load-inat a temporary offloading facility in Gladstone.Mammoet was contracted for a period of 12 monthsfor the provision and operation of 20 axle linesSPMT at each end of the project, to ensure thesmooth operation of the load-out/load-in phasesas well as the transportation of the modules fromthe lay down yard at the offloading facilityGladstone, to the project site, a distance ofapprox. 5 km. While the heaviest loads were about
380 tonnes there were a number of challenges withother modules that were awkward to transport,due to their unconventional shapes and sizes.
Mammoet had less than 6 weeks from notificationof award to mobilize and be ready on site. Thisincluded application and approval for equipment,import and operational permits, shipping, importa-tion and custom clearances, police and roadauthority permits, transport studies as well as thechallenge of locating suitable operators to executethe project. A total of 265 modules have beensafely moved by Mammoet amounting to 250,000freight tonne of project cargo which was allachieved timely and without any accident.
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The MSG 50 and theCC 2800 were nomi-nated to execute theerection and installa-tion of no less than 37 items for a refinerylocated at Jubail,Saudi Arabia. The keylifts of the project were2 reactors weighing853 tonnes each, anda wash tower of 1200 tonnes. While the MSG 50 was set up in temperaturesabove 50 degrees Celsius, with a high degree of humidity, a heavy lift shipunloaded 8 items, including the 2 reactors, at Jubail Industrial Port. The reactorswere transported on 3 x 18 axle lines SPMT to the site, over a distance of 18 kilometers, after which the MSG assisted by the CC 2800 as tail crane, success-fully installed both items. The wash tower was successfully loaded at Belleli SteelFactory in Jubail and was transported over a distance of 5 kilometers to the site.In the meantime the MSG 50 had been relocated to the next position to lift thewash tower onto its foundation.
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Jubail, Saudi ArabiaMSG 50, CC 2800, 48 axle lines SPMT
Moving 250,000 tonnes in Australia
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For a 24 hours shutdown at a refinery in India,Mammoet had to supply 5 big crawler cranes.Operations included the exchange of the TopDome of a Crude column by the CC 4800. The refinery was a familiar place to be sinceMammoet installed here various heavy items with the Platform Twin Ring HD a couple of yearsago. Like the events in the past the customerwas again very satisfied with Mammoets performance and especially appreciated theskills of our operators.
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Jamnagar, IndiaCC 4800, LR 1450,CC 1800, S 5500 and a CC 2000
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This contract involved the transport of 2 reactors, eachweighing 1150 tonnes, from the port and their delivery in an upright position at the refinery. For the transportMammoet had 48-axles of SPMT available while an MSG 50 and a large 2000-tonne tailing-frame were usedfor the lifts.
The reactors arrived at the port by a heavy lift vessel. The reactor was loaded onto the 24 axle lines SPMT,ready for the 16-kilometer journey to the refinery. Afterpassage of a number of tight sections along the route,Mammoet positioned the reactor on the stowage stops
already put in place at the lay-down area. Early nextmorning the crew returned to the port to collect the 2ndreactor.
The MSG 50 was mobilized from the Kingdom of SaudiArabia. Before entering the plant we had already erectedthe boom and the back masts on stops and used a 6-axle line and a double 12-axle line SPMT to transport the complete components to the ring. Then cranes wereused for the assembly (the back masts) – and for the fitting of the entire structure to the remainder of the MSG (the boom). Using this erection method we had theMSG ready for the lifts in the record time of just 14 days.
The 2nd reactor was the 1st to be lifted into position.The height of the SPMTs was very important since the tailing frame subsequently had to be fitted to the skirt,and that wouldn’t have been possible if the reactor hadpositioned too high or too low. On the evening of the sameday the reactor was installed safely on its foundations.The next morning work started on the other reactor, onehundred meters further along in the plant. The 12 daysbetween placing the 1st reactor on its foundations andlifting the 2nd reactor into position is an absoluterecord! An amazing performance of Mammoet staff fromThe Netherlands, United Kingdom, Pakistan and othercountries.
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Mina Abdulla, KuwaitMSG 50,CC 2800, tailing frame, SPMTs
Kuwaiti Records
Old acquaintances in India
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A complete waste processing plant wastransported to a new location over 1 kilometer in just 1 day. The 6,900tonnes concrete plant was one of theheaviest buildings ever moved onwheels. Measuring 50 x 32 x 20 meter it had to be moved to clear space for alow emission grade waste incinerationinstallation. Groundwork preparationswere completed in an earlier stage, sothat 278 axle lines of SPMT could bepositioned in 8 lines under the object.The SPMTs were the best option for thiscomplicated transport job. Its hydraulicsystem will keep the loading surfaceunder the stiff concrete structure in one
line, even along an 1% slope that was tobe taken when leaving the constructionpit. The building was strengthened witha 60 tonnes support frame. This spec-tacular movement was executed in aweekend as to minimize traffic disruptionon several roads and a railway. Theroute was compacted and covered with30,000 m2 of steel plates, while waterand sewage pipelines were covered withramps to offset the ground pressure.This carefully prepared transport savedtime and money, avoiding an expensivedemolishing and new building procedure.Another advantage was that the wasteprocessing plant could be put into operation again shortly afterwards.
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The new Unilever head office, called “De Brug” (the bridge) was prefabricated at asite 200 meter from the present factory. The complete office building was standingon steel legs and consisted of 4 floors, each measuring 33 x 130 meter. The elements were assembled together at a height of 25 meter, on a temporary construction. Mammoet was to move this huge 2400 tonnes weighing steel skeleton over a distance of 200 meter and to position it on top of the existing factory and “Blue Band House”.
The first 100 meter were driven with 152 axle lines SPMT with a total load capacityof 4560 tonnes. Steel plates were applied as foundation for the SPMTs whichhad to make a large S-turn during the 1st phase of the transport operation, inorder to arrive straight in front of the factory. There was no space on the inlandside for the 2nd leg to go. The solution was to join the SPMTs with Mammoetsskidding system comprising of 8x 600-tonnes skid units, positioned on a 16-meterskidding track. The skidding system took over the weight of the SPMT units onthe inland side of the steel construction. Advantages of the solution were that theproduction could be continued normally while the distribution was not hamperedby building activities. Extensive mechanisation of the work and a well-scheduledprocess reduced the building costs, compared to traditional building methods.
Rotterdam, The NetherlandsSPMTs, 8x 600-ton skid units
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Moving the heaviest concrete building ever
Amsterdam, The NetherlandsSPMTs, steel plates, hydraulic cranes
Civil
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For environmental reasons, a section of the newDutch infrastructure for high speed trains to Belgiumand onwards to France, runs through kilometers longtunnel, thus saving the precious Green Heart ofHolland. Upon finishing the digging work, the boringmachine ‘Aurora’ was sold to a Chinese operator fora job in Shanghai. The 1st leg of this transport was toget the machine in pieces to a terminal in the port ofRotterdam, ready for overseas transport. The ‘Aurora’is the biggest tunnel boring machine in the world witha total mass of over 5,000 tonnes.
Mammoet won the contract for taking apart themachine and transport all items to its Heavy LiftTerminal at its premises in Schiedam. There were,however, severe constraints. The end of the tunnel
is close to an important local train link and highways.Traffic disruption should be kept to a minimum byworking at night. The machine came apart in morethan 300 pieces. Most of them were small enough toallow for normal road transport. But a little more than50 items had to be moved from the location to bargesin the nearby river Old Rhine. At the end of a Saturdayafternoon, a main road was closed and Mammoetimmediately started to remove power lines, poles andtraffic signs, while Dutch Railways secured the railroadand removed the power lines. The largest piece was14 x 8 x 6 meter and required 21 lines of conventionaltrailer, as its weight was 210 tonnes. Loading onto thebarges was done with 500 and 600 tonnes hydrauliccranes, assisted by a floating crane of BTS – the newmember of the Mammoet family – which also suppliedthe barges. A slightly heavier piece was handled on
Sunday with smaller pieces in between. Early onMonday morning, the first trains ran on time… Tight schedules, no traffic distortion and tailor-madesolutions that work as intended. No wonder the customers’ smile was big!
Mammoet was awarded the 1st transport contract for the construction of a bridge overthe E25 motorway better known as the “routedu Soleil”. The bridge was to replace an oldone, allowing the motorway to be expandedfrom a dual 2-lanes to a dual 3-lanes layout. The1686-tonnes bridge was constructed at thesouthern bridgehead. It was decided to skid thebridge into position using 8x 600-tonne skidshoes, with 2 skid shoes for each supportpoint. SPMTs were applied to create a moving48-line support point with 3 laterally linked 16-line SPMTs. Two steel supports fitted to
these trailers bridged the difference in heightbetween the motorway and the bridgeheads.Four 16-meter ramps placed on the steel sup-ports made it possible to skid the bridge ontothe trailer from the bridgehead. The problemwas that the bridgeheads were not directlyopposite one another. Thus the trailers not onlyhad to move forward but also needed to moveslightly sideways at the same time!
The transport from the Southern to the Northernbridgehead was a combined skidding/movingoperation that had to be supervised veryclosely. On arrival at the opposite side the
slipways on the 16-metre ramps were shiftedto a location such that the bridge could bepositioned well within the specified tolerances.After the bridge was fitted in its definitive position the customer was the first to driveover the new bridge.
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Luxembourg city, LuxembourgSkid shoes, SPMTs
Bridging the route du Soleil
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Two main truss bridges with a length of 180 meter eachwere lifted and positioned at the new “Rhein-Arena” stadiumin Germany. The roof structures were manufactured insections and the girders were assembled outside the stadium at ground level. Mammoet lifted the giant beamswith 2x 60-meter high lifting towers with 4x 600-tonneslifting units on top.
Lifted to a height of 50 meter, the truss bridges were skidded on skidding tracks into the stadium, after whichthey were lowered on concrete supporting points. The 1stsection was skidded over 200 meter, the 2nd one over a
100 meter. Lifting and skidding operations were managedfrom a central operation room, monitoring vertical and hori-zontal deflections. Next was the installation of 2x 110-meter long and 395 tonnes cross sections connecting thetruss bridges. Finally, 2 giant slidable roofs slabs were putinto place. The complete roof structure measures 235 x 201 meter with a free opening of 110 x 70 meter.
The multi-purpose stadium is part of the Düsseldorf exhibition center and can accommodate 51.000 people.With the “Rhein-Arena” stadium, Germany has a strongace for acquiring the Summer Olympics in 2012.
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Nonant-le-Pin, FranceSPMTs
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Imagine a new highway under construction.Along the track you’ll find 104 bridges at thecrossroads. One of them is a railway bridge,manufactured along the railway tracks. Thechallenge: put the 45 meter long bridge in placein a minimum of time as to limit disruption ofrail traffic. Mammoet Fostrans succesfully bidto this job. Here is how Mammoet stood up toits promise and applied a solution never seenbefore in France.
On a Saturday at 17.00 hrs, the last trainpassed the old tracks. The customers sub-contractors immediately disassembled thetracks section on the dike and started to dig.Within hours, the contours of the bridge could
be seen in the dike. The dike was partiallyremoved to ground level where the highwaywas to be constructed. Then, on Sunday after-noon, Mammoet moved its 6x 16 lines SPMTunderneath the supporting concrete girdersthat were specially designed for the transport. The hydraulic jacks lifted the bridge just 20centimeters, enough for the ride. With laserequipment, it was found that the deformationof the bridge structure with 7 millimetersstayed well within the 15 mm limits. Slowlythe SPMTs moved and ‘inserted’ the bridgeexactly into the hole in the dike. Upon arrival,the supporting girders were taken off andwere added to the bridge foundation for extrastability. On Monday at 15.00 hrs the first traincrossed the bridge. Right on time!
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Imagine a railway bridge in a main line to collapse!Immediate help is needed. Mammoet received a phone call from a customer who witnessed the collapse. At that time most of Mammoets’equipment was deployed elsewhere. But within 24 hours, Mammoet had a CC 2800, 2 backhoes,2 dozers, over 400 mats, 8 flexifloats and over 40 men working around the clock on the site of the catastrophe. Weather conditions were poorand a there was a very strong river current.
A new bridge, fabricated for another bridge project,was shipped in by rail and Mammoet assembledthe sections. In the meantime, the old bridge wasbeing set with explosive charges for demolishing.Because there was no suitable access to the sitefor heavy equipment, nor suitable ground to position the CC 2800, the soft existing river topsoilwas replaced by quarried limestone. The woodenmats were added as an overlay to the limestoneroad which served as a crane path. The unstablesoil also required to use steel mats under the
already assembled CC 2800. After the old bridgewas blown up, the CC 2800 lifted the remainingsout of the river. Charges were set in the upper part of the old foundation in order to remove the11-meter top. When the new foundations wereready, Mammoet moved and installed the newbridge in just 2 days. The following day trains werecrossing the river again. This unscheduled bridgechange out was completed in a record time of 11 days without one safety issue.
The Karaiskaki stadium is to be the jewel of theGreek stadiums for the Olympic games in 2004.The stadium comprises a mixed structure ofsteel and prefabricated concrete. It will accom-modate 34,000 people and includes 6 roof viplounges. Most amazing of the stadium is not theconstruction but the time schedule.Construction started just in June 2003 with thedemolishing of the old stadium. The stadiummust be ready in June 2004. Construction workon the steel parts started in November 2003 andshould be completed by the end of March 2004.In order to meet this very challenging schedule,
work at ground level was speeded up and culminated in the assembly of much bigger andheavier steel constructions than anticipatedbefore. But Mammoets experience and availableequipment allowed to lift and position these big-ger items without a glitch. A golden performance,said the customer. Let the games begin!
Athens, GreeceCC 2800
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Longview, WashingtonSPMTs, lifting frame and winches
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Gold in Athens
Lewis and Clark Bridge revised
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Many bridges in the US were built in the 50’s andnow need replacement or maintenance. At theWashington-Oregon Border 103 bridge sections,varying from 85 to 180 tonnes, in the Lewis andClark Bridge must be replaced. The bridge spansthe Columbia river. Mammoets’ innovation powercame to the rescue to develop a replacementmethod with minimal disruption of traffic. UsingSPMTs and a truss-lifting frame, Mammoet couldmove onto the bridge, lift the old deck sectionand insert the new section in the same process.
The actual lifting was done with pneumaticwinches mounted on the top of the truss frame.Because of various dimensions of the sections,the winches had to remain “unfixed” to the trussframe as to easily relocate the winches such theywould coincide with the lift points on the sections.The window of work was 9:30 pm to 5:00 am, 5 nights a week with the actual bridge closing forapproximately 8 hours. The replacement methodcan be used elsewhere for similar applicationsand scaled to the weights and dimensions of thedeck sections.
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Marinette, Wisconsin, USASPMTs, 600 tonne jacks
Narrow route at Marinette
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Port Elizabeth, South AfricaMobile portals
Self-propelled portal cranes in South Africa
Edmonton, Alberta, CanadaSPMTs
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A 200 tonnes tunnel boring machine
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At Marinette Mammoet moved 3 ferries each weighing 2,600 tonnesfrom the manufacturing facility tothe nearby launch way. The ferriesfirst needed to be lifted and relievedfrom the stands as to move theSPMTs underneath. After the stands
were cut and removed, a 600tonnes capacity jack, placed on a1.2 meter high stand was installedunder the ferry. It lifted 10 times toallow for all SPMTs to be positionedproperly. The facility was to narrowfor the SPMTs to drive out. Thesolution was to use a 12-axle line
and a 10-axle line SPMT with only 1 powerpack on the 10-axle line.This made the SPMTs to achieve the same length, thus allowing todrive out with only 15-centimeterclearance. All ferries were transportedover 274 meter to the launch way andjacked up to 3.3-meter as required.
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Mammoet won a contract to move a TunnelBoring Machine at the University Light Rail Transit(LRT) Station. However, the schedule was tightand operations should be completed during offpeak hours to ensure no major disruptions totraffic at this one of the most busiest terminalsin the city. The LRT extension aims at bringingthe existing transit system from below theUniversity campus above the ground to allow
further expansion to the south of Edmonton. The 1st tunnel was ready and the 2nd was nowto follow. Mammoet had to transport 2 pieces of the boring machine from the existing terminalbelow the ground, to the approach out of theground. The largest piece was 180 tonnes.Mammoet applied 2x 10 lines SPMTs. Much ofthe under ground ducting for utility lines did nothave the required strength to support the trailerloads. A matter of carefully driving!
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Two giant breakwaters are constructed for anew harbour, called Coega. Six millions tonnesof rocks have to be dumped into the water toconstruct the 2,5 km Eastern Breakwater andthe 1,2 km Western Breakwater. Moreover26,000 “Dollossen” - with the shape of a giantconcrete crow’s-foot with a weight of 30 tonnes- have to be positioned as well.
The immediate problem was the limited workingspace at the dike. There was no room to use acrane because the trucks with the rocks thencould not pass. The solution: mobile portals!The trucks can drive under the portals todeliver their cargo. Mammoet designed 3 self-propelled portals with 2x2 crawler setsand power packs. Three Manitowoc 4100WRing cranes, modified to Heavy Duty CycleConfiguration, were mounted on top of these7-meter high portals. The crawlers can copewith the gentle bend in the dike and if neededthe cranes can be driven off in case of a gale.All construction material has to be positionedvery precisely and this was aided by a GPSinstalled in the cabs of the cranes. The craneswill operate 24 hours a day, 6 days a week,for 2 years.
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Recently, Mammoet executed a load-out of a 1,628 tonnes jacket at theyard of Heerema Group, Vlissingen.This spectacular transport required 64axle lines SPMTs. Before the actualoperation started, Mammoet measuredthe exact weight and the center ofgravity of the jacket. This was donewith the computerized weighing system. A special feature of this project is that the four-legged jacket
had to be handled in one piece and it should be placed in an uprightposition before the SPMTs wouldmake their move. This lifting wasorchestrated by Mammoets’ LR 1750crane with 85 meter main boom, plus 4 winches, with assistance of 4 smaller cranes of Heerema.
The jacket is part of the SableOffshore Energy Project (SOEP),located 125 miles offshore Nova
Scotia in water up to 80 meters deep.Production began late 1999. TheSable Tier 2 project features the addition of as many as 3 satelliteplatforms, interconnecting pipelinesand offshore compression. SOEPencompasses one of the largestknown natural gas deposits remainingto be developed in North America.It comprises 6 major natural gasfields at 10 to 40 kilometers north offthe edge of the Scotian Shelf.
Offshore
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Handling a jacket
Limited space at Stord
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Two modules of 4,000 and 800 tonnes of a pre-compression unit had to be loaded on 2 differentbarges. Their final destination is a platform that was alsohandled by Mammoet, back in ’98. The largest moduleposed some difficult problems. It had to be moved side-ways first, then turned 90 degrees and finally movedsideways again to line up with the ramp of the barge. Of course, the versatility of the SPMTs contributedgreatly to this performance. But the scheduling wasn’teasy either. The total available time window was just 8 days for bringing in the equipment, set-up, positioning,weighing, ballasting set-up, operations, demobilisingthe equipment and departure.
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A Riser Module was manufactured in Spain. The 4,500 tonnesstructure needed to be loaded in in Norway, prior to the assemblywith the complete deck. Upon arrival of the vessel, Mammoetfirst lifted the Module with 192 lines of SPMT. These SPMTs werefitted with 2.5 meter high stoppings, which was necessary for thelater mating to the 2nd structure. It proved to be challenging todrive 400 meters as clearances were at minimum at the yard.After final positioning of the deck, the Riser Module was raised 2.5 meter with our computerized “smart jack” system. The totalmass of the combined structure will be too much for driving. So a ballasted barge will then move into the submersed dockand lift the structure when water is pumped out.
Stord, NorwaySPMTs, smart jack system, ballasting system
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A blessed job!
Hazia,IndiaSPMTs, Goldhofers and pump units
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Mammoet Dubai completed the 1st SPMTload-out in India. The work was carried outat an offshore-construction factory in Hazia,a couple of hundred kilometers north ofBombay. The transport involved 5 modules,up to 2,100 tonnes, together with 2 offshoredecks also of 2,100 tonnes. The contractcalled for the load-outs, the ballasting with600-tonnes submersible pumps, the mooring,
and the engineering. The equipment used:54-axle SPMTs, supplemented by local 18-axle line Goldhofers and 16x 600-tonnessubmersible pump units. Two heavy-dutyprime movers were also used for the mooring job.
The modules had been constructed in thefactory in a location such that Mammoethad to ‘fight our way out’ of the corner
to reach the pontoon. No easy with a combination of SPMT and conventionaltrailers. The 2 offshore decks were drivenonto the pontoon from the side – whichposed yet another challenge for the crew.Every transport began with a Pooja, an oldHindustan ritual to gain the favour of thegods. Mammoet was pleased to take partin these Poojas – with the idea that it certainly wouldn’t do any harm!
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Haugesund, NorwaySPMTs, ballasting and weighing system
Tight schedule at Haugesund
Vlissingen, The NetherlandsLR 1750, SPMTs, ballasting system
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For the Yolla gas field, located 147 kilometersoff the coast of Kilcunda, in the 80-meterdeep waters of the “Bass Strait”, Mammoetinstalled an offshore deck with a length andwidth of 50 meter, a height of 20 meter, andweight of 4,000 tonnes, together with a jacketof 110 meter high and an additional weight of4,000 tonnes. The entire offshore structurewas constructed in Batam, Indonesia.
Before the ultimate load-out and installationat sea, various tests were executed. A test rigwas constructed to verify the strandjack con-figuration and to simulate the sea conditions.The deck and the jacket were loaded out andtowed to the Bass Strait. The combinationwas completely floating. The jacket protrudesthrough the deck. So the 1st action was tolower the jacket until it was secure on the sea
floor, 6 meters down into the mud.Subsequently the deck was hoovered over thejacket and secured into position, an elevantionof 20 meters. This was all achieved with 36strandjacks.
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Mammoet also achieved load-outs related tothe Holstein Drill Structure. This comprises aDSM-structure with 100 lines of SPMTs under-neath for a side ways transfer from a dock wisevessel onto a floating dry dock. Then Mammoetdid the load-out from a local manufacturer ofthe 1,200 tonnes DES module, which required48 lines of SPMTs. This load-out was onto afloating barge that sailed to the same dry dockas mentioned before. In addition, Mammoetcompleted the load-in to this dry dock.
Furthermore, Mammoet took an assembly job.The Heavy Duty Lift System around the DESstructure was put together and slid into thestructure, marking another 1,200 tonnes movedby Mammoet.
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The Holstein project aims to installan offshore platform for operationsin deep water in the Gulf of Mexico.Mammoet USA has been awarded aset of contracts for the load-outs of3 modules. The North Module ofabout 8,000 tonnes was moved with
72 lines of conventional trailers withpower packs, and 224 lines ofSPMTs. It marks the largest moduleload-out in the US on rubber tyres.The 2nd item is de Module SupportFrame (MSF), weighing over 4,300tonnes. It is to be installed on top of the Spar and will support theNorth and South Modules. This MSFrequired again 72 lines of conven-tional trailers with power packs, withthe addition of 100 lines of SPMTs.The 3rd module is the South Moduleof 4,900 tonnes and this structurewas transported with the 72 lines of conventional trailers as above,plus 120 lines of SPMTs. Typicalchallenges that come with suchload-outs are the proper ballastingof the barges and the computer-assisted control of the trailers. A dedicated crew performed all 3 load-outs in just 1 week!
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The project location is an offshore site usuallyrented by assembly companies. Just now, MauaJurong assembles the P-50 here, an FPSOmade for Petrobras which will be completedby end of August. Mammoets’ LR 1400/2 wasmobilized to support the assembly. This cranewas prepared during carnaval in Rio, analmost impossible task since nobody likes towork in Rio then. Nevertheless, Mammoetmanaged to be standby on-time. The heaviestequipment to be lifted was a part of a ProcessModule P-07, weighing 148 tonnes. The totalmodule would later become installed on top ofthe hull of the FPSO. Subsequently Mammoetlifted a Dearator tower of 45 tonnes on Processmodule P-07, as well as 2 towers of ChemicalInjection (60 and 40 tonnes) on Process module P-06 and a Dearator Tower of 30tonnes on the same process module.
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The project called for moving 6 “Three-PhaseSeparators” (5 m diameter, 28 meter long and120 tonnes) along 800 km road. This meant along journey crossing several bridges and over-head obstacles. This became first succesfulattempt to move such kind of vessels byroad, in Venezuela, involving the MammoetTransport Frame.
Mammoet is renowned for its worldwide trans-port and lifting services for the power industry.Whether it concerns maintenance and renewalor the establishment of new plants, Mammoethas dedicated solutions to install any trans-former, heat exchanger, turbine or other heavyitems in power stations. The may be nuclearfacilities, or fossil fuel installations. Temporarystorage facilities at the Heavy Lift Terminal of Mammoet in Schiedam often ease the complicated logistics.
Recently, Mammoet was requested to install a steam turbine generator of 345 tonnes at 7 meters high on its foundations for a powerplant – Rijnmond Energy Center – in West-Holland. Operations required a 90 degreesturn while the cargo was off the ground. To do this, Mammoet combined strand jackequipment with a turntable, a set-up that has proven to work out all right in a similarproject last year.
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Rijnmond, Netherlandsstrandjacks, turntable
Energizing an Energy Plant
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For the construction of a new 800-MW powerplant in Spalding (England), Mammoet trans-ported 4 transformers that were manufactured in Mexico. They were receivedby Mammoet in the harbour of Altamira,loaded onto a heavy lift ship and transportedto Mammoets’ Heavy Lift Terminal inSchiedam, The Netherlands. The reason forthe stop in Schiedam was that the heavy liftship could not reach the harbour of SuttonBridge, on the east coast of England. Thetransformers had therefore to be transferredto a smaller ship that could cover the laststretch to Sutton Bridge. There the PC 4200crane was standby to unload the transformersand put them onto an 18- axle line Scheuerleconventional trailer, in combination with aheavy-duty prime mover. The trip was 30miles long, after which jacking specialistsinstalled the transformers on location.
Besides the 4 transformers, 42 parts of asteam boiler – manufactured in Portugal –were also transported to England. The partsvaried in weight from 75 to 175 tonnes andwere unloaded with a small Heavy Lift ship inthe harbour for temporary storage. In the meantime, a truck trailer combinationshuttled back and forth to Spalding via localroads to deliver the parts. All transportationwas done on schedule.
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Spalding, England / Altamira, MexicoConventional trailers, prime movers, PC 4200
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Mammoet recently completed a long-runningpower project in Ontario. The last job – installing asteam turbine generator – was carried out with 4x100-tonnes strandjacks, mounted on a 400-tonnesgantry. The lifting work had to be carried out in avery restricted area with limited space. As therewas no access to drive the load underneath thetower along its length, the generator was broughtup sideways, on a double trailer combination. Afterlifting the load about 10 meter, the units werebrought above the foundation and put in positionwith the 400-tonnes hydraulic gantry crane. Theturbine and generator weighed 130 and 255 tonnesrespectively.
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This project featured the installation of a 262-tonnes generator at a power plant, westof Edmonton, in Alberta, Canada. During the1st stage, the generator was lifted with agantry system that was positioned on 4 liftingtowers, using 4x 180-tonnes strandjacks.The generator passed the supporting beamsof the skidding system, put in position earlier,with only a few centimeters to spare. The 2ndstage consisted of skidding the generatorinto the building over a distance of 20 meters.The supporting beams and skid rails were
placed under the generator. Again using thestrandjacks, the generator was placed on thisskid system. Once on the rails, the generatorwas then skidded into the building on theHydra skid system. Finally, the Lift-N-Locksystem was linked to the generator andmoved 2 meters in respect of the originalskid direction. For this linking operation, allthe blocks and skid rails first had to beremoved. After that, the generator could belowered onto the concrete foundation and wassecured to its anchoring bolts. The job was completed in 3 days.
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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.Strandjacks, skidding system, Lift-N-Lock system
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Mammoet Québec carried out an interestingjob for a power plant in Ste Timothé, nearMontreal, in Canada. The work covered theinstallation of a relatively small generator rotorof about 80 tonnes. So what was interesting?The rotor had to be placed in a vertically positioned generator, while most generatorsare positioned horizontally. Contributing to theinterest was that the item had to be placed in a small building without enough room for a normal crane.
Mammoet mobilized a 400-tonnes jack towermounted on hydraulically powered wheels.This created a temporary bridge crane. Afterthe transport of the rotor to the constructionsite with a 9-axle Scheuerle Intercombi trailer,the rotor was put into the building, positionedunder the tower and lifted with a 100-tonnesstrandjack. The tailing was also done via thetower with the strandjack on a skidding system.The customer congratulated the Mammoetteam and said the job was executed in anexcellent way. “It was a great pleasure to work with Mammoet.”
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Vertical challenge
Ste Timothé, Canada.Lifting tower, skidding system, and conventional trailer
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Mammoet was awarded the transport and instal-lation of all heavy equipment ranging from 110 to350 tonnes for the Ras Laffan project. This cameafter a recent successful completion of the BarqaDesalination Project in Oman for the same client.The heavy equipment was received at Ras Laffanport directly onto Cometto trailers and transportedto the job site. The installation of most of theseitems (turbines; generators, etc.) was done using
Mammoets’ 450 tonnes lift capacity “Lift N’ LockMega-Lift system”. Special care had to be takento see that there was no interference to the othercontractor’s works.
The equipment had to be temporarily off-loaded tochange their orientation on the trailer (90 degrees)so that the trailer could then drive between thecolumns of the steel structure and between thelegs of our lift system. Once the lift system was
installed and ready, the equipment installationwent with amazing speed. It greatly enhancedthe client’s appreciation since the items werefinally onto their foundations much in advance as planned.
The other items, 350 tonnes generators and 200 tonnes transformers, were installed with thejacking and skidding system using climbing jacks,and skid beams with hydraulic push/pull units.
More than 8000 tonnes of equipment from a power plantneeded relocation to La Guaira, Venezuela. The opera-tions involved transports from Pasco, Washington andHouston, and included several heavy lifts. The allowabletimeframe ran from mid October to mid December. Thiswas rather short for preparation and execution, in combi-
nation with the various modes of transportation, i.e. railfrom Pasco to Houston, barge, hydraulic trailers, gantryand ocean shipment from Houston to La Guaira. It resulted in a big logistical challenge for Mammoet USA.Weather, holidays, logistical challenges, all were to beovercome to have the cargo delivered on time. While Mammoet USA was transporting the cargo throughthe US, Mammoet Venezuela prepared the receipt andonwards transportation from the port to the final unload-ing site, which required a few ro-ro operations. Severalheavy transformers, generators and turbines had to bestored in a temporary place. Mammoet Venezuelaassembled a Gantry Crane to receive and accommodatethese pieces. This solution saved space, time and work.
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Logistical challenge
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Two old 520-tonnes generators were to be replaced by2x 425-tonnes new ones. The reactor head and thecoolant pump were also to be replaced. The generatorsand the reactor head were removed from the buildingthrough a purpose built construction opening while thecoolant pump went through an existing opening. A Temporary Lifting Device (TLD), a Hatch TransferSystem (HTS) and an Outside Lift System (OLS) weretailor-made for this job. Mammoet lifted the reactorhead using a lifting cradle, a containerized downloader,the OLS and the HTS. The coolant pump was replacedusing a 2nd HTS. Mammoet also applied 2x 16-lineSPMTs for the transport of the generators. During the lifting period, a crew of 55 Mammoet specialists wasworking at the project in day and night shifts.
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Main equipment
Seneca, USAGantry lifting system, special developed lifting andsliding devices, SPMTs
Tailor-made support
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Mammoet USA, together with Mammoet Mexico, transported a 440-tonnes transformer (676 tonnes including the railcar) from Monroe,Michigan to Mexico City, DF, in record time! From Monroe, the unitwas taken over a distance of 869 km by rail to Mt Vernon, IN. Here,the cargo was put on a barge to be towed 1,882 km further to the Port of Brownsville, TX. This was a journey of 9 days. In the Port of Brownsville, the transformer was offloaded again by means ofMammoets’ jacking system, and put onto 2 X 18 lines of SPMT. The ride was some 11 miles long to the other side of Brownsville.There, the transformer was reloaded onto a railcar for the last stretch, 1,529 km to the final location in Mexico City. A true intermodal projectthat applied different transport methods. In Mexico the transport wasthe heaviest move ever in Mexican rail history!
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Detroit Michigan, USA / Mexico City, DF, MexicoRailcars, jacking system, SPMTs
Setting a record in Mexico
Pasco, Washington and Houston, USA / La Guaira, VenezuelaBarges, hydraulic trailers, gantry
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Close ties between the ‘EquipmentManagement Department’ (EMD)and ‘Engineering’ are a key con-tributing factor to Mammoets’capability to develop new equip-ment and to find, develop and testtailor-made solutions for any liftingor transport job. Jan van Seumerenjr is in chief of the EMD operations.He explains the way of working and the special brand of peoplethat is needed to do ‘sometimesimpossible jobs’.
What triggers new developments?“To take it in a nutshell: the require-ments of our customers alwayscome first. By observing trends andanalyzing the needs, we discoverareas where we can contribute best.Let me explain how it works. As said,the customers’ challenge comes first.Then, it is up to our EngineeringDepartment to generate clever ideasand select a design for the solution.Subsequently, the execution of thedesign is the responsibility of EMD.In doing so we interact withEngineering as to optimize equip-ment for maximum utilization.”
Are there recent examples of EMD achievements?“The famous CC 4800 has beenupgraded to RK 8500 for better performance and more capacity,
as to serve clients needs for high-endcranes. We not only supervised there-construction but also performedextensive testing. The upgradedcrane, also called RK 8500, is capa-ble to lift 1,000 tonnes at 8.5 meterradius, comparable to a CC 8800.Major changes include the split of theupper carrier, the increased superliftradius and ballast, a reinforcementof the main boom, revision of theboom head and new winches.Currently, we have 8 CC 4800s inservice and the results in Kazakhstan,where we currently deploy the 1stRK 8500, may lead to additionalconversions for the remaining cranes.Other examples are the constructionof a crawler / pedestal crane thatoperates on a small quay and stillleaves room for cargo traffic to passunderneath (see page 12) and thetesting and certification of specialdevices for the Baku and Yolla projects.”
What type of specialists isemployed at EMD?“They are highly skilled engineerswith lots of on-site experience.Moreover, they are willing to travelthe world to even the most remotelocation at any time. EMD-specialistsoften accompany our crews and arein charge of the construction, checks,assembly, testing and safety.
In fact, we have specialist availableany time and this contributes muchto our versatility. Other factors areour warehouses for spare parts(such as engines, lifting wires andother critical items) and auxilaryequipment. These aspects reallypower Mammoet solutions.”
New technologies mature quickly.How can you catch up with it?“This is really an issue and it appliesnot only to EMD-specialists but alsoto our regular operators and crews. As to develop the necessary feeling
for lifting and transport technologywe maintain close ties with manu-facturers. In addition, operators participate in trainee programs andare offered attractive opportunitiesfor advanced learning and develop-ment. But all that we offer would bein vain if the basic mindset of ourpeople was wrong. Fortunately theyare proud to work with Mammoetand are eager to learn about newdevelopments and technologies. I’msure, with these people, we’re alwaysready to benefit from any promisingtechnological development!”
EMD“Optimizing equipment for maximum utilization”
Jan van Seumeren jr,Managing Director EMD.
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Testing and certificationof the special devices
developed for the Bakuand Yolla projects.
Testing and certification
of the upgradedCC 4800 to
RK 8500, lifting1036 tonnes.
Auxilary equipment warehouse
Warehouse spare parts
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Mammoet News
New Cranes 8 X Demag AC 50-1 5 X Liebherr LTM 1030/2 3 X Liebherr LTM 1054/1 2 X Liebherr LTC 1055 3 X Liebherr LTM 1055/1 3 X Liebherr LTM 1060/2
2 X Liebherr LTM 1080/1 4 X Liebherr LTM 1100/2 1 X Liebherr LTM 1150/1 1 X Liebherr LTM 1300/1 1 X Liebherr LTM 1500 5 X Sumitomo SCX 2500 2 X Kobelco CKE 2500
Used Cranes 2 X Demag CC 4800 3 X Demag CC 2800 1 X Demag CC 1800 1 X Kobelco CKE 2500
Transport 36 axle lines SPMT 2 X Mercedes Benz
4160 SLT 8X4 2 X Mercedes Benz
3354 S 6X4
This year Mammoet has expanded its fleet with the following equipment:
Expansion of the Mammoet fleet
At its premises in Schiedam, Mammoet inaugurated a large Heavy Lift Terminalfor temporary storage of equipment and cargo of its own and on contractbasis for customers. As of mid 2003, operations can be supported by a PHBharbor crane to achieve load-out and load-in of cargo til 250 tonnes. The totalarea now covers 85,000 square meters but an expansion with 20,000 squaremeters has already been scheduled.
The Terminal in the Port of Rotterdam plays a pivot role in logistics. Many transformers and other equipment for power stations are stored here temporarily,awaiting overseas shipment to – for instance – the US. In addition, the areaserves as a warehouse for crane parts, trailers, smaller cranes, ballasting and mooring equipment, and specialized tools. Large sea-going vessels canbe moored easily, ready to take cargo or to deliver items to the Terminal. At the same time, smaller inland ships can reach the terminal, thus facilitating reshipment to and from Europe’s mainland industries in The Netherlands,Germany and other areas.
Heavy Lift Terminal in Schiedam
Both the European Association ofHeavy Haulage Transport and MobileCranes (ESTA) and the US SpecializedCarriers and Riggers Association(SC&RA) decided that jobs executedby Mammoet yielded an outstandingperformance. The award winningprojects made all of the ‘Mammoetfamily’ once more proud of its sharedachievements. Since the jury membersare colleagues and representatives ofthe industries, Mammoet considersthe awards as a true recognition ofits renowned and successful way ofexecuting its jobs.
The SC&RA held the annual confer-ence in Tucson, Arizona (USA). Theitinerary included awarding the liftingand heavy haulage jobs of the year.Mammoet had 2 entries in the catego-ry of ‘projects over US $ 750,000’.Jurjen Hoogstra, technical and
commercial manager, was delegatedto present both projects in exactly20 minutes each. The jury focusedon various aspects, like design,maintenance, construction, safety,innovation, planning and complexity.It decided the projects ‘Stadium inDusseldorf, Germany’ and ‘Relocatinga processing plant in Amsterdam,Netherlands’ were the best of thosepresented at the conference. “It’sreally moving when, like the famousOscar awards, the audience goessilent and tension increases as theanchor man on stage opens theenvelope and mentions … your company!” says Jurjen.The ESTA held its first award ceremo-ny during the Bauma fair in Munich,Germany. Again Mammoet had 2entries: the MiRO Karlsruhe refineryupgrade project in Wilhemshafen,Germany, and again the Amsterdam
project. The latter won the secondprize and the first one … the firstprize.
Mammoet wins prestigious awards
As of early this year, BTS, Bergings- en Transportmaatschappij Scheffer B.V.became a member of our Mammoet organization. BTS is managed fromMammoets headquarters in Schiedam and offers a wide range of maritime services. Some examples are the installation of bridges, harbor-related opera-tions, ship building, installation of offshore windmill farms, launching of vesselsand yachts, salvages, and activities for the road and water way infrastructures.Thus, BTS enhances the versatility of Mammoets’ maritime facilities.
Examples of the BTS fleet components are:• 3 floating Sheerlegs with capacity between 130 and 300 tonnes• 15 pontoons for loads between 140 and 1,710 tonnes• 6 tug / push boats• specialized ships and equipmentPlease see the back cover of this issue for contact info.
More Maritime Moves…
Mammoet exhibits!
In 2004 Mammoet participates inthe following exhibitions:
• Global Petroleum Show 2004June 8-10, 2004, Calgary, Canada
• ONS 2004August 24-27 2004, Stavanger, Norway
• Oil Sands Trade Show 2004September 8- 9, 2004, Fort McMurray, Canada
• Rio Oil & Gas 2004October 4-7, 2004, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Bauma China 2004November 16-19, 2004,Shanghai, China
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It is true, people can be mad about cranes, trailers, trucks and other equip-ment for heavy lifting and transport. The same kind of motivation that drives‘spotters’ to the runways of airports may trigger a hobby for life! Over 500people already joined the Mammoet Club. These friends are eager to getinformation on any new development, and they collect scale models orother items that are associated with the World of Mammoet. Currently, theMammoet Shop offers an attractive range of products like scale models,videos, DVDs, books and other items. For a comprehensive list, visit thewebsite www.mammoetstore.comMembership entitles for discounts and extras like a Mammoet calendar, aClub Day at the Schiedam premises, a quarterly magazine and other benefits.
Expansion“Mammoet” is linked to ‘power’, ‘robustness’, ‘engineering’ and forinstance ‘extreme conditions’. It develops into a brand name. In thewake of the successful merchandising, Mammoet decided to expandthe brand name even further to professional clothing, called WorkWear. “We often work under extreme conditions indeed” says JoepHansen, responsible for the merchandising department. “Imagine agale force 10, a blizzard, or the heat in a desert. To make sure we
can operate safely at all times, we must put extreme requirements to theclothing of our crews. As from September this year, we will market a completeline of work shoes, thermo underwear, socks, jackets and trousers with ourbrand name Mammoet on it. All items have been tested in real situations by a 20 people test team and thus have passed the most severe reviews youcan imagine. If an item is approved by Mammoet, it is simply the bestyou can buy.” The 1st item in de Work Wear line is a robust safetyshoe, called Jura.
Mammoet Work Wear can be ordered online via www.mammoetworkwear.com and will be sold through selected retailers. Worldwide delivery should take no more than aweek. Services start in September 2004.
