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ACT
OCTOBER2014
SITEREPORT
TRANSPORT
Deep South transported
four huge vessels from
various fabrication shops to
a petrochemical facility and
then tailed them up and set
them on their foundations.
D
eepSouthCrane&Rigging
has longbeenago-to company
for transporting, liftingand
rigginghuge components for theoil and
gas industry.Withan extensive fleet of
transport systems andheavy lift cranes,
the company is known for its ability to
handle turnkeyprojects,which is ahuge
convenience for customerswhoneed
somethinghauled, liftedand rigged into
place. Late last year,DeepSouthwas
contactedabout aproject thatwould
involve two scopesofwork.
“The first scopeofworkwas to transport
four vessels fromvarious fabrication shops
inHouston toapetrochemical facility
our ScheuerleSelf PropelledModular
Transporters (SPMT),” Johnson said.
“Gulfex’soverheadgantry set thevessel
ontoour SPMTs andweproceeded to
move thepieceoutside. Thebenefit of
using these trailers is theyhave a lot of
powerpacked ina small frame,whichwas
perfect forwhatweneeded.”
Thevesselwas transferredoutside
andmovedalongside the fabrication
shopwhereDeepSouthhad its 500-ton
hydraulicgantry system set up.
“Using thegantry,we lifted thevessel
freeof theSPMTs and trans-loaded it
ontoourGoldhoferTHP-DL trailers,”
Johnson said. “The transportwas set using
abolstered configurationwith10 linesof
in theareaand then stage them tobe
dressedoutwith ladders andplatforms,”
said Jason Johnson, projectmanager,Deep
SouthCrane&Rigging,Houston. “The
second scopeofworkwas to erect the four
vessels and set themon their respective
foundations.”
The transportation segment of the
job entailed “quite abit ofwork”
Johnson said, due to the sizeof the
fourpressurevessels. The largest of
the fourweighed805,430pounds and
measured145-feet-longandwas 16 feet
indiameter.
“The first vesselwe transportedwas
the smallest,whichwashauled in early
Septemberof 2013,” said Johnson. “This
vesselwas transported fromapaint shop
inSouthHouston. Itwas transported in
abolstered configurationusinga4-axle
RGN trailer in the front anda6-axle
dolly in the rear. Theoverall transport
dimensionswere160-feet, 6-inches
long, 10-foot, 3-incheswide and15-feet,
8-inches tall. The transportweightwas
248,610pounds.”
Thenext twovesselswere receivedat
GulfexHoldings inSouthHouston. The
secondpressurevesselwas too large tobe
loadeddirectlyonto theGoldhofer trailers.
“Toovercome this challenge,weused
A direct routewould have been six
miles by car, but due to low overpasses
and grades, the permitted routewas
approximately 21miles.
Turnkey
challenge
Deep South used its Scheuerle
SPMTs and a 500-ton gantry system
to transfer the vessels outside for
loading on the Goldhofer transporters.
