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SPECIALIZED TRANSPORT
Mammoet handles world’s
largest Siemens nacelle
Fulangjie delivers modular
trailers for Kenyan client
Fulangjie Import & Export,
a subsidiary of the Tianjie
Heavy Industries Group
(THI-Fulangjie in China)
delivered 32 axle lines of its
THI-TJV1 modular trailer and
four sets of 12 metre spacers to
an undisclosed client in Kenya.
The axle lines were used
to transport two Rolls Royce
Dutch transport company Van
der Vlist transported a drum
dryer from Dinklage in Germany
to Chaykowsky, Russia.
The drum was transported
in sections, the largest of which
weighed 26.65 tonnes and
measured 5.46 metres wide
and 3.99 m high. Van der Vlist
first transported the sections
of the drum from Dinklage to
Kiel. From there the pieces
were shipped to St Petersburg
in Russia.
On arrival in Russia, the
drum sections were transported
1,400 kilometres by road to
Chaykovsky, where it was then
reassembled ready for work.
DRUM DRYER BY VAN
DER VLIST TO RUSSIA
Specialized vehicle
manufacturer Kamag has
launched a new U-frame slag
pot carrier for transporting slag
in steel plants.
The Type 2802-130 is the
biggest slag pot carrier ever
manufactured by the company,
a spokesperson said. It weighs
82 tonnes and is 11.9 metres
long, 7.7 m wide and 4.3 m tall.
Power comes from a Caterpillar
C15 diesel engine with 403 kW
(548 hp) at 2,100 min
-1
driving
through an Allison Series 4000
transmission, the manufacturer
added. In addition, it has a
tipping angle of 130 degrees
and can be modified for the
transportation of molten steel.
The Type 2802-130 has
a U-frame design and can
transport payloads up to
130 tonnes. The slag pot is 5.8
m long and 4.35 m tall. It has
a capacity of 45 cubic metres.
A special design allowed it to
be driven though production
facility doorways, a company
spokesperson added.
SLAG POT CARRIER
NEW FROM KAMAG
Heavy lift and transport
company Mammoet Wind
Brande, has transported a wind
turbine nacelle weighing
275 tonnes from Brande to
Esbjerg harbour, in Denmark.
The 6 MW nacelle, made
by Siemens, measured 16.6 x
6.5 x 6.9 metres, a company
spokesperson said. To transport
the nacelle Mammoet used 30
InterCombi axle lines from
Scheuerle and two tractor
units. In total, the transport
measured 68 metres long.
Challenges along the route
from Brande to Esbjerg
harbour included 14 tonne axle
load limits on bridges and a
difficult harbour entrance.
The journey took nine hours
to complete.
Specialized transport company Nurminen Logistics, based in Finland,
transported two large drums from Ii in Finland to Gavle in Sweden.
The largest of the drums weighed 127 tonnes and measured
11.5 metres long, 6.7 m tall and 6.9 m wide. The second drum
weighed 81 tonnes and measured 9 m long, 6.7 m tall and 6.9 wide.
Due to the weight of the drums, the cargo was transported
from the factory by road to the Ii port, where it was loaded onto a
chartered roll-on roll-off (ro-
ro) barge. Once secured it was
shipped to the factory port in
Sweden. On arrival in Sweden,
Nurminen unloaded the
cargo and transported it to its
installation site.
NURMINEN MOVES DRUMS
FROM FINLAND TO SWEDEN
The nacelle is loaded onto 30 axle lines of the Scheuerle InterCombi
platform trailer combination
The entrance to the harbour proved a challenge for the transport team
The Kamag 2802-130 type
slag pot carrier is designed
to meet the needs of modern
steel plants
engines weighting 88 tonnes
each, from a power station
in Mwanza, Tanzania, to the
ferry port in Kisumu. For the
project, 2 x 4 axle lines of THI
trailers were used. Due to the
load limit of 8 tonnes per axle
in Kenya, the TJV1 trailers,
with a 32 tonne maximum
axle load capability, were used.
Transportation was carried out
between 06.00 and 18.00 hours.
Approximately 100 km a day
was covered during the project.
The two Rolls Royce engines were
transported on THI-TJV1 modular
trailers
Van der Vlist transported
the dryer drum in sections
INTERNATIONAL AND SPECIALIZED TRANSPORT
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DECEMBER 2013
