international
construction
march 2015
HAULERS
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Truck upgrades
The new Stage IV/Tier 4 Final ADTs do not need a diesel
particle filter (DPF) tomeet the emission regulations.
Desert challenge
The latest line of Volvo ADTs follows a heritage within the
company that stretches back decades.
Having been used on sites around the world, the A35Emodel
wasmost recentlyused for aRub’ alKhali desert scheme, known
asThe EmptyQuarter.
Reportedly one of the largest and most barren sand desert in
theworld, spreadingover fourGulf States and covering600,000
km
2
, it includes the Saudi Arabia, areas ofOman, theUAE and
Yemen.
The desert itself is 620 miles (1,000 km) long by 310 miles
(500 km) wide and surface elevation varies from 800 m in the
southwest to sea level in the northeast.
In 2010, Al-Rosan Contracting was among a group hired
to build the first ever road between Saudi Arabia and Oman
across The Empty Quarter. The project comprises a 519 km-
long highway, built using a number of Volvo Construction
Equipmentmachines.
The longest part of the road stretched
256 km, comprising single-lane
carriageways and in sections where there
are steep inclines, secondary lanes were
added.
“The entire project was a challenge
from day one whether it was the climatic
conditions, topography of the area, the
distance from the nearest inhabited city
or availability of spare parts, logistics
and services,” said Fahad Hazza Aba
Alros, general manager of Al-Rosan
Contracting.
Masood Akar, construction product
manager at Volvo in the Europe, Africa
&MiddleEast (EAME) region explained
that features such as on-board weighing
and Volvo’s CareTrack telematics system
Japanese
manufacturer
Morooka’s
lastest tracked
hauler is the 16
tonne capacity
MST2200VDR.
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