Heavy transport equipment – Move it magazine

11th June 202111th June 2021

Historic move in Mozambique

For an offshore project in the South of Africa, Fymonville’s CombiMAX modular trailer combinations took on an important function for the supply of materials weighing tons. Large components for a gas project arrived in Mozambique and were partly stored in Maputo. 12 km of chains and their steel baskets weighing up to 150 tons and more …

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4th June 20214th June 2021

Express Global Logistics handles 182 railway coaches

Express Global Logistics (EXG) have secured a contract to handle 182 Railway Coaches and 4 Driving Power Cars (DPCs) for a India-Sri Lanka Railway Project. The cargo will total 45,000frt with the coaches ranging from 36-80mt each and dimensions of 20.30 x 2.95 x 4.00m. They are to be exported to Sri Lanka for a …

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3rd June 20213rd June 2021

Mammoet launches two floating drydocks via float-off operation in Saudi Arabia

Built at Zamil Shipyard in the port of Dammam, two floating drydocks, intended for maintenance and repair works of naval crafts in Saudi Arabia, are being commissioned by Constructions Mécaniques de Normandie (CMN), a French naval ship design and construction company. Mammoet’s Saudi Arabia branch was contracted by CMN to launch the drydocks via float-off …

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31st May 202131st May 2021

KGE Baltic transports heavy valves in Kazakhstan

KGE Baltic were recently invited by their regular customer to transport two very heavy valves for the mining industry to be delivered to the end user at the KAZ Minerals site in Aktogay, Kazakhstan, via customs in Astana. Each of the 2 units had a weight of 75,000kg and dimensions of 440 x 215 x …

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27th May 202127th May 2021

Specialist Trailer Hire hands over first »STEPSTAR« from Goldhofer

The UK-based Specialist Trailer Hire Ltd. handed over the first 4-axle Goldhofer »STEPSTAR« to its customer Quinto Crane & Plant Ltd. The 4-axle «STEPSTAR« is single extendable and is equipped with 2 foldable hydraulic ramps, which allow a low ramp angle. This makes the trailer ideally suited for any transport of movable work machines, even …

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25th May 202125th May 2021

MAX Trailer expands its modular construction kit

MAX Trailer’s MAX100 low loader with self-steering axle is now also available with two pairs of wheel recesses and telescopic loading platform. The deep wheel recesses enable the height-optimised transport of wheel loaders and dumpers. The front wheel recess can be variably adjusted by means of the extension. Insert elements are used to adapt the …

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19th May 202119th May 2021

Easier transport of heavy machines and loads

Faymonville introduces its 6-axle MultiMAX PA-X low loader designed for the transport of heavy machines and loads. With an overall length of less than 20 m and a minimum loading height of 790 mm, this model has a 600 mm stroke and 60°steering angle. The gooseneck with a technical fifth wheel load of 30,000 kg …

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11th May 202111th May 2021

Largest onshore modules on 496 axle-lines

Mammoet crews at the Gulf Coast Growth Ventures (GCGV) site in San Patricio County, Texas have recently completed the heavy haul of the largest modules to be received so far for the construction of a Gulf Coast plastics manufacturing facility. The most recent shipment included some of the largest onshore modules in the industry which …

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30th April 202130th April 2021

Seaside adventure with Faymonville VarioMAX Plus lowbed

Transport company Martlé Exceptional Moving & Lifting has relied on Faymonville VarioMAX Plus lowbed semi-trailer to move a 90-tonne pile driver and a Liebherr LRB355 drilling machine from Bruges to Knokke in Belgium over a distance of 20 km. "We examined the entire route precisely beforehand," says Serge Martlé, Managing Director of the transport company …

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28th April 202128th April 2021

Largest items ever moved on Polish roads

Tasked by Polish company Grupa Azoty, one of the main players on the European fertilizer and chemical market, Mammoet recently completed the first scope of work that will lead to the construction of the propane dehydrogenation and polypropylene (PDH/PP) blocks of its client’s chemical facility. The project took place in the town of Police, in …

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