SPMT – Move it magazine

2nd May 20222nd May 2022

C.H. Robinson moves 8 modules by barge

C.H. Robinson were recently contracted by their customer to move a set of refinery modules by barge. The job included 8 units with a combined weight of approximately 538 metric tons. The units first needed to be transported one-by-one via a self-propelled modular transporter (SPMT) from the manufacturer in Oklahoma to a nearby wharf. Before …

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29th April 202229th April 2022

Sarens transports 4,500-year-old sun barque in Egypt

Sarens has recently relocated the Pharaoh Cheops’ ship from the Khufu Boat Museum to its new location at the Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo located ten kilometres away. Relocating a length of 43.6 metres, a width of six metres and a weight of 20 tonnes does not normally pose any difficulties for heavy goods hauliers. …

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28th April 202228th April 2022

Collett delivers 13 Nordex N133 turbines to Kennoxhead Wind Farm

Located south of the A70, near the village of Glespin on the Douglas Estate, the thirteen turbine site features Nordex N133 onshore wind turbines with an individual blade length of 64 metres and a tip height of no more than 180 metres. Collett Teams were appointed to undertake all logistical planning and execution to deliver …

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30th March 202230th March 2022

Al Faris deploys new Cometto SPMT fleet

One of the major players in heavy lifting and transportation in the Middle East region, the Al Faris Group, further expanded its heavy haulage fleet with the addition of 64 self-propelled MSPE axle lines from Cometto with an axle load of 48 tons, four 331kW Power Pack Units and numerous accessories. Their first successful missions …

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24th March 202224th March 2022

First double girder frame convoy in UK

Heavy transport specialist, Allelys, has recently executed the UK’s first-ever double girder frame convoy while delivering a reactor and transformer to Ninfield. The reactor weighing 150te, and transformer weighing 195te, were transported on specialist girder frames with a total combined transport weight of 667te gross travelling in tandem. The cargo was delivered in three parts: …

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18th March 202218th March 2022

The Eco1000 moving helper

EAH company relied on a 4-axle Eco1000 with a power pack integrated under the loading platform to handle the transport of a 120-ton press with flying colours in the factory hall of a supplier for vehicle manufacturers. “The winding hall system in particular is quite a challenge. And the aisles are narrow, which is why …

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15th March 202215th March 2022

C.H. Robinson completes 16 month project with over 70 shipments

C.H. Robinson Project Logistics recently undertook a huge project to help transport 720 pieces of equipment to Turkey weighing a total of 2,463mtn. The job spanned 16 months and included 9 origin countries, 3 ocean charters and took 70+ shipments to complete. ` The components were sourced from locations across the globe and transported to …

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25th February 202225th February 2022

Osprey delivers world’s most powerful steam turbine

Osprey Group has recently transported a new low pressure rotor, weighing 257-tonnes, for the world’s most powerful steam turbine at Hinkley Point C, in Somerset. The new low-pressure rotor forms a critical part of the electrical power production equipment in the turbine hall. It measures 20-metres long, weighs in at a hefty 257 tonnes and …

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24th February 202224th February 2022

Khimji Ramdas handles charter of transformers and reactors for electricity sector

Khimji Ramdas have successfully handled a sea freight charter of project cargo from Masan Port in South Korea to Duqm Port in Oman for the electricity distribution sector. The shipment consisted of 11 units of heavy lift power transformers, shunt reactors and their accessories. The scope of work handled by Khimji Ramdas included vessel chartering, …

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16th February 202216th February 2022

430-ton bridge moves with Cometto

A 430-ton bridge is being moved at Plaidt in the Rhineland Palatinate, Western Germany, and Markus Meckelholt, SPMT operator at Autokrane Schares, shares with us his day full of movements. “My biggest assignment so far,” he says, summing up the day ahead. Representatives of the project initiators, the press, local politicians and neighbouring businesses want …

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