Breakbulk After Dark

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after dark because transport never sleeps

2016

LOGISTICS AFTER DARK PLANNING AND RISK ASSESSMENT

WITH WWL ALS

WHEN YOU HAVE TO MOVE AT NIGHT TIPS FROM DEUGRO

HOW TO SURVIVE THE NIGHT SHIFT

HOW TO TAKE BETTER NIGHTTIME PHOTOS MARKETPLACE Useful Stuff for After Dark

after/dark rom dusk to dawn, transport of breakbulk, heavy-lift and oversized cargo never stops. Here we take a closer look at the challenges of nighttime transport.

Included you will find information on health and safety measures associated with after dark operations, advice and innovations from professionals, case studies from the field, a marketplace for all kinds of after dark activities, a stunning photo gallery and nighttime photography tips.

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CONTENTS

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Logistics After Dark Planning and Risk Assessment with WWL ALS

A8 What You Need to Know About Safe Heavy Lifts and Transport After Dark An Interview with Donald Catchings, Regional QHSES Manger, deugro North America and Matt Fielder, Director of Specialized Transport, deugro

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A12 L ighting Innovation: LEDs for SPMTs Mammoet and Scheuerle Create a New Lighting System

A14 How to Take Better

Photos After Dark Chris Kuhlman, Photographer and Owner of CK Productions

A16 After Dark Marketplace Special Equipment for the Jobsite, Amateur Photographers, Runners, Golfers and even Adventurous Youngsters

A18 Up All Night How to Survive the Night Shift

A19 Bonus Dealing with Jet Lag

A20 Special After Dark

Advertiser Section A30 Nighttime Transport

Photo Gallery Plus Info on Our Next Photo Contest!

On the Cover: Heading Northbound on the A1(M), UK. Allelys Group and WWL ALS gets reel rolling from the UK to the USA!

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Logistics After Dark

Planning and Risk Assessment with WWL ALS

Moving over-sized cargoes is always a complex process, and becomes even more complicated when performed at night.

It would be tough, if not impossible, to find a logistician in the industry who would prefer to transport project cargo and other oversized cargoes at night.

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“Things can go south really fast in the dark,” Steve Drugan of deugro told Breakbulk. See guidelines for nighttime transport from deugro’s team on page A8.

But sometimes there’s no avoiding night moves. There are a variety of reasons why cargoes move after dark, from man made ones like government permit restrictions to the natural ebb and flow of tides, which may determine when a ship can be unloaded. Planning is critical and risk assessment is paramount.

At a port, the operation plan should include details for loading and unloading the ship, equipment to be used, crowd control, availability of sentries to control the area. It must also take weather into account, and most importantly, include a no-go threshold. For road transport, adequate lighting and escorts are essential. For instance, a small piece of metal on the pavement can wreak havoc with a truck’s brake system, causing damage to the

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Nighttime Safety Considerations Moving over-sized cargoes is always a complex process, and becomes even more complicated when performed at night. Below are a few things to consider:

Twilight Danger: The periods when night ends and day begins and vice versa are the most dangerous transport times. The eyes haven’t fully adjusted and it can be hard to discriminate between cargo and sky.

The Importance of Illumination: Nighttime operations demand adequate lighting. Checking the equipment to make sure it is in good working condition and planning ahead is crucial. This is especially important in remote areas, where there may be few resources.

Proper Clothing: In general, the darker the conditions or worksite, the greater the amount of high-visibility (HV) clothing required.

Spectators: Spectators and crowd control must be considered. It is much harder to spot people at night.

Overnight Security: When the cargo is not moving, it must be guarded.

Route Safety: Consider an early run of the route during daylight hours to make sure it is safe.

vehicle and possibly to the cargo. These big moves can become a magnet for spectators, which then pose new risks to the move.

Last year, oversized cargo and logistics specialist WWL ALS commissioned the transport of a 300-ton cable reel from the UK to the U.S. The first leg of the journey had to be scheduled at night due to local permits. The case illustrates the anatomy of a complex nighttime transport.

For such a technically complex move, it took months of planning and preparation, including thorough route

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surveys and arrangements with the Highways Agency (the government branch in charge of England’s roads), multiple police forces and relevant councils to remove street furniture on local roads to allow the cargo to safely pass. A section of the journey involved the closure of the M62 motorway, with the trailer driving against the flow of normal traffic.

WWL ALS UK International Limited’s project team in Hull, East Yorkshire, and its in-house chartering and ship’s agency department arranged the door-to-door move, which began at the steel rope manufacturer Brunton Shaw’s facility in Worksop and would continue by road to Goole. Preparations for the loading included a jacking and skating operation and a trailer configuration build, which took a total of five days to complete, WWL ALS said. With one tractor unit pulling the girder set and two pushing, the combined trailer length totaled 90 meters with 292 wheels.

The 300-ton reel of steel wire rope was safely transported on a 67-kilometer overnight journey using the Allelys Group’s 500-ton-capacity Faktor 5 girder frame trailer. The trailer travelled under police escort.

In a car, the trip takes less than an hour, but heavy loads must travel at very slow -- and much safer -speeds. At night, slower speeds than allowable during the daytime are the norm. The convoy averaged 7 mph and reached Goole in a little over nine hours.

Upon arrival in Goole, the reel was unloaded onto heavy duty stools to enable the use of a selfpropelled modular trailer (SPMT), brought in at a later date, to maneuver the cargo alongside a short sea vessel. The heavy reel was lifted by a 1,000-ton-capacity mobile crane, secured in the hold and then sailed for a terminal in Holland.

In Rotterdam, the reel was offloaded by floating crane, where it was subsequently loaded onto a heavy-lift ocean-going vessel for transportation to the Gulf of Mexico.

The WWL ALS team provided all of the loading, lashing and securing including marine and warranty survey. Force and weight spreading calculations were necessary due to the extremely high point weight loading on the deck.

How to Analyze Risk

For every transport, WWL ALS completes a rigorous risk assessment. The idea is to identify the conditions or elements of an operational plan that might cause harm and how, along with the people who could be at risk. The risk assessment should take into account any controls which are already in place and identify what, if any, further controls are required.

At the end of the process, you should be able to show from your assessment that:

• a proper check was made

• all significant risks have been assessed

• all people who might be affected were considered

• the precautions are reasonable • the remaining risk is low

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Health & Safety Checklist from the UK’s Health and Safety Executive

Workplace transport risks q Do drivers have a safe place to wait during loading and unloading and can they get there without passing through areas of vehicle movement? q Are security and loading staff made aware of the dangers of moving vehicles? q Is reversing minimised?

If it is unavoidable, are alternative measures taken, such as use of additional mirrors on vehicles, CCTV or a suitably trained guide? q Is there a clear one-way system and are there pedestrian/vehicle routes (not a big area of tarmac with people and vehicles everywhere)? q Would a driver arriving at a site know where to go, where to park safely and how to make contact with someone at the premises? q Do vehicle routes have sharp or blind bends/ corners? Are they wide enough and properly maintained? Who plans all this? Who checks all this? q Are all FLT drivers trained, certified and regularly monitored? q Are all FLTs in good condition? q Do all vehicles and trailers have effective service and parking brakes and are there clear instructions on how and when to apply them? q Have you considered alarms that sound if the handbrake is left off? Several drivers are killed every year simply because their vehicles move off when the handbrake is left off when parked. q Are all drivers experienced and do you test them to check their competence? q Are stabilisers always used when operating lorry-mounted cranes? q Do drivers always use trailer parking brakes and not rely on disconnecting the red line? q Are tipping vehicle bodies always propped when people work under them or under tilting cabs?

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SAFETY

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What You Need to Know About Safe Heavy Lifts and Transport After Dark An interview with Donald Catchings, Regional QHSES Manager, deugro North America, and Matt Fielder, Director of Specialized Transport, deugro

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oving massive cargoes is always a complex operation and no two are ever the same. Add a nighttime schedule into the plan and the job becomes even more complex.

We had the opportunity to speak with two specialists at international freight forwarding firm deugro who work as a team to ensure that oversized cargoes are moved properly — day and night.

Donald Catchings is deugro’s QHSES (quality, health, safety, environment and security) manager and Matt Fielder is the company’s director of specialized transport division. The pair always start with a JSA — a detailed job safety analysis to identify risks and determine the resources needed to safely execute the operation.

Lighting

Lighting is a critical part of a nighttime JSA, but it’s not just a matter of making sure there’s lots of light. In fact, lighting can create an additional set of hazards. It can create shadows and the potential for blinding if workers have to look directly into the light source. Avoiding these problems comes from anticipating them in the planning process, determining the correct placement for lighting along with positioning personnel.

Fielder said there have recently been several companies looking at ways to increase visibility at night, such as trailer-mounted lighting. The lights are not directed at the cargo, but at the ground for more visibility on the wheels and the tires and allows crews to steer clear of the trailer as it’s moving. This safety issue is particularly important during road moves as more personnel are required.

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“During night moves, you’re going to have more personnel alongside the trailer to provide visual checks because you can’t see as far,” he said. “The more people you have moving with that equipment, the more cautious they need to be as they move.”

“I think it would be great if this type of lighting became an industry standard,” Catchings said. He described a move some time ago using a “bridge jump”, a temporary bridge to span an actual bridge that’s not capable of bearing the weight of the cargo. “We could only put portable lighting on one side of this bridge jump because on the other side was the highway where they were still letting traffic go by. We had 80 feet of trailer that had to be kept straight and centered. There wasn’t a lot of room for error – literally inches on each side. LED lights would sure have been great.”

Communication

The more people you have moving wit h equipment, t he more cautious

To read about a new LED lighting system from Mammoet and Scheuerle, see page A12

Eyewear

Yes, eyewear. Catchings said this tip might seem comical, but it’s not — they’ve seen this mistake happen on several jobs.

“Guys working during the day and then going into nighttime, they forget and they’ll still be wearing their sunshades!” he said. “When you talk about PPE (personal protective equipment), we all know boots, gloves, reflective vests, hard hats with stickers, but this is something that’s often overlooked.”

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t hey need to be as t hey move.

Increased communication for nighttime moves is another essential piece of the logistics plan and during the move itself. “You’ve got to discuss the details and extra requirements of a night move during the predischarge meetings or pre-move meetings, along with the JSA,” Fielder said. “For instance, ask how are we going to have additional visual check? The only way you can do that is to slow down and have additional personnel.”

Fielder also stressed the importance of clearly assigned and defined responsibilities for team members.

Situational Awareness

Nighttime operations require team members to be more observant than they might be during the day because darkness can turn fairly routine situations into danger zones.

“I call it situational awareness,” Catchings said. “You must be far more aware of your surroundings during the night.”

For instance, edges, like the edge of a barge or a bridge, can be particularly hazardous at night because they become difficult to see. “If you’re working on a barge, the edges can really creep on you!” he said.

Regardless of the mode of transport, everyone on the team needs to be constantly on alert, ultra-observant and, most importantly, slow down, the two men said.

“You have to have the right resources in the right places, whether that’s people or equipment,” Catchings said. “Slow down and be much more aware of what’s going on around you.”

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Lighting Innovation LEDs FOR SPMTS

Lighting is an essential component of after dark transport at ports, on waterways and on the road. Adequate lighting is a particular concern for self-propelled modular transporters (SPMTs) that move some of the heaviest loads in our business. They may travel at no more than 10 mph, but at night, obstacles can be difficult to spot regardless of speed.

Because they run on power packs, traditional lights can drain battery power fast. To solve this problem, Mammoet and Scheuerle partnered to create a new lighting system using LED lights, which consume a fraction of the energy required by incandescent lights and improve safety for operators, spotters and bystanders.

Based on a lighting system devel-

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oped by Mammoet that could be magnetically attached to SPMTs, Scheuerle tested many different prototypes to find the best light source and the best positioning to prevent unwanted shadows. The system eventually chosen by Mammoet makes use of the latest LED technology. LED lighting requires so little power that it causes no problems with the SPMT power supply.

The LED lights are installed directly over the wheels – one for each axle or 12 LED lamps per 6 axle lines of SPMT – and can be switched and adjusted as needed, ensuring an ideal scope of the light beam. Operators gain improved visibility of road conditions, vehicle position, and operating levers or valves. Flat tires,

as well as any possible leakage of the hydraulic system, are clearly visible so they can be detected and fixed immediately.

The SPMT lighting system improves the operator’s control over the vehicles by making obstacles like stones, bumps or holes on the transport route easier to see. The system also helps to reduce the risk of personal injury by allowing operators to see people approaching the moving vehicle, while those around the SPMT can also see the vehicle’s movements and safely avoid them.

The LED lights also improve visibility back in the shop where mechanics can adjust the lights to clearly see the undercarriage during maintenance and repair operations.

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HOW TO TAKE BET TER PHOTOS

After Dark

One of the trickiest situations for photographers pros and amateurs alike is shooting under low light conditions. And the darker it is, the tougher it is to produce a high quality picture. When there’s not much light, photos appear grainy and lack detail. But we’ve all seen stunning after dark photographs. How do the pros do it?

We asked Chris Kuhlman of CK Productions in Houston to let us in on his secrets.

“One of the first considerations of nighttime and low­light photography is to have a stable platform to shoot from,” Kuhlman said. “My preferred method for still photography is a tripod and a timed or cable release of the shutter. Anything I can do to reduce camera shake or vibration will help produce a sharper image.”

Camera settings can also make the difference between a clear shot and a grainy one.

Most modern digital cameras have the ability to shoot at a higher ISO. (ISO is a measure of the camera sensor’s sensitivity to light.) Be mindful that a high ISO can often cause a noisy or grainy image.

“Most consumer cameras can only shoot up to 400 without an unacceptable loss of image quality,” Kuhlman said.

“Pro cameras can shoot up as high as ISO 10,000 and more before the images starts to break apart.”

He recommends photographers shoot in RAW format whenever possible because it provides more data to the image for greater control in post­processing and allows for creative color balance adjustments.

Mechanics are only part of the story. “Everything that makes a great storytelling image during the day applies to night as well,” he said.

“Capturing action, unique angles, interesting foregrounds, blurred lights such as trucks passing by, all make a picture more interesting.”

But before you venture out to a port to test Kuhl-

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man’s tips, a word of caution.

Ports and other private or government­owned facilities likely have security restrictions and may prohibit the use of photographic and video equipment. Know before you go.

“There are vantage points that are accessible to the public but I imagine most ports are highly sensitive to people with cameras,” he said. “Even with the security clearance and access I have, I’m not free to roam around and snap away.”

“CAPTURING ACTION, UNIQUE ANGLES, INTERESTING FOREGROUNDS, BLURRED LIGHTS SUCH AS TRUCKS PASSING BY, ALL MAKE A PICTURE MORE INTERESTING.”

About Chris Kuhlman/ CK Productions Chris Kuhlman has been a corporate photographer and director based in Houston for almost 40 years. CK Productions is a full service commercial production company producing corporate videos and commercials for a wide range of companies. His studio’s close proximity to the Port of Houston and ship channel industries make these some of his favorite subjects. He been documenting the growth of Port of Houston for over 12 years.

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Up All Night

Working through the night is always disruptive, but there are things you can do to prepare for a switch in schedule so it doesn’t take quite such a toll on your health and well-being. Whether it’s a short stint — you’ve got a lift and transport operation that must occur at night — or a longer one like taking on the night shift at a port — follow these guidelines.

SLEEPING AGAINST THE CLOCK You have an internal body clock in your brain that produces circadian rhythms, which occur in 24-hour cycles. These rhythms regulate a host of body functions such as temperature, alertness, sleepiness, hunger and hormone levels. Your body clock uses these rhythms to signal when it is time to go to sleep or to wake up.

Studies have shown that even people who are in complete darkness, maintain their usual patterns. If you work at night, you must fight your body’s natural rhythms to try and stay awake.

Then you have to try to sleep during the day when your body expects to be alert.

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sleep than normal, researchers at the UCLA Sleep Disorders Center said.

They are also much more likely to be awakened by noises or people. As a result, their sleep is very light and are less likely to feel well rested when they wake up. It may be impossible to fully adjust to a nocturnal schedule, but you can ease the disruption to your natural rhythms.

TAKE A NAP It is a good idea to take a nap just before reporting for a night shift.

Researchers recommend a nap of about 90 minutes. On some jobs, it may be a good idea to take a nap during the “lunch hour” which will make you feel more productive.

However, this is not a good idea for high-pressure jobs that demand

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How to Survive the Night Shift

instant reactions like just about every heavy-lift and project cargo transport.

People need between 15 to 20 minutes to become fully alert after a nap, and as we all know, operators can’t afford such a period of adjustment when avoiding a rock in the road can mean the difference between a safe transport and a multi-million-dollar disaster.

SHIFT YOUR SLEEP SCHEDULE Night shift workers should try to stay on the same sleep schedule every day of the week, even on days off. Keeping a regular schedule will help align your body clock with your sleep pattern. If you have a scheduled night job or are shifting to a night schedule, you can help your body by easing into it. Several days before the change, delay the times you go to bed and wake up by one to two hours each day. Then when you begin the night shift, your body will already be getting ready for the new schedule.

While sleep aids can seem like an attractive solution to sleep at an unfamiliar time, UCLA researchers say

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The Anti-Jet Lag Plan FROM JOHN AMOS, AMOS LOGISTICS

Amos runs the Leadership Summits for Breakbulk events and has spent his career in transport and logistics. To date, he has logged more than 5.5 million miles in the air.

“The minute I get on the plane, I set my watch to the destination and think about the time where I’m going. When you’re faced with those long, long flights, they can really wear you out. Try to sit as far forward as possible — it makes a big difference. Get up once in awhile and stretch, walk up and down the aisle and stop in the galley for a Coke or ginger ale without ice. When I arrive, I check in to the hotel and get settled, take a shower, go downstairs and get something light to eat. And then I take two Aleve and go to bed. Sleep for no more than two hours in a cool room. Don’t think about the “home time.” And if you can’t sleep, you can’t sleep. This works for me, but as you travel more, you’ll develop your own method.”

the risks may outweigh the benefits.

The side effect of drowsiness can be very severe. They may cause you to be sleepy while working or driving and should be used with extreme caution.

They become less effective when used for a long period of time. Sleeping pills cannot reset your body clock.

On the other hand, studies show that using a stimulant may reduce sleepiness and increase alertness on a night shift. While a thermos of hot coffee may keep you awake, you should avoid caffeine within four hours of your desired bedtime. Otherwise, it may keep you from being able to fall asleep once you’re work is done.

Like with avoiding caffeine before bedtime, also avoid “screen time,” especially computers and phones. Any light can make it tough to fall asleep (that’s why many parents with young children bemoan the onset of daylight savings time), but light of shorter wavelengths, such as the bluish tints emitted from LEDbacklit screens, suppresses nocturnal melatonin, according to a sleep study from the Lighting Research Center at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The brighter the light and longer the exposure, the more difficulty it will cause in falling asleep. Turn off your devices at least two hours before you want to fall asleep. If you must check your phone or you enjoy reading on an e-reader, use the nighttime mode, which displays white text on a black background and thereby vastly reduces the emitted light.

LIGHT THERAPY Artificial bright light can affect the body clock in the same way that sunlight does. Light therapy is used to expose your eyes to intense but safe amounts of light for a specific and regular length of time. In general, using light treatment in the evening should help someone who regularly works nights. In this case, you would also want to avoid daylight when you come off work and go to bed.

Dark sunglasses or special goggles can help. (But don’t use this eyewear on the job — a common safety problem on the jobsite, says deugro’s Donald Catching, page A8.)

Light boxes can be purchased in a variety of makes and models. It sits on top of a table or desk and plugs into the wall. Sessions may take as little as 15 to 30 minutes. More than one session may be needed each day, according to the UCLA researchers. The key is to use the light at the right time of day and for the right amount of time, they said.

STICK TO THE BASICS A healthy diet combined with exercise are essential to health and can play a big role in easing the discomfort of night shift work. Try to avoid fast food, which is tough when that’s all that’s open in the middle of the night.

Plan ahead and pack a healthy meal along with snacks. Drink plenty of water throughout the night. Try to get a moderate workout in on the “morning” of your job.

Dealing with Jet Lag Like with working nights, traveling to different time zones can wreak havoc with your body’s schedule. Here’s how to minimize jet lag: • Select a flight that allows early evening arrival and stay up until 10 p.m. local time. (If you must sleep during the day, take a short nap in the early afternoon, but no longer than two hours.)

• Anticipate the time change for trips by getting up and going to bed earlier several days prior to an eastward trip and later for a westward trip.

• When you board the plane, set your watch to the destination time zone.

• Avoid alcohol or caffeine at least three to four hours before bedtime.

Both act as “stimulants.”

• Upon arrival, avoid heavy meals (a snack, but not chocolate, is OK).

• Avoid any heavy exercise close to bedtime. (Light exercise earlier in the day is fine.)

• Bring earplugs and blindfolds to help dampen noise and block out unwanted light while sleeping.

• Try to get outside in the sunlight whenever possible. Daylight is a powerful stimulant for regulating the biological clock. (Staying indoors worsens jet lag.)

• Contrary to popular belief, the type of foods we eat have no effect on minimizing jet lag.

SOURCE: NATIONAL SLEEP FOUNDATION

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WORKING DAY AND NIGHT

SHIPPING IS A 365/24/7 INDUSTRY, working around the clock to bring cargo to eager consumers, waiting to enjoy their new products or to the industries that are ready to implement that piece of new equipment that were shipped on board our vessels. Working between dusk and dawn is nothing new to us.

With around fifty vessels in global operation every day and a soon 90 year long history of Shipowning, Höegh Autoliners has extensive experience from cargo operation in many segments.

Shipping has always been a time sensitive business but never has it had the same requirements of agility and fast turnover as today.

The wheels are turning fast “Our customers have their customers and they cannot wait. Today the wheels are turning fast and we have to turn with them.” Says Oskar Orstadius, Head of the Breakbulk Segment in Höegh Autoliners. “We constantly review our efficiency and a key component is to keep time in port to a minimum.

If we spend more time than planned in a port, we might have to speed up sailing in order to reach the next position on the schedule in time. That is not beneficial for the environment nor for us. One way to shorten time in port can be to perform operations during the night, instead of waiting until dawn, if the vessel comes in late.”

Weighing cost over benefit For Höegh Autoliners the same resources are available day and night. The crew is ready on board, the Port Captain is at the location and the vessels are well lit inside, so on board there is no difference between day and night.

Still, it is preferred to load and discharge during day light, if possible. “Yes, and this is because of factors outside of our control. Using stevedores at night adds cost to the operation and with today’s margins, we have to constantly weigh cost over benefit. We also have to consider how well lit the terminal is.

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Most terminals in Northern Europe for example have good lighting and then there is no issue loading at night. But if they have bad lighting, then night operation can be more time consuming.”

Experience matters Preparation is also more important at night operation, when support functions are not as readily available as during the day. “We work with reliable agents with long experience and they always do their outmost to have all paperwork ready during the day, as well as if we do a night operation.

This way we do not risk leaving a unit behind just because the papers were not prepared during the day when the authorities were available.” Oskar continues.

Höegh has loaded Breakbulk for decades, building a wealth of experience in this segment. In combination with a global trade network, shippers can expect a reliable service, well suited for shipments of both single cargo units and bigger projects over multiple shipments.

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THE WORLD OF LOGISTICS IS DYNAMIC AND NEVER ENDING — even during holidays, the logistic chain never stops.

This also reflects into the world of projects and heavy lift transport. In this highly complex and diverse industry, deliveries are essential to meet the strict requirements for multibillion projects worldwide.

Often the demand for supply is around the clock all year in order to fulfill the demands of the clients and make sure the project schedule is on time.

For the same reason it is essential that the logistics providers can comply with these requirements and also work 24/7 all year around. This also means operating outside normal working hours and under different climates from soaring heat to freezing cold.

At the same time night time work is required which can present some additional challenges which need to be well planned in order to avoid incidents.

It is no surprise that operating without daylight is more complicated than during daylight and many factors need to be taken into consideration.

Martin Bencher Group values safety highly, therefore we make a detailed plan for each cargo operation, especially for loadings/discharges without daylight. We arrange tool box meetings before commencement of the job with all the involved parties, including making a job hazard analysis to ensure that all matters have been taken into consideration and the people are aware of their responsibilities.

Visibility is the obvious challenge, so appropriate lighting must be arranged in order to perform a safe cargo operation during night. We recommend that critical lifts, like heavy lifts are performed during daylight for maximum safety.

Martin Bencher Group recently finished a riser project for a semi-submersible drilling rig in South Africa where delivery time was critical. The discharge berth we used was not a commercial berth and no lighting was available. In order to overcome this issue, we submitted an additional HSEQ manual for operating during night to the port authority in order to get their approval for us to arrange sufficient lighting sources in all operational areas. In this way we could operate around the clock and save time for the client and also avoid the vessel lying idle.

In these cases we also have to take various other issues in consideration in order to avoid incidents.

There might be lighting in the areas where operation is going on, but elsewhere in the port area and on the vessel there can be darkness and lim-

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ited visibility. Therefore it is important to block all possible traps like hatches etc. Falling down in any place onboard a vessel can result in serious injury to personnel.

All people involved in a specific operation must of course be wearing full PPE gear – including headlamps for the operational people where necessary.

When operating during darkness, radio communication becomes even more important since hand signals might not be clear. So it is essential that the operational people are clear with the instructions given and that only one person gives orders. Crane and truck drivers must be aligned and have clear understanding of the orders given.

Whether in the port or on the road it is important to keep focus on other traffic and activities in surrounding areas.

Blocking other traffic to keep it at safe distance will enable the team to focus 100% on the cargo operation and they do not need to remove their attention to other disturbances in nearby vicinity.

During night hours it is essential to keep an eye out for fatigue among the people involved. A well-rested crew is a major factor to avoid accidents.

Therefore the crew must at all time follow the resting and working time requirements and must be well rested before commencement of the job.

When our staff is send out to supervise overseas operations, we require that they arrive minimum 24 hours before startup in order to have time to rest and be ready for the job.

For complicated operations we nominate a safety officer in charge during the operation. This person have the full authority on our behalf to stop the operation at any time if he or she can spot any signs of a potential hazardous situation. This can be any of the above mentioned or others.

Safety of the crew and personnel is the top priority even if this means it has a commercial impact on ourselves or the client and we intend to keep our focus to make sure that we avoid accidents to both personnel and cargo.

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DUE TO PERMITTING RESTRICTIONS, ALE was required to move two 420-tonne air cooled condenser modules from the port of Port Hedland to the the South Hedland Power station through the night. Thankfully, the nighttime permit included a rolling full road closure.

ALE received the two loads under ship’s hook.

Each module measured 15 meters wide, 50 meters long and 19 meters high.

Once loaded and secured, the convoy began its 30-kilometer journey after 22:00 hours.

ALE used 28 axle lines of conventional trailers in a three-file configuration with three prime movers to transport the ACC modules.

Each module was delivered safely to site in eight hours.

Once onsite, the modules were moved to their final positions and stooled off ready for installation.

The (AUD) $570 million South Hedland Power Station Project is under construction by TransAlta that will own and operate

the 150-megawatt combined cycle power station in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The power station is being built under an engineering, procurement and construction contract with IHI Engineering Australia and Jacobs Engineering.

The combined-cycle natural gas generation facility will be one of the most efficient plants in the region and is contracted to supply both state energy utility Horizon Power and Fortescue Metals Group, an iron ore mining company.

It will house three GE gas turbines, which were delivered in November 2015. The plant is scheduled to come online in 2017.

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RUSLAN INTERNATIONAL DEMONSTRATED ITS UNFAILING CAPABILITY IN HEAVY AND OUTSIZE AIR CARGO with the airlift of a 70 ton piece of oil and gas equipment to Iraq, which was negotiated and overseen by its US representative in Houston, Volga-Dnepr Unique Air Cargo (VDUAC).

Ruslan International, in conjunction with Volga-Dnepr Engineering Logistics Centre, transported an oil refinery stripping tower from Bakersfield, California to Erbil, Iraq. This is an operation that many believed simply was not possible due the sheer length of the cargo and the fact that it needed to be transported in one single piece. The lift, performed by one of Ruslan International’s 17-strong fleet of AN-124100 aircraft, was the culmination of more than a month of meticulous planning, drawing on more than 25 years of expertise in logistics, engineering and design.

Manufactured in the United States, the tower was being transported by the Taq Taq Operating Company Ltd (TTOPCO) for use in the Taq Taq oil field in the Kurdistan region

of Iraq. The timing of the delivery was critical to enable operations at the refinery to begin as soon as possible. It was estimated that the tower could refine 40,000 barrels of oil per day, so every day that it remained in the United States resulted in a significant loss of revenue for the client.

Perhaps the biggest challenge associated with the lift was the fact that the piece of cargo, measuring 38.4m x 3.7m x 3.7m, was technically longer than the cargo floor of the AN-124-100 by almost 2 meters.

Adding to the complexity, the ultimate goal was to transport the tower as it was constructed, without cutting it to reduce length or removing any protruding pieces so as to save valuable time and maintain the integrity of the tower. Consideration

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Ruslan International transports stripping tower to Kurdish oil field in first of its kind operation

also had to be given to the fact that the tower had no authorized attachment or lifting points on it – nor had it any loading technologies attached to it to facilitate transport or loading.

VDUAC rose to the challenge, combining the capability of the AN-124 with its advanced engineering expertise to meet the complex logistics requirements of the job in hand. VDUAC designed two transportation cradles, which it developed through the use of 3D modeling technology and drawings provided by the manufacturer of the tower. The cradles allowed the tower to be loaded on to the aircraft via the ramp and rail system used by the AN-124100, and also helped ensure the structural integrity of the stripping tower whilst in transit. Ultimately, the construction of the cradles ensured that all transportation requirements, load bearing concerns, restraint criteria for G-Force restrictions and tie-down requirements of the AN-124100 were met.

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ASPA Investments Keep Pace with Market Demand ALABAMA’S ONLY DEEPWATER SEAPORT TERMINALS are located at the Port of Mobile, just 32 miles from the Gulf of Mexico. The seaport handles more than 55 million tons annually and is served by major ocean carriers on Asian, European, Mediterranean, and Latin American trade lanes.

The public terminals are owned by the Alabama State Port Authority. The Authority’s recent investments focused in part on new breakbulk facilities restoring over half a million square feet of general cargo warehouse capacity within the 40-foot draft, main port complex. One major project, Alabama Steel Terminals, constructed a new $36 million steel coil terminal adding 178,200 square feet of covered bay area and 168,000 square feet of open storage. Alabama Steel Terminals’ rail, truck and barge served facility is also equipped with four 50 ton overhead bridge cranes and integrated GPS technology to provide shippers operational efficiencies and real time product location. Expansion planning could add 194,400 square feet of bay area and additional cranes. This project compliments the Port Authority’s $18 million Pier C North investment that modernized 252,000 sq. ft. of open yard, strengthened 90,000 sq. ft. to 1500 psi and added new rail and fender systems. Another project in the works includes a new Ro/Ro Automotive

ADVERTISERS’ SUPPLEMENT Terminal. The Authority is currently seeking a concessionaire to partner in the construction of a 100-acre, Phase I automotive processing and logistics center. The site is located on the 40-foot draft Theodore Ship Channel and will be both rail and highway served.

The public terminals are connected to two interstate systems (I-10 and I-65) and five Class I railroads-CSX, Canadian National, Burlington Northern Santa Fe (Alabama & Gulf Coast Railroad), Norfolk Southern, and Kansas City Southern. The C.G. Railway

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offers shippers all-water, rail connections into Mexico’s national railroad system every four days between Mobile and Coatzacoalcos, Mexico (Veracruz Region). The Authority’s terminals also connect to nearly 15,000 miles of inland and intracoastal waterways providing shippers with low-cost water access to ports along the Gulf of Mexico, Tennessee, Ohio, and Upper Mississippi river systems.

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Port of Antwerp, during the transportation of modules of the huge Total Optara project from the terminal where it was unloaded to

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Total’s plant in the port. Antwerp, Belgium

e asked our readers to send us their best photos of after dark transport, and vote online and for which one they like best. The next two pages show the 10 photos with the most votes. Be sure to flip to Page 73 to see the winner!

Year: 2015

Total Optara project ©Thomas Vanhaute

A ballet of multidockers discharging paper out of breakbulk vessel at Fast Terminals in Port of Szczecin, Poland. Year: 2015

The Chevron El Segundo refinery forms the beating heart of Southern California’s petrol production. When six of the refinery’s coke drums had reached the end of their life cycle, Mammoet was approached by Chevron. Mammoet transported the massive new drums straight through one of the most densely populated areas in the USA. Year: 2014

Port of Houston with cityscape. Year: 2012

Photo by Chris Kuhlman, CK Productions

The AAL Shanghai sails under the historic British Columbia landmark, The Lions Gate Suspension Bridge, Vancouver, British Columbia, on her way to deliver Canada’s largest gantry crane for the Seapan Vancouver Shipyards. Year: 2015

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Port of Antwerp, during the transportation of modules of the huge Total Optara project from the terminal where it was unloaded to Total’s plant in the port. Antwerp, Belgium Year: 2015

Shipment of seven of some of the world’s largest engines and their ancillary components; when assembled each unit weighs more than 300mt. They were transported by the BigLift Tramper and went directly to awaiting seven 12 axle railcars for on-carriage to Mexico.

Operations in Corpus Christi began on December 22nd and all seven engines were ready to move by night of the 23rd. Year: 2015

Intermarine discharged four units of offshore reels ranging from 295-345 MT in diameter and 9.6 MTR X 5.0 MTR in width in Tanjung Langsat Port off of the southern tip of West Malaysia. Year: 2015

Heading Northbound on the A1(M), UK. The 300t reel of steel wire rope was safely transported on a 67 km overnight journey by road from manufacture in Worksop, to the port of Goole using the Allelys Groups 500t Capacity Faktor 5 Girder Frame Trailer.

Year: 2015

Rostock, Germany. Assembly of a Liebherr Offshore crane BOS 35000 with two Liebherr mobile harbour cranes, type LHM 600. The offshore crane will be installed on the heavy lift barge Giant 7. Year: 2016

Next Photo Contest: City Transports. Submit your best photos, then go online to vote for your favorite entry. The photo with the most votes will be published in the March/April issue of Breakbulk Magazine.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: MARCH 11 VOTING DEADLINE: APRIL 4

ALE transported nine modules, ranging in weight from 22t to 360t, from the Port of Antwerp 6km to the client’s refinery in Belgium. The manoeuvres are part of the Optara project involving the expansion of the client’s refinery in Antwerp, Belgium. Year: 2015

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