VAN S E U M E R E N G R O U P
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worldwide specialists in heavy lifting and transport
MAMMOET WORLD O
Introduction As I walk along the beach of my favourite Dutch isle Ameland, in a rare off duty moment, many thoughts come into my mind. It has really been an incredible year, just after the establishment of Mammoet new style. So many fascinating results have been achieved and of course the salvage of the Kursk has brought us in the focal point of the international press. Yet, I wonder: why us? I mean, the world is so big, and is home to so many brilliant people in any branch you can imagine. What is it, really, that we apparently can offer whilst working at the cutting edge of our business? It’s a basic question. Despite the roaring of the waves breaking on the beach, the wind that blows around and the eerie sounds of seagulls that seem to play on the division between water and air, no easy answer pops up. Of course we have skilled and experienced crews around the world. Of course we invest in state of the art equipment, in innovative developments, in networks and contacts. But these are only pieces and bits of the answer.
Changing chains At some distance a big crab fights its way through the white foam to the beach. It chases a small creature I cannot identify. Poor little fellow. He did not make it. And suddenly … that’s it! Imagine the little one to have grown by predating even smaller organisms that in their turn probably feed on microscopic plankton. I just witnessed one act in an endless chain, and even the big one could end up on my plate tonight in that cozy fish restaurant. The food chain. Chains! Mammoet as such, with equipment, staff, engineers and assets, acts like a chain, but also offers a vital part in the chain of its customers. As long as our part is not the weakest, we continue to add
value. Whether it concerns the construction or renewal of petrochemical plants, power stations, civil works, wind mills or even that salvage of the Russian submarine Kursk, our secret comes down to the value adding chain. My personal mission, alike with that of all my colleagues is to offer tailor made solutions for any challenge in the heavy lifting and transport business. This best solution must be safe, feasible, executable and reasonable in price. So, for any customer, we determine the best fitting mix of engineering, equipment, capacity, crews, technology, adaptations and skills. Because the available range within all these assets is so vast, we are able to act worldwide
Does the mission statement make any sense?
Mammoet Global: spine of the company To be the best full service provider in the global market for engineered heavy lifting and multimodal transport, for the benefit of our customers, shareholders and employees. A bold Mission Statement that perfectly embodies the Mammoet ambitions. However, words are easily written down. How do you achieve this goal? Roderik van Seumeren, Managing director of Mammoet Europe and Mammoet Global, admits that putting forward a statement doesn’t necessarily mean that you are that ‘best global player’.
“The mission statement keeps us eager to improve continuously our performance, personally and as a team that has versatile and fascinating equipment to its disposal. For many jobs, it is required that we can act quickly with short lead times. This is the main reason that our organizational architecture counts for regional building blocks, or business units that are fairly autonomous. They manage their own staff, equipment, network and other assets. Customers may remind us to our mission statement at any time, thus pushing us to the best solutions and performance we can offer.”
at the specialists forefront solving the most difficult problems, in parallel to many clients that require standardized off the shelve solutions. Both require the best support in their respective circumstances. The crab finished its meal. Sure, the little fellow will never be heard of anymore. Yet, it played its part in the life cycle, the endless chain of processing and renewal of life. Strange as it may sound, the crab applied maintenance to itself. Otherwise, he’ll lose his strength, and become prey itself.
networks. Recent developments that you will find in this issue will illustrate what I mean. I shiver as gusts of rain pour down from heavy clouds that rush along the sky. A lesson learned in the loneliness under the wide-open skies. Time to return for some personal maintenance in a warm, cozy place… Frans van Seumeren, President & CEO Mammoet.
That’s another lesson: to stay the strongest part of the chain requires maintenance of your assets, of people, equipment,
we have the ambition to increase our added value in the customer’s chain, we must have the capacity for world wide project management. As such, Mammoet Global can be considered as the spine of our company, with regional business units as our head, arms and legs.”
Can you indicate what it means to become ‘the best full service provider’ as indicated in the mission statement? “It means our ambition is to be the best partner for our customers they can imagine, solving any lifting or transport issue. With being the best, I emphasize to be the best in the range of avail-
able equipment, the best in know-how, crews, engineering and maintaining high safety standards. Moreover, we push these aspects continuously. Take for instance the safety standards. By having a constant focus on quality and safety improvement throughout our organization, processes and procedures, we are certified to execute very specialized lifting and transport jobs in challenging circumstances. Like live petrochemical plants and nuclear power stations. Safety is priority number one and thus the foundation of our ambition to be the best in class.”
So Mammoet should be looked upon as a ‘federation’? “Not really. If we only had the regional business units, like in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East or Asia, our results would have been only a far cry from what we are now. This is because there is a flexible ‘glue’ between and over these business units. Many big jobs have intercontinental dimensions that cannot be managed from just one regional unit. This is where Mammoet Global comes in. It serves both as director for intercontinental projects and as fallback support for regional branches. For instance when exceptional equipment is required that only generates revenue if applied worldwide. Just because of Mammoet Global, any customer can get any type of required equipment and specialists, even if it does not belong to the regional fleets.”
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What is the trend in intercontinental projects? “I would summarize this as ‘from factory to foundation’. Think of power generators or steam drums that are manufactured in Europe, and must be put together in the States. Imagine parts of offshore platforms that are constructed around the world, but will be assembled into one structure at some yard, or at some location in shallow seas. Remember the huge investments in ‘green energy’ generation with windmills. All those projects need transportation and lifting solutions, synchronized with many operations around the world. In fact, if
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The Kursk salvage: the ‘impossible’ job
More than 60 international journalists reported minutely on the salvage of the Russian submarine Kursk. Among them representatives of AP, Itartass, AFP, Reuters, CNN. What then, is there to be told yet, that hasn’t been told before? A project unique in history, exhilarating from a technical point of view. But at the same time the final stage of a tragedy that took the lives of 118 seamen, leaving so many in grief and despair. Mammoet World asked Jan van Seumeren, Technical director and Jan Kleyn, Principal engineer, both part of Mammoet’s Product and Development department which designed the technical salvage concept, to briefly reflect on the Kursk. “We often work on special devices that are required to expand the Mammoet equipment fleet, or that are needed to address a very specific challenge. Recently we completed engineering and the construction of the Jumping Jack (see back cover, ed.). But the Kursk salvage will always stay in our minds as an outstanding project. Right from the beginning, we were convinced that we could do the job since we quickly outlined a concept that would work. The 9000 tonnes of the Kursk was no exceptional mass, nor was the depth of 108 meters. In fact, our
tremendous experience in all kinds of heavy lifting and transport should be enough asset to come up with a feasible idea. However, since this was offshore lifting, we needed a reliable partner that could provide us with a stable platform or pontoon, together with tug capability. This is where our partner Smit comes in. But the lifting concept was engineered here. After initial inspections it became clear that we could lift the main body of the wreckage by attaching plugs onto its hull. To explain it simpy: these plugs work similarly as the one you may apply at home to attach an object to the wall. Insert these and they automatically clamp firmly. In this case, the plugs penetrated the holes that were cut in the hull and then deploy clamps that stay fixed under the ships steel frame. The plugs were connected with bundles of steel cables to strand jacks. We calculated that 26 plugs, strategically distributed over the top of the hull, were sufficient. Lifting power was no problem at all. We expected that, apart from 9000 tonnes for the
wreckage, possibly another 3000 tonnes was needed to get the structure unlocked from the muddy seabed. But our redundancy was far more than these estimates. In fact, we simulated many different scenarios with an advanced computer model and from this we learned what the margins were. Each strand jack could be operated independently, synchronized with computer control. This gave enough margins to counteract dynamical loads, should they develop in the hull. The most challenging aspect was of course the weather. Huge waves could impair the lifting process. To compensate the effect of the swell at sea, we designed a kind of computer controlled shock absorber. This allowed us to control the tension on each cable dynamically during the lift. The Kursk came loose more easily than we expected and the operations as such, including clamping her under the pontoon Giant 4, went without any incident. However, it was the first time that we lifted a load that we could not see at all!”
From the Kursk salvage scrapbook Mammoet issued an internal magazine to highlight the processing of the Kursk salvage for all its employees. A fragment of this unique story represents a tribute to all who contributed to this operation. On Sunday 7 October 2001, all plugs have been put in place. The load on the strand jacks is gradually increased. We now enter the most delicate part of the operation. The Kursk has sunk almost two meters into the mud. Very prudent lifting is needed and that can be achieved with the advanced computer controlled system that manages the load on all jacks. At the moment that all jacks apply 150 tonnes of power, a small shock is felt onboard the Giant 4. Insiders know what this means: the Kursk is about to come loose. That night, at 1.45 am Central European Time, the Kursk rises from the sea floor, letting the Giant 4 to sink a little deeper into the water. The feeling of relief and joy is hard to catch in words. Everybody knows that, once in the grip of the plugs and jacks of Mammoet, from now on nothing will go wrong. The lifting operations slowly proceed the next day and that evening, the Kursk is secured under the pontoon. Let’s go to Murmansk! This implied the final stage of bringing the Kursk home. We had to deliver the hull in a giant floating dry dock. We knew in advance the draft of the Giant / Kursk combination to exceed the limit to sail into this dock. In effect, we had to lift the combination about 7 meters. At a Russian shipyard, two 100 meter long semi-submersible pontoons were readied in just 9 weeks! Named after the wives of Frans and Jan van Seumeren, Gon and Mar, the pontoons were positioned at both sides of the Giant / Kursk and lifted the stack as planned. On 21 October, the final stages are completed. Supported by 12 tugs, countless Russian sailors that pull ropes and supervised by dozens of navy officials, the Kursk reaches her final destination. She’s lowered onto stoppings in the dock, after which the plugs retract. A crown of flowers rests on the Kursk, in memory of those that finally came home.
Transport of the Bollard
Early in January 2002, Mammoet inaugurated its new head office in Schiedam, at the former Wilton Feyenoord premises. The landmark structure, named The Bollard, is remarkable in many respects. It was completely pre-fabricated at Grootint in Zwijndrecht, some tens of kilometers upstream of the Maas River. Of course, Mammoet itself executed the load-out and transport from the yard to its final location. Within weeks after the delivery, the plug & play building was ready to receive the Mammoet staff. How do you transport such an extraordinary building? It’s a matter of engineering. For instance, Mammoet designed a special cradle that could absorb all dynamic loads during the
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transport. This structure resembles a giant wheel with 14 spokes. It accommodated the 2500 tonnes building while 128 axle lines of self propelled SPMTs could be maneuvered underneath. Before starting the tow, the steel cradle was fixed to the pontoon, while 50% of the load remained on the SPMTs that were arranged in 9 rows. A major obstacle was the Botlek Bridge. In order to clear its top frame, leaving a margin of only 90 centimeters, the pontoon had to be ballasted temporarily. At that time, the tide was at its lowest. The voyage from Grootint to the new Mammoet premises took only one day to complete. Ahead of schedule, the structure was lowered within 2 millimeters of margin onto the foundation. For Mammoet, this unique transport of the first ever ‘offshore built building’ was the second highlight in one week. It was achieved in the same week the Kursk was lifted.
Trends in the market Although the growth in world markets tended to decrease last year, accelerated by the unfortunate events of 11 September 2001, many manufacturers of petrochemical products maintained their competitive edge. Many are considering and realizing substantial expansions, especially in the Middle East. The general tendency is to increase the scale of production plants both in existing and new development sites. As a result the number and scale of required equipment, like vessels, reactors, flare stacks and others, increases as well. Thus, this larger and heavier equipment needs matching facilities for transport and lifting, all the way from their fabrication site to the final foundations. Mammoet’s versatile fleet of cranes, transport vehicles and specialized systems for jacking, skidding and ballasting perfectly matches the needs. Among the Mammoet fleet are the five largest and strongest cranes in the world. It should be noted that the factoryto-foundation services not only require suitable transport and lifting equipment, but also a well organized worldwide logistics. These mega-projects are not limited to regional boundaries, but often involve many (sub)contractors located around the world. Moreover, when engineers and construction experts understand that heavy and large items are transportable and and liftable they can design new developments around our equipment or, when we are aware of major new design developments, Mammoet can develop special handling devices. We should consider the developments in the Middle East as an example. The largest petrochemical projects are currently found in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Iran and Kuwait. Saudi Arabia and Kuwait have become global players and continue to increase the size and efficiency of their plants are improving their already solid market position. Activities in Oman, Bahrain and Yemen are also picking up pace. Mammoet closely observes these market developments and will anticipate construction work loads to have the right equipment in place for heavy transport and lifting projects.
Petrochemical EUROPE
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Our customer realizes the PO-11 project for the joint venture Lyondell / Bayer. It is a complex project, in which Mammoet participated with several contracts to provide cranes, transport equipment and rigging crews for of jobs like the construction of foundations, the installation of pipe racks, steel constructions, piping and the installation of storage tanks. A specialty was the Equipment Erection Contract, covering the complete logistics of approximately 400
Having the best crane Location Customer
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In March 2001, Mammoet received a request from the “Halt preparation Shell-Pernis” to prepare a plan for exchanging a regenerator head with cyclones, at a weight of 350 tons and a reactor in two parts, of 225 tons each. After preparing measurements and drawings, Mammoet initially offered to execute this job with the CC-4800 crane. But after meetings with Shell and engineering bureau Jacobs, the weights were adapted and Mammoet was asked to replace the whole reactor. In mutual consultation, it was decided to apply the PTC crane. This compact crane, with a high standard for safety and capacity has the advantage that it can be erected in very narrow spaces at refineries. Furthermore, the crane still can install very heavy items at an enormous radius, which improves schedules and reduces site movements.
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PO-11 Lyondell Rotterdam, The Netherlands ABB Lummus Global B.V. CC 2800, SPMTs
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DTC Shell Pernis Pernis / Rotterdam, The Netherlands Shell Nederland Raffinaderij B.V. PTC, LR 1250, SPMTs
A short summary of the activities: 1. Transfer of a 409 ton reactor, 285 ton regenerator cyclone and a 35 ton airgrid with two 400 ton floating derricks on SPMTs. 2. Transport of the reactor by means of 4 x 10 axle lines SPMTs, and turntables, transport of the regenerator by means of 2 x 12- axle lines SPMTs and transport of the airgrid by means of 8 axle lines SPMTs to temporary supports. 3. Exchange of the existing parts. 4. Lifting the new equipment from the temporary supports and installation at the foundations. Shell stated that “the cooperation went very smoothly in every stage of the project and the job was completed to their satisfaction”.
items, up to 390 t. It comprises offloading in the adjacent harbour, transport to the site, storage on a laydown area and the final positioning of these items, including shimming and alignment. Mammoet constructed a special transport road with steel plates, 950 meters long and 7 meters wide, to ease the SPMT transports. Also our CC 2800 was used to erect a 165 meter high flare stack.
Columns on the move Project Location Customer Main equipment
Hydrocracker / CD Hydro Gelsenkirchen, Germany Fluor Daniel, Ponticelli CC 2800, LR 1450, SPMTs
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Mammoet executed two projects at two separate plants of the company Ruhr Oel. The first project involved the transportation of a 440 t reactor, which included a Ro-Ro operation from a barge in Dorsten. The reactor was then transported 12 kilometers over public roads to Scholven. Due to the dimensions (43 meters long, 7,5 meters wide), the transport of the reactor was undertaken during the night, this as always attracted a large crowd. Our CC-2800 and a tailing frame placed on the SPMTs were used to position the reactor onto its foundation in the middle of a live plant. The second project included the installation of column weighing 100 t at Ruhr Oels, Horst location. A LR-1450 and a 130 t capacity tailing crane were rigged to lift the column successfully off its transport to foundation. These activities were also executed in the middle of a live plant in a very congested area.
Tanks & gas Project Location Customer Main equipment
Enichem Ravenna, Italy Alliani SPMTs en barges
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Mammoet Italy won the contract for the transport over water and load-out of 8 tanks, using 24 axle lines of SPMTs at the Enichem plant in Ravenna. The water transport called for two consecutive barge trips with 4 tanks each. The load-out was done on a gas loading jetty and required high safety precautions. When a tank was due or berthed at the jetty, all operations were suspended. Upon unloading, six tanks were transported to a storage area at 250 meter distance and delivered on temporary supports. The remaining two tanks were positioned directly on sand foundations. It was a challenge to keep the tight schedule as to prevent disruption of operations as much as possible. Mammoet succeeded with its professionalism and well prepared crew that were working in double shift. Last but not least, the plant is located in a former swamp area and thus after sunset, mosquitoes showed no mercy for our tired crew.
Through the streets of Kalundborg… Project Location Customer Main equipment
Kalundborg Statoil Kalundborg, Denmark Wiab CC 2600, SPMTs
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Mammoet won a contract for the transport of two reactors (220 and 280 t) from The Netherlands to the Statoil Refinery. The offloading at Sydhavn was executed with a 900 t sheerleg, hired by Kranringen. With SPMTs, the 40 meters long load was transported from the harbor to the site, through the streets of Kalundborg. The actual erection of these reactors was done by Kranringen with one of our CC 2600’s with 200 t superlift configuration, assisted by a 400 t tailing crane of Kranringen.
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From Richardsbay to Secunda Project Location Customer Main equipment
Secunda Secunda and Richardsbay, South Africa Fluor Daniel 5 MAN 700 hp transport tractors, conventional trailers
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Mammoet was awarded a contract for the transport of three reactors from Richardsbay to Secunda, a distance of 650 km. About 40 people supported the transport, including police officers, teams for (dis)connecting power and telephone cables, and a crew for first aid and refreshments. The heaviest unit (268 Te) was 8 x 9, 10.5 meters. The convoy stretched over 100 meters and covered 34 axle lines of trailers. At a speed of 5 – 15 km/hr, the distance was covered in 9 days.
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AMERICA’S
New building at the Virgin Islands
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Project Location Customer Main equipment
Hovensa St. Croix, US Virgin Islands Bechtel Corporation CC 12600, CC 4000
Lifting record in Louisiana Project Location Customer Main equipment
SM1 Modernization St. James, Louisiana Chevron Phillips Chemical Company MSG-50 with 69 meter main boom and 43 meter jib, SPMTs
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This job was part of the customer’s Delayed Coker project. The Mammoet contract called for the loading onto barges of 65 modules at two manufacturing sites near Maracaibo, Venezuela. Upon arrival at St. Croix, the modules were loaded in and transported with SPMTs. The installation and setting of the items was executed with the CC 12600 and a CC 4000 crane.
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With a mass of 840 t and a radius of 59 meter, this lift set a world record for the combined weight / radius-factor. For this project, Jumbo Shipping dispatched the vessels from Mumbay, India. Mammoet won the contract for the load-in with SPMTs and transported the constructions over the Mississippi dike to the site. The vessels were dressed at a storage area and finally transported to their foundations where the MSG positioned them properly.
Platform Twin Ring HD with tailing frame Project Location Customer Main equipment
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AS 4202 Rebuild St. James, Louisiana Chevron Phillips Chemical Company Platform Twin Ring HD, tailing frame, SPMTs
A 670 t recycle column was transported, using two sets of double 14 axle line SPMTs. The transport was both over water and land. The remarkable lift required the application of our 2000 t tailframe that was supported with 2 x 12 axle lines SPMTs during the lifting operations performed with the Platform Twin Ring HD. Just prior to the lift, this crane could be commissioned after its arrival from the UK. It took less than 6.5 weeks for derigging the crane in the UK, the sea transport, inland transport to St. James and erection of the crane.
Committed to safety Project Location Customer Main equipment
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Valero Vacuum Distillation Column Benicia, California Valero Refining Company Strand jacks, Gantry system, lifting beams
As part of a turnaround, the 33 meters high 450 t Vacuum Distillation Column (VDC) had to be replaced. This critical piece of equipment processes half of the crude oil at the site. Benicia experts already figured out that a gantry lift system should be preferred as to comply with safety rules applicable for the live plant. As Valero stated: “We wanted to ensure companies bidding on this job were 100 percent committed to the safety and success, like we are ourselves.” Mammoet was selected as contractor. The lift system comprised six tower sections and load beams, allowing north/south, east/west, up/down and rotation movements with the rectangular footprint of the structure. Each beam could handle 740 t, while loads to the soil were kept at a minimum, eliminating the need for counter weights.
Transport problem? Canadian trailers! Project Location Customer Main equipment
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Shell Athabasca I Scotford – Ft. Saskatchewan, Alberta Shell Downstream Upgrader Specialized hydraulic trailers, prime movers
Mammoet Canada Western was chosen for this project due to its track record and ability to meet project schedules within constraints of safety and professionalism. The job involved the road transport of 750 process modules from fabricators in Edmonton and Calgary to the Shell downstream project located in Fort Saskatchewan and the Upstream Project location in Muskeg River. In addition, Mammoet performed the transport of large Coolers, Vessels, Electrical equipment and Cogeneration equipment. The bulk of the oversized cargoes were transported by road between Calgary and Edmonton, plus subsequent road transport to and from the rail sidings.
Engineering around Mammoet’s fleet Project Location Customer Main equipment
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Shell Athabasca II Scotford – Ft. Saskatchewan, Alberta Shell Downstream Upgrader / Fluor Daniel PTC, CC 4800, CC 2800, SPMTs, strand jacks, gantry system
Mammoet supplied heavy craneage and on site specialized transportation systems for the exclusive onsite crane, rigging and transport of items, from start to finish. Thus, several large Reactors, Pressure Vessels, Flare Stacks, Coolers and Assembled Process Modules were erected and / or installed. The craneage included a lift and lock gantry system, strand jack and gantry systems to complete the large scale specialized quantities of process equipment that had to be handled. The versatility of the PTC, moving on its own crawlers and supported by a CC 4800 as tailing device, was essential for Mammoet’s success. A remarkable fact is that all heavy lifts and transports were engineered well in advance around our fleet.
Strand jacks & Rotary Breakers Project Location Customer Main equipment
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Shell Muskeg Rover Oilsands Ft. McMurray, Alberta Shell Albian Oil Sands Strand jacks, gantry system
The Mammoet strand jack system was applied to install Rotary Breakers in one piece. Due to restricted access, these objects could not be reached with a crane. In addition, Apron Feeders were also installed using the jacks. The severe cold weather conditions posed challenges to both the equipment and our crew.
The long journey Project Location Customer Main equipment
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Suncor Millenium Montreal, Quebec Suncor Energy Railcars, skidding system
Mammoet won a contract to receive four large reactors up to 4 meters in diameter, 34 meters long and with a weight of 372 t. Upon arrival in the Port of Montreal, these structures were loaded onto heavy-duty 12 axle railcars with large steel turntables, and secured for their 4000 km long voyage to Northern Alberta. Mammoet was also hired to temporarily store the reactors on the quay. When available, the reactors were loaded onto the railcars with a high capacity skidding system.
Installing 120 000 t of equipment Project Location Customer Main equipment
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The largest facility in the World Project Location Client Main Equipment
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Bintulu LNG facility Bintulu, Malaysia Kellog Brown & Root, JGC and Sime Engineering. Manitowoc M 1200, CC 4800 and CC 2600 crawler cranes, hydraulic cranes, platform trailers
Due to Mammoet’s rich history in Asia in general and Bintulu in particular, the company was awarded a contract to provide extensive (heavy)lift and transport services for the expansion of the largest LNG facility in the World, the Bintulu LNG facility. Heavy lifts involved the installation of the two largest columns of the project weighing 700 t each, with the Manitowoc M 1200. CC 4800 and CC 2600 crawler cranes lifted the remaining part of the approximately 500 items in the heavy lift category. Besides this, some 20 crawler- and hydraulic cranes installed the smaller items. The Bintulu project team consisted of 100 people which operated and maintained 30 cranes and more then 50 axle lines platform trailers. For this very large scale operation, a special work shop facility on site was set up, manned 14 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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Hamaca Crude Upgrade Guanta and Jose, Venezuela Fluor Daniel CC 12600, CC 2600, CC 1400, SPMTs
As part of the construction of a new refinery, more than 120 000 t of equipment has to be transported and installed. Among them are huge vessels of 900 t (2x), 600 t and 700 t. The items arrive in the Port of Guanta and are temporarily stored at the customs premises. For most items (i.e. less than 70 t), Mammoet arranges road transport over 40 kms to the construction site at Jose. The oversized items travel by barge. Upon arrival, the modules are transported to a storage area awaiting further dressing. When ready, the Mammoet crane fleet supports the final erection and installation. Highlight is to see the CC 12600 move along for 4.5 kms with its load!
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South Pars 1 Gas Separation Plant Iran Azarab Industries Co. , Iran CC 3800, CC 2400, 250 and 450 t crawler cranes
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Extension of Gas Separation Plant in Iran Project Location Customer Main equipment
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South Pars 1 Gas Separation Plant Iran Daelim Industrial Corporation, South Korea SPMTs, 600 t crawler crane, 450 t cranes, smaller cranes
Mammoet is responsible for the supervision of all heavy lifts up to 180 t, needed for the erection of columns and vessels. Meanwhile, Mammoet completed at Pars 2-3 the lifting of 160 vessels ranging from 100 to 300 t, 4 boilers with a weight of 300 t including the lifting of two 143 meter high Flare Stack with its CC 3800, equipped with a 84 meter main boom and 84 meter fly-jib. The South Pars Field Development projects in Iran are supplied by the giant South Pars field which Iran shares with Qatar, the Qatari’s call the same field the North Field.
The contract calls for receiving 12 heavy loads up to 160 t in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the transport to a storage area, the reloading of the equipment onto barges and all necessary RoRo-operations. The equipment, from Korea, Germany and Italy arrived by heavy lift ships in Port Rashid or Jebel Ali Port both in Dubai. The cargo in ‘Port Rashid’ is transported 26 kilometer over land to Jebel Ali, stored and reloaded prior to the transport across the Persian Gulf to Assaluyeh, Iran.
Sofar, Mammoet has been involved with all the gas projects for the Iranian South Pars and the Qatari North Field at both sides of the Gulf. Mammoet executed the heavy lifting and transportation of the South Pars Phases 1, 2 and 3. Also at the Qatari side, Mammoet executed all the heavy lifting and transportation for the Rasgas by using its CC 4800 Twin Ring. Qatar-Gas projects invloved heavy lifts upto 700 t, by using the M 1200.
Through the hills of Yemen Project Location Customer Main equipment
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Redevelopments in Kuwait Project Location Customer Main equipment
Mina Al Ahmadi Refinery Kuwait Fluor Daniel Engineering, UK Sennenbogen 5500, CC 1800, 160 t telescopic crane
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The refinery partially exploded and is now being repaired and refurbished. Mammoet is the responsible contractor for all heavy lifts and transports on the site and executes the erection of various large items.
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Masilla Expansion Project Yemen Canadian Nexen, Yemen Prime movers, 12 axle lines conventional trailer
Our customer constructs an expansion at the Masilla premises in the ‘inlands’ of Yemen. Mammoet was contracted for the transport of all heavy items, up to 100 t, that were delivered to the harbor of Mukalla in the United Arab Emirates. The road from the harbor to the construction site is long, sometimes steep (up to 18% slope) and with many (hairpin) turns. Such winding and climbing roads make good and easy communications between the drivers essential, such as when to shift a gear. The route passed tribal areas, requiring upfront permission of the tribal eldest before the transport could come along. To increase safety, the Mammoet transport was served by the Yemeni army around the clock, an experience that became business as usual only after a few days. Our contract included the transport and jacking of the loads on the site, as to deliver them onto the foundations.
Trends in the market “In many areas, civil works are picking up pace. The infrastructure of motorways with bridges and tunnels, railways for high speed trains, corporate buildings and public facilities such as stadiums are being upgraded and expanded. This is especially true in Europe but it is also occurring in other parts of the world. Customers are increasingly pursuing higher efficiencies in their projects and are looking for expert partners to manage the handling of equipment in larger components. Examples of the these activities are the insertion of large modular ship sections and the movement of portal cranes. Many contracts are being awarded for the ‘factory to foundation’ concept, based on transport, lifting and assembly operations. Mammoet, both regionally and through Mammoet Global, is perfectly suited to address these challenges. Mammoet, the largest integrated lifting and transport company with worldwide coverage, has a wide range of equipment and personnel at its disposal with hundreds of cranes and transport vehicles, specialized ballasting systems for barges, skidding and sliding equipment, jacking and gantry systems and don’t forget the thousands of accessories necessary for this kind of work to meet all customer expectations. Many projects are complex both for technical and logistics reasons. Customers often have a local / regional scope and and therefore understand and recognize the vital importance of the local presence of Mammoet supported by its global expertise.”
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Ship’s engines for Germany
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Ship’s engines at Gevelco Rotterdam, The Netherlands Gevelco Conventional trailers, SPMTs
At Gevelco’s yard a batch of six high power ship’s engines for the German shipbuilding industry have been assembled. Mammoet first assisted in the local transport of parts, made elsewhere, to the assembly hall, using an 8 axle conventional trailer. The heaviest item was a 125 t crankshaft. Gevelco managed to complete an engine in 10 days by working around the clock. The engines were assembled on support beams and support stools, preinstalled by Mammoet. Later on, this allowed for self-loading using the trailer hydraulics. A complete engine had a weight of 660 t and was 11 meters high. Mammoet then moved the completed stacks with 16 axle SPMTs to the quay, presenting the cargo to a floating crane that lifted the engines onboard, prior to their shipment to Germany.
The Betuwe line
Kees van Aarle, Market Segment Manager Civil Europe
Tunnel developments in Holland Project Location Customer Main equipment
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Tunnels Various locations in The Netherlands Various governmental organizations / construction companies Craneage, transport equipment, barges
One of Mammoet’s specialties is to assist the positioning and line up of heavy equipment, such as Tunnel Boring Machines, needed to excavate tunnels. Currently, three different tunnels are in various stages of completion. One is the Westerschelde tunnel in the Province of Zeeland. This 6.6 km long tunnel connects Zeeuws Vlaanderen to the rest of Zeeland and, at its deepest point, is 60 meters below sea level. Two other tunnels, the Botlekand the Sophia railway tunnel are part of the Betuwe line, the new cargo train link between Rotterdam and Germany. The almost 10 meter wide, 110 t heavy cutting wheel was delivered as one complete structure into the launching shaft of these tunnels.
The Sophia railway tunnel
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The Botlek tunnel
The Westerschelde tunnel
Severe gale in Poland Project Location Customer Main equipment
Gantry Crane Stocznia Gdynia, Poland Konecranes from Finland Strand jacks, gantry system, LR 1450
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The purpose of this job was to lift the main girder of a 1000 t Goliath Crane while the swivel-assembled legs remained attached. Mammoet rigged four masts of the MSG system, held together by four gantry girders, a stack of 105 meter high. An LR 1450 assisted in the lift that suddenly became spectacular. As the main girder reached 100 meters elevation, prior to welding works, the meteorological service forecasted a severe gale. Mammoet immediately secured the pending construction and the gantry system, as winds gusted to 30 meters / sec. However, no movement of the stack could be observed. It illustrates Mammoets quick on-site anticipation to changing circumstances, thus meeting safety levels at all times. Just to give an idea of what type of equipment is needed to realize such track record, we summarize the strand jacks that were applied. The number of a specific jack is between brackets: 900 t (4) for lifting, 300 t (6) for rigging the main girder, 100 t (12) to secure the swivel-assembled legs, small jacks (8) to support the rigging with tethers. About 50 kilometer of rigging cable was used.
Positioning bridge, Herne Rhein-Herne Kanal, Germany Fricke Skidding and jacking system
Tailor made solutions for bridge installments Highlight
The original idea to position this 520 t bridge, manufactured by Fricke on land close to the site, was to skid the construction in front of its foundation, followed by a crane lift. However, considering the weight, the radius and the lack of space, Mammoet was forced to develop an alternative. We decided to skid the
Braunschweig bridge Project Location Customer Main equipment
bridge onto two barges, equipped with stools partially constructed from standard and MSG ballast containers. Because the foundation top is about 1.5 meters higher than the construction site level, we had to jack the construction as well to compensate for this difference. We used four 300 t strand jacks, positioned in pairs on both sides
New terminal in Paris
Installation of a bridge at Braunschweig Braunschweig, Germany MAEG S.P.A. and Walter Bau AG Barges, skidding system, strand jacks
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Charles de Gaulle Airport Roissy, France Roissy Charles de Gaulle Airport CC 4200
Mammoet Fostrans won a contract to assist in the construction of the new Terminal E that will accommodate the newest generation of wide body aircraft. The operations involve the roof construction and the assembly of 152 concrete rings. The latter required the development of a dedicated lifting frame. With the frame, the structures can be rotated and ‘tumbled’ into the proper position. Each ring consists of three parts between 33 and 61 t. Together, the rings support a glass roof of 700 meters long.
Heavy roof for stadium Project Location Customer Main equipment
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Due to an expansion of Highway 4 in Germany, a new bridge was needed to cross the Mittellandkanal at an angle of 45 degrees. The bridge of 390 t was 90 meters long and 8 meters wide, had a 1.5 meter curve to match the trajectory. This curve complicated the maneuvering of the construction, since the center of gravity was no longer along the middle axis. The bridge was assembled onshore. Mammoet won the contract for the final positioning of the bridge. The bridge was skidded onto a barge, perpendicular to its long axis. This barge was then towed to the construction site and turned over 45 degrees, upon which the jacks were fastened to hoist the bridge upwards onto the foundation.
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of the canal. These jacks lifted the bridge such that the barges could sail under the construction. By de-ballasting them, the bridge was lifted further until it could pass the top of the foundations. Final ballasting then delivered the bridge into its final position.
Stadium Istanbul Istanbul, Turkey Campenon Bernard France, Tefken Construction Turkey Liebherr LR 1450, Manitowoc M 888, other cranes
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The consortium hired two crawler cranes and other equipment from Mammoet Fostrans. They assisted with the installation of the 4800 t metal framework that supports the roof of the stadium above the western and eastern platforms.
Trends in the market Although generally expected the late 2000 and early 2001 was a difficult period for the offshore fabrication yards in the Gulf Coast area. On the positive side the drilling and the deep water activity picked up. The engineering companies are very active with deep water development and some new companies are investing in setting up their yards adding cranes and SPMTs, as well as heavy systems. Also on the positive side we see more oil companies who want the load-out methods to comply with the North Sea Standards. These methods have generated considerable work for Mammoet in the past and will give Mammoet a chance to show our experience and maximize the utilization of our equipment. Last year Mammoet successfully introduced alternative lifting methods for stacking decks on top sides, with our tower and strand jack system. The deck and jacket refurbish market slowed down because of less activity in the Gulf Coast. This generally will pick up when the installation contractors are offshore and use their lift ships in between jobs, to pull out older platforms. This can be a lucrative market and is one of the reasons Mammoet USA has opened an office in Louisiana, we can react faster and more efficiently to client needs.
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All pieces come together! Project Location Customer Main equipment
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Piet Nooren, Managing Director Mammoet USA.
Ringhorne Norway, Sweden, Netherlands Heerema fabrication Group, Emtunga A.S. SPMTs, smart jack system, ballast system, barges
Ever played with construction blocks? Not with these oversized structures! In fact, the Ringhorne project comprises four separate jobs that culminate in the delivery of a complete production platform – the Ringhorne. 1. Transport at Gothenburg, Sweden, of the 1100 t Living Quarters from the construction hall onto a barge. 2. Do the same for the 1700 t and 3500 t DSM and DES production units at Grootint, Zwijndrecht (The Netherlands). 3. Repeat it all over again at Heerema, Norway with the Topside of 6500 t. 4. Go to Heerema, Vlissingen (The Netherlands) to provide all cranes needed for the assembly of the 7900 t jacket and perform the load-out onto a barge when ready. This requires low tide, 234 axle lines of SPMTs with 936 wheels, and 30 ballasting pumps.
The Ringhorne
Heerema, Vlissingen
Heerema, Norway
Grootint, Zwijndrecht
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Emergency call Project Location Customer Main equipment
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Dynamic Offshore USA Dynamic Offshore SPMTs, strand jacks, gantry system
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Dynamic Offshore is a respected customer that maintains ties with Mammoet for over 10 years. One day Mammoet received an emergency call: an accident happened during a competitors attempt to jack two offshore decks of 760 and 550 t. Fortunately no one was hurt, but the jacking equipment was severely damaged. Could Mammoet take over and finish the job? In record time, all necessary equipment was mobilized from various locations around the world. In the end, Mammoet managed to close out this job in less than 4 weeks. After the deck had been lifted with the jacks, the legs were positioned underneath. Upon fastening these legs, the complete structure was removed with SPMTs to a storage area. Then the second deck was hoisted up 45 meters, making room for the stored stack to move under. With the lowering of this second deck, the emergency job came to an uneventful end.
Old acquaintances Project Location Customer Main equipment
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Q 4000 multi purpose mast Brownsville, Texas Amfels PTC
Mammoet installed a 450 t multi purpose mast on an offshore platform constructed by Amfels. This mast was built by HuismanItrec, with whom we worked closely together on the manufacturing of our PTC crane. This crane executed the job and was erected with 95 meters main boom.
Move the unmovable Project Location Customer Main equipment
Pascagoula Pascagoula, Mississippi / Portland, Maine Cianbro Skidding system, smart jack system, weighing system
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The Amethyst 4 submersible oilrig was built at Halter Marine in Pascagoula. It consists of two main pieces: the pontoons and the deck box. Mammoet’s scope of work is to jack up the deck box, weigh it, to move it onto a barge while managing the ballasting and to design the sea fastening for the tow. The deck box will be towed to Portland, Maine, for the final assembly of the rig. When the contract was signed all skidding equipment was located in Schiedam and Malaysia. It was dispatched immediately to the States to meet the critical time schedule for the jacking and load-out operation. The deck box was on a quay but the clearance with the ground level was only 1600mm, posing difficulties to move the jacking equipment under the construction. A lift was necessary to install the skidding system that would perform the load out. Another issue was that this
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deck box was not designed to undergo a jacking operation. Mammoet was requested to come forward with an alternative way to finalize the construction and this resulted in the need for the transport. Notwithstanding the small clearance, Mammoet managed to install its Smart Jack System with sixteen 500 t -climbing jacks. The deck box was lifted one meter, enough to install the complete skidding system, consisting of 28 skid shoes of 600 t capacity each. The total weight of the deck box appeared to be 5000 t. On 18 April Mammoet completed the load out. When the deck box arrives at Portland, Mammoet will jack up the deck box to a clearance of 4.6 meters above the deck of the barge, again using the Smart Jack System but now with 24 climbing jacks. Finally the deck box will be secured to enable the mating to its pontoons.
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A novelty for Thailand Project Location Customer Main equipment
Offshore load outs Thailand ABB and UCU Thailand SPMTs, platform trailers and LTM 1450
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Last year, Thailand constructed its first Central Processing Platform ever. Our client UCU Alliance awarded B&J Mammoet for the load-out of this 925 t piece of equipment. The job was executed with 36 axle lines SPMTs and besides the load out, B&J Mammoet was responsible for the ballasting & mooring services. ABB awarded B&J Mammoet for the load-out of a 530 t module and 5 manifolds. The crew and Scheuerle platform trailers completed the load-out within a timespan of 24 hours. The 50 t manifolds were lifted onto the barge. The project was a total package including all seafastening design and installation as well barge supply, ballast- and intact stability calculations, port & agency duties etc. The modules are destined for the tanker “Berge Helene” from Bergesen Norway which will be converted into a FPSO.
This is heavy lifting! Project Location Customer Main equipment
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Malampaya offshore Singapore Sembawang Marine Offshore Engineering Strand jacks, SPMTs, skidding
A record setting heavy lift involved hoisting up topsides of more than 11 000 t to a height of 20 meters, using strand jacks. The load-out truss, having a weight of 1600 t was positioned underneath using SPMTs. Subsequently, the complete stack was pulled onto the barge with strand jacks. The customer submitted an acknowledgement of satisfaction, stating the job was “executed professionally and efficiently, on time and without incidents. The cooperation between staff and the quality of pre-engineering were of outstanding quality. In fact, this smooth load-out and the ease with which you skidded this construction along the quay onto the pontoon, did not match with all I have learned on friction techniques.”
Load-outs in South Korea Project Location Customer Main equipment
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CTOC jacket Korea Samsung Heavy Industries, Technip and Saipem consortium Strand jacks, ballast system
Four strand jacks, with a capacity of 2000 t, were needed to move a 180 meters long jacket of 7000 t over the quay onto a barge. The Mammoet ballasting system compensated for the tide differences and the load development during the operations.
After the successful load-out of the CTOC jacket, Mammoet was awarded also for the load-out of the 18,100 t integrated deck. (104m x 46m x 34.2m high). Mammoet’s scope included the provision of 4 units of 900 t strandjacks with a total pulling capacity of 3600 t. The distance that had to be covered was 162 meters. The job marked the first pulling operations in South Korea.
Trends in the market “As economies around the world continue to grow more energy is needed. At the same time, due to environmental concerns, it is not always obvious this extra power should be provided with fossil fuel, such as oil, coal and gas. Instead, ‘alternative’ sustainable sources like wind and hydro electric power, are becoming more and more popular. At the same time, the intense usage of power generating equipment requires scheduled maintenance for both fossil fuel and nuclear power plants. Manufacturers are spread around the world and as a result ‘power work’ requires transport over great distances, be it overseas or over land. Again our customers appear to seek door-to-door services to collect all items, deliver to the site and assemble into an operational plant. The America’s appear to be especially active with is increasing activity due to expansion , renovation and renewals of existing plants. Our dedicated, fully owned railcars are a valuable part of our ability to perform these transports safely and efficiently. In Europe we have many windmill projects in Scandinavia, Ireland, Germany and The Netherlands.” Michel Bunnik, Market Segment Manager Power Europe.
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Transformers transported Project Location Customer Main equipment
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Tenne T, Various locations,The Netherlands Smit Transformatoren SPMTs, barges, jacking system, skidding system
Smit Transformatoren awarded Mammoet the contract for the transport of two phase shifter cross regulating transformers. Each phase shifter unit consists of 3 individual 1 phase units, this means 6 units in total. Each of the 6 units weighs 370 t and dimensions of 10 x 5 x 6.5 meters. The units were manufactured at Nijmegen and had to be transported by barge to Veendam first. From there, the road transport delivered the items to Meeden, using 16 axle lines of SPMTs. This road transport took place at night and required the removal of double wide street signs and lamp posts, while traffic on the main road was suspended. Upon arrival at Meeden, the items were skidded to their final position and jacked down.
Exchange of three steam generators Project Location Customer Main equipment
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Nuclear Power Plant Tihange Tihange, Belgium Westinghouse SPMTs, jacking system
As part of a scheduled maintenance, three steam generators manufactured by MHI (Japan), were to replace old equipment at Tihange. Mammoet transported these items of 330 t from the quay to the construction site with SPMTs. The old generators were lifted out of the hall with our special gantry system and transported to a storage area. Having finished this job, the gantry system picked up the new items and positioned them onto the foundations. Mammoets high safety standards are compatible with those required for operations in nuclear power plants.
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Heavy drums at 60 meters height Project Location Customer Main equipment
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Southern Illinois Power Coop. CJB Boiler project Marion, Illinois Foster Wheeler Strand jacks, gantry system, skidding system
The centerpiece of this project was the transport of two 300 t steam drums and their subsequent positioning in a 60 meters high structure. Mammoet applied strand jacks for the lifting operations. In addition, Mammoet moved 6 Itrex boxes of 200 t each from a laydown area to the top of a 25 meter high structure. After lifting, a skidding system was used to move the boxes into the structure. The lowering onto the support steel framework completed this challenging job. It is the first time the jacking and skidding techniques were applied for this customer. Mammoet is also supplying cranes through its joint venture company AVS Services (Maxim Crane Works is the partner) on five other power projects in California, Oklahoma and Ohio.
Pieces in Georgia Project Location Customer Main equipment
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Murray Energy Facility Dalton, Georgia Fluor Daniel SPMTs, gantry system, jacking and skidding equipment, LR 1450 crane
Mammoet USA unloaded 130 pieces of a so called Cogen unit that were brought to the site by railcar. Some modules, like transformers, turbines and generators were outsized and had weights between 45 and 240 t. The transport from the rail siding to the construction site was tricky because a critical bridge was in the transport route. However, the platform trailers and SPMTs operated without incidents. A four point lifting gantry and a Liebherr LR 1450 did the bulk of the lifting work, assisted by jacking and skidding setups.
Challenging transport route for 61 items Project Location Customer Main equipment
AES Granite Ridge, Mirant Kendall Repowering Boston, Massachusetts Dick Corporation Railcars, SPMTs, platform trailers
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Dick Corporation is constructing two power plants in the area and contracted Mammoet for the transport of 61 items. Among them were 4 generators (up to 227 t), 4 turbines (up to 291 t), 5 transformers (up to 132 t), 43 modules (up to 125 t) and 5 steam drums (up to 132 t). In addition, Mammoet provided lift and skidding services to get the heaviest items in place. The cargo was received from railcars and heavy lift vessels at various ports in the Boston area. A remarkable fact was that at the Mirant Kendall site, the largest items had to pass through the Central Artery & Tunnel project, the largest construction site in the USA! It involves the replacement of the elevated Interstate 93 by a tunnel under downtown Boston.
For the passage, Mammoet received permission of several private landowners, civil contractors and the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. Also the AES site had its surprises. The transformer cargo needed a 85 km trip to the construction site, for which we used Scheuerle platform trailers with a transport frame in between. This frame reduced the height such that we had a free pass under bridges along the route, or could go over another 33 bridges due to the distributed loads on the wheels. During the turbine transport, SPMTs were added to increase maneuverability because the route had turns that could not be made with conventional trailers.
Dedicated railcars Project Location Customer Main equipment
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ANP Bellingham Albany, New York and Boston, Massachusetts Alstom Power Inc. Railcars, skidding system
TNB Project Project Location Customer Main equipment
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The Bellingham Power project is located some 30 km west of Boston. But the Port of Albany, were 18 heavy lift items would arrive, is 250 km away. Mammoet was contracted to transport the generators (325 t), turbines (230 t), transformers (165 t) and modules (between 50 and 100 t). Most of the distance was covered by rail. The two heaviest items were transported on 16 axle dedicated railcars that Mammoet and Alstom have available for such transport. But before they could leave, an old timber bridge had to be reinforced, just to carry the weight of this special train. On the site, Mammoet was also responsible for installing the heaviest items onto the foundations and applied a skidding system to achieve this.
TNB Project Malaysia Tenaga Nasional Berhad Platform trailers, SPMTs
The contract called for the offloading of two new steam generators from a barge and transport these pieces of 350 t to a laydown area. Here, the generators will be dressed prior to their installation. The exchange takes place during a shutdown. Mammoet is scheduled to execute this change-out and installation and will also position the two 375 t transformers that had been offloaded earlier.
Complex operations for Alstom Power Project Location Customer Main equipment
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Bang Bo Combined Cycle Power plant Laem Chabang and Bang Bo, Thailand Alstom Power Thailand Hydraulic gantry, conventional platform trailers
For this project, the following items had to be received ‘from ship’s hook’ and installed on foundations: a 370 t turbine, a 320 t generator and a 236 t transformer. Mammoet initially received a contract for a feasibility study and later won the order to actually execute the plan. This resulted in complex operations. The cargo was loaded out from the ship onto a barge. This barge then moved to a landing site where a special jetty had been constructed by B&J Mammoet. Using this, the cargo was loaded in and transported by B&J Mammoet’s conventional platform trailers over the road to the construction site. The actual installation was done with a hydraulic gantry lift system.
Manjung, Malaysia Project Location Customer Main equipment
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Manjung Selangor, Malaysia Alstom Power CC 4800, LR 1450, smaller cranes
The Manjung facility represents one of the largest power plants in the country and set a record for main contractor Alstom. Various heavy items needed transport and installation. Our equipment consisted, at the peak time of the project, of more than 18 cranes ranging from 30 till 1000 t. The majority of this cranes stayed on the site for more than a year as part of an advanced rental contract.
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Trends in the market A key factor to Mammoet’s worldwide success in establishing and expansion of its market position in various segments, like petrochemical, offshore, civil and power, is of course to have the right fleet of equipment available whenever required by the customers. With Mammoet Global managing all the bigger projects worldwide, good communication - and coordination networks are set up between and in the regions. Clients benefit from this network because optimal services regarding availability & range of equipment, people & know how, quality & safety standards can be offered directly and according to the standards set by Mammoet Global. This enables us to serve interregional clients everywhere according to our Mammoet standards. Another aspect of these standards is a solid regular maintenance program to prevent mishaps and downtime, but also the on-time investment in new equipment. The latter both serves replacements and extensions of the fleet capabilities in transport and lifting services. However, with an excellent fleet, logistics, safety, crews and know how, the continuity of services is still not sufficient. It is also Mammoet’s ambition to provide benefits to both existing and potential customers. These new potentials are located in industrial development areas and countries that can be considered ‘emerging markets’. Therefore, customers expect lifting and transport services to be available immediately. To speed up its presence and deploy its facilities rapidly, Mammoet adopted the strategy of establishing close co-operations with existing players in local markets. This cooperation may be shaped like a strategic alliance, a joint venture, an acquisition or any other mode. Recent examples of this strategy are the establishments of Mammoet Irga, Mammoet Norge, Mammoet Palumbo and Mammoet Van Oord.
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Mammoet-Palumbo enters Italian market
PALUMBO UMBO On 5 March 2002 Frans van Seumeren and Andrea Palumbo, CEO of Palumbo S.P.A., signed the contract of the establishment of Mammoet-Palumbo. Palumbo has over 30 years experience in heavy transport, especially related to the oil and natural gas industries. This equal share joint venture will serve the Italian and adjacent Mediterranean markets with transport services for industrial cargo. The company, managed by Alberto Galbiati and Carlo Venusino, has its own SPMTs available and is based in Milan.
Mammoet Irga Do Brasil Ltda
As of 1 February 2002, the joint venture between Holift, Irga Luperico Torres, and Mammoet has become operational. The new company serves the Brazilian market for heavy and outsized lift and transport services. All partners, are family owned companies by origin and share a similar background and culture. It is characterized by short communication lines, high safety standards and dedication to the customer by adding as much value as possible through the provided services. The local experience with all kinds of power plants and refineries, com-
Developments in Norway
To establish a firm position in the Norwegian market, Mammoet recently acquired the majority of the shares of Nilsen & Skifjeld Kranservice A.S. The new company is split up into two divisions. The company Kranringen, which is responsible for the day to day market and Mammoet Norge which is responsible for the larger projects. The office is situated at Skien, in the
Patrick Freericks, Director Sales & Marketing.
Introducing Mammoet Van Oord Mammoet and Van Oord ACZ have joined forces. The new venture will operate under the name Mammoet Van Oord. To this end, a Jack-up Installation Barge has been developed and built. Apart from Mammoet and Van Oord ACZ, other shareholders are Hovago Cranes (a member of the Baris group) and Marine Construct. The first focus of the company will be on the installation of offshore windfarms. Besides the offshore windfarm installation market, Mammoet Van Oord is looking at offshore lifting and transport activities in the field of installation and decommissioning works in the oil & gas industry, marine civil construction works and wreck removal. A vital asset in the new venture is the Jack-up Installation Barge “Jumping Jack”(see article on next page). The combination between the companies enables Mammoet Van Oord to be an EPC contractor for the installation of complete offshore windfarms.
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bined with Mammoet’s global expertise that includes the power and petrochemical industry, sets the stage for a beneficial cooperation. The joint venture initially invested in several crawler cranes. The latest investment, the LR 1400/2, is on its way and ready to lift in Brasil in August.
The “Jumping Jack” enables turn key operations when combined with onshore transportation and lifting capacities of Mammoet and the installation of scour protection around the foundations of the wind turbines and the infield and shore export cable-lay capacities of Van Oord ACZ. Hence, customers are provided a single point of contact for all offshore operations Recently, Mammoet Van Oord won a contract for the transport and installation of 80 windturbine foundations and transition sections for the Danish ‘Horns Rev’ windfarm. The foundations consist of a monopile, with a diameter of 4 meters, 33 meters high and with a weight of 165 t. This Windfarm will be built off the Danish North Sea coast under a contract of Elsam. Its projected total electrical capacity is 160 MW. The “Jumping Jack” will carry ten foundations per transport to the construction site.
south of Norway, which is a large development area. The local presence, together with a directly available stock of specialized equipment that includes SPMTs, various cranes upto 120 t and a 400 t floating crane, makes Mammoet a full service provider, serving both the high and medium/low end of the market for lifting and transport services, be it onshore or at sea.
The Jumping Jack rules the waves
Four legs of 42 meter length can lift the 91 x 33 x 7 meter seagoing barge “Jumping Jack” out of the water. It thus creates a very robust and stable working platform, permitting operations even in severe weather conditions with high waves. As this barge was developed by Mammoet engineers, two important criteria had to be met. The “Jumping Jack” should provide quick and efficient services, while the installation operations itself are less vulnerable to disruption. The barge can also be quickly dispatched and brought into position, from one construction site to the next. The innovative hydraulic winches lift and lower the barge with unprecedented speed, even with a full load up to
4000 Te on its deck. With an onboard crane capacity of 1200 t, it is very versatile in a wide range of jobs. When needed, additional crane capacity can be installed. The “Jumping Jack” makes its maiden trip as this Mammoet World is issued.
Mammoet’s Heavy Lift Terminals at Rotterdam and Houston Best of both worlds The new Mammoet premises at Schiedam (greater Rotterdam area), the Netherlands, is being transferred into a terminal for heavy lift equipment. The site is situated on the shore of the Nieuwe Maas River, the gateway to main port Rotterdam. The deep water terminal has direct access to all inland river destinations aswell as to the excellent railand road infrastructure in Europe. Furthermore there is a direct sea link to all overseas destinations. The deep-water quay is 1 kilometer long and thus may handle several cargo ships and barges simultaneously. Of the 85 000 square meter area, 25 000 square meter will become available as storage area for customers, seeking a temporarily storage site for items of 50 t and up. It is an excellent facility to store turbines, generators and transformers for power plants. Also reactors, vessels and steel constructions for the petrochemical sector, and offshore equipment can be accommodated easily. Mammoet expects the site to become fully operational as of the fall of 2002. Two 350 t quay cranes will cover the full yard. The offered services include load-out and load-in, transshipment, storage, warehousing, workshops, assembly, packing, customs handling and services as and when required.
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Through our recent acquisition of Joe D. Hughes from Brown & Root, it should be noted that a similar terminal is under development in Houston, Texas (USA) to serve the North American and Mexican markets. A fast railway link is available for efficient ship – train loading and vice versa, which may include Mammoet-owned special heavy cargo railcars.
MSG 100: Upgrade of MSG lifting system
Mammoet’s engineering department is busy with an upgrade on one of the MSG lifting systems. This crane, called The MSG-100, will be developed mainly for the offshore market. With this ultimate lifting tool, modules of over 2,000 tons can be lifted and placed onto FPSO’s (Floating Production and Storage Offshore vessel). Also modifications are upgrades to existing jack up rigs and floaters can be carried out with the MSG-100. Legs of the rig can be lifted as one
piece even at greater radius. The MSG-100 will be fully containerized. The main difference is the height of the main boom. In order to create a better resistance against buckling, the height of the boom is increased. The boom will be shipped within container dimensions and once on site the height will be extended. This combines the transport effectiveness and greater boom capacity.
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A hybrid of the two biggest and strongest Mammoet cranes, the MSG and the PTC. That’s what the Engineering and Product Development department is looking for. In this design, the MSG masts are rigged as legs of a giant jacking portal. By connecting these with girders to the main boom of the PTC, this leviathan is capable of lifting 3000 t with a maximum boom length of 108 meter. In fact, Mammoet is reviving a ten-year-old idea, originally invented as an extension of the Demag CC 4800 crawler crane. But the development of the new generation ringer cranes made this construction redundant before it could be tried out. However, to meet the requests in the market
for positioning columns that are still growing in size, with 2500 t as a modern run-of-the-mill construction, Mammoet made an inventory of options to address these needs on short notice. One of the striking advantages of this hybrid system is that both the MSG masts and the girders can be dispatched fully containerized to any PTC. Thus, at modest extra cost, the lift capacity may be increased dramatically. Mammoet expects the super crane to enter service in spring 2003.
SC&RA Rigging Job of The Year Award
On 12 June 2002 the center of Dutch
honors Dutch companies that made sig-
At the end of April, the Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association (SC&RA)
Parliament, the Knight’s Hall at the
nificant contributions to economic activi-
held its annual conference in Tucson, Arizona (USA). The association has about
Binnenhof in The Hague, is the scene for
ties in The Netherlands, with emphasis
1000 members from 43 countries. All are active in lifting and transport activi-
a special meeting of the King William I
on performance, policy and actions.
ties. Each year, awards of recognition are announced for three categories.
Foundation. His Royal Highness Prince
According to CEO Frans van Seumeren,
Mammoets entry, the Kursk salvage, won the award in the category of projects
Claus of the Netherlands is Honorary
‘this award is of special value since it
worth more than US $ 750 000. Wessel Helmens, one of the Project Managers
President. Representatives from various
really recognizes the years long dedica-
on the Kursk Salvage, accepted this prestigious price and succeeded to
economic sectors, organizations, gov-
tion and perseverance of our staff
explain the basics of the rigging aspects in only 20 minutes. Spectacular video
ernmental institutions, previous laureates
worldwide. I consider this recognition as
shots convinced all attendees that this year there could only be one winner.
(including Ahold and Heineken) and the
a priceless shared value of all our
In its judicium, the jury emphasized the safety, innovation, planning and com-
press will witness this years Award to be
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plexity aspects of the memorable lifting and rigging job.
handed over to Mammoet. The award
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Facilitating top performance “To exploit synergy potential, best economy of scale and world wide efficiency, the Equipment Management Department (EMD) is responsible for various central facility services. For instance, the purchase of equipment is an opportunity to introduce better standardization in types, suppliers and maintenance procedures. This not only refers to cranes or trailers, but also to larger parts of equipment, like engines and jacking systems. One of the facilities is the worldwide management of technical standards.
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This enhances the exchange and cross utilization of equipment ‘owned’ by Mammoet Global, as well as the regional business units and joint ventures / subsidiaries. A striking aspect is the introduction of online tracking and tracing of equipment, by reading out barcodes before and after each movement of equipment. By doing so, essential information about which equipment is available at what location, is online available. A last example of the EMD scope can be found in Product Development, which among others intends to maintain a project governance system that makes experiences and solutions, developed world wide, to any engineering department in the Mammoet Group.
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Mammoet continues to be a dominant player in the world and regional markets for trading cranes and other equipment. It is an established fact that, before reselling such items, they comply with Mammoet’s high internal standards concerning safety and performance. The demands and supply change quickly.
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Finding the right second-hand equipment for your business at the right time and at the right price is a daunting experience. Normally, your choice is limited to a number of local traders or suppliers, who mostly operate through third parties, which often means selling for a less than perfect solution or spending more on new equipment instead.
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Zephyros: smart crane for windmills
It is expected that the market for windmill power plants will continue to increase for years to come. Apart from the installation of new mills, the owners will be confronted with more intense scheduled maintenance. This could even involve the exchange of the rotor and the generator. Mammoet’s Product Development department engineered and introduced a small, ‘smart’ crane that fits the pole of the windmill and assists in various assembly tasks.
Manufacturers consider to provide such crane upon ordering a set of windmills, as a kind of standard ‘tool’. Named after the Greek mythological God of the cool western breeze, this Zephyros device is a typical example of how Mammoet’s Product Development department potential yields products to the benefit of the customer.
Precursor of a new series: the Triple C Mammoet has given the green light to start the construction of an all new state of the art Containerized Crawler Crane (CCC). The cranes are going to be built by Purple C B.V., a joint venture company with Mammoet and Huisman-Itrec B.V. as shareholders. The first batch will probably count for two sister cranes, but plans have been prepared to extend this series to possibly 10 – 20 subsequent standardized cranes. Key features of this CCC are: • standard lift capacity of 1250 t • full crawler maneuverability with full load, including making sharp turns • extremely low surface loads between 20 and 30 t per square meters • fully containerized in approximately 75 standard containers with a weight less than 20 t • advanced computer management and control • redundant drives • hydraulic emergency control that even operates in case of a complete electrical failure • complete rigging on site in a couple of days
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The CCC has been designed by Purple C especially to fill a gap in lift capacities between 800 and 1600 t, a range where Mammoet anticipates a quickly developing need for quick rigged and de-rigged cranes from various customers in the petrochemical market, the construction and maintenance of power plants and civil projects. According to Klaas Lamphen, Manager Product development on the CCC development, ‘this crane pushes the envelope of safety levels, performance and reliability. The CCC can be equipped with a ballast trailer, but may also operate without one. This enables the application in very small working areas while still maintaining the high safety limits. The counter weights are included in the container package.’ He expects the first CCC to enter service at about the end of this year. Initially, the cranes will be exploit through the Mammoet fleet. It is the intention to sell these cranes, in some cases, to third parties.