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Heavy lifting and transportation for the Tobolsk Polymer project in Siberia, Russian Federation. Read more about it on page 10.
Worldwide specialists in heavy lifting and transport
Striving for professional excellence
Introduction “The evidence is in front of you”
Mammoet finds opportunities for growth, even at a time when many other businesses have to fight for survival. In this case, the growth is largely about greater strength rather than higher revenues. This is primarily the outcome of the quality and professional approach of our people. “Striving for professional excellence” is one of Mammoet’s corporate values for a good reason. As a business, we invest a lot in our personnel, and we get a lot back from them. As a customer you benefit from this in the form of ever and more versatile engineered heavy lifting and transport services. The evidence is in front of you, in this tenth issue of Mammoet World.
In addition to a selection of the many challenging projects Mammoet has undertaken this year in the power, petrochemical, offshore, civil engineering and marine sectors, we have also included information about significant developments in our business. In these articles, like the one about Mammoet Salvage which is rapidly expanding, you can read how our businesses contribute to strengthening our base and increasing the professional skills of the thousands of Red Men operating throughout the world. The Board considers the attitude and focus of our people as a key issue, as you can read in a candid interview. This issue of World also introduces the “kitchen” where Mammoet’s brightest ideas are developed: the Engineering Department, the think-tank of our company, which now designs more and more of our own specialist equipment such as the extremely powerful PTC ring cranes which will become operational next year. And finally, the item on corporate social responsibility shows that we care about more than just profits. We hope that you will enjoy reading about these and other subjects in this tenth issue of Mammoet World.
Wind turbine among the tulips
Colophon
Transport and installation of wind turbine components in the Dutch countryside.
This magazine is a publication of Mammoet Holding B.V., Corporate Communication Department, Postbus 570, 3100 AN Schiedam, The Netherlands. E-mail: info@mammoet.com Editors: Helen Lizun, Jennifer Lovell-Butler, Tara Power, Jude Castillo, Magdalene Lau Peggy Croes-del Prado and Johan Pastoor Editor in chief: Melvin Schaap Text & Photography: Mammoet Employees, Jorrit Lousberg,
Conversion factors 1 meter = 3.28 feet 1 metric ton = 0.984 long ton (UK ton) 1 metric ton = 1.102 short ton (US ton) 1 metric ton = 2205 pounds 1 foot = 0.305 meters 1 long ton = 1.016 metric ton = 2240 pounds 1 short ton = 0.907 metric ton = 2000 pounds
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PTC 120 DS PTC 160 DS
New Generation Superheavy Lift Cranes
Powerful, compact and versatile Mammoet’s New Generation: higher capacity, greater operational flexibility. Mammoet is currently building New Generation cranes which will become available in 2011. These cranes, the PTC 120 DS (maximum load moment 120,000 ton meters) and the PTC 160 DS (160,000 ton meters) introduce a whole new range to the world of cranes. The key feature of the New Generation is that the cranes combine outstanding capacity with great versatility. This will give Mammoet’s customers the opportunity to take a new approach to heavy lift and construction projects and thus save time and costs. The New Generation cranes will enable Mammoet to respond to customer’s changing needs.
PTC cranes use winches for lifting the heavy loads quickly. The PTC 120 DS and 160 DS also have auxiliary winches which can lift smaller loads at even higher speeds. The new cranes will have a maximum operating radius of approximately 200 meters.
“Outstanding capacity with great versatility”
The whole crane can be relocated on the job site using SPMTs or on its own bogies.
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The PTC 120 DS and PTC 160 DS carry the ballast on their rings, hence they are relatively compact and can operate in confined areas. The ring design enables the cranes to slew a full circle on their bogies relatively quickly. The cranes can also move in a straight line on the bogies while carrying a load on the hook.
“Once again, it depends on good business skills”
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The Board We expected 2010 to be a bridging year but it has turned out far better than expected. Of course, Mammoet has not been unaffected by the impact of the financial and economic crisis. However, the fall in revenue in some market segments was easily offset by positive developments elsewhere, so our revenue was the same as in 2009, which was a very good year. Again, Mammoet’s range of activities has provided a solid foundation in a period when the darkest clouds may have passed, but when the sun still hasn’t broken through.
managed to get new orders this year, and keep the order book full. Of course, the basis for that was created in earlier years. Roderik van Seumeren explained: “We have feelers out throughout the world and where the action is located. This means we always get to know about interesting projects. Hence, I’m optimistic about the future.”
Despite all the economic turmoil and contrary to our expectations, 2010 has proven to be a financial good year. This would be a good reason for the management team, consisting of Roderik van Seumeren (President and CEO), Patrick van Seumeren (Vice-President and COO), Siem Kranenburg (CFO) and Jan van Seumeren Jr. (CTO), to be satisfied. “Being satisfied is the beginning of being complacent, which is not allowed in our industry. The reason for this is that heavy lifting and heavy transport is a high risk activity. We are moving heavy loads so the right focus on our work is essential. Our safety statistics over the year 2010 show that in this area we are loosing track. An in-depth recovery plan how to change this negative trend is in place and will be the number one target for 2011.”
In the future we may expand more slowly than in the recent top years. After 2011 Mammoet is expecting to take serious steps forward in 2012 and 2013 when the PTCs now being built will become operational. These super cranes with capacities of 120,000 and 160,000 ton meters will c re a t e n e w, unique opportunities for Mammoet and our customers. They not only have an unrivalled lifting capacity, but the way they were developed is also unique. “We are doing the whole development in-house.” explained Jan van Seumeren Jr. “Our Engineering Department has designed these cranes and we are also building them. To give this process the place it deserves in our organization we have set up a new department, Mammoet Fabrication. We are planning to use
The good news is that Mammoet has done very well this year. We have been busier with projects than we expected. Mammoet has clocked up more person hours than ever. However, that did not result in correspondingly greater revenues as the margins in our sector are under pressure. “We have to work harder for it.” said COO Patrick van Seumeren who thinks it is actually good that the market is normalizing. “Until recently we were in the comfortable position that we were fully booked years ahead and could tailor our investments to that end. The market has now changed into a buyers’ market so we have to depend on our business skills, correctly assessing the opportunities and providing good service.” In 2010 Mammoet has proven to be a strong player in the competitive climate. We have
Roderik van Seumeren
“The people make the difference” If you think of Mammoet, you think of heavy equipment. Although hardware is a key element in our work, in my view it’s not the equipment but the people who make the difference. The better the team, the better the performance, and the better the service we provide to you, our customer.
At Mammoet we invest a lot of time and resources in training our people. We’ve been doing that for twenty years, and for good reasons. I am convinced that the quality and skills of our people are the factors which determine the future of businesses. Of course, in an industry like ours you need appropriate and unique equipment, but it’s the company that has the right people that will come out as the winner. And Mammoet wants to be that winner. Being the world’s largest and most versatile specialists in engineered heavy
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lifting and transport solutions is not enough for me. For us, the other leading position is at least equally important: being the best in the business. We have to work hard every day, individually and together, to reach and maintain that position. To be the best in the business you can’t simply depend on your wealth of experience and expertise. That’s history, it is too static. You have to continuously and actively invest in the future, and that’s
just what Mammoet is doing. How? By explaining what we expect from them. Our corporate values express our aims, and also clearly illustrate what you can expect as a Mammoet customer: • Putting people and safety first; • Result and service driven; • Striving for professional excellence; • Approachable, open-minded and strong sense of responsibility;
that department more often for developing our own products.” By doing our own product development we can make the best possible use of our knowledge and expertise. “We use highly specialized equipment and its development requires special expertise. Some equipment is so specialized that it is better for us to develop it, as we have the knowhow and a range of specialists in-house.” Other examples of equipment developed in-house by Mammoet include a new push-up system and submersible pontoon. The 500 ton push-up system is compact and offers a versatile and lower-cost alternative to the 2,400 ton system. We have also added a revolutionary multipurpose pontoon to our fleet. It is equipped with four winches on towers, each with a capacity of 100 tons. This enables us to launch ships with greater control and a smaller inclination than the conventional method, to offer customers greater certainty. In 2010 Mammoet also made significant investments in replacing our fleet of equipment to keep the average age down.
Jan van Seumeren Jr. (CTO)
Patrick van Seumeren
Siem Kranenburg (CFO)
(Vice-President and COO)
Patrick van Seumeren emphasized that Mammoet will keep investing, even in difficult times. “We invest out of step with the economic cycle, and we are repositioning our resources to anticipate the new opportunities and changes throughout the world.” Although the strategic plan for the next five years has not been fully finalized, Roderik van Seumeren did tell us that Mammoet will focus more on the top-end of the market and will extend its comprehensive range of worldwide engineered heavy lifting and transport services to marine applications. “We aim to be successful by being different, by doing projects few others can do. That means investing in specialized equipment such as our new submersible pontoon and the large PTC cranes. We want to distinguish ourselves from the rest
of the market by investing in this ‘exotic’ equipment and by creating new markets.” Acquisitions of other companies are another option to increase our market share, however we did not make any significant acquisitions this year. Siem Kranenburg: “Not because there were no opportunities, but because in our eyes the prices were unrealistic. We do have a list of suitable candidates and if there is a good opportunity we will certainly take it. We have the resources for that. Although the economic situation may be through the worst, many other operators in this industry are still suffering. Hence the coming year might be interesting.”
“We aim to be successful by being different, by doing projects few others can do”
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Working as a team and sharing knowledge; Passionate about our company and work.
These values guide Mammoet as a whole and also each Mammoet employee. Of course, it’s rather easier to put that down on paper than to implement it in a business like ours which operates worldwide and has employees with over a hundred different nationalities. Hence, I consider it my key challenge to inspire everyone in the company with these standards so that they will not only think and work in Mammoet terms, but also have the drive to succeed and excel.
Our intensive Training & Development Program means that we have already made good progress in this area. But this year too, we have concluded that we haven’t fully reached our objectives and there is still a lot to do to realize our ambitions. As market leader we owe that to ourselves. I will keep working towards that, together with over 3,600 other Red Men. That is my responsibility. With our knowledge and expertise and in the right spirit we work to be your engineered heavy lifting and transport partner. A partner offering comprehensive solutions for all lifting and transport operations, however varied or complex, from factory to foundation, over land and by water, wherever in the world, safely, reliably, within budget and on schedule.
We are working to create that at Mammoet every day, in every way, so that we can serve you better and contribute to making your processes faster, safer, better and cheaper. Although there is still work to be done, I am hugely proud of what our people have managed to do this year. Mammoet World 10 covers a selection of projects in all markets and on all continents. I would like to thank everyone, especially our customers, who have been involved in these projects. I can assure you that in the future, as now, Mammoet will do everything we can to be the best partner for engineered heavy lifting and transport operations. Roderik van Seumeren
Roderik van Seumeren (President and CEO)
“We have feelers out throughout the world and where the action is located”
Absorption column relocation
“Like meeting an old friend”
To avoid the need for transporting hazardous ammonia, our customer decided that they would relocate their production plant instead, to the site where the ammonia is used. Hence Mammoet was commissioned to relocate an absorption column (weight 330 tons, length 74.5 meters, diameter 8 meters). It was like meeting an old friend: we originally installed this column in 1986. We used an LR 11350 with 96 meter main boom to remove the column from the old site and install it at the new one. This crane proved to be the right choice for the congested sites. After the column had been removed we moved it on SPMTs to the barge which transported it to close to the new site. The column was then transported by road to the new site where the crane was waiting to install it. The column was transported with peripheral equipment attached so we had to make some special transport saddles.
Petrochemical
LOCATION: VELSEN AND GELEEN, THE NETHERLANDS JOB: REMOVING, TRANSPORTING AND INSTALLING HEAVY PROCESS PLANT CHALLENGE: WEATHER, SCHEDULE, COLUMN SADDLES
Apart from the column we also moved some 40 other units with a total weight of around 1,000 tons. The column move was completed in less than three weeks, despite the cold weather and snow. The rest of the project took several months.
Yemen YLNG project Mammoet was commissioned to transport 40 items with weights up to 147 tons from the port of Aden to the new LNG plant at Safir in Yemen, a distance of 850 kilometers. We used five prime movers, Scheuerle trailers and low loaders as well as turntables. The first half of the route was fairly straightforward, along the coastline. However, after that we had to pass through a number of small towns and villages which posed quite a challenge, especially as we wanted to minimize the inconvenience to local residents. There were also narrow winding roads and steep inclines. The last 200 kilometers we traveled on desert roads. The 1,700 kilometer round trip in these difficult conditions meant that we had to maintain all our equipment meticulously – but then we always do that. Mammoet made a total of ten trips in three months.
“Meticulous maintenance”
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LOCATION: ADEN AND SAFIR, YEMEN JOB: TRANSPORTING HEAVY CARGO CHALLENGE: TOWNS, WINDING ROADS, DESERT
Petrochemical
Coke plant steam generators The four steam generators of a coke plant in a refinery had to be replaced and there was little space to assemble our crane and operate it. We used a M18000 to lift the four steam generators (200 tons each) across a structure with a height of 60 meters, operating at 38 meters radius.
LOCATION: PUNTO FIJO, VENEZUELA JOB: REPLACING TWO STEAM GENERATORS CHALLENGE: CONSTRICTED SITE, TIGHT SCHEDULE
“98% satisfaction rating by the customer”
Despite the poor weather and difficult logistics and schedule, the project was done efficiently and safely by the crews from Mammoet Venezuela and Mammoet USA.
Greek refinery upgrade Mammoet transported and installed over 60 units with weights from 50 to 900 tons for the upgrade of this refinery. We started by installing two 900-ton reactors using a gantry and skidding system supported by a tailing crane. After that we installed smaller items using crawler cranes, SPMTs and auxiliary equipment.
“Installing two 900 ton reactors”
The job site was both small and narrow and was located next to an operating refinery which created a few challenges. LOCATION: ELEFSIS, GREECE JOB: HEAVY LIFTING AT A REFINERY CHALLENGE: CONGESTED SITE
Absorber replacement in Germany LOCATION: GROSSENKNETEN, GERMANY JOB: TRANSPORTING AND INSTALLING AN ABSORBER CHALLENGE: TIME WINDOW OF THE SHUTDOWN
“180 ton test lift”
An absorber had to be replaced during a scheduled shutdown of a natural gas processing plant in Germany. Mammoet loaded the absorber (length: 26 meters, weight: 156 tons) onto a barge at the fabricator’s site. Once it had arrived at the quay we transferred the absorber onto a trailer and moved it to the site where further components were attached to it. The total weight amounted to 175 tons. We used an LTM 11200 as the main crane and an LTM 1500
as a tailing crane. Because of the high safety standards of the customer we first had to make a 180 ton test lift. The old absorber was removed and the new one installed and we completed the work well within the allocated timeframe and to the full satisfaction of the customer. The project went very smoothly as a result of the careful planning by Engineering and Project Management and the professional teamwork.
World’s largest autoclaves “Overall length 135 meters”
Petrochemical
The customer ordered four autoclaves, the world’s largest, for a gold mine. The first two units (38 x 6.3 x 7 meters, 795 tons each) were delivered to the port of Samana. We loaded them onto our trailers, resulting in an overall height of almost nine meters, and a weight of 1,200 tons. We used a push-pull pull arrangement of power packs and up to six prime movers. The overall train length, including our equipment, was 135 meters. The 123-kilometer route along poor roads passed through small villages and included tight turns, three U-turns and inclines up to 13%. We had to put ramps across 29 bridges and also provided a temporary bridge across a river. At the mine, we transferred the autoclaves onto double-wide SPMTs and moved them two kilometers along an 8% incline to the autoclave building. They were jacked up with four 500-ton jacks, skidded across the foundations and then jacked down. We will return later to transport and install the other two autoclaves. LOCATION: PUEBLO VIEJO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC JOB: TRANSPORTING, JACKING AND SKIDDING CHALLENGE: EXTREMELY DIFFICULT ROUTE
LOCATION: IJMUIDEN/VELSEN, THE NETHERLANDS JOB: VARIOUS LIFTING OPERATIONS CHALLENGE: CONGESTED SITE
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Steelworks upgrade The upgrade of several parts of the steelworks required extensive heavy lifting operations. Mammoet’s first job on site was to lift the five sections of an old boiler and then install five new sections. The heaviest load was 40 tons at a radius of no less than 128 meters. This was a major project and our CC 6800 worked on site for 35 days and was regularly operated around the clock. We also provided mobile cranes to replace several of the works cranes on the site. Finally our AMSTERDAM sheerlegs removed an old overhead crane. The components of this crane weighed 30 to 180 tons. After lifting the 26 meter girders we transported them to the site quay on SPMTs and loaded them onto a Mammoet Maritime pontoon. Mammoet has a permanent base at these steelworks which serves both the site and other customers.
“Regularly operated around the clock”
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Petrochemical
Refinery construction Mammoet worked on a major petrochemical project. We received, transported and installed 107 major plant items (weight up to 1,350 tons, length up to 110 meters). We used a wide range of cranes, including our PTC and MSG 80 DS ring cranes. There were also over 100 axle lines of SPMTs, used for transporting plant items and relocating the PTC on site, as well as conventional trailers.
“… the customer was pouring concrete around us”
Over half the lifts were handled by an LR 1400/2. The CC 8800-1 was the biggest crawler crane on the project handling items up to 575 tons. It was used in three different main boom and jib configurations. The MSG 80 DS ring crane was used to install a propylene reactor (weight 1,350 tons, length 110 meters). It was rigged with a 115 meter double stack main boom and 15 meter fixed jib. Mammoet also skidded some plant items, while the customer was literally pouring concrete around them. The main challenge of this project was that the conditions on the busy site changed constantly. We had around 85 personnel on site who never lost the focus on safety.
LOCATION: JUBAIL, SAUDI ARABIA JOB: EXTENSIVE TRANSPORT AND HEAVY LIFT OPERATIONS CHALLENGE: SIZE, WEIGHT, CHANGING SITE CONDITIONS
Splitter load-out in Malaysia Mammoet was contracted to load-out a C3 splitter from the fabricator’s yard onto a barge. With a length of 108 meters and weight of 1,460 tons this set a record for both the fabricator and the RoRo jetty.
LOCATION: KUANTAN, MALAYSIA JOB: LOADING OUT A SPLITTER CHALLENGE: SITE RECORD
In the early morning we moved the column close to the ramp and then waited for daylight and high tide. To spread the load on the jetty we used SPMTs: a double 6-axle at the front, double 38-axle in the center, and a double 4-axle at the back. The load-out went well and we soon set down the splitter onto the barge. It sailed to Singapore where our MSG ring crane installed it on site.
“Waiting for daylight and high tide”
Petrochemical
“Over 20,000 tons of process equipment”
Project in Singapore LOCATION: SINGAPORE JOB: TRANSPORT AND INSTALLATION OF PROCESS PLANT CHALLENGE: SCALE OF THE PROJECT
As part of the extension of an olefins plant we were commissioned to transport over 20,000 tons of process equipment from several locations in Asia to Singapore by barge. The seven furnaces were the largest items and weighed more than 2,000 tons each. Placed on 104 axle lines of SPMT they were almost 50 meters high – an impressive sight!
The project included the installation of large modules. We did that by jacking them up five meters, transferring them onto SPMTs (using containers as supports) and then placing the modules on the foundations.
Russian polymer plant We unloaded barges with heavy and large items for this project and transported them 22 kilometers to the site using 48 axle lines of SPMTs. The heaviest item was a 1,080-ton column. After unloading the barges we moved our LR 11350 and CC 2600 cranes to the site to assemble a gantry system to erect the columns.
“22 kilometers by SPMT”
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LOCATION: TOBOLSK, SIBERIA, RUSSIAN FEDERATION JOB: TRANSPORTING AND INSTALLING PROCESS PLANT
Petrochemical
Fertilizer plant upgrade This fertilizer site was upgraded and extended with a new urea plant. Mammoet was commissioned to install around 230 items with a total weight of over 1,000 tons. This required a wide range of equipment: cranes, SPMTs, skidding systems, rollers and chain hoists. This was the first job for our new AC 700 which we used to install nine tanks and columns in one weekend. After that we relocated it to assemble a LR 11350 which was used for several heavy lifts (105 – 350 tons). We also transported a 180-ton turbine from the Mammoet quay in Westdorpe to the site, using SPMTs.
“Nine tanks and columns in one weekend”
LOCATION: SLUISKIL, THE NETHERLANDS JOB: WIDE RANGE OF LIFTING OPERATIONS CHALLENGE: SHORT TIMEFRAME
Crude Oil Processing Plant Expansion A crude oil processing facility in southeast Texas increased production capability from 300,000 to 625,000 barrels per day. Mammoet was awarded all of the heavy transport and lifting and installation of various components. We transported over 300 large modules as well as over 300 other units. At the peak of the project we had over 400 axle lines of SPMTs on site. We handled process plant delivered by 22 ocean-going vessels and 60 barges. The plant was installed using our fleet of transport, lifting and jacking equipment. The most impressive item was a vacuum column (length 60.5 meters, diameter 16 meters, weight 1,300 tons) and its 200-ton skirt which was fitted on site. The column was fabricated in Antwerp, Belgium. To accommodate the limited clearance on site Mammoet developed a circular skid system to rotate the vessel once it had been lifted using our lifting system and 2,000 ton tailing frame. This allowed our crew to shift the column sideways for precise control of the operation.
LOCATION: PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS, USA JOB: TRANSPORTING AND INSTALLING HEAVY PLANT CHALLENGE: SIZE, WEIGHT, SMALL CLEARANCE
“We developed a circular skid system”
“Personally caring about the issues” When choosing business partners, customers have long focused on safety performance. In a more recent development, the social dimension of the potential partner is also considered in the choice, and Mammoet is aware of that fact. This means that corporate social responsibility is becoming even more valuable as a distinguishing factor.
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Corporate social responsibility is growing in importance and Mammoet is contributing to that. Not only because our customers increasingly ask about it and because it gives us an opportunity to distinguish ourselves from the rest of the market, but also because it helps increase awareness within our business. “You could brand corporate social responsibility as no more than a marketing instrument, however, I believe that it also improves the awareness of our personnel.” explains Corporate Safety Director Koos van Tol. “If your business looks after the environment, energy, personnel, workplace conditions and the society in which it works, then that becomes part of you. So, we are concerned with behavior and changing behavior. Eventually it’ll be obvious that you shouldn’t leave an engine running unnecessarily. That’s something you pick up. It becomes an element of learning.” According to Van Tol, customers appreciate this: “If your organization and you personally care about these issues then you are also more likely to look after issues a customer values, such as the way you deal with them, with colleagues,
with third parties, with regulations and procedures, safety and quality, equipment and the way you behave off-site.” If you look at corporate social responsibility in a broader perspective you see that it touches all aspects of corporate policy. In the narrower context, the emphasis is primarily on issues related to SHE-Q (Safety, Health, Environment and Quality), the area Koos van Tol is responsible for. “Mammoet takes its social responsibility seriously and considers it as an essential element of the corporate policy. And we don’t just talk about it, we put it into practice. We are actively working on energy conservation, reducing our CO2 emissions and separating waste streams, to mention just a few environmental issues. We also provide good and safe workplace conditions, for our own personnel, subcontractors and third parties. Child labor is unacceptable. In the areas where we operate we make a real contribution to supporting the local c o m m u n i t y. ” Corporate social responsibility goes beyond the head office. Van Tol explains that the regions are also expected to contribute actively to
Improved incident reporting system In the last issue of World we mentioned that a centralized incident recording system was being developed. This system, which can be accessed by all safety personnel and managers, provides much better opportunities for logging, viewing, analyzing and exchanging information about incidents. The new system is scheduled to go live on 1 January 2011 and Mammoet wants to use it to prevent incidents even more effectively.
this initiative. That has already resulted in welcome developments, from geothermal heating at our new office in Western Canada, to fundraising for charities and for the local communities everywhere in the world where Mammoet operates. Another good example is the current Mammoet campaign to reduce CO2 emissions. “We have investigated our CO2 emissions and benchmarked them against other companies. Mammoet is doing better than average. Now we know where we stand and we are looking for options to further reduce those emissions.” To improve control, Mammoet tries to measure performance where possible. “Apart from the CO2 emissions the regions report monthly about their energy
Team Building Program in Malaysia Koos van Tol
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In the past, it was nearly impossible for the women of Besease (East Ghana) to earn their own income. With training and a loan from The Hunger Project (THP), they started a palm oil processing company two years ago. Since then they have built a nursery school with three rooms with the profits of their company. Mammoet has been supporting THP since 2005.
Mammoet will be working with the Fundación Vida Silvestre Argentina to offset the CO2 emissions of the rally truck (sponsored by Mammoet) by reforesting ten hectares of forest in Argentina.
“Mammoet takes its social responsibility seriously” consumption and social activities. These are covered in the quarterly reports and our annual report. The annual report also states the targets for the following year.” This is how Mammoet makes the performance and progress in the area of corporate social responsibility visible to everyone.
why customers like working with us. But should something go wrong, then it will hit us much harder. Like: ‘Hey, Mammoet, how could that happen? You ought to know better!’ Then they really look at it extremely critically. We are expected to do better than a small contractor, and I think that’s right. After all, we are that much more visible.”
With these corporate social responsibility initiatives Mammoet confirms its role as a trendsetter rather than follower. “As in other areas, Mammoet has its house in order in this area. If I look at my own area, SHE-Q, I think that we are leaders in many respects, and that many other operators in this sector would be envious of our performance.” Van Tol mentions that there is another side to this: “We have a good image. And that’s
So, to preserve its reputation, Mammoet always has to do better than others. For Van Tol this means that he has to ensure that everyone stays focused, works safely, follows the rules, and behaves responsibly. Within Mammoet there have been extensive discussions in the past year about the best way of managing people to reach that objective. “When looking for the best approach you have to strike the right balance between freedom and compulsion. You are basically dealing with a dilemma. On the one hand, we
want our people to follow all the rules, and there are more and more of them. On the other hand, we don’t want them to become robots either. Then they would do everything automatically. I would rather have them use their heads and think about what they are doing. You have to get the balance right. Hence, we have decided to make the training more professional and include some personal development to help our personnel develop the right attitude and professional skills, supported by good leadership. We believe in the professional attitude and personal responsibility of our people. Hence, we give them the opportunities and tools for that, but will also impose sanctions where necessary.”
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“Created a wind turbine terminal”
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Winds of change LOCATION: VARIOUS SITES IN ONTARIO, CANADA JOB: TRANSPORTING AND INSTALLING WIND TURBINES CHALLENGE: FINDING A SUITABLE PORT FACILITY
The Canadian Province of Ontario recently passed the Green Energy Act. This legislation requires all coal-fired power plants in Ontario to be decommissioned over the next few years and be replaced by renewable sources of energy. This has led to the development of several wind farms, and Mammoet has been busy transporting and installing the wind turbines. One of the main challenges was finding a suitable port facility in the area to offload wind turbines from ships. We eventually located a gravel dock on the Detroit River and converted it into a wind turbine terminal. At this facility we have so far offloaded blades, nacelles and towers from nine different ships using a CC 2400 and AC 500.
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International power A tight schedule, congested project site and having to relocate equipment and personnel almost 4,000 kilometers was a challenge, even for Mammoet. We were contracted to transport and install two 2,676 ton Heat Recovery Steam Generator (HRSG) modules measuring 36.5 x 18.25 x 36 meters for a power plant expansion project in the Northeast United States. Due to the project site limitations, all modularized pieces were constructed at various locations throughout the United States and Mexico. In Mexico, Mammoet received, loaded, and secured the two HRSG modules, using 104 lines of SPMTs and a large ocean barge. During the 17-day ocean voyage to the project site we relocated over 20 truckloads of SPMTs and associated equipment to the project site. All equipment had to be onsite and assembled before the first HRSG module arrived. After arrival of the barge we transported the modules to site and installed them. The project took a lot of organization and logistics and went very well.
“A challenge, even for Mammoet”
LOCATION: ASTORIA, NEW YORK, USA JOB: HRSG MODULE TRANSPORT AND INSTALLATION CHALLENGE: SCHEDULE, CONGESTED SITE, EQUIPMENT AND PERSONNEL RELOCATION
100 bridges in Venezuela
“We had to strengthen 25 bridges”
LOCATION: ANZOÁTEGUI, VENEZUELA JOB: TRANSPORTING AND INSTALLING PLANT CHALLENGE: ROUTE RESTRICTIONS
We transported three turbines, three generators and three transformers to the power plant where we installed the units. Although the weights were not excessive, the heaviest item weighted 220 tons, this job took a lot of preparation. The route followed the main highway and led across around 100 bridges. Each bridge had to be surveyed in advance. We then had to strengthen 25 of these bridges before we could cross them with our loads. Mammoet provided all the engineering services for the project. Once on site we installed the equipment using our 800-ton gantry crane.
Transformer record USA We had to exchange three transformers, weighing 320 tons each, during a 24-day outage. Two of the old transformers were removed simultaneously by crews working around the clock, using 80 axle lines of SPMTs and three Jack ‘n Slide systems. Once we had removed the old transformers we installed the new units which were already fitted with all their accessories. The project was planned meticulously by our engineering department and was completed safely more than two days ahead of schedule. This may well be a record time. The customer was highly impressed by our professional approach and equipment.
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LOCATION: DELTA, PENNSYLVANIA, USA JOB: CHANGING THREE TRANSFORMERS OUT CHALLENGE: VERY TIGHT SCHEDULE
“24-day outage”
Churchill Falls Generating Station Mammoet was contracted to change out a transformer at a hydro-electric generating station. This included transporting the old transformer to a rail siding approximately 200 kilometers away from site. The crew was faced with several inclines of 10% slope or greater, both during transport and inside the power plant. We used 15 lines of Goldhofer trailers and two prime movers to transport the 225-ton transformer. At times we added two loaders to the rig. This job presented many challenges due to the remote location and the rugged terrain along the route.
“10% slope or greater”
LOCATION: CHURCHILL FALLS, LABRADOR, CANADA JOB: TRANSPORTING A TRANSFORMER CHALLENGE: REMOTE LOCATION, DIFFICULT TERRAIN
Sliding on air LOCATION: FLAMANVILLE, FRANCE JOB: INSTALLING VESSELS WITH AIR PALLETS CHALLENGE: LIMITING THE GROUND PRESSURE
“Required less headroom”
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Mammoet transferred and installed four 170-ton vessels in the turbine hall of a new nuclear power plant. We used our proprietary air pallet (air skid) system because part of the concrete slab of the building was not strong enough to support conventional skidding equipment. The air pallets also required less headroom and allowed us to turn the vessels into position. To reduce the ground pressure we used eight air pallets under each vessel. The units were then pulled into place with winches.
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Power plant in Europoort
“Logistics now much more flexible”
Mammoet is doing all the heavy lifting and transport for the construction of a new power plant. There are 16 heavy (100 – 360 tons) items such as the steam and gas turbines, generators and transformers. We are also handling around 80 outsize loads (6.5 meters wide, 6 meters high) delivered to Rotterdam by inland navigation. Our scope includes the
transshipment, transport by road and over water, and also jacking and skidding to install the transformers. The relevant authorities granted permission to create a temporary RoRo quay which made the logistics operations much more flexible.
LOCATION: EUROPOORT, THE NETHERLANDS JOB: EXTENSIVE HEAVY TRANSPORT, LIFTING AND SKIDDING CHALLENGE: CREATING A TEMPORARY RORO QUAY
LOCATION: KARLSRUHE, GERMANY JOB: TRANSPORTING AND INSTALLING CONDENSERS
Condensers in Karlsruhe Mammoet handled the transport and installation of three 190-ton condensers at a new power plant. The three modules arrived by barge and we transported them to the site on conventional trailers. We placed the modules on the transport frames and then on the SPMTs, transported them on site and skidded them into the building at six meters height. Inside the building we used SPMTs and skids to install the condensers in their final positions. This part of the project took only a few days. We also installed other modules on the site, such as a feedwater tank, condenser components and a generator.
“Took only a few days”
“All transport and lifting services”
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Power in Qatar Mammoet won the contract to provide all transport and lifting services for the construction of this power and desalination plant. This included handling almost 200 heavy plant items such as gas turbines, steam plant and transformers. We used a range of cranes and our Lift-N-Lock system. Our innovative engineering and detailed planning ensured that we completed the work safely and to the full satisfaction of the customer. LOCATION: RAS LAFFAN, QATAR JOB: ALL TRANSPORT AND INSTALLATION OPERATIONS CHALLENGE: CONGESTED SITE, MINIMAL LIFTING CLEARANCE
“Tested our systems in advance”
Three transport modes Two steam generators (weighing 467 tons each) had to be replaced at a power plant. The project illustrates the broad range of services provided by Mammoet: we first transported the generators by road, then by rail, and then installed them on site. At the site we lifted the steam generators off the railcar, rotated them to the right position, placed them on SPMTs and moved them to a storage location. We set up all the lifting, transfer and tailing systems at our facility in Texas to test them in advance. When the plant outage started the customer prepared the old steam generators for lifting while we assembled our equipment. The schedule was very tight and we undertook several lifting and transport operations simultaneously. All the work was completed on time without incidents. LOCATION: CRYSTAL RIVER, FLORIDA, USA JOB: REPLACING STEAM GENERATORS CHALLENGE: TIGHT SCHEDULE, SIMULTANEOUS ACTIVITIES
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Variety in Finland “Lifting and installing major components”
Pictures: AREVA/Paivi Bourdon
Mammoet transported, lifted and installed all major components of a new nuclear power plant. We started by transporting the reactor pressure vessel using double 12 axle lines of SPMTs. Next we used a strand jack gantry to lift it 20 meters onto a skid track system. The vessel was then skidded into the building where we used two strand jack gantries to upend the vessel and lower it into the pit. We also assisted the customer with the load tests of the polar crane of the power plant. This crane has five hooks, each of which was tested with different loads. The next part of the project will be to transport and install four steam generators (550 tons each), one vessel (165 tons), the reactor closure head (110 tons), etc. We are also providing assistance with the rigging and lifting of all the reactor piping.
Two weeks’ notice The customer commissioned us to replace a generator stator (weight 191 tons). Routine enough, except that we only got two weeks’ notice. Our team immediately went to the site for a survey and to prepare the required documentation. We then brought our jack and slide equipment, two 450 ton gantries and six double axle lines of SPMTs to the site. The first operation was to jack the old stator up, place it on skid tracks and move it outside the building. As the site was congested we could not simply lift the stator up but had to skid it while simultaneously moving the gantry. We then took the old stator to a railway siding where we collected the new stator and installed that by reversing the process.
“Skidding while moving the gantry”
LOCATION: SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, USA JOB: REPLACING A STATOR CHALLENGE: LITTLE TIME TO MOBILIZE EQUIPMENT
LOCATION: OLKILUOTO, FINLAND JOB: LIFTING, SKIDDING CRANE TESTING AND RIGGING CHALLENGE: EXTENSIVE LOAD TESTING OF ALL EQUIPMENT
Nuclear storage
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LOCATION: LUBMIN, GERMANY JOB: TRANSPORTING TWO NUCLEAR REACTORS CHALLENGE: NUCLEAR SAFETY REGULATIONS
A few years ago, Mammoet Germany removed two reactors (weighing 400 tons each) from this decommissioned nuclear power plant and transported them to the neighboring intermediate storage site. This year we returned to remove the last two of the original eight reactors. Our engineering and logistics experts spent a year planning this job. We had to make sure we complied fully with the strict site safety rules. The project required a wide range of equipment: our strand jack lifting system, a skidding system, the Hydrospex SBL 1100 4-point lifting gantry and 4x4 axle lines of SPMTs. The thorough preparation paid off and we finished this project on time and without any incidents.
“A year planning this job”
Tuft’s Cove Power Plant “Had to rerig because of height limitations”
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LOCATION: HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA JOB: TURBINE AND GENERATOR INSTALLATION CHALLENGE: SITE RESTRICTIONS
Mammoet installed a new steam turbine and generator for a gasfuelled power plant expansion project. Because of site restrictions the units could only be inserted from the side, and we had to lift them up outside the building. We did this using a 700ton gantry and 22-meter long beams. Once inside the building we had to rerig the units because of height limitations. Finally, we moved them 18 meters and installed them on the foundations.
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Power in Pembroke Our customer built a major new power plant in Pembroke, South Wales. Mammoet handled all the heavy and oversize components. The site jetty was 50 years old and we had to reinforce it with 20 large piles and install load spreaders on it to accommodate our crane. The items were transported to a port nearby on a heavy lift vessel which transferred them to our barge. The barge was then towed to the site and our crane transferred the items to SPMTs and conventional trailers for site transport. We also were commissioned to install the gas turbines, generators and transformers on their foundations.
“Reinforced with 20 large piles” LOCATION: PEMBROKE, UK JOB: HEAVY LIFTING FOR A NEW POWER PLANT CHALLENGE: WEAK JETTY
Two power plants Two coal-fired power plants, with a total capacity of 4800 MW, are being built to meet the growing demand for power in South Africa. The main contractor commissioned us to provide 10 large crawler cranes for this project. One of the main challenges was to get all our equipment to the sites. We have been working at the first site for a year and will soon be starting at the second one.
“The whole project will take four years”
LOCATION: MEDUPI & KUSLIE, SOUTH AFRICA JOB: PROVIDING 10 CRANES AND OPERATORS CHALLENGE: TRANSPORT OF CRANE COMPONENTS TO SITE
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Mammoet USA Wins SC&RA Hauling Job of the Year On April 10th at the Specialized Carrier & Rigging Association’s Annual Conference in Florida, Mammoet USA was honored with the Hauling Job of the Year Award.The award is designed to honor and give special recognition to members that perform outstanding achievements in moving and trucking jobs. There are three seperate categories of the competition; Mammoet was awarded for the Trucking Job over 160,000 pounds net. Entries are judged on Shipment Routing, Planning, Physical Elements, Safety and Execution. The project submitted for the award was the transport of an 879,635 pound power generator stator from Charleston, South Carolina to a power plant in North Carolina. The total gross weight of cargo and equipment was permitted by the South Carolina Department of Transportation at
2,055,912 pounds and is the heaviest load to ever be permitted for over the road transport in the state of South Carolina. In order to transport the stator and ensure proper load spreading on the 310 mile transport route, an equipment configuration consisting of 36 axle lines of Goldhofer Modular Transporters, 36 axle lines of Scheuerle Modular Transporters, a 500 ton Suspension Transport Frame and five Prime Movers were utilized. One hundred eighty-one miles into the transport the equipment was reconfigured in order to navigate the remaining bridges on the route. Mammoet engineers, working in conjunction with Load Craft, designed a method that would increase the number of dollies for each 18-axle transporter from 8 to 10. The design incorporated a “wing” design to attach the dolly to the trailer.
First Position IC50 / IC T50 Once more, Mammoet took first place in the 2010 IC50 ranking of the world’s largest crane-owning companies and also took first place in the IC T50 ranking of the world’s largest heavy and specialized transport owning companies in the world. The ranking was carried out by International Cranes and Specialized Transport magazine.
Mammoet Australia 335 kilometers through an ancient landscape Mammoet transported 38 heavy, oversize modules from Port Hedland to the site of an iron ore mine. The mine is located in the Pilbara, Western Australia, one of the world’s most ancient landscapes. We set up a base with a workshop for servicing 144 axle lines of trailers and 9 prime movers. Due to route restrictions we could only take two modules at a time down the Great Northern Highway. Our large team of traffic controllers minimized disruption to the other traffic on the route. Each 335-kilometer trip took two days and we delivered four modules every week. On site we used 48 axle lines of SPMTs, which had to cope with inclines up to 8%, to transport the modules and then installed them using one of our cranes. The whole project took 13 weeks and was completed without incidents.
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Mammoet Maritime acquires Barthel Schwimmkrane Mammoet Maritime recently acquired Barthel Schwimmkrane based in Mülheim am Ruhr in Germany, which operates in the same sector. As of 1 January 2011, the six personnel and equipment will be operating as Mammoet Maritime GmbH. The equipment includes the 200-ton sheerlegs (Grizzly), 300-ton floating crane (Atlas) and a pusher tug (Buffel). This acquisition strengthens Mammoet Maritime’s position on the German market.
Mammoet Middle East New regional head office In 2010 Mammoet Middle East has moved into its brand-new facilities in Jebel Ali Free Zone, Dubai United Arab Emirates. The new facilities are built on a site of 27,000 square meters and include 505 square meters main office space (two floors), 2,880 square meters of additional office space including training rooms, offices, canteens and facilities, 4,300 square meters of workshop / auxiliary equipment storage (covered), 4,300 square meters of covered warehousing and 10,000 square meters of non covered storage and parking area. Located within the same gated area as the renowned Jebel Ali Port, Mammoet will be able to offer additional value such as storage, temporary office space, training and much more to our esteemed customers in the area.
Mammoet expands business on 80,000 m² site Mammoet Benelux recently acquired an 8 ha undeveloped harbor site on the Axelse Vlakte (Axel Plain) at Autrichehaven in Westdorpe, near Terneuzen. In the coming year we have the intention to develop this site into our third Multi-Purpose Terminal in the Netherlands. It will include our own 300 meter quay at the new Autriche Terminal to receive vessels of up to 12.50 meters draft. We will also use the site to test the three New Generation PTC cranes (see page 3).
Golden Orchid Safety Award Mammoet has been awarded a Golden Orchid Safety Award for perfect safety performance with Zero Lost Time Incidents and Zero Total Recordable Injuries / Incidents from NesteOil for the NExBTL g p project in Singapore.
“11,000 tons, 100 meters long”
Offshore
Largest offshore deck built in the Netherlands
LOCATION: ZWIJNDRECHT + MAMMOET HLT SCHIEDAM, THE NETHERLANDS JOB: HEAVY LIFTING, TRANSPORT AND LOAD-OUT CHALLENGE: SIZE AND WEIGHT OF THE LOAD
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Our customer built an 11,000 ton Integrated Production and Hotel Facility topsides and 350 ton flare boom structure as well as a 2,000 ton Weather Deck module for a Norwegian project. The main deck was 100 meters long, 47 meters wide and 50 meters in height. Including the crane the total height was 68.5 meters. This was the largest offshore deck ever built in the Netherlands and required 2,500,000 personhours at the yard and down the supply chain. It is designed to have a life of 40 years.
When the structure became too large to fit in the fabrication hall, Mammoet moved it to the yard outside using 418 axle lines of SPMTs. We then provided crawler cranes to assist with the completion of the structure. Finally we loaded the platform out for transport to Norway. In the spirit of this megaproject, the customer provided us with a dedicated area of 6,000 m2 on site to prepare for the load-out. Before sailing for Norway, the last assembly operations were done at the Mammoet Heavy Lift Terminal.
Wind turbines near Barrow
Offshore
“Supported by our marine engineers”
Mammoet was commissioned to install the foundations for a wind farm in the Irish Sea, approximately 25 kilometers west of Barrow in Furness. We placed our LR 1750 crane on a 9.5 meter platform on the pontoon so that the ballast could swing over the accommodation block. We unloaded the piles from ships, and after upending, piling them into the seabed. We where plling four piles for each of the 31 wind turbines. The piles weighed 47 – 107 tons and had a length of 21 – 49 meters. To cope with the swell we used a heave compensator when lifting the heavy piles from the ship. The main challenges were the total weight restriction (580 tons) by the crane and the platform, seafastening and ensuring that the upending of the piles. LOCATION: NEAR BARROW IN FURNESS, UK JOB: INSTALLING WIND TURBINE FOUNDATIONS CHALLENGE: PILE ALIGNMENT, PONTOON WEIGHT RESTRICTION
Our marine engineers supported this project by designing the seafastenings for the crane and the platform to raise it clear of the structures on the pontoon.
Tenth submersible rig For some years the yard has been building offshore rigs in two parts, the upper and lower sections. The two sections are then combined by jacking the upper section and skidding it into place over the lower section. The whole unit is then loaded out. The yard developed this method together with Mammoet to reduce the construction time of the rigs by four months. They can now build two of these semisubmersible rigs every year. That we recently jacked and skidded the tenth rig proves the success of this method. This project clearly illustrates how developing the construction process together with Mammoet and applying innovative techniques can save customers time and reduce costs.
“Reducing construction time by four months” LOCATION: SINGAPORE JOB: JACKING AND SKIDDING RIG SECTIONS CHALLENGE: HELPING THE CUSTOMER SAVE TIME
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Serving two customers We were awarded two separate contracts, from different customers, for the onshore and offshore transport and lifting operations for a North Sea platform. First, the platform fabricators commissioned us to move the topsides (4,000 tons) from their construction hall to the yard using 144 axles lines of SPMTs. Next, we installed the four legs (60 meters, 400 tons each) on the topsides. Once construction was completed we lifted the platform five meters up with strand jacks, to place the load-out frame under it. We left the 16 strand jacks (capacity: 900 tons each) on the platform to use later for installation offshore. By this time the whole structure weighed 6,200 tons and we loaded it out using 250 axle lines of SPMTs and two barges fitted with our ballasting systems. Finally we assisted with the seafastening. The barge then transported the platform to its offshore location where we lowered the legs down to the seabed and then lifted the platform to the top of the legs, all using the strand jacks. This was a major project and took some hard work, but it went well and both customers were highly satisfied with our work.
“6,200 tons on 250 axle lines”
LOCATION: VLISSINGEN, THE NETHERLANDS AND THE NORTH SEA JOB: TRANSPORTING AND INSTALLING A PLATFORM CHALLENGE: SCALE OF THE PROJECT
Handling wind turbine components
LOCATION: DENMARK, GERMANY, BELGIUM AND THE NETHERLANDS JOB: HANDLING WIND TURBINE COMPONENTS CHALLENGE: OPERATING ON THREE DIFFERENT SITES
The main contractor for a wind turbine project contracted the heavy lifting to us. At a site in Denmark we provided a crane to upright the 160-ton transition pieces and load them onto a coaster. In Germany we provided two cranes to load monopiles (40 – 70 meters, 254 – 544 tons) onto a coaster.
“Over 1,000 timber mats”
In the port of Zeebrugge, Belgium, we provided two cranes to unload the transition pieces and monopiles. Before we could position the cranes, we had to cover the quay with over 1,000 timber mats. In the Netherlands we provided several services such as: unloading monopiles, transition pieces and other wind turbine components from incoming seagoing vessels. Transporting these components to a laydown area for temporary storage and placing them on dedicated storage foundations. Eventually we transported the components back to the quay and loading them onto pontoons.
Nothing is routine in Sakhalin
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Mammoet has been operating in Sakhalin for close to a decade and is familiar with the extreme weather conditions in the area. This job was to move an onshore oil rig in 250 trailer loads. Normally a routine job, but not in Sakhalin.
“Installed 46 days ahead of schedule”
A scheduling change by the customer meant that the first loads were transported before cold weather set in. Consequently, the roads were so soft that we had to use a grader first. Even then it sometimes took four trucks with almost 2,000 horsepower to move the trailers across the muddy roads and hills. At times we added a bulldozer to the rig for some extra pull.
LOCATION: SAKHALIN, RUSSIA JOB: TRANSPORTING AND INSTALLING MODULES CHALLENGE: WEATHER CONDITIONS
After a number of trips, winter set in which initially helped as the road surfaces became stronger. But then the snow and ice, and temperatures below -20˚C tested our equipment and crew – all proved up to the job. Our crew was multinational and the interpreter was an essential member of the team. Despite the challenges, the last modules were delivered and installed on their foundations 46 days ahead of schedule. All that was left to do was to remove the now rock-hard sand from the trailers so we could disassemble them.
Onshore oil plant Mammoet has been present on this site for over a year as the heavy lifting and transport subcontractor. At times we had eight mobile cranes on site, sometimes working double shifts.
“A wide variety of loads” LOCATION: SCHOONEBEEK, THE NETHERLANDS JOB: LIFTING SERVICES OVER AN EXTENDED PERIOD CHALLENGE: MULTIPLE CRANES OPERATING ON A BUSY SITE
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We lifted and transported a wide variety of loads: tank roofs, a gas turbine and g e n e r a t o r, transformers, skids, boiler modules, pipe bridges, etc. Some of these required a main crane and two tailing cranes. The customers running this project have been very pleased with the professional and safe work performed by the Mammoet crews.
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Smart solutions to save time and money Maritime Engineering Maritime engineering is a new section of the Engineering Department at Schiedam which supports Mammoet Salvage and Mammoet Maritime. One of their most recent projects was to design an innovative MultiPurpose Pontoon (MPP), the SCHELDE. The MPP has a very strong center beam which can support loads up to 85 ton/m2. This means that a ship can be placed on the MPP without any load spreaders being needed, saving time and improving efficiency.
The special equipment and impressive jobs are the visible side of Mammoet, but few know about the brains which make all that possible. “Without engineering this business would grind to a halt. That’s because Mammoet only does custom jobs.” so explains Wessel Helmens, Manager Engineering. World visited his department, which he proudly describes as “the axis around which the company revolves” and “an engineers’ playground”.
Wessel Helmens
However difficult or impossible a job may appear, Mammoet always manages to develop a unique, sometimes surprising solution. Almost all these ideas are created in the heads and on the drawing boards of the Engineering Department. This think-tank amounts to Mammoet’s brains and includes engineers with many different backgrounds. Most are civil or mechanical engineers, and there are also some electrical engineers and naval architects. This department of 80 at the Schiedam head office develops solutions and does the drawings and calculations for a wide range of projects. They also develop specialized products used in-house. Mammoet also has engineers working in the regions.
Building blocks The SCHELDE is also equipped with a new computer-controlled ballasting and winch system to submerge it by up to 14 meters. It can then be used as a floating shiplift and lower ships into the water. Using winches for these operations is much safer than the traditional ballast towers.
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Almost every job is unique, and so working at the Engineering Department means that there is never a dull moment. Helmens: “From all over the world and different sectors we get questions such as: ‘I’ve got such-and-such problem. Could you cast your mind over that?’ One day it may be a nautical issue, the next time it may be about the complex transport and delivery of plant for a new power station. Because we have such a wide range of issues to deal with, this is
really a big playground for engineers.” When developing solutions we start with the basic techniques used by Mammoet. All the engineers working here have to be familiar with them. Helmens refers to them as a set of building blocks. “First you try and use the elements you already have available, but if that doesn’t work then you have to develop new ones. That’s how we approach most projects. Just look at the salvage of the Kursk. We used existing components such as a standard barge and strandjacks, but in a new configuration. The heave compensation system, to compensate wave movement, and the large grippers to secure the wire ropes to the hull were completely new and specially developed for this project. In this way we develop more and more new components which we then add to our set of building blocks, so our toolkit keeps growing.”
Huge challenge Over the years, the Engineering Department has developed both minor and major innovations. In 2010 Helmens and his people worked on Mammoet’s new PTCs, which will be among the most powerful cranes in the world, a compact and versatile push-up system and a revolutionary new submersible pontoon.
For example, the new PTCs are designed and built in-house. “To organize such a big project in our engineering office was a huge challenge. In 2009 we started to make a conceptual design and this year we’ve made the detailed design. The first PTC 160 DS will be assembled and tested in 2011.” That we are building the PTCs in-house clearly illustrates that the Engineering Department’s portfolio is not only becoming broader but also deeper. “The design of the cranes, through to the construction drawings, is being developed completely in-house. In the past we used to work with external consultants, etc. This means that Engineering has extended its expertise, which can now be applied to other projects.” Helmens also mentions that developing new products in-house is exciting. “It’s great. There’s nothing more fun than that.”
Maintaining our lead According to the Head of Engineering, in-house developments will become even more important in the next few years. Hence we have set
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“Staying ahead of the competition and developing smart solutions to save time and money”
up the dedicated Special Products section. “If we want to maintain our lead we have to keep developing innovative solutions. That’s how we maintain our lead over our competitors. You can maintain that lead for a few years, but then they come up with their own design. It’s a game that keeps you on your toes all the time. You always try and stay ahead of the competition and develop smart solutions to save time and money. Furthermore, new solutions give us an opportunity to create new markets.” The same
Specialist sections The Mammoet Engineering Department Mammoet includes the following specialist sections: • Transport & Load-out • Cranes • Nuclear • Design & Calculations • Shop Drawings • Maritime • Special Products
“A big playground for engineers”
applies to our other new section, Maritime, and hiring other specialist personnel, such as naval architects. This makes Mammoet’s think-tank more versatile and allows us to meet the needs of our engineered heavy lifting and transport specialists throughout the world. The wide range of jobs and the media coverage some Mammoet projects attract means that the work of our engineers can be quite a challenge. “Our work could feature on Discovery Channel,” explains Helmens, “but much of it is never seen. We do a lot of work in the middle of
nowhere, which nobody notices, but technically these jobs can be more challenging and on a larger scale than a project such as the Kursk salvage which was watched by the whole world. It always provides us with material for many party anecdotes.”
New push-up system JS500 Mammoet has developed a new push-up system, JS500, with a capacity of 500 tons per unit. The benefit of this system is that it can jack up loads up to a height of 10 meters without using bracings, while conventional jacking systems, such as climbing jacks with azobe timbers, reach their limits at two to three meters.
“Watched by more than 500 people” Civil
LOCATION: SAN BASILIO, SARDINIA, ITALY JOB: INSTALLING A RADIO TELESCOPE DISH CHALLENGE: SIZE OF THE LOAD
Sardinia Radio Telescope Mammoet initially did a feasibility study for this project in 2001 to prove that the dish could be installed in one piece. However, the construction of the radio telescope was delayed for various reasons. Fortunately, by the time the dish was finally completed we already had the LR 11350 on Sardinia for two other projects. The weather in this mountainous part of Sardinia can be stormy but on the day of the lift it was sunny and still. It only took us one hour to install the dish, watched by more than 500 people on the roads across the valley. The mayor of the local village even rented two buses for children at the local primary school.
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Media City swing bridge The new Media City in Manchester, for the BBC and others, includes a new swing bridge across the Manchester Ship Canal. The bridge was designed to be constructed in situ. However, the main contractor decided it would be better to build it on the canal bank and asked Mammoet to make a proposal for the installation of the bridge. As the bridge design did not include adequate lifting provisions this was quite an engineering challenge. Our engineering department came up with special rigging to lift the bridge (86 meters, 800 tons) by its jacking points, which were very close together. Additional rigging and jacks were used to prevent unacceptable loading of the bridge. We first jacked the bridge up using climbing jacks, weighed it and installed skid shoes. We then skidded it 56 meters across the canal, on skid beams, and jacked it down into position. We combined the climbing jacks with our new sliding system to align the bridge horizontally. Although the bridge was never designed to be lifted in this way the project went smoothly and on schedule.
“Special rigging”
LOCATION: MANCHESTER, UK JOB: INSTALLING A BRIDGE CHALLENGE: LOAD NOT DESIGNED FOR LIFTING
University of Waterloo A building project at the University of Waterloo required the lifting of a number of heavy trusses. Mammoet provided three cranes for this project. We had to handle several 45 meter long trusses weighing 85 tons each, and six 18 meter long trusses of 30 tons each. This operation drew quite a crowd as it required a three-crane lift, with the load being transferred between hooks while suspended. Furthermore, the work site was congested and we had to minimize the disruption to the busy campus. The whole project went smoothly and safely thanks to the thorough preparation and the skills of our operators.
“Transferring the load between hooks while suspended”
LOCATION: WATERLOO, ONTARIO, CANADA JOB: LIFTING TRUSSES CHALLENGE: THREE-CRANE LIFT, CONGESTED SITE
Cryogenic plant for rockets Mammoet did a heavy lifting job for a customer who lifts loads rather higher than we do: we installed a cryogenic plant used to supply liquid oxygen and nitrogen for launch vehicles (in plain English: rockets). The cryogenic plant modules, our crane and other equipment were transported to site by the Toucan, a ship which normally carries rocket modules. The voyage to the site took 12 days. Once on site we installed the cryogenic plant. The heaviest module was the 70-ton cold box. Everything went well and the customer complimented us on our professional approach and keeping to the schedule.
LOCATION: KOURO, FRENCH GUYANA JOB: LIFTING CRYOGENIC PLANT COMPONENTS CHALLENGE: REMOTE SITE
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Teltow bridge “Skidding system, SPMTs and a barge” LOCATION: BERLIN, GERMANY JOB: INSTALLING A BRIDGE CHALLENGE: COORDINATING THREE DIFFERENT SYSTEMS
Mammoet installed a new bridge (52 meters, 360 tons) across the Teltow Canal in Berlin. The bridge had been constructed on the south bank, on 1.5 meter supports. We first lifted the bridge up with climbing jacks and removed the supports. We then used our SPMTs and skidding system to place one end of the bridge on its foundations on the south bank. We then used our skidding system, SPMTs and a barge to move the other end of the bridge to the north bank. Finally we used the skids and climbing jacks to place that end of the bridge on its foundations. We spent a week on site preparing for this job, the actual bridge installation only took two days. The project went smoothly and was completed on schedule to the satisfaction of the customer.
Pioneer Crossing bridge project Our customer constructed a number of bridges for a large highway project. Mammoet had previously moved some of these bridges from the construction yard to the installation sites. This time we moved the last two spans of the Pioneer Crossing. Each span had a length of 56 meters and a width of 21 meters.
“New Mega Jacks helped save time”
LOCATION: PIONEER CROSSING. UTAH, USA JOB: TRANSPORTING AND INSTALLING BRIDGE SPANS CHALLENGE: SIZE OF THE LOAD
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We only needed one night to install each span. This included taking the span out of the yard, making a turn, driving 400 meters and jacking it up. In fact, this only took six hours for the second span. Our new Mega Jacks really helped cut the setup and installation time.
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Dredgers on a roll Mammoet transported two big dredgers, the Mercurius (1,270 tons) and the Para (1,000 tons). First, we transported the Mercurius by barge from Tampico on the east coast of Mexico, via the Panama Canal, to Manzanillo on the west coast. There we met up with the Para which had been brought in from Spain by a heavy lift vessel. Each dredger was then taken up a canal on our barge and offloaded by rolling it on a set of new, extra large launching bags (sausage-shaped bags filled with air). The dredgers were then rolled almost a kilometer over land on the bags, and pulled by bulldozers and winches. The route was quite difficult and it took us three of four days to transport each dredger – but that was still quicker than expected. Once at the destination the dredgers were launched into the Laguna. They will be used to create an access channel and turning basin for a new LNG import terminal. This project was quite a challenge, but the Mexican/American/Dutch crew proved to be up to it and they all enjoyed this unusual job.
“Quicker than expected”
LOCATION: TAMPICO/ MANZANILLO, MEXICO JOB: TRANSPORTING TWO DREDGERS CHALLENGE: DIFFICULT ROUTE
Hanger Lane bridge
Mammoet installed a road bridge (77 meters, 952 tons) in Ealing to replace an older bridge which no longer met safety standards. The bridge had to be installed over railway and London Underground lines. We first transported the bridge to the site with 72 axle lines of SPMTs and rotated it 90 degrees. We then placed a 200 ton counterweight on one end of the bridge to shift its centre of gravity so we could launch it across the span as a cantilever. The bridge landed on inverted Hilman rollers and was then jacked onto its bearings using 12 conventional and climbing jacks. It was quite a challenge to handle a bridge of this size on such a confined site with roads, railways and another bridge. The meticulous planning paid off and the project was completed to the satisfaction of the customer.
“Installed over railway and Underground lines”
LOCATION: EALING, LONDON, UK JOB: BRIDGE INSTALLATION CHALLENGE: LIMITED SPACE
Raising the roof “Gantry placed at the center of the pitch”
For this project we lifted two pillars (700 tons each) placed outside the stadium, using a 90-meter high gantry placed at the center of the pitch. After that we lifted the 1,280-ton roof into place using strand jacks rigged between the pillars and the roof.
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LOCATION: TURIN, ITALY JOB: INSTALLING THE ROOF OF A SOCCER STADIUM CHALLENGE: SIZE AND WEIGHT OF THE ROOF
Under instead of over A level railway crossing was changed into an underpass. This required the installation of a rail bridge deck over the underpass. The deck had been poured in a yard close to the site. Its weight was 1,600 tons and the dimensions were 49 x 17 x 4 meters. Mammoet used a total of 66 axle lines of SPMTs for the job. We first placed the SPMTs under the deck and lifted it out of its mold, moved it, turned it 45 degrees and moved it to the edge of the site where it was parked. The construction workers then created a long slope leading to the installation site. After that, Mammoet moved the deck to the site and placed it on temporary supports. It will be placed on its permanent supports once other construction work has been completed. Any job which involves closing a railway line always needs to be done within a tight schedule. The thorough preparation and skilled crew ensured that the whole operation went like clockwork and was finished well in time.
“Deck weighing 1,600 tons”
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LOCATION: EMMEN, THE NETHERLANDS JOB: INSTALLING A RAIL BRIDGE DECK CHALLENGE: TIGHT SCHEDULE
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Bridge for the Big Apple Mammoet has been involved with the installation of three large swing bridges in New York City since 2004. All of these bridges span the Harlem River, which separates Harlem from the Bronx on the northeast side of Manhattan. Mammoet recently completed the load-out of the swing span of Willis Avenue Bridge. Weighing 2,500 tons, this bridge was built at a yard on the Hudson River, approximately 200 kilometers north of New York City. The bridge was lifted from its supports and transferred onto two barges using 96 axle lines of SPMTs and was then towed to the project site by the customer.
“Mammoet has been involved since 2004”
LOCATION: NEW YORK CITY, USA JOB: BRIDGE REPLACEMENT CHALLENGE: WEIGHT
Canadian submarine Mammoet was commissioned to transport a submarine at Victoria Shipyards and jack it up in preparation for a refit. Because of the nature of the job we had to provide a detailed manual which covered all aspects of the move and jacking. The submarine was fitted with 13 transport frames and loaded onto 72 axle lines of SPMTs. There were some obstructions on site which our crew had to steer around and the tight turning radius of the SPMTs was a real benefit. The customer was very impressed by the skills of our crew. Once we had moved the submarine into the refit building we jacked it up using 26 climbing jacks and then placed it on the keel blocks. This operation had been discussed in detail with the customer to ensure that the permissible forces on the hull were not exceeded. The customer had never handled a vessel in this way and given how smoothly it all went they will consider using this method for future projects.
LOCATION: VICTORIA SHIPYARDS, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA JOB: TRANSPORTING AND JACKING A SUBMARINE CHALLENGE: CONGESTED SITE
“Discussed in detail with the customer”
“Creative thinking which demonstrated our expertise”
Shovel goes for a drive Civil
Mammoet transported a Hitachi shovel 50 kilometers between two sites in Canada. The project was challenging as the shovel (weight 515 tons, height 9 meters) had to be transported with a minimum of disassembly. The short, heavy load was a potential problem. We asked the customer to test the hydraulic system of the shovel boom. It was concluded that the boom could stay extended for some time, which allowed a more favorable load distribution on the trailers. We used a double 24 line trailer configuration with one pull and two push tractors. There was serious time pressure as we had to transport the shovel before the spring weight restrictions on the roads came into effect. LOCATION: ALBERTA, CANADA JOB: TRANSPORTING A LARGE SHOVEL CHALLENGE: TIME, BRIDGE LOADINGS
Since we had to cross a number of bridges we had to weigh the load accurately and remove some parts of it to reduce the weight. The cab also had to be removed due to height restrictions. Finally we had to check that the weight was uniformly distributed across the trailer axles. Mammoet worked closely with the bridge engineers, with support from our engineering department. After the careful preparation the transport went flawlessly. This project required some creative thinking which really demonstrated our expertise.
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam The renowned Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam is being extended with a new wing. The design is not unlike a futuristic bathtub and the structure includes a number of large frames which are being installed by Mammoet.
“A number of large frames”
LOCATION: AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS JOB: INSTALLING LARGE FRAMES CHALLENGE: WORKING ON A HERITAGE SITE
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“Our salvage operations are never routine, but based on a broader philosophy” Mammoet Salvage obtains ISO certificates Mammoet Salvage has been presented with certificates for compliance for the implementation of a management system compliant with the ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 standards. Whilst most companies in the Mammoet group are working in accordance to the ISO 9001 standards Mammoet Salvage is the first company within the Group to achieve certification in accordance to the ISO 14001 standards. ISO 14001 is an environmental management standard, which sets management requirements for e n v i ro n m e n t a l management systems. The purpose of this standard is to protect the environment, to prevent pollution, and to improve the overall environmental performance. Preventing and minimizing damage to the environment is always a crucial aspect in any salvage operation and this will not change in the future. An additional element however will be to ensure that the performance will be done in a way as to reduce the environmental impact of the operation itself. An example hereof will be to ensure that all ships involved in our operations will use fuel with a lowsulphur content, even though this will be legally regulated only in the coming decade.
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Building on success Although a relatively new operation, Mammoet Salvage has quickly established a strong position among leading international salvors. The ‘Red Men’ have shown that they are experts in all aspects of salvage operations and are determined to consolidate their position. Hence we are expanding the organization, our worldwide network and our human resources.
Fokko Ringersma, Managing Director Mammoet Salvage, comments on the strong growth in recent years: “The first three years it was really a matter of working hard and going for it. As a result of our excellent work in recent years, insurers, ship-owners and competitors now recognize us as a serious operator. However, reaching this milestone does not mean that we can relax. In fact, to maintain our position on the market we will have to work even harder than we did to develop it. Hence we are now expanding our operations in many areas and making them even more professional.”
Interactive communications One of the recent developments is that we now have a worldwide network of offices which can be reached 24/7. Last year, we
opened an office in Singapore to supplement our home base in Schiedam and this year we opened a third office, in Houston, USA. Ringersma: “This network offers 24 hour global coverage for emergency response, from a single phone number. Although all our offices are based at the local Mammoet branches, they are essentially independent entities with their own facilities, own phone lines, own warehouse and own staff of operational specialists and commercial personnel. These offices form a real network: it’s not a matter of diverting the phone from one office to another, it’s all interactive. That’s a huge advantage in the international salvage business, where every second counts.” Ringersma mentions a real example: a European vessel operated by an Asian management company gets into
difficulty in American waters. “In that case, we can reply to all interested parties quickly and effectively from our three offices, without being affected by time zones and long distances. We have good local contacts and we have direct lines with all relevant parties in the regions.”
A fresh approach These cooperating offices form a real synergy with the Mammoet parent company. This benefits both Mammoet Salvage customers and Mammoet customers. “Together we offer a huge range of services, at sea and on the coast, from pure salvage jobs to salvage-related projects such as the decommissioning of offshore
Smart solutions, united experience
installations,” explains the salvage director. “Our salvage operations are never routine, but based on a broader philosophy. We also see ourselves as providers of maritime services. That is because of our Mammoet background. We have a fresh approach, with innovative ideas, also where the commercial aspects are concerned. We operate on the basis of trust and an open dialogue with our customer, rather than short-term involvement. And our customers appreciate this openness.” The close ties with Mammoet also ensure that the salvage business, which has a rather different operating culture, shares the One Mammoet philosophy, which stands for uniformly high s t a n d a rd s throughout the company, anywhere in the world. The advantage to
Mammoet Salvage, which has expanded significantly in recent years and employs experienced salvage personnel and other professionals, is that our personnel can follow training programs to familiarize themselves with all corporate standards. Ringersma continues: “Sometimes there are clear differences. As salvors we operate under different parameters. When the Mammoet safety system instructs people to abandon ship, that’s when we board. Hence, we have our own quality systems, certified to ISO 9001 and 14001, which differ in some areas from the general Mammoet systems.” The recognition of Mammoet Salvage as a dependable operator is underlined by the fact that we have joined two leading trade associations, the International Salvage Union (ISU) and the American Salvage Association (ASA). Ringersma: “That demonstrates that we really are
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professionals. The ISU has good connections with insurers and P&I clubs and under the auspices of the ASA, the industry meets twice a year to exchange ideas. Furthermore the ASA facilitates communications between the salvage industry and the US Coast Guard.” Mammoet Salvage also develops direct contacts with relevant interested parties. In 2010, contacts from the Netherlands and abroad visited us for a day to learn more about our salvage operations. “During the boat trip and visit to the yard in Schiedam our guests were amazed, as nobody realized the large size of the facility. Some of our visitors commented: ‘Your yard is the best marketing tool you could have!’ And that’s another way in which we distinguish ourselves from the competition. In short, we have a solid foundation for the future and we are working hard on making it even better.”
Membership of the ISU and ASA Mammoet is a member of the International Salvage Union (ISU) and the American Salvage Association (ASA), two renowned bodies in the world of salvage. The International Salvage Union (ISU) is an association representing the interests of 58 salvors worldwide. Membership of the ISU is restricted to those companies with a record of successful salvage and pollution prevention. Members are required to have the high level of expertise expected of the professional salvor. In addition, the ISU has 57 Affiliated and Associate Members, consisting of organizations and professionals with an interest in salvage, like P&I Clubs and other insurers. One of the ISU’s primary objectives is to foster a wider understanding of the salvage industry’s contribution to environmental protection and the recovery of property. The ISU also plays an active role in
encouraging interindustry debate concerning legal and commercial issues. The American Salvage Association (ASA) is an organization representing 17 US-based salvage companies, having the intention to professionalize and improve marine casualty response in North American coastal and inland waters. The ASA intends to ensure open communication and cooperation with regulatory authorities, the environmental community, ship-owners and underwriters to assure effective operations in the future. The ASA meets with various federal and state agencies to exchange views on the improvement of salvage and firefighting response in the U.S. It is the intent to also interface with vessel owners and their underwriting interests as well as various public interest groups to ensure a better understanding of all views.
“Under perfect control�
Marine
LOCATION: VLISSINGEN, THE NETHERLANDS JOB: LAUNCHING TWO SHIPS CHALLENGE: USING A NEW LAUNCH METHOD
Limited supply There are few multipurpose pontoons available in Europe. Mammoet Maritime expect to use the new pontoon to serve the following industries: offshore, shipbuilding and civil engineering. The SCHELDE will be used in the Benelux, Germany, Scandinavia, France and the UK.
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Frigate afloat Mammoet used the new SCHELDE multipurpose pontoon to launch a frigate and a large yacht. We used 104 axle lines of SPMTs to move the frigate from the building where it had been constructed to the quay. Next we placed the frigate on the SCHELDE pontoon which was grounded due to the low tide. At high tide the Schelde moved to deeper water where it was joined by two other pontoons fitted with winch frames. We also used on-shore winches. Our dedicated computer system then controlled the ballasting pumps of the SCHELDE and the winches to gradually submerge the pontoon so that the frigate could float free under perfect control. After a delay due to high wind, the operation went flawlessly. This was the first time the customer and Mammoet had used this method. We have since used it to launch a prestigious yacht.
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Transport, heavy lift and salvage services
Salvage in Gent A ship was loading phosphate in the Port of Gent when it sank for no apparent reason. Mammoet transferred the cargo to another vessel and then recovered the wreck. We used our PHOENIX and AMSTERDAM sheerlegs to load the three hull sections onto a pontoon which took the ship to a breaking yard. The ship had an overall length of 120 meters and weighed 2,966 tons.
LOCATION: PORT OF GENT, BELGIUM JOB: SALVAGE OF A SUNKEN FREIGHTER CHALLENGE: SIZE AND WEIGHT OF THE LOAD
“Sank for no apparent reason”
Railway bridge demolition An old railway bridge across the Rhine had to be replaced. The new bridge was built next to the old one which remained in use. Rail traffic was then moved onto the new bridge and the old one had to be demolished.
“Lifting four bridge sections”
Mammoet undertook the heavy lifting for the demolition. We used the AMSTERDAM sheerlegs to lift four bridge sections, each weighing around 300 tons, and to place them on the bank. This was quite a challenging job as there was little space for maneuvering between the bridges. Furthermore, there are strong currents in the Rhine and there are shallows in this stretch of the river. However, we finished the project successfully, by the deadline.
LOCATION: GERMANY JOB: LIFTING BRIDGE SECTIONS OUT CHALLENGE: RESTRICTED SPACE, STRONG CURRENTS, SHALLOWS
Dry dock salvage A dry dock (50 x 17.50 x 10 meters, 600 tons) sank in the port of Lauwersoog, on the Wadden Sea which is a World Heritage site. The water depth was approximately six meters. Mammoet Maritime was contracted to salvage the dock. One of the decisive factors when awarding the contract was that we had developed a detailed plan to show how we would avoid impacting the environmentally sensitive area. We used three vessels for this project: the AMSTERDAM 300 ton sheerlegs, a salvage vessel and a pontoon. The dock was first cut into three sections which were then lifted onto the pontoon for transport to a shipbreaking yard. The project went smoothly and with a minimal environmental impact.
“We developed a detailed plan”
LOCATION: LAUWERSOOG, THE NETHERLANDS JOB: RECOVERING A SUNKEN DRY DOCK CHALLENGE: ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREA
The heavy lifting and transport specialist Mammoet is the world’s leading tailor-made heavy lifting and multimodal transport solutions specialist. Our core business is the transport, shipping, installation (including horizontal and vertical positioning) and removal of heavy or large objects, to and from any location, onshore and offshore. Maintenance lifting services and plant stops and the worldwide trade in new and used equipment are also one of Mammoet’s core activities. Mammoet’s activities are focused on the petrochemical industry, civil engineering projects, the power generation sector, offshore and marine projects. The engineering skills, experience, thousands of highly skilled professionals and a vast fleet of stateof-the-art equipment, combined with high quality and safety standards, have made Mammoet a market leader, setting trends and records around the world.
“Mammoet’s objective: to be the best full-service provider of engineered heavy-lifting and multimodal transport in the global market – for the benefit of our customers, shareholders and employees.”
Petrochemical
Mammoet’s operations in the petrochemical and chemical industries largely relate to maintenance work, the replacement of plant modules, complete overhauls and the expansion or construction of production sites.
Power
Mammoet has established a formidable reputation for itself in all parts of the power industry, from fossil fuel and nuclear plants to facilities using renewable energy sources.
Offshore
Mammoet’s activities in the offshore industry include the accurate and safe implementation of transport solutions by land and by water, load-ins and loadouts, and the assembly of extremely large and heavy items.
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Experience of multimodal transport by road, rail and water, together with equipment for lifting, skidding and jacking heavy loads ensure Mammoet’s position as a full-service provider in the market for civil projects and infrastructure works.
Mammoet offers specialist heavy lifting and transport services at sea, in coastal waters and on inland waterways. With the division, Mammoet Salvage, and the subsidiary, Mammoet Maritime, Mammoet has proven its ability throughout the world.
Global service, local presence Mammoet has clients and projects in all parts of the world. To keep the lines of communication short and to stay abreast of the local markets, Mammoet has operating companies throughout Europe, the Americas, Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Australia. Global or complicated projects and global logistics are handled centrally from our home base in Schiedam, the Netherlands. As much as possible everything else is handled locally. This structure enables us to act swiftly, effectively and cost-efficiently in your local market, while offering the benefit of a central knowledge and experience center for more demanding aspects and projects.
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Mammoet Europe was awarded the contract for the transportation of four heavy components to a power station. A complete generating line consisting of a gas turbine Mammoet was awarded the contract for the transportation the installation of two (310 tons), steamand turbine (200 tons) and generator (342 tons) was transported from the Mammoet Lift Terminal to the station’s machinery hall. In addition to this, HDS Reactors at a refinery in Lithuania. Both reactors, Heavy with a length of 32 meters and a Mammoet provided the transport and placement on the foundations of a transweight of 515 tons, had to be transported over a routealso of 155 kilometers from the port former (236 tons). of Klaipeda to the site.
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of an Absorber Stripper by Mammoet Canada. The transport configuration Multimodal transportation of a reactor (520 Transport tons) by Mammoet Venezuela. in heavy lifting and transport was 6.5 meters wide by 108 meters long and 8.5 meters high with a gross vehicle weight of Marine 730 tons. The total distance travelled was 1,200 kilometers. page 34
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