April 6 - Tiong Woon Corporation Holding Ltd (Tiong Woon) has completed its heaviest haulage and load-out operation to date.

The project, undertaken by wholly-owned subsidiary, Tiong Woon Project & Contracting Pte Ltd, involved the deployment of sophisticated heavy haulage equipment which included 68-axle Goldhofer SPMTs moving a 1,650 tonne carbon dioxide (CO2) removal module with dimensions of 23 m by 23 m by 21 m. 

The project was undertaken for VME Process Asia Pacific Pte Ltd (VME Process) with Tiong Woon being responsible for engineering, mobilisation activities of multiaxle trailers, ramps, ballasting pumps and mooring arrangements, heavy haulage and load-out of the module, as well as fabrication and installation of grillage and sea-fastening. 

Ang Kah Hong, Tiong Woon's Group chairman and managing director, said: "This is a significant milestone for the company and speaks of our company's capabilities in specialised heavy haulage and load-out operations. We are one of the few in Asia able to undertake such massive haulage operations. The successful completion of this project speaks of our capabilities in executing large and complex projects in the region and demonstrates that we have the experience, technology and equipment to deliver in any environment. This project also serves to highlight our readiness to support similar large operations globally." 

Tiong Woon is a leading one-stop, integrated services specialist and provider of infrastructure businesses, supporting mainly the Oil and Gas, as well as Petrochemicals, Power and Construction sectors. The Group manages turnkey projects for EPC Contractors and project owners from planning and design of heavy lifting and haulage requirements to the execution stage in which the heavy equipment is transported, lifted and installed at customers' facilities. Tiong Woon possesses its own heavy lift and haulage equipment, tugboats, barges and fabrication yards which enables it to widen its integrated services offering to its customers.