All Collett & Sons articles

  • Collett delivers inlet valves to Dinorwig hydropower plant
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    Collett delivers inlet valves to Dinorwig hydropower plant

    2023-09-08T09:57:00Z

    UK-headquartered heavy transport specialists Collett & Sons successfully delivered two 160-tonne inlet valves to the Dinorwig hydropower station as part of an essential upgrade scheme.

  • Collett & Sons new heavy lift storage in Elland
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    Collett & Sons bolsters heavy lift storage in Elland

    2023-08-03T11:12:00Z

    UK-based Collett & Sons has expanded its Elland depot complex with a heavy lift storage facility. 

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    ESTA progresses with European Trailer Operators Licence

    2023-05-31T08:06:00Z

    The European association for abnormal road transport and mobile cranes – ESTA – is moving forward with its plans to develop a European Trailer Operators Licence (ETOL) for SPMT operators. 

  • ESTA-Award 2023 winners
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    ​ESTA award winners revealed in the Netherlands

    2023-04-25T08:24:00Z

    The winners of the 2023 ESTA Awards of Excellence have been revealed at a ceremony at the Grand Hotel Huis ter Duin in Noordwijk, the Netherlands.

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    Collett completes Cumberhead deliveries

    2023-04-04T09:17:00Z

    UK-based heavy haulage expert Collett & Sons has completed the delivery of 12 Nordex N133 wind turbines from Glasgow to the Cumberhead wind farm in Scotland. 

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    Collett hauls 50 wind turbines

    2023-03-27T09:54:00Z

    UK-based heavy haulage expert Collett & Sons, on behalf of Swedish power company Vattenfall, has delivered 50 Nordex N133 wind turbines from King George V Dock and the port of Ayr to the South Kyle wind farm in Scotland.

  • Collett & Sons - Two Transformers for Leylodge, Kintore, Scotland 3
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    Collett hauls transformers to Kintore

    2023-02-17T09:18:00Z

    UK-based heavy haulage expert Collett & Sons has delivered two 215-tonne super grid transformers from General Electric’s (GE) engineering facility in Stafford to a substation extension site in Kintore, Scotland.  

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    Collett hauls four steel bridges

    2023-02-02T09:05:00Z

    UK-based heavy haulage expert Collett & Sons has delivered four 48 m-long steel bridge sections from Bolton to the Salterhebble Bridge project in Halifax, UK, on behalf of Calderdale Council.

  • Collet & Sons transformer
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    Collett transports transformer

    2023-01-20T09:20:00Z

    UK-based heavy haulage expert Collett & Sons has delivered the second and final 215-tonne supergrid transformer to the Kintore substation in Scotland.

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    Two-stage Saltend project completed

    2022-11-21T09:26:00Z

    UK-based Collett & Sons has removed a turbine from the Saltend power station.

  • Collett & Sons Glassford Bridge 1
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    Collett handles transformer

    2022-10-24T08:50:00Z

    UK-based Collett & Sons has delivered an 80-tonne transformer from Goole to the Harting Rig wind farm in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, on behalf of freight forwarder Fracht UK.

  • Bolk-Transport-ESTA Winner
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    ​ESTA to launch CO2 calculator

    2022-10-17T08:00:00Z

    The European association of abnormal road transport and mobile cranes – ESTA – is planning on launching an English language version of the CO2 calculator developed by Dutch crane association VVT.

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    Collett shifts rotor to Saltend power station

    2022-09-21T08:00:00Z

    UK-based heavy transport specialist Collett & Sons has delivered a 100-tonne gas turbine rotor from Doncaster to Hull, East Yorkshire, on behalf of Expeditors.

  • Collett and Sons - Deliveries Underway to Creag Riabhach 2
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    Collett’s Creag Riabhach deliveries

    2022-07-25T08:35:00Z

    Collett & Sons is delivering 242 components to construct 22 Enercon E115 E3 wind turbines at the Creag Riabhach wind farm in the UK.

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    Collett on hand for Gooseholme bridge delivery

    2022-07-18T08:31:00Z

    UK-based Collett & Sons has delivered a replacement bridge to Gooseholme.

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    A changing of the guard at ESTA

    2022-05-30T12:26:00Z

    David Collett, outgoing president, and Fabio Belli, incoming president at ESTA, may have arrived in the heavy transport industry by very different routes, but they both have long-term experience in the sector – and a huge commitment to improving standards across Europe, writes Yvonne Mulder.

  • Collett Deliver Feckenham Transformer 1
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    Goldhofer girder bridge on show for Collett

    2022-05-06T07:53:00Z

    Collett has deployed its recently acquired 250-tonne capacity Goldhofer girder bridge for its inaugural project – the transport of a 172-tonne super grid transformer to the National Grid’s Feckenham substation in the UK.

  • Kennoxhead Wind Farm 3
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    Collett completes Kennoxhead deliveries

    2022-04-28T08:59:00Z

    Collett & Sons has delivered 13 Nordex turbines to the Kennoxhead wind farm in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.

  • Collett NYMR Project 2
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    ​A magnificent journey with Collett

    2022-03-31T08:15:00Z

    Collett & Sons has delivered two bridge sections as part of the North Yorkshire Moors Railway’s Yorkshire’s Magnificent Journey project in the UK.

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    ESTA Awards winners announced

    2022-03-18T13:19:00Z

    The winners of the ESTA Awards of Excellence were revealed at a ceremony in Noordwijk, the Netherlands, on March 17.