deugro Abu Dhabi, working alongside dteq, have delivered six deaerator vessels – each weighing 158 tonnes – from Ras Al Khaimah to the Wave C1 Project site in Mirfa, Abu Dhabi, both in the UAE.
Commissioned by client Orascom Metito JV, deugro Abu Dhabi arranged for the road transport to the jetty at Ras Al Khaimah for load-out onto a self-propelled deck vessel, as well as safeguarding the on-carriage to the project site in Mirfa, with delivery to the designated laydown area.
“Due to the cargo’s size, weight and sensitive nature, its safe, efficient and timely transport across all critical intersections and transloading operations required sophisticated project management and transport engineering as well as meticulous planning and preparation down to the centimetre,” said Ilyas Abdulla, head of business development and sales at deugro, Abu Dhabi.
deugro collected the deaerator vessels from the supplier’s Ras Al Khaimah facility and then used a gantry crane to load the vessels onto two 12-axle-line conventional trailers, which deugro arranged for. Once safely loaded and secured, the vessels were transported more than 600 m to the jetty, with deugro coordinated traffic management along the way. At the jetty, deaerator vessels were rolled off onto the self-propelled deck barges in pairs before being positioned and securely fastened.
“The key challenge was the coordination of the operations at a small, congested port alongside a busy vendor yard,” added Clerin Basil, project coordinator at deugro UAE. “Timely loading, the transport to the berth and ro-ro vessel operations required precise planning. To secure early berthing and ensure accurate cargo drafts to avoid delays, we had to actively engage port authorities.”
Accompanied by two tugboats, the cargo was then shipped to a jetty in Abu Dhabi. deugro and dteq’s teams then handled the 132-km overland transport to the project site in Mirfa.
“During the initial phase, the primary challenge was to identify a suitable vessel for ro-ro operations and select an appropriate port of discharge jetty within ICAD [Industrial City of Abu Dhabi], taking into account critical parameters such as vessel draft/depth, jetty elevation, and tidal variations,” explained Harsh Jassal, transport engineer at dteq. “Subsequent mooring, structural vessel stability and ballast calculations were meticulously engineered to ensure operational safety and efficiency.”
Last month, HLPFI reported that deugro had deployed a customised straddle carrier at a terminal in Texas, USA.
