Mammoet, on behalf of the Netherlands-based Dieseko Group, has transported a Giant 2000 Vibro – an upending offshore hammer.
According to Mammoet it is the world’s largest offshore hammer. It was moved on eight-axle trailers and will be used to install or decommission monopiles for wind turbines.
Dieseko said the hammer underwent several load tests of more than 2,000 tonnes to prepare it for lifting monopiles weighing approximately 900 tonnes.
Heavy lift and engineered transport specialist Mammoet is building a 6,000-tonne lift capacity ring crane that can be fully operated using electric power, with delivery scheduled for 2024.
Mammoet has lifted and installed heat recovery steam generators (HRSG) for the Atinkou project – a combined-cycle power plant in the Ivory Coast, Africa.
Mammoet has replaced nine process towers as part of a facility upgrade for Ma’aden Wa’ad Al Shamal Phosphate Company’s (MWSPC) Umm Wu’al sulphuric acid and power plant in Saudi Arabia.
Swire Projects has shipped refinery equipment and materials, with a total volume of approximately 9,193 cu m, from Mokpo in South Korea to Balikpapan, Indonesia.
Norwegian offshore services provider Boa, on behalf of Italy-headquartered transport engineering specialist Fagioli, has supported the launch of the USA’s first Jones Act-compliant wind turbine installation vessel, Charybdis.
The final Sydney Metro West tunnel boring machines (TBMs) have arrived at The Bays Station site, where they will commence tunnelling this year.
