Van der Vlist has transhipped 5,000 tons (4,535.9 tonnes) of steel pipes in Moerdijk, the Netherlands.
The pipes varied in length, with some units measuring up to 60 m. The heaviest pipes tipped the scales at 40 tons (36.3 tonnes).
Initially transported on Van der Vlist’s extendable trailers from the manufacturer’s facilities, the pipes were then shipped out of the company’s deepsea terminal in Moerdijk.
ESTA’s SPMT working group is progressing with its plans to establish new stability guidelines. Currently, the group is reviewing a learning outcome that will be used to establish the minimum training requirements for an SPMT operator, further enhancing user knowledge and safety.
Dortmund-based heavy transport provider August Alborn has purchased two EuroCompact lowbed semi-trailers from TII Scheuerle.
Mammoet is deploying its 3,200-tonne capacity PTC210-DS ring crane to lift a huge A-frame for Van Oord’s installation vessel Svanen in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
The final Sydney Metro West tunnel boring machines (TBMs) have arrived at The Bays Station site, where they will commence tunnelling this year.
Heavy lifting and engineered transport provider Sarens has loaded in, transported and installed three 360-tonne gas bullet tanks for a gas storage project in Hitia’a, Tahiti.
On behalf of XD‐EGEMAC, Egyptian Global Logistics (EGL) transported three 135-tonne transformers for the El-Eqtsadia substation.
