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7<br />
Worldwide specialists in heavy lifting and transport<br />
Pushing up<br />
to the limit!<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> World2007<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> General .................................................. 2-9<br />
Petrochemical projects ...................................10-13<br />
Civil projects ...........................................................14-17<br />
Offshore projects .................................................18-23<br />
Power projects ......................................................23-25<br />
Salvage projects ........................................................26<br />
BTS projects .................................................................27<br />
www.mammoet.com<br />
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<strong>Mammoet</strong> World<br />
The Challenges<br />
Patrick van Seumeren (Vice-President and COO), Roderik van Seumeren (President and CEO), Jan van Seumeren Jr. (CTO)<br />
and Siem Kranenburg (CFO)<br />
The challenges<br />
On the threshold of the year 2008, <strong>Mammoet</strong> is in a better state than ever before. After years of building a<br />
concrete base, the company is strong enough to take new steps. The management team, consisting of<br />
Roderik van Seumeren (President and CEO), Patrick van Seumeren (Vice-President and COO), Jan van Seumeren<br />
Jr. (CTO) and Siem Kranenburg (CFO), see plenty of opportunities for further growth. “This fine <strong>Mammoet</strong> can<br />
still become bigger. The opportunities are there, and the organization is ready for it.”<br />
The <strong>Mammoet</strong> Management Team all agree that they are proud<br />
of what has been achieved in the past years and are setting very<br />
ambitious goals for the future, but are also realistic. “For the last<br />
seven years following the <strong>Mammoet</strong> and Van Seumeren merger,<br />
we concentrated on strengthening the base of the company. We<br />
have succeeded in this objective, although it will always require<br />
our attention”, states Patrick van Seumeren, referring to the<br />
effort that was put into extending the worldwide network, taking<br />
on new cooperative relationships with customers, the investments<br />
in sophisticated equipment, the training of employees and bringing<br />
service, quality and safety to the same high level the world<br />
over. “We are ready for the next phase, in which we will clearly<br />
focus our attention onward”, he continues.<br />
“The organization, as it now exists, has been established so<br />
that we can take even larger steps forward. And we have growth<br />
capital. This gives us an ideal basis for continuous growth.”<br />
Momentum for further expansion<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> owes its increased financial scope to the excellent<br />
results of the last years. “The market has grown since the<br />
second half of 2005”, says Siem Kranenburg. “This has led to<br />
better use of equipment and better conditions. As well as this,<br />
we have worked more efficiently, aided by the implementation of<br />
SAP in all parts of the company worldwide. This year we have<br />
again initialized some new segments to our system, so that<br />
virtually the whole company now utilizes the system. This has<br />
all led to a better ratio of results.”<br />
The investments that were made before the commencement of<br />
the major boom have proven to be very profitable. “Our present<br />
success is not only attributable to hitching a ride on outside<br />
events. We saw this growth coming and anticipated it by investing<br />
in the top segment of the market at the right time.”<br />
One measure that has given <strong>Mammoet</strong> extra power is the change<br />
in the shareholder structure that took place at the end of 2006.<br />
With the Van Seumeren family reducing its holding to 25%, this<br />
allowed one other major shareholder to invest resulting in the<br />
availability of extra capital to finance the expansion. “This has<br />
opened the road for us to accelerate, setting our growth plans<br />
in process”, continues the CFO, who outlines two possible paths.<br />
“We will strive to increase our market share by investing in<br />
people and equipment. We are also very actively engaged in<br />
acquisitions.”<br />
Professional, safe and complete<br />
Roderik van Seumeren names continued professionalism as the<br />
most important achievement of the previous year. “During the<br />
past year, our professionalism has stood out in the way we<br />
approach our customers, follow our investment policy, and roll<br />
out our activities world-wide. We have created closer cooperative<br />
links with a larger group of customers. In addition, we have made<br />
specific investments in having people and equipment present in<br />
all regions of the world. We are also busy entering areas where<br />
we are not yet represented. We have made plans and these have<br />
already been fulfilled in some areas.”<br />
The BoM is very pleased with the yet again improved safety<br />
figures. The systematic attention that <strong>Mammoet</strong> pays to safe<br />
and responsible working is clearly paying dividends. “We always<br />
pay great attention to safety. We set up special safety campaigns<br />
and also put safety high on the agenda in our discussions with<br />
customers.” Safety, just as quality, is an important aspect of the<br />
professionalism that the market increasingly demands. This is<br />
not just about providing equipment, but also putting forward<br />
solutions. “You notice, particularly in the middle market segment,<br />
that it is increasingly about offering a total logistics service to<br />
the customer. Working with joint ventures is being replaced by<br />
selected subcontractors who move with the trend for quality<br />
and safety, who think with you, develop ideas, have engineers<br />
on site and are able to offer the customer total solutions through<br />
engineered packages.”<br />
“Thanks to its knowledge, experience and versatility, <strong>Mammoet</strong><br />
is a partner that is able to offer such solutions,” states Patrick<br />
van Seumeren. <strong>Mammoet</strong> has launched a new service to<br />
complete this logistics service: <strong>Mammoet</strong> Shipping. This logistics<br />
service provider does not own any ships, but does provide an<br />
important link in the entire transport chain. As a result of the<br />
increasing modular construction and transfer of production to<br />
low-wage countries, transport by water forms an increasingly<br />
vital element in total solutions, such as in the factory-to-foundation<br />
services that <strong>Mammoet</strong> offers.<br />
Innovation and deployability<br />
Quality and innovative power are of paramount importance as far<br />
as the hardware is concerned, emphasizes Jan van Seumeren Jr.<br />
“Our power to innovate is an asset with which we absolutely<br />
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Bigger, better and<br />
recognizable<br />
In the last few years <strong>Mammoet</strong> has grown strongly<br />
in all respects. We are working with more people<br />
and more equipment than ever before on more projects<br />
spread out all over the entire world. We are exceptionally<br />
pleased and also very proud of this accomplishment.<br />
Personally, I feel our greatest achievement, besides<br />
our greatly increased activities, our OSHA rate in 2006<br />
was good. Now, October 2007, it looks as though<br />
the OSHA rate for this year will even improve.<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> has the wind behind it. The economy and the<br />
big demand for raw materials provide a major impulse and,<br />
naturally, we profit from this trend. But the fact that we<br />
have increased our lead as world market leader in heavy<br />
lifting and transport solutions is a direct result of our own<br />
qualities: the quality of our employees, the equipment,<br />
the leaders and the course that we have set. Our growth<br />
is founded on a solid base. A base that we have laid in<br />
previous years with well thought-out investments, continuous<br />
attention to safety, the company-wide implementation<br />
of the SAP computerization package, and the setting up<br />
and utilization of our worldwide training and development<br />
program (T&DP).<br />
We have welcomed around<br />
600 new colleagues just in the<br />
last twelve months<br />
Our objective is to create a company culture - One<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> - one way of thinking. I see this as a culture that<br />
flourishes everywhere, which adapts to the local conditions,<br />
and anywhere in the world stands for professionalism,<br />
quality, power of innovation, superb customer service<br />
and a safe manner of working. My ultimate aim is for<br />
every nation to think, feel, speak and work in the same<br />
professional manner. We are already a considerable way<br />
along this road, but we still have some way to go before<br />
this ideal is fully realized.<br />
Guiding our growth in the right direction naturally demands<br />
a great deal of attention and energy. The coming years will<br />
also be marked by constant growth. This is a fine prospect<br />
but I am realistic, because growth also brings new challenges<br />
with it. We must ensure that we retain our good<br />
people and recruit a large number of new skilled workers<br />
in order to carry out the work. Many extra employees - we<br />
have welcomed around 600 new colleagues just in the last<br />
twelve months - also means extra care for their assimilation,<br />
their training and development, the maintenance of<br />
our culture and guaranteeing our quality and safety. As<br />
well, we remain on the lookout for successful companies<br />
who are willing to combine their forces with the worldwide<br />
trendsetter in heavy lifting and transportation solutions;<br />
companies where our branch of sport, just as with us, is<br />
literally in the genes, and where the blood flows faster at<br />
the prospect of being able to work on one of the world’s<br />
most prestigious projects.<br />
In order to underscore this claim, in this year’s edition<br />
of <strong>Mammoet</strong> World we present you with a selection of<br />
notable projects that we have carried out all over the world<br />
and in all important markets. You will also be able to read<br />
how <strong>Mammoet</strong> continually works to improve its service.<br />
Cooperation, both internally and externally, with customers<br />
and suppliers, forms the core of the total solutions which<br />
enables <strong>Mammoet</strong> to be successful in the petrochemical,<br />
offshore, power, civil, marine and rental sectors. As service<br />
provider and problem-solver, <strong>Mammoet</strong> is increasingly<br />
positioned higher up the logistics ladder. We serve more<br />
and more respected customers with innovative,<br />
intelligent solutions-our other major strength. Our versatile<br />
performances form the evidence of this statement.<br />
I want to thank all our clients to have the trust in us and<br />
I personally guarantee that we will do everything to serve<br />
you to the highest standard of our profession.<br />
Roderik van Seumeren<br />
(President and CEO)
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distinguish ourselves from the competition. Our<br />
strength is that we have everything under one<br />
roof, from development, construction, testing,<br />
operating, to working with it.<br />
This is unique.” When developing new equipment,<br />
the Equipment Management Dept. (EMD)<br />
gratefully utilizes the Engineering department<br />
and works closely with customers and suppliers.<br />
During the last year this resulted in various<br />
state-of-the-art products. These tailor-made<br />
developments, including powerful push-up systems<br />
and remote controlled underwater excavators,<br />
allow <strong>Mammoet</strong> to serve customers with<br />
ingenious and efficient solutions–solutions in<br />
Bryan Cronie<br />
Corporate SHE-Q Director<br />
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our large capacity, we can easily take on major ma m o<br />
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ment around the world, so it is not necessary<br />
to drag it over great distances.<br />
In order to save time and costs of transport, we<br />
construct new equipment as much as possible<br />
in container form. We have established a stock<br />
of all possible spare parts at Schiedam so that<br />
we are not bothered by long delivery times and<br />
can solve problems immediately. Finally, we<br />
standardize our equipment as much as possible<br />
so that we can operate more efficiently and also<br />
increase the deployability, quality, and safety of<br />
people and equipment. In all instances our customers<br />
profit either directly or indirectly.”<br />
Taking up challenges<br />
Despite the fact that <strong>Mammoet</strong> now has a solid<br />
base and good perspectives, the world market<br />
leader in heavy lifting and transport diligently<br />
continues to improve its own performances by<br />
investing in people, equipment, training,<br />
dissemination of knowledge, quality and safety.<br />
This has always been the case and this will<br />
Striving for safety:<br />
we see it all filter through<br />
“Last year’s fifty percent drop in the statistics was fantastic”,<br />
says <strong>Mammoet</strong>’s Corporate Safety Director Bryan Cronie, but he<br />
refuses to accept compliments for himself for this feat. “It’s a big<br />
thank you to everyone outside. We, the safety people at the<br />
office, mastermind what we want to do, but we can’t get results<br />
unless the people out there do it. We just make the rules. We<br />
obviously monitor to see that it happens, but the bottom line is<br />
what the people out there do; they are the ambassadors of the<br />
company. They are the people who make it happen, supported<br />
by the management to help them do it.”<br />
Consistent and proactive policy<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> works with a consistent and proactive safety policy<br />
that has been intensified enormously in recent years.<br />
The interaction with the department of Training & Development<br />
has led to an increasingly broader range of courses and better<br />
training facilities world-wide. As well as this, the number of safety<br />
officers has increased as <strong>Mammoet</strong> has grown. There are now<br />
30 safety professionals working for <strong>Mammoet</strong> around the world,<br />
of which 22 are in full time service. Eight others have been<br />
appointed full time on a project basis. These people do nothing<br />
else than concern themselves with safety. “Their job is to ensure<br />
that the one <strong>Mammoet</strong> standard and our health and safety policy<br />
are implemented on a worldwide basis. They go out and visit the<br />
projects within their region, carry out audits and ensure compliance<br />
with the requirements of our safety management system.”<br />
Safety is the responsibility of everyone<br />
Safety at <strong>Mammoet</strong> is not exclusively the responsibility of<br />
safety people; it is the responsibility of everyone. Every worker<br />
is briefed about this, is trained, and safety is brought to their<br />
attention, not only by the colleagues on the work floor, but also<br />
by supervisors and (senior) managers. “We have concentrated<br />
specifically on the supervisors this year”, explains Bryan Cronie.<br />
“They are the key to what happens outside. They form the link<br />
between the management and the people carrying out the work.<br />
So I have talked to them a great deal and meetings were<br />
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always remain so. “This is very important<br />
particularly at a time when our business is<br />
prospering”, concludes Roderik van Seumeren.<br />
“Rapid growth also brings its own challenges.<br />
We must be able to recruit sufficient qualified<br />
people and keep them with us if we are to keep<br />
up with this growth. We will also continue to<br />
work hard to be able to guarantee our one way<br />
of working and high level of quality anywhere in<br />
the world. Above all, we want to remain a forerunner<br />
as far as safety is concerned.<br />
We operate in an environment full of risks, so<br />
remaining alert is a necessity. <strong>Mammoet</strong>, as<br />
‘One <strong>Mammoet</strong>’, is up for the challenge!”<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> has made safety priority number one, and has continually been busy with this initiative on all fronts<br />
for many years now. So the fact that this consistent policy is bearing fruit is definitely a cause for celebration.<br />
After a steady drop in the number of incidents over the years, the statistics indicate that incidents have also<br />
reduced by half over the last year, despite <strong>Mammoet</strong>’s rapid growth. Even more reason to continue with the<br />
campaigns, training courses, management systems, staff meetings, safety pocket books, and anything else<br />
to improve safety even further.<br />
arranged at various places around the world.” The higher levels<br />
do not avoid training and awareness sessions either. All senior<br />
managers have followed a safety course this year and it has<br />
been decided that as of next year they will undertake at least<br />
one day of training each year.<br />
The range of courses offered in the field of safety as part of the<br />
Training and Development Program is also continuously being<br />
extended, because the benefit of training is crystal clear. “The<br />
reason the figures have come down is because of that training<br />
element, people with a better understanding and following the<br />
rules as they should be followed. It is the result of what we<br />
started four years ago. We see it all filter through. We see that<br />
they are not just listening, but doing, so the message is clearly<br />
getting through to the right people. The key for success at<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> is training, training, and training. So, looking ahead,<br />
I say: more of the same.”<br />
Keeping the system workable<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> uses all experiences and insights, also from outside,<br />
to continuously update its safety management system. A system<br />
that with all its accompanying instructions and instruments is<br />
one of the best in our industry. “I doubt if anyone in our industry<br />
comes close to what we do”, states Cronie.<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> tries to do all that is possible to make the <strong>Mammoet</strong><br />
safety system as workable and user-friendly as possible,<br />
because clarity and simplicity benefit safety. Unfortunately, Bryan<br />
Cronie sees the amount of paperwork increasing exponentially.<br />
“I think there’s far too much paperwork involved in safety.<br />
We need paperwork, but we need to keep it short, sharp, and<br />
sweet so that people can understand without complications.”<br />
He therefore hopes that customers will have sufficient faith in the<br />
proven quality and safety of <strong>Mammoet</strong>’s safety management<br />
system. “We have a system that is tried, tested, well documented,<br />
people know and understand it, it’s straightforward, and we get<br />
the message over in a minimum of time. The benefits for the<br />
customer are a smooth operation without misunderstandings,<br />
fewer accidents, incidents and with less loss of time.”<br />
The key for success at<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> is training, training,<br />
and training<br />
SHE-Q<br />
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<strong>Mammoet</strong> World<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> General<br />
“Our field of work is so specific that we have developed and are<br />
still developing our own courses”, says HRM manager Natasja<br />
Sesink about the growing number of internal courses, that all<br />
consist of a theoretical and a practical part. <strong>Mammoet</strong> uses<br />
modern e-learning techniques for the theoretical part, whereby<br />
employees can often choose from six different languages. “The<br />
advantage of this is that this teaching program can be followed<br />
at any time and anywhere in the world. We have several training<br />
centers for the practical part, with the largest of these located<br />
in Malaysia. Cranes and other equipment that we work with on<br />
a daily basis are always stationed there so that students can<br />
gain practical experience. We also organize courses on the job.<br />
Safety and quality are foremost in all courses.”<br />
Investing in people<br />
Learning begins right from the start. Every new employee, from<br />
management to entry level, must follow the compulsory introduction<br />
course. <strong>Mammoet</strong> devotes a very great deal of time to their<br />
training and development in the first two to three years of working<br />
for the company. This is very much appreciated, particularly<br />
in Asia, where people are not used to being able to follow such<br />
courses. <strong>Mammoet</strong> continues to pay attention to career development<br />
and to increasing everyone’s knowledge and skills after this<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> employs over 100 engineers, 50 of<br />
which are stationed in the Netherlands. They<br />
are sent out all over the world. That is also what<br />
is fine about being an engineer at <strong>Mammoet</strong>;<br />
they do not just sit at their desks, but also play<br />
an important role in carrying out projects as<br />
project engineer or project manager. This<br />
means that cross-fertilization between theory<br />
and practice is at a maximum, which contributes<br />
significantly to the quality of the solutions and<br />
the utilization of the technical possibilities<br />
and the available equipment. This method of<br />
engineering work at <strong>Mammoet</strong> distinguishes<br />
itself from that of a consulting engineering<br />
office which does not have strong links with<br />
actual practice. Having this as their basis also<br />
means that <strong>Mammoet</strong>’s engineers are familiar<br />
with all the different aspects of the market.<br />
They are not only clever and skilled in their own<br />
expertise, but can also work well together in<br />
a team, are flexible and can bear responsibility,<br />
in fitting with the short lines and hands-on<br />
HRM: people are the most important asset<br />
People are the most important asset of <strong>Mammoet</strong>. They are what make <strong>Mammoet</strong>, and it is their actions,<br />
their individual qualities, involvement and meticulous behavior that is the strength of <strong>Mammoet</strong>. Therefore,<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> continually invests in their development and further improvement of their skills. Training and<br />
education are important instruments for permeating <strong>Mammoet</strong>’s one way of working, that must guarantee<br />
customers all over the world the same standard of safety and quality. This is all encompassed in the<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong>-wide Training and Development Program (T&DP), that was again extended last year. A multi-media<br />
recruiting campaign worldwide for new personnel has also been started under the name ‘Make it your world’.<br />
period also. Each employee has a Safety guide in his possession<br />
that documents all registered courses followed and certificates<br />
achieved. Customers may inspect these to satisfy themselves of<br />
the professional skill and safety knowledge of the people who<br />
are working on a project.<br />
Broad and up-to-date range of courses<br />
The worldwide T&DP program is constantly being developed.<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> adapts existing courses to the newest technical<br />
developments, and new courses are always being prepared.<br />
These include office courses for various functions, and many<br />
field courses to offer the possibility of growth in various fields<br />
such as those of SPMT Operator or Crane Driver, for example.<br />
This has now brought the total number of internal <strong>Mammoet</strong><br />
courses to almost 15. This is unique to our industry and an<br />
important distinguishing feature for both an increasing number<br />
of customers and those applying for a job. Our own employees<br />
also follow courses outside <strong>Mammoet</strong>, from forklift training to<br />
administrative and management courses, and Bachelor and<br />
Master courses in their branch. For instance, university-educated<br />
employees from India have been brought to the Netherlands for<br />
an internal course lasting half a year. After that they are deployed<br />
worldwide in order to gain practical experience.<br />
Engineering: brains with practical knowledge<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> would not be <strong>Mammoet</strong> without engineers, because almost no projects take place without some necessary<br />
engineering beforehand. Engineering can therefore be viewed as the brains of <strong>Mammoet</strong>, as the think-tank that solves<br />
the most exceptional and complex technical problems, but always from the basis of practicality. This combination makes<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> the all-round specialist in heavy lifting and transportation solutions.<br />
mentality that characterizes a flat organization<br />
like <strong>Mammoet</strong>.<br />
Unique new construction projects<br />
The uniqueness of the work of <strong>Mammoet</strong><br />
and that of the department of Engineering,<br />
in particular, is that no order is ever the same.<br />
In fact, there is only one thing that is standard,<br />
and that is that a unique solution for a unique<br />
problem always has to be created. An attractive<br />
field of work for the Engineering department is<br />
building unique new constructions. A recent<br />
example is the order from the navy of a foreign<br />
country for the construction of a ship specially<br />
designed for salvaging sunken submarines. This<br />
came as a consequence of another engineered<br />
project that established the reputation of<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> worldwide: the salvaging of the<br />
Kursk. There are numerous other projects that<br />
could be named where <strong>Mammoet</strong>’s engineers<br />
have developed ingenious solutions, whether it<br />
be a colossus of 15 million kilograms that has<br />
to be lifted, or an enormous object that has to<br />
be maneuvered in a tight situation between<br />
something on the other side of the world.<br />
From heavy transport to nuclear reactors<br />
Engineering at <strong>Mammoet</strong> is divided into a number<br />
of specialisms, including the horizontal work<br />
(transport), the vertical work (lifting), software,<br />
nuclear/power, salvage, and the design and<br />
calculation department. There is very in-depth<br />
know-how in-house within these specialisms.<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> has developed quickly into a specialist<br />
in the transport and construction of reactor<br />
modules, very demanding work that must be<br />
carried out very quickly and at the same time<br />
exceptionally safely and carefully. <strong>Mammoet</strong><br />
engineers have designed and tested a lifting<br />
construction especially for this - the containerized<br />
winch system - that drastically shortens the<br />
assembly and dismantling times of nuclear<br />
reactors. Customers increasingly call on<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> to think together on how to make<br />
Engineers are also in<br />
contact with the customers<br />
new construction designs best suited for<br />
assembly and maintenance requirements,<br />
which save a great deal of time and costs later<br />
on. Another trend is the modular construction<br />
of complete production installations and power<br />
plants. Here <strong>Mammoet</strong> helps the customer<br />
to design the modules so that they can be<br />
transported worldwide, whereby the dimensions,<br />
the weight, and the necessary modification of<br />
the construction are all considered. After this<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> transports, places and assembles<br />
the modules, with the whole process involving<br />
engineers from A to Z.<br />
From thinking to selling<br />
Naturally the various specialisms work closely<br />
together and also maintain contact with external<br />
knowledge institutes. Depending on their<br />
preference and specific branch knowledge,<br />
young engineers are appointed to one of the<br />
groups under the leadership of an experienced<br />
team leader. They gain a great deal of experience<br />
here, especially since they are also deployed to<br />
Working at <strong>Mammoet</strong><br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> is growing steadily and is therefore constantly<br />
looking for qualified personnel, both highly-educated engineers<br />
and skilled craftsmen.<br />
As is the case for so many top technical companies, it is not<br />
easy to find suitable personnel. Therefore, <strong>Mammoet</strong> is making<br />
itself known in schools and colleges, in trade journals and on the<br />
Internet with the worldwide slogan ‘Make it your world’.<br />
The website has been changed in order to further emphasize<br />
the attractiveness as employer, with a great deal more attention<br />
being paid to working at <strong>Mammoet</strong>, vacancies and possibilities<br />
for training. Last year <strong>Mammoet</strong> was able to recruit around 600<br />
new employees worldwide. See also www.makeityourworld.com.<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> makes high demands on its people, but as employer<br />
also offers a great deal in return. Naturally, its great reputation<br />
and the many projects that appeal to the imagination, but also<br />
a comradely, hands-on working atmosphere, good salary scales,<br />
the possibility of promotion, chances of an international career,<br />
a great deal of responsibility and all the space required for<br />
further training and development.<br />
Wessel Helmens<br />
Manager Engineering<br />
assist in carrying out the practical project after<br />
carrying out the thinking work, where they have<br />
to utilize their own solutions in cooperation with<br />
the Operations department.<br />
Engineers are also in contact with the customers.<br />
In particular, during an initial discussion, even<br />
before the order has been received, an expert at<br />
the meeting can make a huge difference.<br />
Safety first<br />
What applies to <strong>Mammoet</strong> as a whole certainly<br />
also applies to Engineering: safety first.<br />
Customers want everything to be fully calculated<br />
beforehand and laid out in manuals, and often<br />
also ask that an extensive risk analysis be<br />
carried out. <strong>Mammoet</strong> checks all engineering,<br />
both in theory and for practical feasibility and<br />
there is also an external check made by<br />
renowned companies for new construction<br />
projects. These safety efforts have gained<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> the reputation with customers of<br />
being a responsible partner that does all that is<br />
possible to allow projects to take place safely.
Sander Splinter<br />
Director Cranes Benelux<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> rental concepts<br />
conquer the world<br />
Thinking together, providing advice and performing<br />
well: optimum collaboration with the customer is<br />
achieved by knowing the rental market and by<br />
making safety, quality and the environment our<br />
important aims. Director Cranes Benelux, Sander<br />
Splinter, explains why the <strong>Mammoet</strong> rental concept<br />
is increasingly in demand all over the world.<br />
The rental activities form one of the important pillars on which<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> rests. Naturally, supplying equipment that is geared to<br />
the situation is essential to this market, but the quality and safety<br />
of the services offered is also of major importance. The further<br />
optimization of the service towards the customer and the market,<br />
based on the successful <strong>Mammoet</strong> concept, were the key points<br />
for rental last year. The individual customer is the central figure<br />
in this concept, which by supplying as complete a package of<br />
services as possible ensures maximum economy with minimum<br />
worries. <strong>Mammoet</strong> is providing customers with this unique<br />
concept in an increasing number of countries. An increasing<br />
number of customers are also contracting out the work for all<br />
their international branches to <strong>Mammoet</strong>, thus guaranteeing<br />
them the same quality all over the world.<br />
Reacting to the wishes of customers<br />
The so called <strong>Mammoet</strong> Concept exists of the use of on-site<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> branches on or in the proximity of the customers’<br />
premises. In 2007 <strong>Mammoet</strong> managed to expand and further<br />
optimize our <strong>Mammoet</strong> Concept in the Benelux but also in other<br />
parts over the world. <strong>Mammoet</strong> can respond immediately on the<br />
customers request with on-site equipment and personnel.<br />
“After a certain time we become well acquainted with the various<br />
premises belonging to the customer, the procedures and the<br />
safety regulations”, according to Sander Splinter. “We never have<br />
Energetic start for <strong>Mammoet</strong> Energy Support<br />
Stricter environmental requirements and new standards to limit<br />
the emission of harmful gases will force many energy producers<br />
to modify existing power stations in the coming years. Heavy,<br />
difficult, and precise work which must as well be carried out<br />
very efficiently to keep a stoppage as short as possible. This<br />
requires a reliable partner who is specialized in the horizontal<br />
and vertical transporting of parts within existing complexes.<br />
A task that is ideally suited for <strong>Mammoet</strong>, which has bundled<br />
its extensive knowledge and experience in this field into a new<br />
service under the name of <strong>Mammoet</strong> Energy Support.<br />
Thanks to its long presence in the energy sector, <strong>Mammoet</strong> has<br />
gained a wealth of knowledge and experience in the construction<br />
of new power stations. Know-how that is also exceedingly<br />
useful when modifying existing power stations. In combination<br />
with the unlimited transportation and lifting facilities, <strong>Mammoet</strong><br />
Energy Support is capable of arranging complete engineered<br />
to search anymore. We know what permits are necessary and<br />
can offer a good, efficient service for daily maintenance and<br />
during shutdowns and turnarounds. <strong>Mammoet</strong> participates in<br />
multidisciplinary teams in order to prepare jobs accurate in close<br />
cooperation with our principal and other contractors. This early<br />
supplier involvement principle enables us together with our<br />
principal to make the most economic and efficient planning for<br />
the specific job or project. By having this kind of expertise in an<br />
early stage, we can help our principal in saving money, and thus<br />
lower the Total Cost of Ownership for our principal.” After the<br />
Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, the United Kingdom, Canada,<br />
and South Africa, the on-site concept is conquering an<br />
increasing number of countries.<br />
The tendency is for customers to purchase as many services as<br />
possible from one supplier. The possibilities that <strong>Mammoet</strong> offers<br />
for long-term partnerships and flexible contract agreements are<br />
clearly appealing. There is one contact point for everything, also<br />
for the most important point of attention: safety. “Customers take<br />
out a contract with us. We agree in the contract with the customer<br />
that we are responsible for safe working, and guarantee that<br />
safety protocols and procedures will be complied with. These<br />
are matters that customers value highly.”<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> works on guaranteeing the quality of its people<br />
through the rigger pool. The rigger pool is a nursery in which new<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> employees are trained as Rigging Operator. If they are<br />
successful in this environment, <strong>Mammoet</strong> offers the opportunity<br />
to these people to be transferred within the company after one<br />
solutions. A concept that is finding favor, as shown by the many<br />
orders that have been carried out successfully in recent years in<br />
various power stations in the Netherlands and Belgium.<br />
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year. The pool provides the customer with certainty, because he<br />
gets the personnel support that he has asked for. “Lifting is<br />
dangerous work if you do not know exactly what you are doing.<br />
Therefore, the customer asks us to take care of the complicated<br />
rigging and lifting jobs.<br />
Modern and reliable equipment<br />
There is plenty of growth in the rental branch. This is shown by the<br />
turnover figures, but also by the increasing need for training and the<br />
extension of the equipment. Last year <strong>Mammoet</strong> invested in both<br />
the extension of its rental fleet, particularly in the top segment of<br />
heavier cranes, as well as in replacing existing equipment.<br />
The average age of <strong>Mammoet</strong>’s cranes is five years, whereas an<br />
average economic depreciation of eight years is usual.<br />
Splinter says: “This short depreciation term has to do with our<br />
vision about equipment. We want to keep up to date as much as<br />
possible with technical developments and possibilities. As well<br />
as this we try to prevent breakdowns. Therefore, we<br />
work with modern and reliable equipment, which is also to the<br />
advantage of the customer.”<br />
Finally, an example of foresight was the takeover by <strong>Mammoet</strong><br />
last year of the lifting and transport activities of Koekkoek and<br />
KTC Noord. This takeover means that the coverage in the<br />
Benelux has been improved significantly and brings the strongly<br />
growing industrial area in the north of the Netherlands within<br />
reach. “That is where the future lies”, concludes Sander Splinter.<br />
“We simply cannot and will not be absent from there.”<br />
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<strong>Mammoet</strong> General<br />
The Equipment Management Department (EMD) is responsible<br />
for the management and maintenance of the immense quantity<br />
of equipment that <strong>Mammoet</strong> has available, including the world’s<br />
largest land cranes and other sophisticated equipment. The<br />
special challenges that <strong>Mammoet</strong> faces as world market leader<br />
in heavy lifting and transportation means that the role of EMD<br />
goes much further than simply purchasing, maintaining and<br />
replacing equipment. Unique requests often require unique<br />
solutions. These solutions are found in close collaboration with<br />
the departments of Equipment Management (EMD), Operations,<br />
and Engineering, and also with external suppliers. “Our innovation<br />
strength is what distinguishes <strong>Mammoet</strong> from others. That we<br />
design, construct, test, operate, and work with our equipment<br />
ourselves is unique. You do not see all this under one roof very<br />
often”, says CTO Jan van Seumeren Jr.<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> innovations<br />
EMD already has various innovations to its credit. These<br />
concern both new equipment as well as modifications to existing<br />
equipment. EMD has again produced a very wide range of new<br />
products this year. One of the literal high spots was the delivery,<br />
after an extensive series of tests, of the PTC IV, the fourth<br />
offspring of the successful PTC family. The eighth ring crane in<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong>’s fleet has a maximum configuration of 134 meter<br />
main boom and 99 meter jib. With the production of its<br />
second push-up system <strong>Mammoet</strong> is responding to the rapidly<br />
increasing demand for more capacity for jacking up complete<br />
oil platforms and large constructions. Push-up system II consists<br />
of eight units each with a capacity of 2,400 tonnes and<br />
112 jacking columns. It is fitted with a control system capable<br />
of controlling a total of 16 units centrally, so that the system<br />
Deep Water Recovery System (DWRS)<br />
Chain puller<br />
Jan van Seumeren Jr.<br />
CTO<br />
EMD:<br />
Strength in innovation is what<br />
distinguishes <strong>Mammoet</strong><br />
The range and versatility of the equipment are part of <strong>Mammoet</strong>’s strength. Having the world’s largest fleet of<br />
heavy lifting and transportation equipment means that it can offer every imaginable solution and rapidly deploy<br />
large amounts of equipment–a fleet that is continually being extended and renewed in order to be able to<br />
respond even better to the latest trends and specific requests from customers.<br />
generates a maximum push-up capacity of 38,400 tonnes.<br />
Due to the increasing activities in the field of push-ups and loadouts,<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> has manufactured a second ballast system<br />
for adding and removing ballast in pontoons and barges. The<br />
system provides the enormous pumping capacity that the greater<br />
load-outs demand. A puller system has been developed specially<br />
for <strong>Mammoet</strong> Salvage, consisting of eight chain pullers that can<br />
each pull 300 tonnes. The system has been designed to pull<br />
ship’s wrecks ashore and was used in salvaging the Safmarine<br />
Agulhas. <strong>Mammoet</strong> has designed the containerized winch<br />
system (CWS) in order to respond to the demand for a compact,<br />
safe, and quick lifting method for working in existing nuclear<br />
power stations. The CWS system provides 650 tonnes lifting<br />
capacity through a mobile portal system that can be configured<br />
in various heights and widths.<br />
Last, but not least, the deep water recovery system (DWRS) was<br />
developed by <strong>Mammoet</strong> Salvage together with the Engineering<br />
Department to recover the load of aluminum from the Runner 4.<br />
This system, consisting of remote-controlled underwater cranes<br />
on the seabed and underwater robots, represents a breakthrough<br />
in the salvage world. It provides much more efficiency and<br />
certainty in comparison with the traditional salvage methods<br />
using divers.<br />
Larger and heavier<br />
Naturally not all of <strong>Mammoet</strong>’s work is tied to a project. The daily<br />
rental of cranes and other mobile equipment is another important<br />
service. The rental equipment has again been extended and<br />
renewed during last year. “Companies make increasing use of<br />
prefab, thus reducing the construction time on site”, according to<br />
Jan van Seumeren Jr. “This trend is visible in the civil sector, the<br />
power sector, the petrochemical industry and the offshore sector.<br />
Transporting, lifting, and assembling large parts, also such as<br />
those for windmills, require increasingly heavier equipment, a<br />
demand that we are responding to with our latest acquisitions.”<br />
Seeing the present market situation regarding the purchase and<br />
delivery of equipment, <strong>Mammoet</strong> out of necessity has been<br />
forced to make investments for the coming years already.<br />
Three LTM 11200s, the largest mobile telescope cranes in<br />
the world with a capacity of 1,200 tonnes, form part of the<br />
most recent acquisitions that have been purchased this year<br />
and will be available for rent in 2008 including in the Netherlands<br />
and Germany. Besides we ordered 392 axle lines of SPMT this<br />
year. Finally, <strong>Mammoet</strong> is continuing with more standardization<br />
and container construction for its equipment, two trends that<br />
are further improving the speed, flexibility, safety, and quality<br />
of <strong>Mammoet</strong>.<br />
Containerized Winch System (CWS)
Terminal Westdorpe Terminal Schiedam<br />
Pieter Modderman<br />
Terminal Manager<br />
The Heavy Lift Terminal in Schiedam, in the heart of the<br />
Rotterdam harbor area, forms the central hub for <strong>Mammoet</strong><br />
logistics. Thanks to the ideal situation and the unique facilities<br />
that <strong>Mammoet</strong>’s home base provides, including the strongest<br />
harbor crane (250 tonnes lifting capacity) in Europoort and a<br />
RoRo quay, third parties are increasingly discovering the way<br />
here. The terminal in Westdorpe, strategically situated relative to<br />
the harbor and industrial areas of Antwerp, Ghent, Flushing and<br />
Terneuzen, also has by far the strongest harbor cranes in the<br />
surrounding area, now that a second 100-tonne harbor crane has<br />
been placed there this year. But this is not the only thing that<br />
counts, according to Pieter Modderman, Terminal Manager for<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong>. “These cranes are a link in a chain of services.<br />
The Heavy Lift Terminal increasingly provides more value-added<br />
logistics, from complete factory-to-foundation concepts to<br />
supplementary services.”<br />
Logistics solutions<br />
More and more customers are discovering the added value that<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> provides around its terminals. The storage and transshipment<br />
of goods forms the stepping stone to a whole range of<br />
logistics services that allows customers to concentrate on their<br />
core activities. Thus <strong>Mammoet</strong> provides logistics solutions in the<br />
form of stock management, maintenance, assembly, dismantling,<br />
transport over land and water, positioning and on site installation<br />
of heavy goods. What also distinguishes <strong>Mammoet</strong> from other<br />
logistics service companies is that all imaginable cranes and<br />
transport modalities, from special rigging equipment, SPMTs,<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> World<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> General<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> heavy lift terminals:<br />
at the center of the total logistics formula<br />
The Heavy Lift Terminal in Schiedam and the Multi Purpose Terminal in Westdorpe, both in the Netherlands,<br />
provide a unique total formula for the storage and transshipment of goods for third parties. A wide range of<br />
supplementary services like engineering and auxiliary equipment that only <strong>Mammoet</strong> can supply can be found<br />
here as well as the heavy lifting facilities.<br />
to floating sheerlegs, can be deployed at the terminals. Apart from<br />
this, <strong>Mammoet</strong> can arrange for engineered lifting with the help of<br />
its own department of Engineering, and naturally both terminals<br />
are manned by professionals who deal with goods in a skilful,<br />
efficient, and safe manner. If desired, they are trained specifically<br />
for carrying out maintenance on, or the assembly of, your products.<br />
Thanks to these unequalled facilities <strong>Mammoet</strong> now provides<br />
the total logistics package, also on a factory-to-foundation basis,<br />
for numerous renowned customers. For instance, <strong>Mammoet</strong><br />
provides turnkey delivery and installation for suppliers of transformers,<br />
harbor cranes, heavy vats, construction equipment for<br />
civil engineering works and complete factory modules, as well<br />
as the stock management and supply to the customers of an<br />
aluminum producer.<br />
Steady extension<br />
In order to be able to cope with their own increased activities<br />
and the growing demand from third parties, the terminals have<br />
already been considerably enlarged in recent years. There are<br />
also various extensions planned at Schiedam again for next year,<br />
reports Pieter Modderman.<br />
“With, among other things, lengthening the quay by 200 meters,<br />
increasing the storage area by 10,000 m 2 , and the construction<br />
of a hall that will provide an additional 1,000 m 2 covered<br />
storage, we will shortly be in an even better position to be<br />
able to respond to the needs of our customers.”<br />
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Sponsoring<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> Runs…<br />
Society expects that companies take their responsibility where social questions<br />
such as climate change, energy scarcity, poverty, and health are concerned.<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> counts itself among the companies that can and want to play a role in<br />
this; and by supporting and sponsoring a wide range of causes <strong>Mammoet</strong> shows<br />
its involvement with the wider world.<br />
Taking education and childcare seriously<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> Canada Western is supporting a project<br />
in Fort McMurray, Canada, where there is an urgent<br />
need for outside school hours care for the children<br />
of the employees of the plants.<br />
In Fort McMurray outside school hours care for children is more<br />
of a problem than elsewhere. This is because many parents are<br />
employed in the factories, where they work shifts that do not<br />
coincide with the childcare timetables. The problem is that the<br />
Crossing Alaska for KiKa<br />
‘<strong>Mammoet</strong> Runs’ against hunger:<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> MT generates 120,000 Euros<br />
Under the title ‘<strong>Mammoet</strong> Runs… the extra mile<br />
against hunger’ the four members of the<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> management team plucked up their<br />
courage and put on their running shoes. They<br />
appeared at the start of the Fortis Marathon<br />
Rotterdam 2007 on a hot Sunday in April. The<br />
aim: to complete the marathon in relay form in<br />
order to collect a large amount for The Hunger<br />
Project. They managed it, at the cost of a great<br />
deal of sweat.<br />
Roderik van Seumeren, Patrick van Seumeren,<br />
Siem Kranenburg, and Jan van Seumeren Jr.<br />
decided to run against hunger. They were fully<br />
committed to their aim. Creativity, result-orientated,<br />
enterprising and stamina: a handful of<br />
important characteristics that we need so much<br />
in the challenging world in which <strong>Mammoet</strong><br />
operates. The same characteristics are evident<br />
in the approach to The Hunger Project.<br />
“What so appeals to us in The Hunger Project”,<br />
explains Roderik van Seumeren, “is their faith in<br />
human power and creativity. The Hunger<br />
Project does not dig wells, but invests in the<br />
knowledge and capabilities of people.” The four<br />
MT members began to train in November 2006.<br />
During the preparation Patrick van Seumeren<br />
was replaced by Erik Rave, Director Finance &<br />
Organization, because of a persistent injury.<br />
Completely overwhelmed<br />
As well as running kilometers during training,<br />
the good cause also had to be promoted.<br />
children of these families are often left to fend for themselves<br />
and they arrive at school without having had any breakfast,<br />
which does not really help their learning. A similar problem<br />
occurs in the afternoon. Children come home to an empty house,<br />
may have to look after a younger brother or sister, and they<br />
have no supervision, so that homework and eating healthy<br />
meals easily gets left undone.<br />
Longer opening hours<br />
The outside school hours program that <strong>Mammoet</strong> is supporting<br />
has longer opening hours and leaders that will make sure the<br />
Icy cold, dangerous animals and darkness predominating. Four Dutchmen are preparing themselves for a<br />
trip full of hardships right across Alaska. The exceptional expedition bears the name ‘Crossing Alaska for<br />
KiKa’, because the four adventurers have the extra aim of wanting to mean something for KiKa (Kinderen<br />
Kankervrij or Children Free of Cancer).<br />
Thanks to the ready sponsoring by employees<br />
and relatives of <strong>Mammoet</strong> the count quickly<br />
reached 60,000 Euros. It had been agreed that<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> would double this amount if the<br />
management team managed to complete the<br />
42.2 kilometers within three hours and fifty<br />
minutes, in the form of a relay whereby three<br />
people would run 10 km and one 12 km.<br />
Despite the weather, which was really too hot,<br />
the aim was achieved in a good time of 3 hours<br />
and 50 minutes. “I am completely overwhelmed”,<br />
said Elisabeth Roelvink, Corporate Fundraiser<br />
of The Hunger Project in the Netherlands, when<br />
she was handed a check for 120,000 Euros.<br />
“I had never expected such an enormous<br />
amount, fantastic!”<br />
No classical emergency help<br />
20,000 people die from chronic undernourishment<br />
every day. Three-quarters of all deaths from<br />
hunger are children less than five years old.<br />
These are the cold facts, but perhaps the most<br />
harrowing fact of all is that we produce enough<br />
food worldwide to be able to end this hunger<br />
permanently straightaway. The Hunger Project<br />
strives to help the people that do not just<br />
accept poverty as a way of life. The Hunger<br />
Project is not a classical emergency help program<br />
in which sacks of food are distributed, but helps<br />
by investing in the development of people.<br />
See www.thp.org for more information about<br />
the vision, principles, and the special approach<br />
of this organization.<br />
children eat their meals and do their homework under supervision.<br />
In order to combat excessive TV viewing and other undesirable<br />
activities, the time will be filled with sports and handicrafts.<br />
Although the community at Fort McMurray and the surrounding<br />
areas urgently needs this provision one obstacle still has to<br />
be overcome - finding suitable premises or a piece of ground.<br />
“With time, patience and support this will also be achieved<br />
and the whole town can profit from this project”.<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> also warmly supports the battle against cancer in<br />
children and has recently agreed to support the expedition.<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> knows as no other that exceptional conditions<br />
require exceptional solutions. Alaska is known as the country<br />
of icy cold and extensive tundra, mountain chains and thick<br />
forests. A land that is ninety percent uninhabited and where<br />
darkness rules in winter at temperatures down to -60 o C.<br />
A domain for moose, and rare animals such as the musk ox,<br />
wolves, and bears. It is just this country that has been chosen<br />
by John den Outer, Johan Vaes, Maarten Harteveld, and Joost<br />
van Megen for an ultimate challenge. The team intends to<br />
cross Alaska during eleven weeks in the winter of 2008 covering<br />
a total of two thousand kilometers. The biggest risks are<br />
frostbite, polar bears and crossing rivers and lakes. “The<br />
conditions that we are going to face cannot, however, be<br />
compared to the battle that children with cancer have to fight”,<br />
say the four. “We can prepare ourselves well and use the best<br />
equipment. They have to fight an enormous, unequal battle,<br />
that they lose all too often. Our aim is to reach the end, and<br />
an important extra motivation is to mean something for KiKa<br />
in doing so financially, but also as an example and inspiration<br />
for others by showing how a team can break through the<br />
boundaries.<br />
See www.crossingalaskaforkika.nl for more information.
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Petrochemical proj projects j cts<br />
Americas<br />
Driven by the optimization of performance ratios, the scale of petrochemical plants is increasing.<br />
In close cooperation with its clients’ engineering departments, <strong>Mammoet</strong> stretches the design limits<br />
by providing high capacity transport and lifting equipment. This enables clients to design modules<br />
that can be moved and lifted more cost effectively. For both <strong>Mammoet</strong> and the client, minimizing<br />
down time, space restrictions, and safety procedures are a matter of course. The cases illustrate<br />
the extensive specialist expertise that <strong>Mammoet</strong> has developed to serve the petrochemical industry.<br />
Location Port Arthur, Texas, USA<br />
Job Transporting and installing plant modules<br />
Challenge Saving time by using SPMTs instead of cranes<br />
Location San Francisco Bay area, USA<br />
Job Handling five pressure vessels<br />
Challenge Operating in an environmentally-sensitive area<br />
Location Fray Bentos, Uruguay<br />
Job Construction of a pulp and paper mill<br />
Challenge Working in rough terrain<br />
Smart solution<br />
This project started with the transport and installation of a<br />
950-tonne reactor, around 40 meters long and with a diameter<br />
of five meters. It was delivered by ship to Port Arthur in Texas.<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> used SPMTs and Goldhofer units to transport the<br />
reactor through the city, to the refinery. At the site, the reactor<br />
was uprighted and installed using the <strong>Mammoet</strong> Strand Jack<br />
Tower system. The rest of the project comprised the transport of<br />
21 plant modules from the fabrication shop in South Carolina to<br />
the site, followed by their installation. First, <strong>Mammoet</strong> transferred<br />
the modules from the yard onto seagoing barges. Some of the<br />
modules were stacked on the barges to use the space more<br />
effectively. After arrival, the modules were transported to the site<br />
where they were installed using SPMTs. The advantages of using<br />
these hydraulic transporters for the installation were that they<br />
saved time and that disruption of the work on site by cranes or<br />
the need to build crane foundations was avoided.<br />
RoRo Day<br />
at the Bay<br />
Tandem lifts in Uruguay<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> Europe, with the support of <strong>Mammoet</strong> Venezuela, won<br />
the contract for the heavy lifting operations for the construction of<br />
one of South America's largest pulp and paper mills, at Fray<br />
Bentos in Uruguay. Until <strong>Mammoet</strong>'s arrival, the largest crane in<br />
the country was a 70-tonne model. The seven telescopic cranes<br />
and crawler cranes provided for this project had capacities from<br />
55 tonnes to 600 tonnes. Two crawler cranes, a CC 2800 and<br />
LR 1350, were used for a number of critical tandem lifts, with a<br />
maximum load of 320 tonnes. The flexible configuration options<br />
of these units were particularly valuable. For example, the 84 meter<br />
main boom of the CC 2800 was fitted with a 48 meter jib for a total<br />
of 120 meters to assist with the internal inspection of a concrete<br />
chimney. The five smaller telescopic cranes worked practically<br />
around-the-clock. Their excellent handling on rough terrain enabled<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> to keep up with the busy schedule set by the client.<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> USA was commissioned to unload five coke<br />
drums (pressure vessels) with a weight of 400 tonnes each<br />
and transport them to a refinery in North California. Because<br />
the creek near the refinery was shallow, only 1.8 meters at<br />
high tide, the pressure vessels were transferred from the ships<br />
onto a barge. The major challenge was avoiding any damage<br />
to the tule plants on the banks of the creek.<br />
These plants grow up to three meters high and are important<br />
buffers against the water and wind and provide food and a<br />
habitat to a range of animal species. Tules are protected by<br />
the State of California and in order to perform the roll-off<br />
operation, <strong>Mammoet</strong> had to prove that the operation could<br />
be performed without removing, flattening, crushing or even<br />
touching these plants in a destructive way. The solution was<br />
to design and to build five 80’ (24.4 meter) ro-ro ramps<br />
between a pad onshore and the barge. The pad was built<br />
to ensure that the ramp was well clear of the tule bank.<br />
The barge collected the pressure vessels from the ships in<br />
the bay. Back at the ramp, two sets of 12-line double-width<br />
SPMTs transported the vessels two kilometers from the barge<br />
to the refinery. The whole operation went smoothly and was<br />
completed ahead of schedule. <strong>Mammoet</strong> has several more<br />
projects lined up in the beautiful San Francisco Bay area<br />
over the next two years.
Middle East<br />
Location Jubail, Saudi Arabia<br />
Job Four gantry lifts of columns<br />
Challenge Several moves and the size of the columns to be lifted<br />
Long hauls at Jubail<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> deployed its gantry lift at four places and in different<br />
configurations during the construction of various petrochemical<br />
complexes in Jubail on the Persian Gulf. The first gantry lift was<br />
the positioning of a 106 meter long splitter. The column weighing<br />
880 tonnes was stood upright using a 112 meter high gantry<br />
fitted with 2900-tonne units, and a CC 2500 tailing crane from<br />
another company. <strong>Mammoet</strong>’s LR 1750 with 134 meter boom<br />
was used to build the gantry.<br />
The gantry had to be built up again five kilometers further on for<br />
the second lift. Six weeks later <strong>Mammoet</strong> positioned a 92 meter<br />
long and 1,600-tonne wash tower at this site.<br />
Another six weeks later a third gantry lift was used to lift a<br />
750-tonne water quench tower onto a 15-meter high concrete<br />
base. The 63-meter long monster was first stood upright using<br />
a 93-meter high gantry with two 900-tonne strandjacks and a<br />
CC 8800 tailing crane, and lifted up 17 meters. The column was<br />
then sledged over two skid tracks using two 65-tonne push-pull<br />
units until it was above the base. A month later <strong>Mammoet</strong> rounded<br />
off the gantry work in Jubail with the positioning of a 102-meter<br />
long column weighing 684 tonnes. A 107-meter high gantry was<br />
used, fitted with two strandjacks each with a capacity of 900 tonnes.<br />
Location Rabigh, Saudi Arabia<br />
Job Heavy lifts<br />
Challenge Demanding environment, busy sites<br />
Crane forest<br />
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<strong>Mammoet</strong> is currently very busy in the Middle East and working<br />
on a number of large projects in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United<br />
Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Oman. At the Rabigh site, <strong>Mammoet</strong><br />
started a major heavy lifting project by installing an 880-tonne<br />
regenerator on a 15 meter high foundation, using the MSG II.<br />
On the same site, the PTC I lifted a VDU column weighing<br />
825 tonnes onto a 26 meter high pedestal.<br />
Nearby, a 36-axle line SPMT and an RG 912 were working on<br />
another project. At the same time, an LR 1800, CC 2500, CC<br />
2800 and CC 2200 were busy building a petrochemical plant,<br />
right around the ring cranes.<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> was also awarded a contract for an ethylene glycol<br />
plant elsewhere in Saudi Arabia, which required the MSG I,<br />
a CC 4800 and several smaller cranes. Finally, <strong>Mammoet</strong> used<br />
the MSG with an 87 meter main boom and 43 meter jib, operating<br />
at a radius of 93 meters, to install a 350-tonne regenerator.<br />
The MSG was assisted by a Manitowoc M999 used for tailing.<br />
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Petrochemical projects<br />
Europe<br />
Location Middlesbrough, UK<br />
Job Installing three compressors and two e-motors<br />
Challenge Small clearances, wide range of equipment needed<br />
Location Gelsenkirchen, Germany<br />
Job Moving 21 furnaces<br />
Challenge Tight schedule<br />
Furnaces old<br />
and new<br />
The whole bag<br />
of tricks!<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> transported a selection of plant items weighing up to<br />
165 tonnes for the construction of an LDPE plant. The job<br />
required the full range of <strong>Mammoet</strong> equipment: 12 axle lines of<br />
SPMT, a skidding system, 50-tonne jacks and climbing jacks,<br />
load spreaders, etc. and was a perfect demonstration of the<br />
versatility of our resources and personnel.<br />
Apart from straightforward lifts, some plant items had to be<br />
skidded up to 20 meters onto their foundations. <strong>Mammoet</strong> used<br />
a range of supports and load spreaders to spread the load onto<br />
A major chemical plant was revamped.<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> removed 16 old furnaces using<br />
cranes and SPMTs, moved five new<br />
furnaces into place, and then transported the<br />
old furnaces to the demolition site. <strong>Mammoet</strong><br />
started by removing the chimneys of the old<br />
furnaces using one crane with a man-riding<br />
basket for the operatives cutting the chimneys<br />
into sections, one crane to lower the chimney<br />
sections down, and one to load them<br />
onto a low-loader. Supporting steel was then<br />
installed under the furnaces and they were<br />
jacked up with six 250-tonne jacks.<br />
Two 14-axle lines of SPMT then transported<br />
the furnaces to intermediate storage. This part<br />
of the project took only 13 days, five days less<br />
than estimated. The first new furnace (17<br />
a bridge, fill gaps in the foundation across which plant items had<br />
to be skidded, etc. Due to space restrictions some of the plant<br />
items could not be installed using cranes. Instead the lifts were<br />
made with the SPMTs and jacks. On one occasion, the clearance<br />
was only ten millimeters when installing an 84-tonne rotor inside<br />
a stator of approximately the same weight to assemble a<br />
compressor drive motor. Here it was essential to prevent the<br />
two parts of the motor from impacting each other as this would<br />
lead to serious damage. Even so, this particular lift actually took<br />
less than an hour to perform.<br />
meters wide, 30 meters long and 45 meters<br />
high) was then weighed. At 2,206 tonnes it<br />
was 380-tonne lighter than expected.<br />
The furnaces were carried to their destinations<br />
using 2 x 48 axle lines of SPMT.<br />
Finally, <strong>Mammoet</strong> moved the old furnaces<br />
from the temporary lay-down area to the<br />
demolition site. The whole project was<br />
completed in only 35 days.
Asia<br />
Location Dampier, Australia<br />
Job Transporting and installing an LNG train<br />
Challenge Slope: five kilometers, eight percent<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> was contracted to transport and install the modules,<br />
consisting of more than 200 items, of an LNG train five kilometers<br />
from the quayside to the construction site onto foundations.<br />
Parts of the modules were constructed as pre-assembled modules<br />
in Batam, Indonesia. <strong>Mammoet</strong> carried out the site moves and<br />
load-out by delivering them alongside heavy lift vessels.<br />
In Australia, the modules, arriving from Batam and other parts of<br />
the world, had to be transported five kilometers from the wharf to<br />
the site where they could be placed onto their foundations.<br />
Location Inner Mongolia, China<br />
Job Installing two 2,050-tonne reactors<br />
Challenge Remote site, heavy load<br />
Installing more than<br />
200 items of an LNG train<br />
The fractionation module (1,850 tonnes) was the heaviest unit<br />
and required four SPMTs with 4 x 24 axle lines of SPMT each<br />
to negotiate the slope which was as much as eight percent in<br />
places. After arrival, the module was off-loaded temporarily so<br />
the SPMTs could be reduced to 4 x 22 axle lines to fit on the<br />
site. They then moved the module another 500 meters and<br />
installed it on the foundations. Its position was accurate to<br />
within a few millimeters. Other modules were installed using<br />
a Demag CC 4800, CC 2800 or CC 1800.<br />
Coal to liquids<br />
project<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> used the MSG crane to lift a 2,050-tonne<br />
high-pressure reactor in place at a site in Inner Mongolia,<br />
China. This was the first of two reactors for a plant to produce<br />
oil from coal. <strong>Mammoet</strong>'s contract covered 45 plant items.<br />
Firstly, there was a logistics challenge: 140 containers of<br />
equipment such as SPMTs, conventional trailers, cranes, etc.<br />
had to be transported 1,200 kilometers from the port to the job<br />
site. The MSG was delivered to Shanghai, 2,500 kilometers<br />
away. <strong>Mammoet</strong> engineers designed a special lifting lug on a<br />
flange that was bolted on top of the flange of the reactor.<br />
The two lifting trunnions lowered the lifting point in order to<br />
reduce the stresses on the neck of the reactor to an acceptable<br />
level. The MSG was fitted with an 84.1 meter main boom<br />
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and 2,500 tonnes of ballast. Meanwhile, the first reactor was<br />
transported three kilometers to the site using 52 axle lines of<br />
SPMT and 12 Goldhofer lines.<br />
Part of the area was excavated to align the reactor, crane and<br />
foundations to make the lift easier, safer and quicker and to<br />
avoid jacking. After a ceremony with fireworks, the reactor was<br />
installed. The lift took 12 hours and all went to plan. As there<br />
was a month's wait before the installation of the next reactor,<br />
all equipment was then protected against the unpredictable<br />
weather in this area and the crew enjoyed a well-deserved<br />
break. This was a challenging project in a remote area,<br />
completed safely and on time.<br />
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Civil projects<br />
Europe<br />
Experience in multi-modal transport by road, rail and water together with facilities for lifting, skidding<br />
and jacking heavy loads ensure <strong>Mammoet</strong>’s position as a full-service provider in the civil market.<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> crews manage all cargo handling from factory to foundation, with a combination of skill,<br />
professionalism and state-of-the-art equipment. The cases reflect <strong>Mammoet</strong>’s thoroughness in a field<br />
that extends from handling heavy prefabricated elements such as concrete girders and steel structures<br />
that are assembled on site to constructing, relocating or dismantling buildings and industrial facilities.<br />
Location Heuersdorf and Borna, Germany<br />
Job Moving a 13th century church 12 kilometers<br />
Challenge Difficult route<br />
750 year old Church<br />
on the road<br />
Location Amerongen, the Netherlands<br />
Job Moving the body of a mill<br />
Challenge The historic character of the object<br />
New spot for historic mill<br />
Because houses are to be built at the present location in<br />
Amerongen, the body of a belt mill (mill on raised ground) from<br />
1830 had to be moved in order to save the historic building.<br />
In order to make the movement possible the association giving<br />
the order first had the body of the mill excavated, and a new<br />
tensioned concrete foundation poured in the space that had<br />
been created. Using jacking points that had been included in the<br />
foundation, the body of the mill weighing 450 tonnes was jacked<br />
Beverwijk, the Netherlands<br />
Job Lifting a 230-tonne container crane<br />
Challenge Working in a small area so as not to get in<br />
the way of transshipment of containers<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> lifted a 230-tonne container crane in the harbor<br />
of Beverwijk. This large crane is intended to give the local<br />
container terminal, where more than 20,000 containers are<br />
loaded each year, a major boost. <strong>Mammoet</strong> used no less<br />
than nine cranes to carry out the job: two 500-tonne, two<br />
160-tonne, and four 80-tonne cranes and one 100-tonne crane<br />
with man bucket. The work required good organization of the<br />
Built in 1258, <strong>Mammoet</strong> moved the 750 year old church-the oldest<br />
church in Saxon southeast Germany from Heuersdorf to<br />
Borna over a distance of 12 kilometers. The church had a<br />
weight of 833 tonnes, a length of 14.5 meters and a height of<br />
19.6 meters. It was first jacked up 1.2 meters and then placed<br />
on 40 axle lines of SPMT. The unique control features of the<br />
transporter ensured the stability of the historic building while<br />
negotiating a challenging route at an average speed of two<br />
kilometers per hour. The difficulties included a number of<br />
up 1.3 meters. After that 2 x 10 axle lines of SPMT were maneuvered<br />
under the body and taken over the load from the jacking<br />
points by their hydraulic lifting system.<br />
The mill was then moved 27 meters under great interest from the<br />
public and jacked down onto its new position. There, the mill will<br />
be restored to its former glory to serve as the center of attraction<br />
in the new neighborhood.<br />
Nine cranes in<br />
a small space<br />
working area in order to keep the space taken up as small<br />
as possible, because the transshipment of the containers just<br />
carried on as normal. The operation went without a hitch,<br />
although the weather first threatened to put a spanner in the<br />
works; but on the day of the lift the weather gods fortunately<br />
favored <strong>Mammoet</strong>. After a day’s work the Beverwijk skyline<br />
had gained a new landmark.<br />
narrow points (sometimes with clearances of only a few<br />
centimeters), gradients, bridges, two level railway crossings and<br />
several power lines. Four bridges across two rivers required<br />
strengthening for this move. Furthermore, a number of overhead<br />
power lines and pylons had to be switched off and removed<br />
temporarily. As far as <strong>Mammoet</strong> is aware, this was the first time<br />
an historic building of this age was relocated. A great challenge<br />
to man and technology.
Europe<br />
Location Rugeley, United Kingdom<br />
Job Placing two engineered constructions<br />
Challenge Acting quickly to cause as little disturbance<br />
to the rail traffic as possible<br />
Location Amsterdam “Coentunnel”, The Netherlands<br />
Job Jacking a viaduct and transporting<br />
seven concrete wall sections<br />
Challenge Jacking a viaduct while traffic will not be disturbed<br />
The “Coentunnel” underneath the “Noordzee kanaal” in the<br />
ring-road around Amsterdam is a major bottle neck for the<br />
thousands of cars that use it ever day. For unknown reasons the<br />
northern tunnel entrance was shifting up for almost 15 centimeters<br />
the past years. To prevent that the tunnel entrance would raise<br />
more in the future, the authorities decided to place a wall of<br />
2,715 tonnes in the middle of the tunnel entrance. To do this<br />
they calculated that the highway would need to be closed for<br />
13 weekends. To minimise the disturbance of the traffic<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> performed the works in just one weekend.<br />
To achieve this, a concrete hollow wall was prefabricated in<br />
seven pieces of 18 meters long, seven meters high and weighing<br />
160 tonnes about one kilometer away from the tunnel entrance.<br />
During this weekend <strong>Mammoet</strong> transported the seven sections<br />
Americas<br />
Location Yerba Buena Island, San Francisco, California, USA<br />
Job Skidding a 6,500-tonne bridge section into place<br />
Challenge Uneven loadings, extremely accurate positioning,<br />
traffic could only be interrupted for a limited time<br />
Connecting two cities<br />
To incorporate seismic safety features and update the look and<br />
style of the Bay Bridge in San Francisco, California, the state is<br />
building a new bridge one section at a time.<br />
A new concrete bridge section (106 x 28 meters) weighing<br />
6,500 tonnes was built next to the existing bridge. The idea<br />
was to close the bridge for around three days, demolish the<br />
old section and move the new section into place. <strong>Mammoet</strong><br />
proposed using the MSG heavy skid system to slide the bridge<br />
into position. The setup included sixteen 600-tonne capacity<br />
Creating a bypass<br />
at express speed<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> positioned two large engineered constructions at<br />
Rugeley for the three kilometer long bypass that is to relieve this<br />
small English town of traffic jams. The project was to place two<br />
tunnels underneath two existing railway lines. The first tunnel<br />
under the line to the nearby power station was placed while<br />
overhaul work was being carried out on the power station.<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> had two weeks during this stop to sledge the concrete<br />
bridge weighing 3,200 tonnes into position. Three months after<br />
this successful operation the second engineered construction<br />
which consisted of three parts was put into place: two concrete<br />
abutments each weighing 2,600 tonnes and a steel bridge deck<br />
Building a wall<br />
between the traffic<br />
from the fabrication area to the tunnel entrance and position<br />
them in a straight line in the middle of the tunnel entrance. There<br />
was only one extra challenge: a viaduct over the highway with<br />
headroom of 4,5 meters blocked the transport route. Before the<br />
transport operation could start, the viaduct of 1,000 tonnes had<br />
to be raised 3,5 meters. This was done during a normal working<br />
day while the traffic drove underneath it. After all safety precautions<br />
were taken the deck was lifted by using six x 500-tonne<br />
climbing jacks. Once all preparations were finished, finally<br />
the wall sections could be transported. On each side of a wall<br />
section six axle lines of SPMT were positioned with a special<br />
lifting frame on top. Both lifting frames were connected to each<br />
other straight through the wall. The wall section was lifted from<br />
the ground and transported underneath the raised viaduct to its<br />
jacks and skid shoes placed under the main longitudinal<br />
girders of the bridge. The bridge had to be installed on five<br />
meter tall columns. This meant that heavy steel mats and<br />
pipe supports had to be placed on top of the skid shoes<br />
to provide the required height. <strong>Mammoet</strong> took only a little<br />
over two hours to skid the bridge into place, completing<br />
the work ahead of schedule. This meant that the bridge could<br />
be reopened to traffic 11 hours earlier than expected, allowing<br />
traffic to flow freely between the cities of San Francisco and<br />
Oakland once again.<br />
Location Vicksburg, Massachusetts, USA<br />
Job Transporting a retired tugboat into the city<br />
Challenge Steep slope<br />
Mississippi tugboat<br />
turned into a museum<br />
The tugboat MV Mississippi IV (66 meters long, 1600 short<br />
tonnes) was retired 15 years ago. It will form the centerpiece of<br />
a museum in Vicksburg about the work of the US Army Corps of<br />
Engineers on the Mississippi River related to flood control and<br />
improving navigation.<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong>'s role in the project was to lift the tugboat out of the<br />
water, transport it to Vicksburg and set it onto the foundation.<br />
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weighing 600 tonnes. Because this line forms part of the national<br />
railway network, the construction had to be placed in express<br />
time to restrict the disturbance to the rail traffic to a minimum.<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> constructed and tested the equipment, which consisted<br />
of four skid tracks each 132.5 meters long, 12 push-pull units<br />
of 64 tonnes and 28 skid shoes of 600 tonnes with a low support<br />
construction between them, during a prior preparation period of<br />
ten days. The rail traffic was then stopped and within 36 hours<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> had finished constructing the skid track, moved all<br />
parts 89 meters, and removed all the equipment, so that the rail<br />
traffic could resume the normal service over the new viaduct.<br />
final location. Once the seven hollow wall sections were installed,<br />
they had to be filled with a total of 590 tonnes steel bars.<br />
Monday morning 05.00PM the highway was free for traffic as if<br />
nothing happened.<br />
The vessel was dry-docked and then picked up by 4 x 16 axle<br />
lines of SPMT with a total of 64 lines which had to traverse a<br />
9% slope to set it down on temporary supports for painting.<br />
A few months later, 2 x 32 axle lines of SPMT transported the<br />
tugboat to Vicksburg. The MV Mississippi IV is now resting on<br />
temporary supports while the foundations are being built around it.<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> will return later to place the vessel in its final position.<br />
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Americas<br />
Location Providence, Rhode Island, USA<br />
Job Transporting and installing a bridge<br />
Challenge Site conditions, availability of barges<br />
Challenges,<br />
big challenges<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> was awarded the job of transporting a large arch<br />
bridge (2,500 tonnes) from a fabrication yard in Providence,<br />
Rhode Island, and installing it. The bridge was 125 meters<br />
long and 50 meters wide. There were a number of challenges<br />
to overcome during the three years over which the project<br />
was prepared. The initial transport was difficult due to the<br />
limited availability of large barges, a high dock at the fabrication<br />
yard and shallow water at the congested installation site.<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong>’s solution was to tie two barges together with<br />
crane booms to create a catamaran. The bridge was<br />
transferred with self-propelled transporters. Because of<br />
the conditions at the yard and the installation site, nine<br />
meters of cribbing had to be provided between the trailers<br />
and the bridge. This was done with equipment from three<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> bases.<br />
Once delivered to the site, the three-arch bridge had to be<br />
lifted into position using six towers and 900-tonne strandjacks.<br />
This job also required a dredger, four tugboats, winches, pumps,<br />
the tide and planning, lots of planning. <strong>Mammoet</strong> personnel<br />
from Cambridge, Houston and Schiedam worked together<br />
closely over five weeks. The project went smoothly and<br />
received the Transport Job of the Year 2007 award by ESTA.<br />
Location Surfside Beach, Texas USA<br />
Job Relocate seven beachfront houses<br />
away from severely eroded beach<br />
Challenge Keeping the SPMTs from becoming stuck in the sand<br />
Two major hurricanes struck the Gulf coast in 2005, causing<br />
widespread devastation. Surfside Beach had eroded so severely<br />
that dozens of beachfront homes were literally on top of the<br />
water during high tide. Underground utilities now lay beneath<br />
the waves and the homes themselves became unlivable as the<br />
sand surrounding the piers the homes sat on, was being further<br />
eroded away.<br />
In order for a beach rehabilitation effort, all homes on the beach<br />
needed to be demolished or moved elsewhere. <strong>Mammoet</strong> USA<br />
was brought in to move seven houses to other locations in the<br />
community. Since they were placed on piers, SPMTs could be<br />
used to drive up under the houses and lift them off their piers.<br />
2 x 6 axle lines of SPMT were used, each equipped with a powerpack<br />
unit. Recycling dumpsters were used as spacers on top<br />
of the trailers in order to reach the undersides of the houses.<br />
Atop these dumpsters, 40’ steel mats were placed to create a<br />
solid deck to lift them.<br />
Sand was the ever present enemy. Plenty of steel plate was<br />
necessary to help prevent the trailers from digging themselves<br />
into the beach and to maintain traction when climbing from the<br />
beach to the roadway. Some of the houses required additional<br />
structural support to prevent total collapse during transport.<br />
After four long days all seven homes rested on their new piers,<br />
ready for their second life.<br />
Location Ottawa, Canada<br />
Job Replacing a complete freeway bridge<br />
Challenge Relocating four bridge spans in 10 hours<br />
A new freeway overpass... overnight!<br />
In Canada's capital city of Ottawa, <strong>Mammoet</strong> was contracted by<br />
a local construction company to provide SPMTs and hydraulic<br />
jacking systems to replace a complete highway overpass.<br />
As this bridge is typically used by over 150,000 vehicles every<br />
day, it was important to replace the bridge quickly to minimize<br />
the disruption to traffic. After the client built the two new bridge<br />
spans beside the freeway, <strong>Mammoet</strong> lifted both of the old spans<br />
Second life for storm<br />
struck beach houses<br />
off their abutments, transported them approximately 200 0 meters,<br />
and set them down onto falsework where they were later demolished.<br />
The SPMTs were then used to lift the new bridge spans<br />
and transport them to their final position. The two old spans<br />
were removed and the new ones installed in ten hours. The client<br />
quickly paved the two spans and traffic was flowing over the new<br />
bridges only two hours later!
Americas<br />
Asia<br />
Location East coast shipyard, Baltimore, USA<br />
Job Moving a tugboat onto a barge<br />
Challenge Shallow water<br />
Boat on wheels<br />
Last year, <strong>Mammoet</strong> relocated a number of barge modules from<br />
Rhode Island to a graving dock in Baltimore. More recently, the<br />
same customer had a 1,650-tonne, 45 meter tugboat to be<br />
launched. The original plan of the shipyard, to load out the tug<br />
onto the floating dry dock, didn’t work. The structural integrity<br />
of the floating dry dock was not sufficient to handle the load.<br />
Location Beijing, China<br />
Job Lifting in steel roof construction for the stadium<br />
Challenge Lifting the heaviest sections for the construction<br />
of the Olympic stadium<br />
Olympic stadium decorates<br />
the Beijing skyline<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> lifted the heaviest sections for the construction of<br />
the Olympic stadium in China’s capital city Beijing. The steel<br />
construction of the stadium that is being built for the 2008<br />
Olympic Games in Beijing has been given the nickname “the<br />
Bird's nest”. During the Games, all eyes will often be focused<br />
on the Bird’s nest which will also be the site for the opening<br />
and closing ceremonies. The design is by the pair of Swiss<br />
architects, Herzog and Meuron. The total construction costs<br />
are 543 million dollars.<br />
The stadium is 330 meters long, 220 meters wide and will<br />
accommodate 100,000 spectators during the Games.<br />
A total of 36 kilometers of steel was used for the roof,<br />
with a total weight of 45,000 tonnes. <strong>Mammoet</strong> used a<br />
CC 4800 to lift in the steel frames weighing 350 tonnes and<br />
the roofing sections weighing 165 tonnes. A CC 2800 moved<br />
the 115 tonnes roofing sections, and a CC 1800 provided<br />
additional lifting support in the stadium.<br />
It was necessary to find an alternative solution. Given the<br />
limited availability of heavy equipment on the East coast, it was<br />
decided to move the tug onto a barge. The barge would then<br />
be towed to a graving dock where the tug could be floated.<br />
The limited water depth at the shipyard made the operations<br />
with the barge quite a challenge. Cradles were designed to jack<br />
the tug boat up and to support the tug when she was on top of<br />
the 56 axle lines of SPMT. The whole project was governed by<br />
the tide which meant a very early start one morning for the<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> personnel. The trailers moved the tug onto the barge<br />
and held it in position while the seafastenings were installed.<br />
The barge was then towed from North Kingstown to a graving<br />
dock in New York City. Once there, the seafastenings and<br />
cradles were removed and the tugboat finally floated free.<br />
Location Tamuín, San Luis Potosí, Mexico<br />
Job Kiln replacement<br />
Challenge Accurate positioning, lifting plant with a small footprint<br />
Cement plant revamp<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> replaced a 1,600-tonne cement kiln in 14 sections<br />
with a maximum weight of 400 tonnes. The kiln sections were<br />
17 to 22 meters above ground level. The old furnace sections<br />
were removed, after which new and refurbished sections were<br />
installed. Thirty truckloads of equipment were brought in from<br />
Houston, 900 kilometers away.<br />
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<strong>Mammoet</strong> was awarded this project because its lift system had<br />
a smaller footprint and more accurate control than the crawler<br />
crane a competitor proposed to use. The system included two<br />
bases with double towers, two transverse Troll beams, cantilever<br />
beams and 180-tonne strandjacks. To move the system along<br />
two axes each tower base was fitted with four bottle jacks on<br />
skid shoes. The shoes traveled on four 67-meter runways along<br />
the furnace. The transverse movement was provided by the<br />
Troll beams. Each furnace section was lifted with the jacks and<br />
moved onto a 12-line Goldhofer trailer. The project amounted to<br />
more than 10,000 man-hours over 45 days, with an excellent<br />
safety record. This was the first time the client had used a lifting<br />
rig like this, which attracted the attention of the managers of<br />
some of their other sites around the world.<br />
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Offshore projects<br />
Asia<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong>’s activities in the offshore industry include the accurate and safe execution of transport<br />
solutions, load-ins and load-outs, and the assembly of very large and heavy items. The services<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> offers seamlessly match the industry’s desire to assemble oil and natural gas production<br />
platforms almost to the point of completion just before their final positioning at sea. The cases show<br />
how the offshore industry benefits in all kinds of ways from <strong>Mammoet</strong>’s special services and its ability<br />
to move and lift large and heavy items at the yard.<br />
Location Baku on the Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan<br />
Job Pushing up two platforms<br />
Challenge Five push-up operations in one year<br />
Pushing up to the limit!<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> performed two 12.5 meter push-up operations in<br />
Baku. The first platform had a topside weight of 15,500 tonnes.<br />
Once it had reached the required height, the load-out frame was<br />
installed and the topside was lowered down on the load-out<br />
frame. The next platform had a topside weight of approximately<br />
13,500 tonnes.<br />
The push-up operations were followed by load-outs using<br />
the 1,000 cubic meter ballasting system and strandjacks.<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> has now undertaken six push-up operations for this<br />
project which started in 2004. In 2007, in total, five push-up<br />
operations were performed by <strong>Mammoet</strong>. Apart from the project<br />
in Baku, <strong>Mammoet</strong> has worked on similar jobs in Singapore,<br />
Indonesia and Malaysia, with platforms weighing 9,000 to 17,000<br />
tonnes and a maximum jacking height of 16 meters. All projects<br />
were completed using the dedicated push-up system developed<br />
by <strong>Mammoet</strong>.<br />
Location Batam, Indonesia<br />
Job Push-up of a 16,800-tonne processing platform<br />
Challenge Use 12 x 2,400-tonne push-up towers for the operation<br />
The Arthit Field Development Project is an important new venture<br />
for the offshore oil extraction in the Gulf of Thailand. The first<br />
phase of this project has almost been completed and many parts<br />
have already been positioned. The last step is the installation of<br />
the central processing platform, that is being constructed in a<br />
yard of a renowned company in the offshore industry in Batam,<br />
Indonesia.<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> was contracted to jack up this platform weighing<br />
16,800 tonnes and position a deck support frame underneath.<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> used its own developed computer controlled push-up<br />
system, which had already been used successfully in Baku,<br />
Azerbaijan and Singapore, for this project. <strong>Mammoet</strong> deployed<br />
12 x 2,400-tonne push-up towers, 44 axle lines of SPMT and<br />
8 x 150-tonne climbing jacks for the push-up, as well as two<br />
separate teams for jacking up and installing the deck support<br />
frame. The whole operation took five days. During this period,<br />
including 265 tonnes of temporary supports, more than 17,000<br />
tonnes was jacked up over 12 meters. A fine push-up record<br />
for <strong>Mammoet</strong>, however, seeing the trend to increasingly larger<br />
modules, will undoubtedly be beaten very soon.<br />
Impressive<br />
push-up performance
Location Pasir Gudang, Malaysia<br />
Job Transferring a spar and topsides to barges<br />
Challenge The weight during the load-out<br />
Location Gove, Australia<br />
Job Transport and install all types of PAM’s<br />
Challenge Extensive project<br />
Major project in Australia<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> worked on a major project at a new alumina refinery<br />
in Gove, Australia. This new plant produces a capacity ranging<br />
from 2 to 3,8 million tonnes of alumina per annum, enabling to<br />
meet the increasing worldwide demand for alumina.<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> was contracted to:<br />
• Load vessels in Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia<br />
• Design grillages for PAM’s on vessels<br />
• Discharge vessels in Gove/ Nhulunbuy with SPMTs<br />
• Transport PAM’s with SPMTs to various area’s and lay<br />
down area’s<br />
• Install PAM’s/ SuperPAM’s with SPMTs and alignment<br />
• Install tanks/ transformer bays with climbing jacks and<br />
alignment<br />
• Skidding Turbine/Generators sets and alignment<br />
A total weight of 150,000 tonnes of different types of PAM’s is<br />
shipped from various locations to Gove. In Gove all types of<br />
PAM’s like washer tanks, thickener tanks, precipitation tanks,<br />
agglomeration tanks and various process modules, pipe racks,<br />
conveyors, stacks, sucstations, transformer bays, jacketed pipe<br />
units were successfully installed. Last but not least <strong>Mammoet</strong><br />
installed the SuperPAM’s up to 28 meters wide, 50 meters long,<br />
46 meters high weighing 3,500 tonnes. <strong>Mammoet</strong> has also raised<br />
the record for the heaviest transported object in Australia from<br />
1,500 tonnes to 4,000 tonnes.<br />
Spar and topsides<br />
load-outs<br />
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<strong>Mammoet</strong> used the Smart Skidding System to load a<br />
13,000-tonne spar with a length of 144 meters onto a barge.<br />
This took two days, using 30 skid shoes. One of the challenges<br />
was that the weight had to be taken off the shoes as they<br />
crossed the ramp onto the barge. A month later, <strong>Mammoet</strong><br />
loaded out the topside (4,100 tonnes, 44 meters long, 44 meters<br />
high, 50 meters wide) at the same yard, using four 900-tonne<br />
strandjacks, each equipped with 16 wires. As the module was<br />
situated approximately 50 meters away from the quayside, the<br />
130-meter pulling operation was divided into two phases. During<br />
the first phase, the topside was pulled to quayside and during<br />
the second phase, the module was loaded onto the barge.<br />
The ballasting sequence of the barge was carefully calculated<br />
and required 56 ballast pumps with capacities ranging from<br />
160 to 300 tonnes of water per hour. <strong>Mammoet</strong> provided a<br />
system with significant equipment redundancy to avoid delays<br />
during this critical operation. Before the load-out, heavy ramps<br />
had been placed on the barge deck to distribute the load.<br />
An inaccurate tide prediction might have caused problems, but<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> personnel had been monitoring the tidal movements<br />
for several days and anticipated this scenario.<br />
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Offshore projects<br />
Asia<br />
Location Kerteh, Malaysia<br />
Job Reactor load-in<br />
Challenge Continuous ballast adjustment<br />
A reactor for a process plant was transported by barge from<br />
India to Malaysia where <strong>Mammoet</strong> unloaded it and transported<br />
it to the site.<br />
The reactor and its transport frame had a combined weight of<br />
1,355 tonnes. <strong>Mammoet</strong> was responsible for the ballasting and<br />
mooring calculations for the barge (91.5 x 27.5 x 5.5 meters).<br />
Location Map Ta Phut, Thailand and Haugesund, Norway<br />
Job Weighing and load-out of offshore module<br />
Challenge Two modules simultaneously on the same trailer<br />
Beach landing<br />
The barge was beached and ballasted and the reactor was<br />
unloaded across its stern, across a linkspan bridge, onto<br />
the road. During this operation the ballast of the barge was<br />
continuously adjusted to offset the changes in load and tidal<br />
movement. The reactor was then picked up with 3 x 18 axle<br />
lines of SPMT and transported to the lay-down area.<br />
Weighed weight<br />
on wheels<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> was awarded the order for the load-out of offshore<br />
modules in Map Ta Phut in Thailand by a Thai manufacturer.<br />
The modules had to be transported to Norway, where they will<br />
be finished before being deployed in the Norwegian part of the<br />
North Sea for the extraction of oil and gas.<br />
The modules were weighed by using <strong>Mammoet</strong>’s high-capacity<br />
weighing system before the load-out to determine their exact<br />
weight and their centre of gravity in order to decide how best to<br />
distribute the load over the trailers and for the ballasting of the<br />
ship. A special circumstance was that the 80-meter long module<br />
consisted of two parts that were connected to each other with<br />
hinges. This meant that care had to be taken when both<br />
weighing the two parts and when moving the load to prevent<br />
the parts from touching each other.<br />
Weighing, using 600-tonne jacks and load cells, showed that<br />
the combination weighed 3,300 tonnes. This meant that the<br />
Thailand load-out record of 1,000 tonnes, that was already<br />
held by <strong>Mammoet</strong>, was broken. The module was then ridden<br />
from the construction site to the ship using 118 axle lines<br />
of SPMT without a problem, followed by the load-out of<br />
a 500-tonne module and a 70-tonne skid drum.<br />
With <strong>Mammoet</strong> also being responsible, the whole operation was<br />
carried out in the reverse order at the offloading in Haugesund,<br />
Norway. During this transfer, the large cargo vessel was continually<br />
ballasted so that its deck remained relatively level with the quay<br />
according to the transfer of weight and tidal variation. <strong>Mammoet</strong><br />
also used their SPMTs. A big advantage here was that <strong>Mammoet</strong><br />
knew exactly what it was taking on because of its<br />
earlier experiences with the load-out.
Europe<br />
Location Lerwick, Shetland Islands, UK<br />
Job Load-in of a 8,738-tonne support frame<br />
Challenge Difficult environment, tidal range, weight<br />
Mooring and ballasting<br />
a barge during offloading<br />
An 8,728-tonne module support frame had to be transferred from<br />
a barge to a decommissioning slab. <strong>Mammoet</strong> was responsible<br />
for the mooring and ballasting of the barge during the offloading<br />
and for providing the trailers.<br />
A project of this scale in a harsh environment, with an extremely<br />
heavy load, and 1.5 meter tide demanded the best in planning,<br />
safety measures, equipment and crew. A total of 358 axle lines of<br />
SPMT, 36 submersible ballast pumps, six mooring winches and<br />
over 450 tonnes of support equipment and ramps were used for<br />
this project. After ten days of preparations, the trailers were<br />
assembled, the supports put into place, the mooring winches<br />
rigged, the ballast pumps assembled and tested and the<br />
offloading ramp put into place. The offloading started after a test<br />
lift. The frame first had to be moved on the barge, and then from<br />
the barge onto concrete supports on the quay. This took five<br />
hours, one hour less than expected.<br />
Kaliningrad, Russia<br />
Job Load-out of 10,200-tonne Fixed Offshore Off-loading Terminal<br />
Challenge Loading taken by the quay and the harbor bed, mobilizing<br />
large number of axle lines<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> took on the order for the load-out of a prefabricated<br />
Fixed Offshore Ice-Resistant Off-loading Terminal (FOIROT) for<br />
a large Russian oil company. This large terminal of 53 x 53 x<br />
45 meters, the first of its kind in the world, will be sited in the<br />
Barents Sea, where tankers will load oil 22 kilometers off the<br />
coast. <strong>Mammoet</strong> was involved in the project at an early stage,<br />
and carried out the engineering to strengthen the quay and the<br />
harbor bed so that these would be able to cope with the<br />
enormous loading.<br />
A challenge also was getting the no less than 432 axle lines of<br />
SPMT together that were necessary for the load-out. They<br />
were brought to Schiedam from all corners of the world, and<br />
from there all the equipment was shipped to Kaliningrad. The<br />
customer provided the pontoons.<br />
Using 432 axle lines<br />
of SPMT!<br />
The first load-out was the terminal superstructure weighing<br />
10,200 tonnes. <strong>Mammoet</strong> had positioned a pontoon with<br />
mooring winches in the correct position for the load-out earlier<br />
and ballasted this very precisely on the harbor bed on the<br />
specially constructed grounding pad. The terminal was placed<br />
on the pontoon in one day using the SPMTs following a very<br />
thorough lifting and transport plan, a job that required the<br />
utmost from the collaborating SPMT operators, the <strong>Mammoet</strong><br />
load-out operators, and the ballasting operators of the<br />
pontoon. The load-out of the loading platform, weighing 1400<br />
tonnes, on a second pontoon followed a few days later. This<br />
operation was carried out using 54 axle lines of SPMT and<br />
went without a hitch with the help of <strong>Mammoet</strong>’s computer<br />
controlled ballasting system.<br />
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Offshore projects<br />
Americas<br />
Location Houston, Texas, USA<br />
Job Transferring a 1,450-tonne compression module<br />
Challenge Negotiating a steep slope<br />
Location Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela<br />
Job Lifting the main deck of a production platform<br />
Challenge Portal span<br />
Location Sao Roque, Paraguacu, Brazil<br />
Job Topsides load-out<br />
Challenge Large tidal range<br />
Topsides over the side<br />
This project involved the load-out of two topsides modules<br />
(weight: 7,203 and 5,724 tonnes) of an oil production platform.<br />
The modules were skidded onto a barge, across its side. As the<br />
tidal range was almost two meters, this was an ideal opportunity<br />
to use the <strong>Mammoet</strong> 1,000 m 3 computer-controlled ballasting<br />
system. This system automatically compensates for the tides<br />
to keep the barge deck at a constant level relative to the quay.<br />
The great benefit of this is that the loading operations are<br />
independent of the tide.<br />
It took only four days to install the ballasting system with<br />
25 ballast pumps (each with a capacity of 1,000 cubic metres<br />
per hour) and its controls on the barge. The linkspan bridges,<br />
skid beams, strandjacks and strandwires were installed at the<br />
same time. After a final safety meeting, the first module<br />
(7,203 tonnes) was loaded out in 4.5 hours. After that, it took<br />
a few days to reposition nine ballast pumps and the other<br />
equipment for the next load-out. The transfer of the second<br />
module (5,724 tonnes) went even more quickly: 3.5 hours.<br />
Compression<br />
module load-out<br />
The client had built a 1,450-tonne compression module in their<br />
fabrication yard on the Houston Ship Channel. This was the<br />
heaviest module they have built to date. Transferring the module<br />
from the yard to a barge would have been relatively straightforward,<br />
had it not been for a fairly steep earthen ramp between<br />
two parts of the site. <strong>Mammoet</strong> engineers determined the most<br />
economical and safest solution to strengthen the ramp for this<br />
load-out. On the first day of the project, the module was picked<br />
up by 2 x 24 axle lines of SPMT and taken down the ramp to the<br />
quay. The size of the barge posed some challenges and actually<br />
required the Channel to be closed for four hours during the loadout.<br />
The next day the transporters moved the module onto the<br />
barge, a job they finished well before lunch, thereby ensuring<br />
that the Channel was not closed longer than necessary.<br />
The teamwork between the client's and <strong>Mammoet</strong>'s personnel<br />
ensured that the whole project progressed smoothly and safely.<br />
Platform lift using<br />
wide portals<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> was awarded the contract for lifting the main deck of<br />
a large production platform so that it could be combined with the<br />
production deck. The width of the production deck, 55 meters,<br />
required a new solution for positioning the strandjacks as beams<br />
of the required length were not available. Hence a special portal<br />
was designed to lift the main deck (76 by 34 meters, weight<br />
950 tonnes) using six strandjacks. New components for the<br />
lifting rig were built in the USA and the Netherlands and it took<br />
just over three weeks to assemble the portals on site. The main<br />
deck was first weighed to determine the center of gravity. It was<br />
then lifted 10 meters and placed onto temporary supports so<br />
that the client could install a skid track. The deck was then lifted<br />
another six meters and the production deck was skidded underneath<br />
it after which time the two decks were connected to each<br />
other. The whole project went smoothly and involved <strong>Mammoet</strong><br />
Engineering in the Netherlands, <strong>Mammoet</strong> USA, <strong>Mammoet</strong><br />
Venezuela and <strong>Mammoet</strong> Trinidad.
Middle East<br />
Europe<br />
Location Cuxhaven on the North Sea coast, Germany<br />
Job Installing two prototype wind turbines<br />
Challenge Placing a 325-tonne load at a height of 120 meters<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> used a brand new LR 11350 crane to assemble two<br />
prototype offshore wind turbines at a test yard near Cuxhaven.<br />
Normally, the nacelle (generator housing) is installed on the mast<br />
in three sections. However, this crane made it possible to install<br />
the unit in one lift of 325 tonnes. Just after <strong>Mammoet</strong>'s new<br />
crane had been assembled on the job site, a heavy storm struck.<br />
Once the weather improved it was loaded with over 500 tonnes<br />
of ballast. The 114 meter boom was fitted with a 12 meter<br />
heavy-duty jib.<br />
The mast was installed first, which included a section weighing<br />
168 tonnes. The wind turbine machine housing weight was 316<br />
tonnes, resulting in a total lift of 325 tonnes, once fitted with the<br />
rigging and cross beam. It took the LR 11350 less than an hour<br />
to lift the unit onto the 120-meter mast for installation.<br />
After that, the crane, with a total weight of 1,150 tonnes, travelled<br />
300 meters, fully rigged and with all the counterweights, to the<br />
site where the second turbine was installed. This project clearly<br />
demonstrated the time savings which can be made with<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong>'s new crane.<br />
LR 11350 places huge wind<br />
turbine nacelle in a single lift<br />
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Offshore project<br />
Location Caspian Sea, Kazakhstan<br />
Job Driving some 70 piles<br />
Challenge Handling large piles<br />
Pile driving with<br />
a CC 12600<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> installed around 70 piles (length 88 meters,<br />
diameter 2.6 meters, weight 328 tonnes) for an oil production<br />
project in the Caspian Sea. A CC 12600 crane was fitted with<br />
a 114 meter main boom and installed on a special designed<br />
construction barge. Once on site, the crane first had to unload<br />
the piles from a supply barge and then upright them and<br />
place them in a guide frame. This required the installation of<br />
five auxiliary winches to keep the piles under control while<br />
uprighting them.<br />
The piles were driven in two stages. A diesel hammer was<br />
used for the first 20 meters and then replaced by a hydraulic<br />
pile-driving hammer until the pipe was approximately 19 meters<br />
above sea level. Once the piles were installed, the crane fitted<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong>’s strandjack units to their tops which will later be<br />
used to lift barge modules.<br />
For the second stage of this project, <strong>Mammoet</strong> will also be<br />
involved in placing barges by using strandjacks which are built<br />
into containers for protection and winterization during the time<br />
the barges will be hanging onto piles.<br />
Power project<br />
Modules for power plants are highly specialized facilities that are manufactured by just a few firms. In many cases, the heavy<br />
and outsized modules need complex transportation to reach their destinations, be it by road, rail or sea. For such demanding<br />
jobs, customers prefer an end-to-end, safe solution, so that’s what <strong>Mammoet</strong> offers. These cases highlight several aspects of<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong>’s strong reputation in the power industry and its wealth of experience in all segments, from fossil fuel and nuclear<br />
power plants to facilities using sustainable energy sources such as wind.<br />
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Power projects<br />
Europe<br />
Location Fljotsdalur, Iceland<br />
Job Weak and narrow bridges, icy roads, narrow tunnels<br />
Challenge Portal span<br />
Europe's largest hydroelectric powerstation is currently being<br />
built in Iceland. <strong>Mammoet</strong> was commissioned to transport the<br />
transformers 80 kilometers from the quayside into tunnels in<br />
a mountain. This involved crossing two narrow bridges with<br />
a limited load capacity. In one case, the clearance was only<br />
2.5 centimeters. The equipment was specially selected to limit<br />
both the load on each axle and the total load. The transformers<br />
were transported at night as the road had to be closed.<br />
Other challenges on the way included icy roads, hair-pin bends<br />
and inclines. Once on site, the equipment was modified for use<br />
in the tunnels. It took two right-angle turns to reach the transformer<br />
bays where the transformers were finally positioned using<br />
skids and jacks. Obviously, the <strong>Mammoet</strong> team had carefully<br />
surveyed the tunnels and drawn up detailed plans in advance.<br />
All the units were transported and installed in just one week.<br />
Location Castejon, Spain<br />
Job Installation of a generator and transformer<br />
Challenge Limited headroom<br />
Powerstation in Spain<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> was commissioned to install a 351-tonne generator<br />
inside the turbine hall and a 274-tonne transformer outside of<br />
a powerstation. This job required nine truckloads of equipment<br />
from the base in the Netherlands, which included two gantry<br />
beams with a length of 24 meters.<br />
First, the generator was brought into the turbine hall and placed<br />
on a set of temporary supports. The client then undertook some<br />
work on the transformer. Once the overhead crane had been<br />
moved out of the way, there was just enough space to assemble<br />
all the <strong>Mammoet</strong> equipment. The transformer was then lifted up,<br />
skidded into position and placed onto the foundation with<br />
millimeter accuracy.<br />
The next job, outdoors, was to rotate the transformer 90 degrees<br />
with a turntable, place it on temporary supports, install the<br />
wheels and then lower it onto the transformer track and pull<br />
it into position. This part of the project, from unloading the<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> equipment on site to loading it again, only took two<br />
and a half days. A similar generator has since been installed at<br />
another site in Spain for the same client.<br />
Transporting transformers<br />
for a hydroelectricity project
Americas<br />
Location Watts Bar, Tennessee, USA<br />
Job Exchange of four steam generators<br />
Challenge Limited allowable axle loadings and space<br />
Steam generator<br />
exchange<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong>’s PTC crane was supplied for the exchange of four<br />
steam generators, a job that was awarded to <strong>Mammoet</strong> USA.<br />
In the Port of Savannah the containers of the PTC were arrived.<br />
Due to the limited allowable axle loadings on American highways,<br />
about half of the containers had to be unpacked and re-loaded<br />
onto other trucks in the Port of Savannah. It took three weeks,<br />
121 trucks, and three railcars to get all the material on site.<br />
Because no storage room was available inside the plant itself, all<br />
containers were off-loaded in a storage area outside the security<br />
zone of the plant. Here the containers were further dismantled in<br />
various smaller sections that had to be transported inside in the<br />
correct sequence. It took less than three weeks to erect the crane<br />
with 75-meter main boom and 39-meter jib.<br />
The positioning of the assist cranes also required careful planning<br />
because of the limited space. In a period of three weeks, PTC lifted<br />
part of the concrete dome of the reactor, removed the steel liner,<br />
exchanged the four steam generators, and replaced the liner and<br />
concrete dome. Each steam generator weighed 435 tonnes and the<br />
maximum reach was 52.2 meters.<br />
Location Jensen Beach, Florida, USA<br />
Job Replacing reactor head and steam generators<br />
Challenge First project for CWS; designing and building two gantries<br />
using CWS in confined space; transport with minimal clearances<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> USA was contracted to replace one 110-tonne<br />
reactor head and two 500-tonne steam generators in a plant in<br />
Jensen Beach, Florida. The items had to be removed from the<br />
reactor building and transported to designated storage areas.<br />
The plant was originally not designed for changing all this major<br />
equipment. <strong>Mammoet</strong> designed a temporary crane inside the<br />
building, an elevated skid system through an opening cut in the<br />
wall, and an overhead lifting gantry outside in order to be able<br />
to perform the work. Both the temporary crane and outside<br />
gantry were fitted with the new 650-tonne Containerized Winch<br />
System (CWS). The CWS was specially designed for this type<br />
of work and provided a fast operational solution. Another major<br />
challenge was the transportation of the steam generators. The<br />
only transportation route was located between two buildings,<br />
and was only a few centimeters wider than the vessels. Besides<br />
this, we negotiated a turn between the buildings and underneath<br />
a large overhead crane.<br />
The client and plant owners were very pleased with this<br />
solution, which meant the overhead crane did not have to<br />
be dismantled, saving time and costs.<br />
More information about the CWS on page 6<br />
Brand new<br />
Containerized Winch System<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> World<br />
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26<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> World<br />
Salvage projects<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> Salvage is a division within <strong>Mammoet</strong>. The salvage division is manned by salvage experts<br />
with proven records of success across the world. With the synergy of know-how, insight, daring and<br />
self-confidence, <strong>Mammoet</strong> Salvage is in a unique position to develop and implement smart solutions by using<br />
innovative solutions and taking the responsibility for major salvage projects. This knowledge and expertise is<br />
linked to the virtually unlimited heavy-lifting and transport capabilities of <strong>Mammoet</strong>, its staff and equipment.<br />
That is the power of united experience and of <strong>Mammoet</strong> Salvage. When it comes to salvage at sea, the goal is<br />
to be the best maritime service provider. Whatever the job. Wherever it takes us. We will succeed.<br />
Having the ideal mix;<br />
smart solutions, united experience<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> Salvage was born in the spring of 2006.<br />
One and a half years later the young salvage<br />
company has already carried out a number of<br />
orders and is now a full-fledged market player that<br />
surprises both friends and foes with solutions that<br />
have never been seen before. Yet again proof of the<br />
united experience by which <strong>Mammoet</strong> manages to<br />
distinguish itself in so many areas.<br />
“<strong>Mammoet</strong> Salvage got off to a flying start last year with orders<br />
from all corners of the world”, says Managing Director Fokko<br />
Ringersma, with a really big order coming at the end of the year:<br />
the salvaging of the Safmarine Agulhas in South Africa. “We have<br />
already fulfilled the global ambition that we had envisaged for<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> Salvage right from the start.<br />
Our aim in the first year was to put our name on the map and<br />
become known to the insurers in London so that we could compete<br />
for tenders. Fortunately, we were not only allowed to tender,<br />
but we also received the order. We have now successfully completed<br />
the salvage in South Africa, within the agreed time and<br />
budget, and to the full satisfaction of the customer.”<br />
Location Gulf of Finland<br />
Job Salvaging a load of aluminum<br />
Challenge Great depth, deployment of new technology,<br />
weather conditions<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> Salvage carried out a successful and unique salvage<br />
operation in the Gulf of Finland, halfway between Finland and<br />
Estonia. The insurers had placed an order for salvaging a<br />
valuable cargo of alumina ingots from a depth of 90 meters<br />
from the wreck of the Runner 4, a cargo boat that had sunk<br />
after a collision. Making use of its many disciplines, <strong>Mammoet</strong><br />
developed an ingenious in-house Deep Water Recovery System<br />
(DWRS) specially designed for this salvage operation.<br />
The core of this system consists of remote operated underwater<br />
excavators, using parts from standard excavators.<br />
The excavating arm is mounted on a 12-meter high foot with<br />
legs that rest on the seabed. The arm is fitted with a camera,<br />
special suckers, and long cables connected to the cabin located<br />
Ideal mix<br />
The secret of the success lies in <strong>Mammoet</strong>’s special approach.<br />
“We arrive at completely surprising new ideas and techniques<br />
because we possess the ideal mix: the united experience of<br />
specialists that think in terms of onshore, in terms of lifting,<br />
together with the salvage specialists of <strong>Mammoet</strong> Salvage,<br />
who often have a maritime background and also think from<br />
that tradition. This means that we arrive at clever solutions<br />
making optimum use of each other’s knowledge and techniquestechniques<br />
that are already available, but that nobody in the<br />
established world of salvaging applies because they are used<br />
to thinking, among other things, in terms of diving. Diving is<br />
always the weak link in such an operation. The human factor<br />
gets involved and you are vulnerable to such factors as wind,<br />
currents, temperature and visibility. We eliminate these risk<br />
factors by looking for technical solutions that are usually quicker<br />
and cheaper. Apart from this we already have a lot of equipment<br />
in-house, while salvage companies have to rent equipment.<br />
All this, together with our worldwide network of local<br />
representatives, gives us an advantage over others.”<br />
Own developments<br />
Fine examples of innovative solutions that <strong>Mammoet</strong> has<br />
developed specially for salvage orders are the chain pullers<br />
for the salvage of the Safmarine Agulhas, and the Deep Water<br />
A new dimension<br />
to salvage<br />
at the surface. Two of these systems were deployed from<br />
a specially equipped pontoon for the salvage operation. As well<br />
as the cabins, the pontoon also had two control room containers<br />
for controlling the underwater cranes, some forklift trucks, and<br />
two MPC cranes used to lower the DWRS and lift up the<br />
salvaged cargo. The salvage operation was carried out<br />
completely using remote operated vehicle technology, without<br />
the use of divers. After the deck cranes and the hatches of the<br />
ship had been removed, the operators operated the arms from<br />
the control rooms on the basis of sonar and camera images<br />
that were displayed on computer screens. They picked up<br />
ingot after ingot and placed these in baskets, which the MPC<br />
cranes then lifted up. In this way the crew of 30 men, working<br />
Location East London, South Africa<br />
Job Removal of a huge wreck<br />
Challenge Difficult location and environmental aspects<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> Salvage won the tender put out by the insurance companies<br />
for the quick, safe, and especially environmentally-friendly<br />
salvaging of the wreck weighing 17,000 tonnes. This 184-meter<br />
long container ship had run aground off East London in South<br />
Africa and lay in two parts against the harbor pier. It was the first<br />
large order for the just set up <strong>Mammoet</strong> Salvage. The innovative<br />
solution, the presence of our own heavy mobile cranes in South<br />
Africa, and the ‘Black Empowered’ status of collaborating partner<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> Southern Africa were contributory reasons for the<br />
awarding of the contract. <strong>Mammoet</strong> also made use of a wellknown<br />
South African demolition company. <strong>Mammoet</strong> began by<br />
laying a track on the pier, on which three self-propelled portal<br />
cranes were installed. These cranes, with a capacity of<br />
450 tonnes each, were used for various lifting jobs, including<br />
salvaging part of the 100 containers that were still on board.<br />
Fokko Ringersma<br />
Managing Director <strong>Mammoet</strong> Salvage<br />
Recovery System (DWRS),<br />
remote controlled underwater<br />
cranes, that were deployed<br />
for salvaging the cargo of<br />
aluminum on board the sunken<br />
Runner 4. While developing<br />
these solutions it was<br />
apparent how fruitful the<br />
interaction is between the wide range<br />
of specialisms and specialists at <strong>Mammoet</strong>. “We thought up<br />
a completely different solution for salvaging the cargo from the<br />
aluminum ship with our remote controlled system, which did<br />
not involve any divers, than would have been proposed by the<br />
established salvage industry. That illustrates the different way<br />
of thinking at <strong>Mammoet</strong>, which is possible due to the innovative<br />
strength and the capacities in the fields of engineering and<br />
equipment.” Thanks to the successful approach, <strong>Mammoet</strong><br />
Salvage is on course. It is now working hard to strengthen and<br />
improve its position, including forming collaborative associations<br />
with tug owners. The framework to be able to act immediately<br />
is already in place at various strategic places around the world.<br />
“If there is an emergency, we can sail out straightaway, without<br />
first having to negotiate.” Ringersma would like to negotiate<br />
more such agreements. “We do not have the ambition to<br />
maintain a whole fleet of tugs ourselves.”<br />
in shifts around the clock, was able to salvage 3,200 of the<br />
5,300 tonnes of aluminum until the weather became too bad<br />
to continue. <strong>Mammoet</strong> Salvage has added a new dimension<br />
to salvage with this innovation: unloading ships at a depth of<br />
more than eighty meters without using divers! <strong>Mammoet</strong>’s<br />
innovative DWRS will undoubtedly prove its unique value many<br />
more times in the future.<br />
More information about the DWRS on page 6<br />
Innovative salvage<br />
of stranded vessel<br />
The cranes also lifted the accommodation section and parts<br />
sticking out above the water ashore after these had been cut into<br />
sections using cutting torches. Prior to this, the last of the oil had<br />
been removed from the wreck with a skimmer.<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> had developed a totally new solution for salvaging<br />
both parts of the ship’s hull: a puller system, consisting of eight<br />
300-tonne chain pullers that were set up on the pier. The remains<br />
of the bow section of the ship weighing 2,000 tonnes were first<br />
pulled out of the water using this puller system. After the bow<br />
section had been dismantled on shore, the smaller but much<br />
heavier stern section, containing 46 containers as well as the<br />
ship’s engines, was pulled onto the pier. This section of the ship<br />
weighing 8,000 tonnes had also been cleared up by the end of<br />
May, so that <strong>Mammoet</strong> was able to complete this order before<br />
the heavy autumn storms would have the coast in their grip.
Location River Seine, Paris, France<br />
Job Lap of honor for prize-winning train<br />
Challenge Provide the necessary equipment for transporting<br />
a TGV in a very special manner<br />
TGV over the Seine<br />
The French TGV, type V150, that had improved the rail speed<br />
record to 574.8 kilometers per hour, made a lap of honor over<br />
the Seine in Paris in the Whitsun weekend of 2007 to celebrate<br />
this achievement. BTS supplied the pontoon Zeevang for the<br />
French Railways because there was no pontoon of this size<br />
(65 x 11.40 meters) to be found in France. BTS brought the<br />
pontoon by sea from Schiedam, the Netherlands, to Le Havre,<br />
France where a subcontractor took over the pontoon and sailed<br />
it to Gennevilliers. There, the pontoon was ballasted with<br />
1,100 tonnes of river water to give a freeboard of 60 centimeters<br />
Location Berlin, Germany<br />
Job Installing a 150 meter bridge<br />
Challenge Tight clearances<br />
BTS is a professional and flexible company with more than 20 years’ experience in the field of maritime<br />
service on inland and coastal waters. By ongoing investment in people and material, BTS anticipate rapidly the<br />
needs and developments in the market. This, along with close cooperation with the client, enables us to offer<br />
a solution for all your maritime lifting and transport questions.<br />
Building a bridge in Berlin<br />
A new bridge was built across the river Spree in the<br />
Oberschöneweide district of Berlin. The overall bridge<br />
span was approximately 150 meters and its central pylon<br />
had a height of some 40 meters.<br />
The bridge deck was delivered in two sections, one 67 meters<br />
long and weighing 170 tonnes and one 80 meters long and<br />
weighing 190 tonnes. The <strong>Mammoet</strong> IBIS (crane pontoon)<br />
started by installing the pylon. After that it was changed over<br />
to the Superlift configuration to install the two deck sections.<br />
Installing the first deck section required moving it 15 meters<br />
through the pylon with a clearance of only 26 millimeters on<br />
each side. After this job the IBIS removed an old bridge in<br />
Saint Omer, Northern France, together with the floating derrick<br />
Phoenix. The Phoenix installed the new replacement bridge.<br />
Location Ghent, Belgium<br />
Job Salvage of sunken vessel<br />
Challenge Offer a quick solution with a coordinated effort<br />
(draft 2.65 meters) in order to be able to pass all the bridges<br />
over the Seine. After loading the locomotive (110 tonnes) and the<br />
car (60 tonnes), the pontoon was ready to begin the lap of honor<br />
over the Seine and in front of the head office of the SNCF.<br />
The pontoon was moored right in front of the Eiffel tower, where<br />
a second tug assisted in approaching the shore head on.<br />
The pontoon was then raised back to a height of 2.15 meters<br />
to allow all those interested in admiring the super train from<br />
close by, to come on board safely during the next 10 days.<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> World<br />
BTS projects<br />
Unexpected help while<br />
scrapping the Seatrader<br />
Together with third parties, BTS salvaged the wreck of the RoRo<br />
ship, Seatrader, within a few weeks. The Seatrader was moored<br />
alongside the quay in Ghent to be scrapped by a Belgium<br />
demolition company. During the demolition work, the front of the<br />
ship broke off the main body and a few hours later the ship had<br />
sunk in about 12 meters of water.<br />
During the combined operation, the salvage company first used<br />
underwater metal-cutting torches to cut the bow section loose<br />
from the main body. This was then raised by the floating derrick<br />
Amsterdam and placed on the quay. The middle and stern<br />
sections were then tackled. The remains of the ship were made<br />
buoyant by pumping air into the top tanks. The middle and stern<br />
sections of the ship were transported to the slipway belonging<br />
to the demolition company with the help of a floating derrick and<br />
some tugs, after which time the ship could be scrapped as planned.<br />
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Watch it!<br />
New website<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> will have a new website starting early 2008. A more transparent<br />
website has been created to offer better services to visitors from different regions.<br />
The new site offers specific and dedicated information of a region or country and<br />
offers a visitor the possibility to contact the local <strong>Mammoet</strong> specialists directly.<br />
Furthermore the new site has more interactive features.<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> Holding B.V.<br />
Phone +31 10 204 2424<br />
Fax +31 10 204 2442<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> Global B.V.<br />
Phone +31 10 204 2424<br />
Fax +31 10 204 2442<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> Trading B.V.<br />
Phone +31 10 204 2424<br />
Fax +31 10 204 2442<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> Salvage B.V.<br />
Phone +31 10 204 2445<br />
Fax +31 10 204 2447<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> Merchandise B.V.<br />
Phone +31 10 204 2611<br />
Fax +31 10 204 2442<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> Workwear<br />
Phone +31 10 204 2599<br />
Fax +31 10 204 2442<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> Energy Support<br />
Phone +31 10 204 2661<br />
Fax +31 10 204 2455<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> Shipping<br />
Phone +31 10 204 2427<br />
Fax +31 10 204 2442<br />
Europe<br />
The Netherlands<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> Europe B.V.<br />
Phone +31 10 204 2614<br />
Fax +31 10 204 2455<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> Nederland B.V.<br />
Phone +31 10 204 2440<br />
Fax +31 10 204 2433<br />
• Branch Geleen<br />
Phone +31 46 477 1802<br />
Fax +31 46 476 8405<br />
Colophon<br />
Editor <strong>Mammoet</strong> Holding B.V., Corporate<br />
Communications<br />
• Branch Pernis<br />
Phone +31 10 4720 374<br />
Fax +31 10 4164 885<br />
• Site Moerdijk<br />
Phone +31 168 355 811<br />
Fax +31 168 323 125<br />
• Branch Velsen-Noord<br />
Phone +31 251 229 341<br />
Fax +31 251 224 488<br />
• Branch Terneuzen<br />
Phone +31 115 648 050<br />
Fax +31 115 630 724<br />
• Site Dordrecht<br />
Phone +31 78 630 9415<br />
Fax +31 78 630 9669<br />
• Site Huntsman<br />
Phone +31 181 292 680<br />
Fax +31 181 293 977<br />
• Site Westdorpe<br />
Phone +31 115 472 600<br />
Fax +31 115 472 639<br />
• Branch Assen<br />
Phone +31 592 341 456<br />
Fax +31 592 347 698<br />
• Branch Zuidbroek<br />
Phone +31 598 615 814<br />
Fax +31 598 441 187<br />
BTS B.V.<br />
Phone +31 10 204 2483<br />
Fax +31 10 204 2442<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> Roadcargo B.V.<br />
Phone +31 165 319 650<br />
Fax +31 165 315 535<br />
MVS Betonbouw<br />
Phone +31 182 589 898<br />
Fax +31 182 589 899<br />
Belgium<br />
• Branch Gent<br />
Phone +32 9 3459 891<br />
Fax +32 9 3455 376<br />
• Branch Antwerp<br />
Phone +32 3 5401 284<br />
Fax +32 3 5401 283<br />
Photography<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> Employees and others<br />
Text <strong>Mammoet</strong> Holding B.V.,<br />
Corporate Communications<br />
Design & Layout<br />
Graphic Invention B.V.<br />
Printing<br />
Badoux B.V.<br />
France<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> Fostrans sa<br />
Phone +33 495 061 474<br />
Fax +33 495 061 475<br />
Germany<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> Deutschland G.m.b.H.<br />
Phone +49 3461 432 681<br />
Fax +49 3461 432 688<br />
Italy<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> Italy S.r.l.<br />
Phone +39 02 5770 1938<br />
Fax +39 02 5751 5100<br />
Norway<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> Norge A/S<br />
Phone +47 35 505 950<br />
Fax +47 35 505 960<br />
Spain<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> Transport Espana S.L.<br />
Phone +34 91 3768 700<br />
Fax +34 91 3869 965<br />
United Kingdom<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> UK Ltd.<br />
Phone +44 191 2639 222<br />
Fax +44 191 2639 333<br />
Turkey<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> Europe B.V.<br />
Branch Istanbul<br />
Phone +90 212 2743 687<br />
Fax +90 212 2743 688<br />
Russia<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> Russia LLC<br />
Phone +7 495 956 0838<br />
Fax +7 495 956 0735<br />
Southern Africa<br />
• <strong>Mammoet</strong> Southern Africa Pty Ltd.<br />
Phone +27 11 882 4499<br />
Fax +27 11 882 4422<br />
Asia<br />
Sakhalin<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> Sakhalin LLC<br />
Phone +7 4242 425 241/235<br />
Fax +7 4242 425 237<br />
China<br />
• Shenyang <strong>Mammoet</strong> Heavy<br />
Transport & lifting Co. Ltd. -<br />
branch Shengyang<br />
Phone +86 24 2341 3996<br />
Fax +86 24 2341 4996<br />
• Shenyang <strong>Mammoet</strong> Heavy<br />
Transport & lifting Co. Ltd. -<br />
branch Shanghai<br />
Phone +86 21 5306 8787<br />
Fax +86 21 5382 2995<br />
Japan<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> Europe Holding B.V.<br />
Branch Tokyo<br />
Phone +81 3 3280 6671<br />
Fax +81 3 6408 0722<br />
Malaysia<br />
• <strong>Mammoet</strong> Romstar Sdn Bhd<br />
Phone +60 6799 3200<br />
Fax +60 6799 3220<br />
• U.E.S. Sarawak Sdn Bhd<br />
Phone +60 6799 3200<br />
Fax +60 6799 3220<br />
Singapore<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> (S) Pte Ltd.<br />
Phone +65 6861 1638<br />
Fax +65 6861 2718<br />
Thailand<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> (Thailand) Ltd<br />
Phone +66 38 882 556-60<br />
Fax +66 38 603 800<br />
Laos<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> Lao Co Ltd<br />
Phone +66 38 882 556-60<br />
Fax +66 38 603 800<br />
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Texts and photos can only be reproduced<br />
after permission from the editor<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> in action<br />
In recent years <strong>Mammoet</strong> documented numerous projects on film.<br />
Those projects offer a perfect and impressive view of the World of <strong>Mammoet</strong>.<br />
The films have been collected in a special DVD-box which will be available<br />
via www.mammoetstore.com in the first quarter 2008.<br />
Indonesia<br />
PT <strong>Mammoet</strong> Indonesia<br />
Phone +65 6861 1638<br />
Fax +65 6861 2718<br />
Australia<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> Australia PTY Ltd.<br />
Phone +61 7 3390 7369<br />
Fax +61 7 3390 6352<br />
Middle East<br />
United Arab Emirates<br />
CMK Mammoth Gulf B.V.<br />
• Branch Dubai<br />
Phone +971 4 333 1252<br />
Fax +971 4 333 1366<br />
Azerbaijan<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> Caspian B.V.<br />
• Branch Azerbaijan<br />
Phone +971 4 333 1252<br />
Fax +971 4 333 1366<br />
Kazachstan<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> Caspian B.V.<br />
• Branch Kazakhstan<br />
Phone +971 4 333 1252<br />
Fax +971 4 333 1366<br />
Americas<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> USA Inc.<br />
Rosharon<br />
Phone +1 281 369 2200<br />
Fax +1 281 369 2178<br />
• <strong>Mammoet</strong> USA Inc. Atlanta<br />
Phone +1 404 696 4982<br />
Fax +1 404 696 4984<br />
• <strong>Mammoet</strong> USA Inc. Louisiana<br />
Phone +1 337 365 3200<br />
Fax +1 337 365 3260<br />
• <strong>Mammoet</strong> USA Inc.<br />
Greens Bayou<br />
Phone +1 713 422 8850<br />
Fax +1 422 8880<br />
Brasil<br />
<strong>Mammoet</strong> Irga do Brasil ltda<br />
Phone +55 11 3942 8189<br />
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