Mammoet World - Mammoet BV

9Petrochemical 

page 6 

Power 

page 14 

Offshore 

page 22 

Civil 

page 30 

Marine 

page 34 

Mammoet 

World 

Mammoet Europe was awarded the contract for the transportation of four heavy 

components to a power station. A complete generating line consisting of a gas turbine 

(310 tons), steam turbine (200 tons) and generator (342 tons) was transported from the 

Mammoet Heavy Lift Terminal to the station’s machinery hall. In addition to this, 

Mammoet also provided the transport and placement on the foundations of a transformer 

(236 tons). 

Transport of an Absorber Stripper by Mammoet Canada. The transport configuration was 

6.5 meters wide by 108 meters long and 8.5 meters high with a gross vehicle weight of 

730 tons. The total distance travelled was 1,200 kilometers. 

Worldwide specialists 

in heavy lifting and transport

Introduction 

“Welcome to the 

dynamic world of 

Mammoet” 

Bridge decks installed 

Mammoet installed two decks on 

the new bridge across the Europaweg 

road in Vleuten, The Netherlands. 

We used two LTM 1500s, 

two AC 650s and two SPMTs with 

10 axle lines each. 

Conversion factors 

1 meter = 3.28 feet 

1 metric ton = 0.9842 imperial tons 

1 metric ton = 2205 pounds 

1 foot = 0.305 meters 

1 imperial ton = 1.016 metric ton 

1 imperial ton = 2240 pounds 

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The dynamic world of Mammoet 

2009 will definitely be a year to remember at Mammoet. It has been a year of 

extremes, as despite the economic turbulence, it was a good year for our 

company. This is clearly demonstrated by the many challenging and often 

remarkable projects covered in this ninth edition of Mammoet World. If you 

have been following Mammoet’s work for a while, you will recognize the red 

thread running through all our projects, all issues of Mammoet World and our 

entire corporate history: the dynamic drive in our work. Mammoet keeps 

introducing new services, developing new solutions, entering new markets, 

moving boundaries, and breaking records. 

Mammoet has always had strong positions in the petrochemical, power, offshore and 

civil engineering sectors; and in recent years, we have also established a marine division. 

This issue of Mammoet World puts the spotlight on two of our companies: Mammoet 

Salvage, which has extended its worldwide service portfolio with emergency response 

services, and Mammoet Maritime which is now operating under its new name as a provider 

of a full range of maritime services on the coastal waters and inland waterways in 

Western Europe. 

Sustainability is another key issue. Mammoet plays its part in terms of reducing fuel and 

energy consumption and cutting CO 2 emissions. Corporate Safety Director Koos van Tol, 

who is also responsible for environmental issues, explains what Mammoet is already 

doing to embed this corporate social responsibility into our activities as well as our plans 

for the future. The Board explains how Mammoet fared during the ups and downs of 

2009 and what new initiatives we are planning because Mammoet still has great ambitions, 

as befits a dynamic business. 

We hope that you will enjoy this issue of Mammoet World. 

Colophon 

This magazine is a publication of Mammoet 

Holding B.V., Corporate Communication 

Department, Postbus 570, 3100 AN Schiedam, 

The Netherlands. E-mail: info@mammoet.com 

Editors: Helen Lizun, Jennifer Lovell-Butler, 

Tara Power, Jude Castillo, Magdalene Lau 

Peggy Croes-del Prado and Johan Pastoor 

Editor in chief: Melvin Schaap 

Text & Photography: 

Mammoet Employees, Jorrit Lousberg, 

Bob Hersbach, Ads&Strats, TechTrans 

Layout & printing: Badoux BV, Houten - 

The Netherlands 

Copyright: Texts and photos can only be 

reproduced after permission from the 

Corporate Communication Department 

of Mammoet Holding B.V. 

www.mammoet.com © 2009

LOCATION: MUIDEN, 

THE NETHERLANDS 

JOB: INSTALLING A BICYCLE BRIDGE 

CHALLENGE: LONG BRIDGE 

SECTIONS, BUSY SHIPPING CANAL 

Content 

Segments 

6 Petrochemical 

14 Power 

22 Offshore 

30 Civil 

34 Marine 

Related 

12 SHE-Q 

News 

20 Newsflash 

Close up 

28 Three of our Red Men 

Advertisement 

19 Mammoet Workwear 

27 Mammoet Store 

35 Mammoet Club 

Bicycle bridge 

The cycling network in the 

Netherlands is being expanded by a 

bridge across the Amsterdam- 

Rhine canal, one of the busiest 

shipping routes in the country. It 

was therefore important to minimize 

the interruption to shipping when 

installing the three steel bridge sections, 

weighing up to 500 tons and 

each over 100 meters long. 

The sections were delivered by 

barge and were then positioned 

using SPMTs, cranes, sheerlegs, a 

crane barge and skidding equipment. 

The Dutch Mammoet team enjoyed 

using such a wide range of equipment 

in their home country! The new 

bridge provides local schoolchildren 

and commuters with a safer and 

more convenient route and adds an 

important link to the national recreational 

cycling network. 

“A wide range of equipment”

Message from 

The Board 

“Our approach is 

both extremely 

transparent and 

highly customerfocused” 

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“Our strength lies in our broad range” 

The year 2009 provided the ultimate test of Mammoet’s strategy. And everything 

went as expected. As a result of the spread of our activities across a 

broad range of equipment, markets and contents, Mammoet is still in balance, 

and is even managing to expand despite the state of the economy. The uncertainties 

have not affected our growth strategy. “Difficult times are essentially 

an endurance test for businesses. It is at times like this that you discover if 

you’ve made the right decisions.” 

We look back at 2009 with mixed emotions, 

but in general our management 

team, Roderik van Seumeren (President 

and CEO), Patrick van Seumeren (Vice- 

President and COO), Siem Kranenburg 

(CFO) and Jan van Seumeren Jr. (CTO), 

are satisfied. Basically, Mammoet has had 

a good year. To some extent this was due 

to the spread of activities which meant 

that favorable developments in one area 

offset setbacks elsewhere. But it is also 

the result of running the business effectively 

and responding quickly to new 

developments. Roderik van Seumeren: 

“It’s an interesting time for doing business. 

We take an active approach by responding 

effectively to the opportunities and challenges 

as they present themselves. We are 

really busy with our trading activities, purchasing 

equipment at favorable prices, or 

selling it where there is a risk of overcapacity. 

There are also opportunities for 

acquisitions. We watch the market and get 

Roderik van Seumeren 

involved if we spot an opportunity.” For 

example, earlier in 2009 Mammoet purchased 

Hercules Crane Hire and Hercules 

Heavy Lift to improve our position on the 

market in Western Australia. 

Mammoet also managed to deal with the 

impact of the crisis by moving activities 

from shrinking to expanding markets. “Our 

strength is in our broad range. Our strategy 

gives us many opportunities to allocate the 

work, and change the allocation, depending 

on the developments. I think about 

that all day. I’m constantly working on 

that”, explained Patrick van Seumeren. The 

great spread of work means that Mammoet 

can withdraw people and resources from 

depressed markets and deploy them where 

there is a need for our services. “We follow 

the market closely. We can scale investments 

back without affecting our overheads 

as we can deploy people on other 

projects. Once the market improves we 

“It’s a time of opportunities” 

As a result of the investments and efforts made in recent years, our company 

is standing strong, even during this difficult period. This enables us to keep 

operating during a period in which the world is facing the deepest crisis since 

World War II. We can already say for certain that Mammoet will emerge from 

this crisis stronger than ever before. 

The financial and economic storm which hit 

the world over the last year was unprecedented. 

Fortunately Mammoet was little 

affected by it. There are some markets 

which are shrinking, but they are offset by 

favorable developments in other areas. The 

foundations which we have built over the 

years mean that Mammoet is both 

balanced and resilient. In an era when 

many others are affected by severe financial 

constraints we can keep operating at 

full steam, and grab the opportunities 

which are now presenting themselves. We 

don’t have to struggle to survive, instead, 

we are building up the business to serve 

you even better in future. 

Nobody knows how long the crisis will last. 

But I do know that when the market 

recovers, Mammoet will be in a better position 

than before it started, in all areas. As a 

business we have become stronger by continuing 

to invest in preserving our expertise, 

in training, in the development of our 

people, and in optimizing our processes. It 

was encouraging to see the energy of our 

only have to buy more equipment to 

return to our previous strength, 

because our organization has not 

shrunk. That means we don’t have 

to scale something back that took a 

lot of effort to build up. That’s a 

clear difference with our competitors 

who are greatly dependent on 

just one region and who can’t afford 

to operate like that.” However, the 

greatest advantage of our broad 

portfolio is that we can offer effective 

comprehensive solutions to our 

customers. This formula has again 

proven to be successful in 2009. 

Mammoet’s strategy is to provide a 

full range of services, so we can 

offer any solution the customer 

needs. “We want to offer our customers 

a menu and complete flexibility: 

à la carte or turnkey, handsoff 

or involved in every step, lump 

sum or reimbursable - we offer it all. 

Our approach is both extremely 

transparent and highly customerfocused.” 

Patrick van Seumeren pointed to 

Mammoet’s entrepreneurial 

approach in terms of investments. 

The decision in 2009 to build two 

supercranes with capacities of 

120,000 and 160,000 ton meters is

a good example. These cranes will 

have an unequalled lifting capacity, 

radius and compactness and will be 

game changers in new construction 

and maintenance projects, both in 

terms of efficiency and the way we 

tackle the work. By building these 

cranes, Mammoet responds to the 

need for more flexibility and lifting 

capacity to handle ever increasingly 

large prefabricated modules. Jan 

van Seumeren Jr.: “We think that a 

whole new market is about to 

develop. Those projects require not 

only a new generation of cranes but 

also a large fleet of SPMTs. 

Sometimes you need 500 axle lines 

for one project. Our MSG is now 

available with a double-stack boom 

(designed in-house) which has further 

increased its capacity. Finally, 

we have made significant investments 

in medium-capacity cranes 

up to 800 tons this year.” Apart 

from the investments in medium 

and top-capacity cranes we have 

also been trading actively on the 

market for smaller cranes. “The 

crisis has provided some opportunities 

to purchase equipment or 

acquire other operators. So this is 

the perfect time for our entrepreneurial 

spirit. We’ve always been 

trading in cranes, now the game is 

simply a bit different.” In this way 

Mammoet continues by making the 

fleet more modern, more powerful 

and more versatile. And cleaner too 

- sustainability is now an important 

issue when purchasing equipment. 

“The trend is clearly towards greater 

sustainability. That’s going very 

quickly. We take our responsibility 

seriously and take a proactive 

management m 

during our annual get 

together, t and it gives me great 

confidence c for our future. I have the 

greatest g admiration for the ingenuity 

of o our engineers who, working 

closely c together with our customers, 

always a manage to come up with 

unique u solutions to unique challenges. 

e I also deeply respect the commitment 

m of our people to their work, 

often o under extremely difficult circumstances. 

c 

Finally, it is good to see 

that t so far 2009 has been a safe 

year, y without major incidents. I 

always a care deeply about people 

and a their safety. Wherever I travel in 

the t world, I always try to visit a job 

site s and meet our customers. I 

believe b in visible leadership. In my 

view v that is the best way to demonstrate 

s our commitment to our customers 

to and our Men in Red, and to 

underline u key issues such as safety, 

quality q and customer focus. 

Mammoet M is heading in the right 

direction. d We have the organization 

we w need, and our team is strong and 

knows k how to work together. We are 

Siem Kranenburg (CFO) Roderik van Seumeren 

(President and CEO) 

stance, and that includes my area. I discuss 

these issues with manufacturers and 

make suggestions for improvement as our 

suppliers often don’t take the lead.” 

The healthy basis, good profitability and 

keen investment policy mean that 

Mammoet is in a particularly good position 

to benefit from improvements in the 

market. Siem Kranenburg thinks that the 

recovery might only happen after 2010 

which looks like being a transition year. 

“There are positive indications. Several 

countries have reported that they are out 

of the recession and we are more positive 

than a year ago. The current oil price 

encourages the oil companies to invest. 

They are still cautious but I am certain that 

they will start investing again, as there is 

still a high demand for energy. Given the 

news from several Mammoet branches, he 

highly ambitious. Our key ambition is 

expressed in our mission statement: to 

be the best full service provider in the 

global market for engineered heavy lifting 

and multimodal transport for the benefit 

of our customers, shareholders and 

employees. Every day we do our utmost 

to realize that challenge. We are working 

on it continuously, and with success. It 

could be that after years of continuous 

growth, we might have to pause in 2010, 

after which time we can expand again. 

I can assure you that this issue of 

Mammoet World covers an impressive 

range of our work as the global specialist 

in heavy transport and lifting. 2009 was a 

memorable year for Mammoet, with challenging 

projects in all markets, and 

throughout the world. I would like to 

conclude by thanking everyone who 

contri buted to this. I would particularly 

like to thank our customers for their 

confidence in Mammoet. You can be sure 

that the next time too, we will do our 

utmost to fulfill your high expectations. 

Roderik van Seumeren 

(President and CEO) 

Patrick van Seumeren 

(Vice-President and COO) 

expects that the market will improve in 

2011. “I think that our order book will be 

fuller in a year’s time. My impression is 

that 2010 will be a year of consolidation, 

between completing large projects 

throughout the world, and starting up new 

projects. After doubling our revenues in 

three years a pause is not a bad thing, but 

you never know what next year might 

bring. I expect that our expansion will continue 

after 2010. Just before the deadline 

of Mammoet World we signed contracts 

for long term projects for our supercranes, 

which are still on the drawing board. 

There are also some other major contracts 

in the pipeline. We’re not worried, but as a 

Board we do have to keep a close eye on 

what’s happening in the world.” 

Jan van Seumeren Jr. (CTO) 

“This year we have 

made further 

investments in 

SPMTs, and our fleet 

has doubled 

in three years” 

Turnaround in Belgium 

Replacing 11 heat exchangers at a 

petrochemical site.

Petrochemical 

LOCATION: KARRATHA, WESTERN 

AUSTRALIA 

JOB: TRANSPORTING AND INSTALLING 

PROCESS PLANT 

CHALLENGE: SCALE OF THE PROJECT 

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“ A combined 

weight of more 

than 31,000 tons” 

Pluto LNG project 

The Pluto LNG (Liquefied Natural 

Gas) project involves the construction 

of a large gas processing plant 

at Karratha in Western Australia. 

So far Mammoet Thailand has 

shipped some 185 modules for this 

project, with a combined weight of 

more than 31,000 tons from the 

construction yard at Laemchabang 

Port, Thailand. The remaining 70 

modules, weighing 19,000 tons will 

be shipped by February 2010. 

These operations involve up to 144 

axle lines of SPMT. 

To transport the plant at Karratha 

and to install it, Mammoet Australia 

is providing a large range of equipment, 

such as 200 axle lines of 

SPMT, trailers and a number of 

cranes, including a CC 4800. And, 

of course, the people to operate 

them, over 120 at the peak of the 

project.

“Mammoet 

showed that the 

PTC had 

technical and cost 

advantages” 

LOCATION: PASCAGOULA, MISSISSIPPI, 

USA 

JOB: LIFTING REFINERY COMPONENTS 

BY PTC 

CHALLENGE: GROUND CONDITIONS 

Pascagoula plant 

A new Continuous Catalytic Reformer plant 

was built at Pascagoula, Mississippi. 

Mammoet used a Platform Twin-Ring 

Containerized Crane (PTC) to install plant 

components and large prefabricated 

mo dules, the heaviest of which weighed 

310 tons. Despite the relatively low ground 

pressure of the PTC the ground conditions 

were quite a challenge and we had to provide 

a meter and a half of fill and two layers 

of crane mats. The customer originally 

requested another crane, but Mammoet 

showed that the PTC had both technical 

and cost advantages. 

Petrochemical

Raising the roof 

Petrochemical 

“Mumbai, 

the nearest port, 

was 1,800 kilometers 

away” 

LOCATION: PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS, USA 

JOB: PROCESS PLANT INSTALLATION 

CHALLENGE: COORDINATION 

WITH OTHER CONTRACTORS, 

GROUND CONDITIONS 

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The roof structure (118 tons) of a new 

storage tank was assembled inside the 

tank and had to be lifted up 24 meters 

to the top of the tank. Mammoet provided 

three cranes with 42 meter jibs for 

this project. As there was no lifting ring 

available, we provided some complex 

rigging. Once the roof structure was 

lifted up we held it in place while the 

welders joined it to the rest of the tank. 

LOCATION: ANTWERP, BELGIUM 

JOB: TANK ROOF INSTALLATION 

CHALLENGE: COMPLEX RIGGING 

Indian refinery 

Action in Port Arthur 

Mammoet installed four new processing 

units in a refinery in Port Arthur, Texas. 

We also transported the equipment, 

weighing up to 792 tons, from the port 

to the site. A range of cranes were used 

for the installation, the largest being a 

LR 11350. 

Mammoet also transported 170 prefabricated 

pipe racks by barge from 

Lake Charles, LA to the site where we 

installed them in the refinery. As parts of 

the refinery were almost a century old, 

the transport and installation was difficult 

at times. For this job we used 

SPMTs and various cranes. The largest 

pipe rack module had a length of 56 

meters and weighed 350 tons. 

“We provided 

some complex 

rigging” 

“Parts of the 

refinery were almost 

a century old” 

LOCATION: PANIPAT, INDIA 

JOB: FIVE HEAVY LIFTS 

CHALLENGE: DISTANCE FROM THE PORT 

Mammoet undertook five heavy lifts 

for the construction of a refinery at 

Panipat, around 100 kilometers 

north of New Delhi. Getting our 

MSG to the site was quite a job as 

Mumbai, the nearest port, was 

1,800 kilometers away. It took the 

trucks, carrying 115 containers, 

seven days to reach the site. The 

MSG was then rigged with 2,000 

tons of counterweight. The largest 

lift was that of a wash tower with a 

length of 100 meters and weighing 

almost 1,100 tons.

“14 heavy process plant 

components” 

Transport in the Middle East 

Mammoet Middle East transported 14 

heavy process plant components from 

ports in the United Arab Emirates to the 

Harwell site in Oman. The largest unit 

was a separator with a diameter of six 

meters, a length of almost 24 meters 

and weighed 320.9 tons. The 1,340 

kilometer trip took five days. 

LOCATION: UAE AND OMAN 

JOB: PROCESS PLANT TRANSPORT 

CHALLENGE: OVERSIZED LOAD, LONG 

DISTANCE, MANAGING TRAFFIC 

Oxidizers get a new home Horizon project 

An American customer of Mammoet purchased two oxidizer units from a plant 

in Altamira in Mexico and commissioned us to transport them to their plant in 

North Carolina and install them. Normally, the tube bundles in the units would 

have been cut and removed before transport and then reinstalled later. 

However, Mammoet’s engineers secured the tubes in place with expanding 

foam, thus avoiding the need for all this work. They also designed special 

saddles and a lifting frame so the 380 ton units could be transported without 

disassembling them. 

The units (almost 30 meters long and seven meters in diameter) were taken to 

North Carolina by barge and then offloaded and transported to the site by 

SPMT and installed with our CC 2800 crane. 

LOCATION: MEXICO AND THE USA 

JOB: LIFTING AND TRANSPORTING TWO 

OXIDIZER UNITS 

CHALLENGE: TRANSPORTING THE 

UNITS WITHOUT DISMANTLING THEM 

“Careful maneuvering by 

our SPMT operators” 

Petrochemical 

Mammoet transported a reactor, 

coker unit and other plant components 

from the port, through the 

city of Montreal, to the job site. 

Taking the units, weighing up to 715 

tons, through town took some careful 

maneuvering by our SPMT operators. 

We rigged our CC 6800 in 

the middle of the operating refinery 

for the installation of the units. Due 

to the constricted site, we had to 

use skidding and jacking equipment 

to position the reactor. Finally a 

double-wide SPMT with tail frame 

was used to tail the reactor while it 

was uprighted. 

LOCATION: MONTREAL, QUÉBEC, CANADA 

JOB: TRANSPORTING AND LIFTING PLANT 

COMPONENTS 

CHALLENGE: EXTREMELY TIGHT 

CLEARANCES INSIDE A LIVE PLANT

“The customer 

presented us with a 

safety certificate” 

Petrochemical 

LOCATION: PUERTO CABELLO, 

VENEZUELA 

JOB: REPLACEMENT OF REACTOR 

AND A GENERATOR HEAD 

CHALLENGE: MSG WITH LARGEST 

MAIN BOOM EVER, TIGHT SITE 

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The largest main boom ever 

The crews of Mammoet Europe, Mammoet Venezuela and Mammoet Malaysia had to 

cope with a constricted site, poor weather and challenging logistics when they erected 

the MSG 80 II at this refinery, in only 28 days. The crane was fitted with a 101 meter main 

boom, the longest ever, to operate in a small footprint. 

We removed an old reactor and a regenerator head and replaced them with new units. 

The most interesting lift was that of the 450 ton reactor, 36 meters long, which we lifted 

across a 45 meter high steel structure and then placed onto its foundations, while 

operating at 55 meter radius. 

The customer later presented us with a certificate as we were the safest contractor on 

the whole project. Of course, safety always comes first at Mammoet, but it is good to 

see those efforts appreciated. 

Pressure vessel takes a turn 

A Belgian company fabricated a large 

pressure vessel in sections, which had 

to be rotated for final assembly. First the 

sections were moved out of the workshop 

on SPMTs. We then used two 

telescopic cranes to lift the sections and 

two to turn them. The cranes were perfectly 

synchronized, and it was amazing 

to watch the operation. Once completed 

the vessel (61 meters long by 16 meters 

diameter, 1,230 tons) was transported to 

the Port Arthur refinery in Texas, USA 

where it will also be installed by 

Mammoet. 

“The cranes 

were perfectly 

synchronized” 

LOCATION: WILLEBROEK, BELGIUM 

JOB: TURNING A PRESSURE VESSEL 

CHALLENGE: COORDINATING FOUR 

CRANES

Multiple lifts in Oman 

Plant update in Texas 

LOCATION: SALALAH METHANOL PLANT, 

OMAN 

JOB: VARIOUS HEAVY LIFTS 

CHALLENGE: HEAVY TANDEM LIFT 

Mammoet Middle East undertook 38 lifts, 

up to 498 tons, at the Salalah Methanol 

plant in Oman. The heaviest column had to 

be installed in a tandem lift operation with 

two CC 2800 cranes. The challenges of this 

project included a busy site and time 

restraints. However, all the work was completed 

safely and efficiently. 

LOCATION: SEADRIFT, TEXAS, USA 

JOB: PLANT COMPONENT REPLACEMENT 

CHALLENGE: MINIMAL CLEARANCES, 

WORKING IN A LIVE PLANT 

Mammoet USA provided lifting and transport services for the update of a chemical plant 

in Seadrift, Texas. We used a CC 2800 crane to replace the 60 ton main scrubber water 

cooler and to remove the 160 ton TSG reboiler. The reboiler was then transported with 

12 lines of Goldhofer trailer to a storage area and offloaded by gantry. 

Overhead crane replacement in Russia 

“Surrounded by 

steel structures and 

a live railway” 

“A busy site 

and time restraints” 

“Overcoming the challenges of 

operating with minimal clearances” 

Mammoet was commissioned to remove an 

old overhead traveling crane, winches (200 

tons) and beams (450 tons) at a steelwork 

facility in Cherepovets, Russia. We rigged 

the PTC 35 DS in a constricted area, 

surrounded by steel structures and a live 

railway and then removed the old crane in 

sections. A few days later we installed the 

new overhead crane, weighing 720 tons. 

Petrochemical 

LOCATION: CHEREPOVETS, RUSSIA 

JOB: OVERHEAD CRANE REPLACEMENT 

CHALLENGE: CONSTRICTED AREA

“Sustainability, 

a new value” 

* ISO 14001 

ISO 14001 is an international standard 

for environmental management 

systems. An environmental 

management system aims to 

manage and improve the environmental 

performance of an organization 

in the long term. Ideally, this 

should be integrated with the overall 

management system. By obtaining 

certification, an organization 

can demonstrate that it meets the 

standard. 

HK70: Lower fuel 

consumption - lower 

emissions 

In 2009, Mammoet was the first 

operator in the world to deploy an 

HK70 crane. Tadano Faun in 

Germany developed this crane at 

our request, and in close cooperation 

with us. The innovative feature 

of this 70 ton mobile rig is that the 

crane has its own 90 kW/122 hp 

engine. So far, mobile cranes have 

always been driven by the truck 

engine. However, that means running 

a much heavier engine all day. 

With this world first, Mammoet can 

offer a cleaner and more economical 

mobile crane. The HK70 has 

been well-received on the market, 

and Tadano Faun is now also supplying 

it to other customers. 

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Safety always takes priority at Mammoet, but sometimes that means that 

other important elements of SHE-Q get less attention than they deserve. So, 

this time we will focus on an issue which is becoming more and more 

important: sustainability. 

Not that long ago, worrying about sustainability 

seemed to be the preserve of environmentalists, 

but much has changed in a 

few years. Nowadays, sustainability and 

environmental protection are also top of 

the agenda with businesses and governments. 

Throughout the world, there is an 

increasing awareness that we cannot continue 

depleting scarce resources and emitting 

greenhouse gasses. It is therefore 

likely that the permissible emissions will 

be drastically cut in the coming decades. 

More and more companies, including 

Mammoet, are anticipating this change. 

Corporate Safety Director Koos van Tol, 

whose remit also includes the E of 

Environment, commented: “We have 

noticed that slowly but surely, sustainability 

is becoming increasingly important. 

We think that in the future, it will become 

just as important as safety when projects 

are awarded. Sustainability is clearly 

becoming a new value.” 

Corporate social responsibility 

Mammoet takes its corporate social 

responsibility in relation to the environment 

serious. “The Board has decided to 

investigate where we are on the sustainability 

scale, and what we can do to reduce 

our CO 2 emissions or offset them. That’s 

going to be a long-term effort.” The 

interest in sustainability has accelerated 

now that potential customers are asking 

us about the CO 2 emissions of our company 

and equipment. “That is a new 

development in our business. In project 

management too, you see that the environment 

is increasingly important, and that 

our customers have ever stricter environmental 

requirements.” explained Van Tol, 

referring to salvage projects in countries 

such as Canada and Norway. “When talking 

about sustain ability, the ISO 14001 

standard* always crops up. Mammoet 

Salvage is already certified to this 

standard. The whole of Mammoet will be 

certified in 2010, to ensure that the sustainability 

policy is incorporated in the long 

term.” 

Of course, sustainability is nothing new. 

Van Tol explained that it receives a great 

deal of attention. “When purchasing new 

equipment we consider issues such as 

fuel consumption and CO 2 emissions. For 

example, we have a world first with the 

HK70, a 70 ton mobile crane with dedicated 

engine, mounted on a truck chassis. 

Because the crane has its own engine, the 

truck engine doesn’t have to run all the 

time, which reduces fuel consumption, 

CO 2 emissions and wear, and extends the 

life of the crane.” The construction of new 

premises also provides a good opportunity 

to do something about sustainability. “In 

Canada we are now using heat pumps to 

heat the workshops and we collect melt 

water to wash the equipment.” 

Raising awareness 

In the past year we have organized several 

campaigns to encourage our personnel to 

improve sustainability. “That’s all about 

STOP 

RISKS? 

LOOK OUT! 

KEEP THINKING! 

WE CARE! 

raising awareness. You start at the 

bottom, with small issues.” The 

Mammoet Reflects campaign 

reminds our people to switch their 

computers and the lights off when 

they leave. Printing fewer documents 

and e-mails and recycling 

paper also helps. “We ask drivers 

and crane operators not to keep the 

engines running unnecessarily, to 

reduce the fuel consumption.” 

Apart from the above developments, 

Mammoet is also considering 

measures to offset its CO 2 

emissions. This could be done by 

installing wind turbines and solar 

panels at our branches. These 

options are being considered in the 

sustainability study. 

Sharing knowledge 

Of course, we can’t run an article on 

SHE-Q without mentioning safety. In 

the previous issue of World, Van Tol 

mentioned “... setting up a central 

database with detailed information 

about the causes, follow-up and 

prevention of incidents, so that 

Mammoet Minute: Reduce

SHE-Q 

Leadership Training, Dubai 

“Good leadership is 

essential to 

working safely and 

efficiently” 

“A cleaner and 

more economical 

mobile crane” 

Koos van Tol 

everyone can learn from them.” Providing 

information effectively is one of 

Mammoet’s corporate values: working as 

a team and sharing knowledge, and Van 

Tol has kept to that promise. In September 

2009 he published the SHE-Q Global 

Statistics, including detailed descriptions 

of incidents. “We give this feedback to the 

regions so they get a better idea of what is 

happening elsewhere. Until recently they 

didn’t really know how well their 

colleagues were doing, as the safety data 

was not available in one place. That is now 

being streamlined. We are recording 

everything in our management information 

system to improve the feedback to and 

from the regions.” 

Leadership in the field 

Good leadership is essential to working 

safely and efficiently, on the shopfloor and 

elsewhere. To help supervisors improve 

their leadership skills, Mammoet developed 

the ‘Leadership in the field’ course in 

2008. In June 2009, the first of the six 

training modules was completed in the 

Netherlands. In the second half of 2009, 

the course was also started up in Dubai, 

Singapore and the US. “We are getting 

positive feedback from the regions. 

Leading teams, often with regular changes 

in team members, makes high demands of 

our supervisors. However good you are at 

the technical aspects of your job, being a 

leader requires special skills. The role of 

supervisors is also changing. Hence we 

have developed this soft skills course, 

which includes modules about leadership, 

planning, dealing with colleagues and customers, 

conflict management, etc.” 

This course is part of our worldwide 

Training & Development Program which is 

also becoming important in increasing our 

personnel’s commitment to the company. 

Van Tol: “We invest in our people by using 

downtime between projects for training 

and development. In this way, we invest in 

retaining our skilled people, and help build 

quality which is sustained in the long 

term.” 

the risk of an accident in 60 seconds! 

SHE-Q 

Mammoet Reflects 

Mammoet Reflects is an internal 

campaign to make our personnel 

more aware of the consequences of 

their actions. The campaign also 

covers issues which benefit nature 

and the environment. One of the 

Mammoet Reflects issues this year 

included a range of tips to use less 

energy, fuel and paper. 

Mammoet Building 

Edmonton, Alberta, 

Canada 

Mammoet moved into their new 

facility in Edmonton, Alberta on 

June 16, 2008. The vision for the 

building was to have as much natural 

light as possible, a comfortable 

and healthy work environment and 

space in the shop and yard for 

personnel to perform their jobs 

efficiently and safely. The entire 

building is heated and air conditioned 

by an underground geothermal 

system, and rainwater that 

runs off the roof will be used in our 

wasbay. A small fitness area was 

also provided for staff to use, promoting 

a healthy lifestyle.

Power 

14 15 

“ The loads 

have to cross 

motorways, 

railways, weak 

bridges and 

underground 

pipelines” 

Six transformers go for a scenic 

Six transformers on a drive across 

the polder 

The 380 kV electricity transmission network 

in the Netherlands is being extended 

to increase the security of supply and 

cope with the growing electricity consumption. 

A manufacturer in the 

Netherlands supplied transformers for 

this project. Mammoet had undertaken 

other transports for this customer and 

they were obviously happy with our 

service as they commissioned us to 

transport six new transformers to two 

different sites. Each transformer 

weighed 330 tons and together with the 

auxiliary equipment and 22 axle lines of 

SPMT the total weight was 540 tons (35 

meters long, 5.33 wide, 8.35 meter 

high). Mammoet transported the transformers 

from the factory to a slipway 

where they were loaded onto a 

Mammoet Maritime pontoon which took 

them to Hoek of Holland where the 

loads were rolled off onto the quay. This 

combination of transport over water and 

by road made planning easier and 

reduced the costs. 

The last few kilometers usually take the 

most effort, even when driving across 

the flat polder landscape of the 

Netherlands. The loads have to cross 

motorways, railways, weak bridges and 

underground pipelines and often have to 

travel on small rural roads and through 

villages. Mammoet provided temporary 

bridges with a span of 25 meters to 

place over eight weak bridges on the 

route. Just handling the temporary 

bridges took 200 crew and 80 trucks.

drive 

When crossing a road and railway parallel 

to each other, but at different elevations, 

we even used two stacked SPMT 

trains. Fortunately, when crossing the 

railway we could simply lift the catenary 

wire out of the way, instead of having to 

cut it. We also had to build 1.5 kilometer 

of temporary road using mats. One of 

the challenges during this project was 

crowd control: one day around five 

thousand people came to watch the 

transport, which meant plenty of work 

for the local police and traffic management 

personnel. 

The whole project, parts of which we 

started planning two years ago, went 

well. We also made some suggestions 

to the local authorities to facilitate future 

heavy transports. 

Power 

“Five thousand people 

came to watch the 

transport” 

LOCATION: VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN 


JOB: TRANSPORTING SIX LARGE 

TRANSFORMERS 

CHALLENGE: PLANNING, WEAK 

BRIDGES, LARGE CROWDS

Power 

A 60 meter skidding track 

“It had to be 

earthquake-proof” 

LOCATION: ANGRA DOS REIS, BRAZIL 

JOB: STEAM GENERATOR 

REPLACEMENT 

CHALLENGE: TIGHT CLEARANCE, 

NUCLEAR ENVIRONMENT 

16 17 

Two steam generators at the Angra nuclear power plant in Brazil had to be replaced. We 

shipped 900 tons of strand jacks, gantries and skidding equipment to the site. That 

included 100 tons of equipment built specially for this job by our Engineering Department 

in Schiedam, the Netherlands. 

We installed lifting gantries in the reactor building and then used strand jacks to lift and 

tilt the old steam generators (308 tons) and transfer them to a 60 meter skidding track 

passing through an opening in the concrete wall. The track was supported by an 18 

meter high gantry which curved around two water tanks. This part of our system was 

fitted with extensive additional rigging as it had to be earthquake-proof. Strand jacks at 

the other end of the track lowered the steam generators onto SPMTs. The system was 

then used to install the new steam generators (335 tons). This project was obviously 

complex, especially as we had to cope with small clearances and work in a nuclear 

environment.

Empire Generating Station 

“To improve the 

working environment 

we used electrically 

driven hydraulic 

powerpacks” 

LOCATION: TRENTON, NOVA SCOTIA, 

CANADA 

JOB: GENERATOR REPLACEMENT 

CHALLENGE: RESTRICTED SPACE FOR 

ASSEMBLING EQUIPMENT 

“The customer 

was impressed 

with Mammoet’s 

ability to integrate 

these activities” 

Mammoet USA North was contracted to store, transport and install 

three generators, two gas turbines, three transformers and various 

steam plant components, with weights ranging from 60 to 270 tons, at 

a new gas-fired power station near Albany. We used a range of equipment 

for this job, including strand jacks and a complex gantry system. 

The restricted space on site and changes to the construction schedule 

made this an interesting project. 

“Restricted space on site 

and changes to the 

construction schedule” 

German Feedwater Tank 

Power 

LOCATION: ALBANY, NEW YORK, USA 


POWER PLANT COMPONENTS 

CHALLENGE: SITE RESTRICTIONS, 

SCHEDULE CHANGES 

Trenton generator replacement 

Mammoet was contracted to replace 

a 250 ton generator in a power station 

at Trenton. We used a special rail car 

to transport it from the port of Halifax 

to the site where we transferred it to a 

trailer. We built a gantry with skidding 

system and strand jacks to lift the old 

generator out and lower the new one 

into place. The small clearance 

between the top of our system and 

the roof was the key challenge during 

this project. To improve the working 

environment we used electrically 

driven hydraulic powerpacks inside 

the building, supplied by diesel 

generators outside. 

Mammoet transported a power station 

feedwater tank (40 meters, 178 tons) by 

barge from the Mammoet Heavy Lift 

Terminal in Schiedam, the Netherlands 

to Karlsruhe, Germany. We then transported 

it four kilometers on public roads 

with SPMTs. Once on site we used two 

of our new LTM 11200 hydraulic cranes 

to lift the tank 30 meters up onto skid 

tracks. Finally we skidded and jacked 

the tank onto its foundations. We also 

installed a 250 ton overhead traveling 

crane in the power station. The job went 

smoothly and the customer was 

impressed with Mammoet’s ability to 

integrate all these activities efficiently. 

LOCATION: KARLSRUHE, GERMANY 

JOB: TRANSPORT AND INSTALLATION 

OF A FEEDWATER TANK 

CHALLENGE: PROJECT INTEGRATION

Electrostatic precipitator replacement 

“Mammoet USA 

suggested replacing 

each ESP as 

a complete unit” 

Power 

LOCATION: FLAMANVILLE, FRANCE 

JOB: LIFTING AND ASSEMBLING 

A TUNNEL BORING MACHINE 

CHALLENGE: A SMALL AND 

CROWDED SITE 

18 19 

Two Electrostatic Precipitators in a Crystel River Florida Power Plant were in need of 

replacement. Normally, the replacement of hundreds of ESP plates and other components 

would require a long shutdown. However, Mammoet USA suggested replacing 

each ESP as a complete unit and was commissioned to design the chamber assembly 

frames, transport the chambers on site and lift them into position. 

We used a PTC 35 DS with 80 meter main boom, 45 meter jib and 1,600 ton counterweight. 

The ESPs (8 x 13 x 17 meters, 400 tons) were transported on site using SPMTs. 

After that, it took only two hours to position the first unit, operating at a radius of 89 

meters. That was quite a challenge as the ESP had only 15 millimeters clearance and the 

boom only had 600 millimeters clearance. 

“Tunnel boring 

machine 

components 

lowered down 

the shaft” 

LOCATION: CRYSTAL RIVER, 

FLORIDA, USA 

JOB: LIFTING ESP CHAMBERS 

IN POSITION 

CHALLENGE: RESTRICTED 

CLEARANCE 

Power station in France A new plant in Russia 

The new nuclear power station at 

Flamanville will have cooling water tunnels 

leading to the sea. Mammoet France lowered 

the components of the tunnel boring 

machine down the access shaft with a CC 

2400 SSL crane and assisted with the 

assembly of the unit. The heaviest component 

weighed 163 tons. We had to 

operate on a small and crowded site, 

which made the work quite difficult, but 

managed to keep to the schedule. Our 

new LTM 11200 and SPMTs were used to 

install a gantry crane in the powerhouse. 

Each of the two gantry beams weighed 

180 tons and was 52 meters long. 

Mammoet Seumersteel was awarded the 

contract to supply a CC 2600 and two 

LTM 1250s for the construction of a new 

plant at one of the oldest power stations 

in the Moscow region. The work was quite 

different from our normal operations 

in Russia. Good preparation and close 

cooperation with the customer ensured 

that the lifts were completed safely and 

efficiently. 

LOCATION: SHATURA, MOSCOW 

REGION, RUSSIA 

JOB: HEAVY LIFTS 

CHALLENGE: LIFT WITH THREE 

CRANES

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Newsflash 

Offset CO 2 emissions 

by reforesting 

Mammoet will be working with the 

Fundación Vida Silvestre Argentina 

to offset the CO 2 emissions of the 

rally truck by reforesting ten hectares 

of forest in Argentina. 


Beton montage 

Mammoet Betonmontage is a specialist 

company in the Mammoet 

group with over 60 years’ experience 

in the installation of precast 

concrete units for civil engineering 

projects. We work closely with 

other Mammoet companies and 

external contractors which enables 

us to tackle extremely large 

projects and provide specialist 

expertise and support services. 

These include engineering and the 

supply of precast units and steelwork. 

Mammoet Betonmontage 

covers all stages of a project, from 

procurement through to installation. 

For more information please visit 

www.mammoetbetonmontage.nl (in 

Dutch). 

20 21 

Newsflash is a section with short Mammoet 

messages and announcements 

Van den Brink Rallysport going to 

Dakar 2010 with Mammoet 

With five top-ten finishes and a great 12th place ranking in the truck class, the 

Dakar debut of Van den Brink Rallysport was a real success. Barely eight 

months later the team from Harskamp is proud to announce that it will take 

part in the toughest rally in the world once again in 2010. The team will be 

looking for new successes with Mammoet as inspirational main sponsor. 

What’s in a crane name? 

Mammoet’s ring cranes 

Mammoet has developed and built a number of specialist ring cranes over the years. As 

their names were not entirely consistent we have recently renamed them. The 

designations now indicate the type of crane and its features. Mammoet ring cranes can 

help you complete projects more quickly, at lower cost and with greater flexibility. The 

new designations also indicate the capacities. A crane’s capacity is normally given as 

the maximum weight it can lift at minimum radius. However, in practice its capacity at a 

larger radius is more relevant. Hence we specify the load moment of our cranes, in ton 

meters, rather than the maximum capacity in tons. 

Mammoet’s ring cranes: 

New 

designation 

Previous 

designation 

Maximum load moment, 

in 1000 t/m 

T 30 Twin-Ring 30 Now 

PTC 35 Platform Twin-Ring Containerized 35 Now 

PTC 35 DS Platform Twin-Ring Containerized, 

Double Stacked 

35 Now 

PT 50 Platform Twin-Ring 50 Now 

PTC 120 DS - 120 2011 

PTC 160 DS - 160 2011 

Key: 

P Platform 

T Twin booms, forming an A-frame 

C Containerized 

DS Double-stacked boom 

NOTE: THIS TABLE ONLY LISTS OUR SPECIALIST RING CRANES, DEVELOPED IN-HOUSE. 

PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE WWW.MAMMOET.COM FOR MORE INFORMATION 

Availability 

The more than 2,500 visitors to the 

Mammoet fan club day experienced 

the première of the rally truck for 

2010, the 950 BHP strong GINAF 

X2222. 

Jan van Seumeren Jr., member of 

the board of Mammoet, explained 

why Mammoet is the main sponsor 

of Van den Brink Rallysport this 

year: “The Dakar rally is one of the 

toughest competitions in the world. 

Man and machine must act as one. 

You need perseverance, intelligence 

and the power to solve problems in 

order to be able to perform, this is 

the same in our branch. Just as Van 

den Brink Rallysport Mammoet is 

ready to accept any challenge.” 

The team for the coming Dakar will 

be Martin van den Brink, navigator 

Martien Hol and mechanic Arjan 

Veenvliet. Finishing is the main aim 

of the team, but with the experience 

gained from this year the team will 

also aim for day successes and a 

place in the top ten of the general 

ranking. 

PTC 120 DS

The Hunger Project: developing new leaders 

“Leadership is 

critical to every 

great human 

achievement” 

The Hunger Project (THP) is a global, non-profit, strategic organization committed 

to the sustainable end of world hunger. THP develops effective bottomup 

strategies to end hunger and poverty. Ending hunger requires a true break 

with the status quo. To resolve humanity’s oldest problem requires 

Transformative Leadership. 

Transformative Leadership 

Leadership is critical to every great human achievement. Ending hunger requires a new 

kind of leadership at all levels of society. This is not top-down leadership in the traditional 

patriarchal, authority-based model. Instead, it must be leadership that reawakens 

people to their own power and selfhood, calls forth their vision and commitment, and 

mobilizes and empowers people to take effective action. 

Leadership in the Field 

What appeals to Mammoet in THP is that the whole strategy is based on confidence in 

the possibilities and potential of people. The structure and strategy of the THP leadership 

program correspond with that of Leadership in the Field, a training program developed 

by Mammoet. This training aims to improve leadership in the field and encourage 

Mammoet workers to do even more to ensure safety at the job site, and to improve the 

safety awareness of our people. 

Effective local leadership in India 

In India, women elected onto local councils have been following THP’s five-year leadership 

program. These women, who previously didn’t have any influence, are developing 

a vision aimed at a future without hunger, and they develop and implement clear plans. 

When these women become leaders, they change the priorities of the councils and put 

food security, education, health, corruption and social exclusion on the agenda. 

Mammoet has been supporting The Hunger Project since 2005. 

WWW.THP.ORG / WWW.THEHUNGERPROJECT.NL 

Newsflash 

Mammoet acquires Hercules Crane Hire and Hercules Heavy Lift 

Mammoet Australia is pleased to announce the acquisition of Hercules Crane Hire and Hercules Heavy Lift. Hercules Crane Hire, 

based in Port Hedland (depot and main office), Leonora & Newman, is a strategic addition to Mammoet Australia’s business. The 

acquisition will extend Mammoet’s presence within Western Australia and increase the company’s customer base. Mammoet will 

build upon Hercules Crane Hire’s customer relationships by maintaining and increasing the level of service already provided, along 

with a strong focus on safety and zero tolerance to harm. 

Mammoet Trading 

Equipment for Sale 

Besides engineered heavy lifting and transport projects, and crane / equipment rental activities, Mammoet Trading is our third 

core activity: purchasing, upgrading and reselling of cranes and other equipment, as well as the addition of new equipment to 

Mammoet’s fleet. The purchase, overhaul and sales of third-party cranes and other items, like platform trailers and trucks, 

enable our facilities to maintain our own equipment. We overhaul all equipment according to corporate standards. Hence, 

‘approved by Mammoet’ is the best quality mark a new owner can receive. The trading activities include a broker role. Mammoet 

always issues certificates of safety and proper documentation. 

WWW.MAMMOETTRADING.COM 

Business of the Year 

Award 2009 

Mammoet received the prestigious 

Canadian Business of the Year 2009 

award. The award is presented 

annually to a Dutch or Canadian 

company that has made an outstanding 

contribution to Dutch- 

Canadian business relations. The 

selection committee for the award 

is made up of the Board of 

Members of the Netherlands- 

Canadian Chamber of Commerce. 

Every year Mediacorp announces 

the “Top 50 Employer’s in Alberta”. 

For the first time, Mammoet entered 

this competition and was selected 

from thousands of entries as one of 

the Top 50! 

The criteria for selection are based 

on several categories such as 

physical environment, work atmosphere 

and communications, health 

benefits, financial benefits and 

compensation, family friendly benefits, 

training and development, and 

community involvement.

Offshore 

22 23 

“ 1,000 cubic 

meter per hour 

ballasting 

system” 

Jacket load-out 

At a yard in the Netherlands Mammoet 

loaded a jacket onto a barge for transport 

to a North Sea oil field. The dimensions of 

the unit were 42 x 42 x 124 meters and it 

weighed 3,500 tons. We used 188 axle 

lines of SPMT to move the jacket onto the 

LOCATION: FLUSHING, 


JOB: LOAD-OUT 

CHALLENGE: SIZE AND WEIGHT 

OF THE LOAD 

barge. There was a 4.5 meter tidal range 

during the operation so we used our 1,000 

cubic meter per hour ballasting system on 

the barge. Mammoet also provided cranage 

and engineering support during the 

fabrication of the jacket.

Pontoon leg installation 

Mammoet USA was contracted to lift a 

2,850 ton pontoon leg into place for final 

fabrication of a floating oil production 

platform. For this project we used the 

Mammoet Lift System with eight 600 ton 

strand jacks. The pontoon leg had a 

diameter of 15.85 meters and a length of 

74.7 meters and had to be lifted up some 

46 meters, then shifted sideways. It then 

had to be held in place for three weeks for 

the installation work and during this hold 

time the system had to withstand 145 

km/h winds. We worked closely with the 

customer to minimize the impact on the 

rest of their operations on the site. 

Offshore 

Drilling rig overhaul From Newcastle to the Shetlands 

“All major equipment was 

removed from the rig” 

In Newfoundland Mammoet supported 

a maintenance overhaul of 

the Grand Banks drilling rig with a 

LR 11350 crawler crane with a 

capacity of 1,350 tons and a 

smaller crane. The project took 100 

days, during which time all major 

equipment was removed from the 

rig, overhauled and reinstalled. 

LOCATION: BULL ARM, 

NEWFOUNDLAND, CANADA 

JOB: MAINTENANCE WORK ON 

DRILLING RIG 

CHALLENGE: TIGHT SCHEDULE 

Mammoet UK transported a range of 

process equipment (pipe racks, support 

towers, modules, fractionator column, etc.) 

from a fabrication yard in Newcastle, on the 

River Tyne, to a construction site on the 

Shetland Islands. The total weight of the 

equipment was about 1,400 tons. At the 

yard we first weighed the equipment and 

then used 24 axle lines of SPMT to carry it 

to the cranes. We used several mobile 

telescopic cranes up to 1,200 tons and had 

to make some tandem lifts to load the 

equipment onto the vessel. The cargo was 

then transported to a terminal on the 

Shetland Islands, about two kilometers from 

the installation site. We unloaded the vessel 

and placed the equipment on support 

stools in a temporary staging area. Later we 

collected the units from the staging area, 

transported them to the site and undertook 

the installation. 

LOCATION: INGLESIDE, TEXAS, USA 

JOB: PONTOON LEG LIFT 

CHALLENGE: DIMENSIONAL CONSTRAINTS, 

HOLD TIME, ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS 

“During this hold time 

the system had to 

withstand 145 km/h 

winds” 

LOCATION: NEWCASTLE AND SHETLAND 

ISLANDS, UK 

JOB: TRANSPORT AND INSTALLATION 

CHALLENGE: TIGHT SCHEDULE

Offshore 

LOCATION: SINGAPORE AND BATAM, 

INDONESIA 

JOB: LOAD-OUTS, PULLING AND 

JACKING OPERATIONS 

CHALLENGE: THREE DIFFERENT 

LOCATIONS 

24 25 

“Careful 

scheduling of 

the equipment 

and crews” 

Successful push-up performances 

Early 2009 was a busy time for the jack, strand jack and ballast equipment and crews in 

Asia. We worked at three shipyards, in Singapore and Batam, which required careful 

scheduling of the equipment and crews. 

Within four months we undertook: 

• three weighing and jack-up jobs (9,000 -14,000 tons) using the 2,400 ton heavy jack-up 

system 

• four load-outs (14,000 - 18,000 tons) 

• six pulling and jacking operations using strand jacks and climbing jacks (3,000 - 5,000 

tons) 

In Singapore we launched the pontoons of a semi-submersible drilling rig and then 

skidded the 12,000 ton upper hull onto the pontoons. For the next rig we also jacked the 

upper hull up to 16.5 meters. 

In Batam we weighed a topside with 32 x 600 ton jacks and loadcells. We then loaded 

the 15,400 ton structure out using four 900 ton strand jacks and 36 ballast pumps, each 

with a capacity of 1000 m 3 /h. 

We finished with the jack-up and load-out of the MDPP topside in Singapore. It was first 

weighed and jacked up to 12 meters using 12 x 2,400 ton jacking towers. By the time it 

was loaded out the weight had increased to 18,000 tons and we used six 900 ton strand 

jacks to move it onto a semi-submersible.

in Asia 

Offshore

Offshore 

26 27 

Sophisticated Cranes 

Large jacket on the move 

Mammoet USA loaded out a 32,000 ton jacket with a length of 268 meters by pulling it 

onto a barge using four 900 ton strand jacks. The jacket had been fabricated some 

distance from the quay and had to be moved 440 meters which took three days, working 

around the clock. Obviously, a project of this magnitude required effective communications 

between our crew and the customer. Everything went smoothly and the customer 

was completely satisfied. 

LOCATION: ARANSAS PASS, TEXAS, USA 

JOB: LOAD-OUT 

CHALLENGE: LONG PULLING DISTANCE, 

32,000 TONS 

LOCATION: KRISTIANSAND, NORWAY 

JOB: INSTALLING SHIP CRANES 

CHALLENGE: HEAVY LIFTS 

Our customer in Kristiansand builds 

sophisticated knuckle-boom cranes 

with active heave compensation for 

the offshore industry. After erection 

and testing of a crane on a foundation 

onshore they once had to 

disassemble the crane to install it 

onboard a ship, using a harbor 

crane. This process was inefficient 

and time-consuming. 

Mammoet now uses a CC 2800-1 

to lift a complete knuckle-boom 

crane from the temporary foundation 

onto the ship where it is 

installed. This saves our customers 

a lot of time and money and also 

means that the ship spends less 

time in port. The heaviest lift so far 

was 467 tons: a special crane for a 

deep-sea research vessel. The customer 

is obviously satisfied with our 

work as they have just extended 

our contract for another year. 

“This saves our 

customers a lot of 

time and money” 

“Required effective 

communications”

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Mammoet Canada Eastern was contracted to receive, barge, transport, and erect 86 wind turbines for the Wolfe Island Wind Project. As the water 

around the Island is relatively shallow, all parts were first received and stored at the Port of Ogdensburg, New York. The turbines were then transferred 

onto barges and towed to Wolfe Island, a small island located in the St. Lawrence River between Canada and the USA, and subsequently 

transported about four kilometers to the 30-acre laydown yard on the Island. Due to the high volume and the limited timeframe, a huge amount of 

equipment and manpower was required to deliver the turbines. With the combined equipment fleet of Mammoet Canada and Mammoet USA, the 

job required 15 trucks, 17 cranes, 27 trailer combinations, and 62 field staff to move and erect 86 – 2.3 megawatt wind turbines consisting of 1,000 

items of oversize cargo. Stationed at Wolfe Island were Burnell Gerber, Transport Supervisor, Mammoet Canada Eastern, and Rob Binkley, Crane 

Operator, Mammoet Crane Inc.-East. Providing the engineering was Barend Schuring, Mammoet Canada Eastern. 

LOCATION: WOLFE ISLAND, ONTARIO, 

CANADA AND OGDENSBURG, NEW 

YORK, USA 


WIND TURBINES 

CHALLENGE: COMPLEX LOGISTICS 

Burnell Gerber aka Barney 

Three perspectives 

of the Wolfe Island 

Wind Project 

Burnell Gerber, 

Transport Supervisor 

Biggest Challenges 

As the Transport Supervisor on this job, it 

was my responsibility to do all I could to 

make our work sites as efficient and safe as 

possible and to ensure all groups of men 

worked together as a team. The barge 

unloading / reloading was at the top of my 

list. I also had to receive all other equipment 

coming to this laydown yard. Things got a 

little hectic at times. The yard crew and 

supervisor did a fantastic job in keeping up 

with all of this excitement. The St. Lawrence 

Seaway closed on December 21 because of 

ice conditions; therefore, all component 

barges were delivered by December 20. 

Barge work, transport, and yard crews all 

pulled together. Safety was always at the 

top of our list. Each morning we started our 

day in our lunch room trailer where we held 

our Toolbox Meeting. Each safety meeting 

started with the work on the barge. We also 

discussed the previous day’s activities and 

any problems encountered. The floor was 

always open for discussion. We all wanted 

to be on a winning team! 

Best Accomplishments 

Moving transformers in Vermont has to rate 

at the top of my list of ‘best accomplishments’. 

All work in the Northeast USA has 

been a testament to Mammoet’s ability to 

overcome some logistical nightmares. Over 

the years, I have had some great foremen. 

They took the time to show me how to do 

my work safely. They took the time to let me 

know what could really hurt me. Putting 

safety and people first means so much. 

Absolute Highlights 

When I think back to day one on this 

project, I wondered how we were going to 

get the job done with so many new guys! I 

realized how much I depended on those I 

have worked with before. They are so professional 

in performing their duties. With the 

help of competent operators, the new 

employees were shown how to do it the 

‘Mammoet way’. Work safely, work smart 

and have some fun! Our crew in the laydown 

yard was a well-oiled machine, 

though their workload was heavy. 

Rob Binkley, Crane 

Operator 


Upon being assigned to the Wolfe Island 

Project, I became responsible for mobilizing 

and demobilizing cranes, coordinating crane 

movements (including assembly and disassembly), 

and building crawler pads for 

cranes to stand on. In the down time, I also 

operated different types of cranes, including 

the CC 2800, LT 1550, AC 500 and LTM 

1300, for various parts of the turbine lifts. 

The safety and well-being of my fellow 

employees, as well as the crew and 

Rob Binkley 

28 29 Visit Mammoet’s

“Challenges, Accomplishments & Highlights” 

equipment, was the most important 

aspect of my work. 


Mobilizing and demobilizing multiple pieces 

of equipment on the same day safely 

was very rewarding to me. Normally it 

takes two days to relocate the CC 2800, 

but we completed the process in one day. 

There are many difficult movements while 

mobilizing / demobilizing equipment, and 

we always put the safety of the operators 

and crew first. 


In this region, it is a rare occurrence for 

operators to experience working with a 

CC 2800 crawler crane, so assembling a 

CC 2800 and safely and efficiently transporting 

the tracks and upperworks fully 

assembled on trailers with the transport 

crew is one of my highlights. Hoisting 

tower sections is always thrilling as well. 

Barend Schuring, 

Project Manager / 

Engineer 


Relating to the Wolfe Island Wind Project, 

my main objective as Project Manager / 

Engineer was to derive a plan to transport 

and install all components to their final 

locations in the best suitable way possible. 

Open communication was a key component 

of the project. I obtained a lot of 

feedback from the fieldworkers as well as 

from our office staff from our Canadian 

and USA offices regarding equipment 

availability and manpower, to name just a 

few. One of the main requirements of the 

customer was that one complete windmill 

unit fit on each barge load. Therefore, we 

needed to find a method to drive and 

position nine loaded trailers onto the barge 

without any ballasting. At the same time, 

we also needed to meet the requirements 

of the Ministry of Transportation for 

allowable axle loads. Therefore, it was 

necessary to produce the trailer configurations, 

a load-out / transport plan and a 

sea-fastening plan with calculations. 


I have been involved with some great jobs 

over the years, which includes lifting, loadout 

and installation of a 2,700 ton bridge 

in Providence, RI (USA) with two 91 meter 

barges, launching a 1,200 ton tug boat in 

New York and crane work in Canada 

(PTC, LR 11350, CC 6800). Those are the 

more impressive jobs. Some of the smaller 

jobs are actually also very challenging as 

you may be very limited in the amount of 

space to move about on site and very 

often within a time constraint. As I have 

always worked next to / together with the 

workers in the field and continue to have 

open communication with them, they are 

always eager to point out the areas where 

we can improve. Creating an engineering 

Barend Schuring 

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Three of our Red Men 

package with the fieldworkers’ input 

ensures smooth execution of the work. 

Every angle has been looked at and there 

should not be any surprises. In case 

something unexpected happens, conversation 

amongst my co-workers allows an 

easy solution to the problem. 


For me, the highlight of the project was to 

see it all come together as the project 

required a lot of manpower and equipment. 

As Mammoet Canada Eastern is not 

a huge office, we received assistance from 

our Western Canada and Houston offices. 

It was a great experience to see what we 

can do when we all work as one team 

(family).

Civil 

LOCATION: TRAPANI, SICILY, ITALY 

JOB: LOAD-OUT OF A CHEMICAL 

TANKER 

CHALLENGE: CONGESTED SITE 

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“ The customer’s 

fi rst project of 

this nature” 

Sicilian load-out 

A shipyard in Sicily built a 6,500 ton chemical tanker on level ground rather than in a 

dock or on a slipway. Mammoet loaded the ship (135 meters long, 26 meters wide) out 

onto a semi-submersible vessel. This required us to move the ship some 250 meters 

across the yard: just the job for 240 axle lines of SPMT. We also used winches and RoRo 

ramps for this project. Because of the limited space between the supports on which the 

ship was built and the restrictions of the site and semi-submersible, it was quite a 

challenge to arrange our equipment. However, it all went well and we left the site only 

eight days after our arrival. This was the customer’s first project of this nature and they 

were very satisfied with our service. 

“We also used 

winches and RoRo 

ramps”

The largest telescopic cranes together 

Hovercraft on a road trip 

In October 2008 we transported a hovercraft from Hay River to the Fort MacKay 

barge landing. In May 2009 we hauled it back to Hay River. We transported the 

hovercraft (almost ten meters wide, 18 meters long and weighing 50 tons) on an 

8-line Scheuerle trailer. On its 1,000 kilometer, ten day trip the load was escorted 

by four pilot trucks, one supervisor and two local police units. 

Beforehand we had undertaken a road survey and worked out a procedure with 

the Province of Alberta. We worked closely with the police to keep the rest of the 

traffic moving. The whole project went smoothly and we stuck to the daily 

schedules. 

South Africa is preparing for the FIFA 

World Cup 2010 and four new stadiums 

are being built. Mammoet, with its extensive 

experience in the construction of 

stadiums worldwide, assisted with construction 

of the Moses Mabidha Stadium 

in Durban and the Greenpoint Stadium in 

Cape Town. Both stadiums will host semifinals 

and hold 70,000 spectators each. 

Cuxhaven is developing a new site for the 

production of components for offshore wind 

farms. Mammoet was contracted to erect a 

600 ton gantry crane on this site. The crane 

has two main girders with a length of 72 

meters, weighing 250 tons each and a 155 

ton trolley. 

As the site was too small for lattice boom 

cranes, Mammoet used two LTM 11200s, 

the largest telescopic cranes in the world. 

By using the two cranes in different configurations 

we managed to deal with the geometrical 

properties of the loads and their 

lifting points. This project was a challenge 

because of the weight and size of the loads, 

the site conditions, the need for tandem lifts 

and the need to relocate the cranes. 

However, Mammoet’s detailed planning 

paid off and the crane was erected without 

any problems. 

“We stuck to the 

daily schedules” 

Ready for the FIFA World Cup 2010 

At the Moses Mabidha stadium, Mammoet 

lifted and placed 105 concrete columns of 

60 tons each for the frame of the stadium 

using a LR 1400 crawler crane. At the 

Greenpoint Stadium in Cape Town we 

worked together with the civil engineering 

contractor to lift and place 4,215 pre-cast 

elements (including 1,560 seating units). 

We were pleased to contribute to the first 

World Cup to be held in Africa. 

Civil 

LOCATION: CUXHAVEN, GERMANY 

JOB: ERECTING A LARGE DOCK CRANE 

CHALLENGE: SITE CONDITIONS, LOAD 

GEOMETRY 

LOCATION: HAY RIVER – FORT MACKAY, 

CANADA 

JOB: TRANSPORTING A HOVERCRAFT 

CHALLENGE: OVERSIZED LOAD, 

LONG DISTANCE, MANAGING TRAFFIC 

LOCATION: DURBAN AND CAPE TOWN, 

SOUTH AFRICA 

JOB: TWO STADIUMS 

CHALLENGE: WORKING SAFELY ON A TIGHT 

SCHEDULE IN A CROWDED AREA 

“We were pleased 

to contribute to 

the first World Cup 

to be held in Africa.”

Civil 

“The water rose 

by almost 600 mm 

in a week” 

“Help avoid delays 

to the launch 

schedule” 

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A joint effort 

The installation of this bridge was a joint 

effort by teams from Mammoet Benelux, 

Mammoet Maritime and Mammoet 

Germany. The bridge (90 meters long, 17 

meters wide, 620 tons) first had to be 

transferred from a high quay onto our 

barge. This required tall skid track supports 

on the barge, to align with the quay. 

We could adjust the supports by 200 mm 

Mammoet USA was contracted to install the 

massive steel towers that are part of the 

new Lightning Protection System at the 

Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, 

Florida. 

The lightning protection system diverts the 

surge of electrical current of lightning 

strikes away from the space shuttle. The 

system will provide better protection from 

lightning strikes and help avoid delays to 

the launch schedule. 

The three 181 meter steel and fiberglass 

towers were partially assembled horizontally 

on the ground, then lifted into the vertical 

position with the M 21000. This crane 

was fitted with a 103.6 meter main boom 

and 91.4 meter luffing jib. 

but due to the weather conditions the 

water rose by almost 600 mm in a week. 

Fortunately we could cope with that but 

the resulting high centre of gravity made 

the job quite a challenge. After loading the 

bridge onto the barge we moved it to the 

installation site where we positioned it with 

winches and installed the bridge on its 

foundations. 

Mammoet at Cape Canaveral 

LOCATION: HAVELBERG, GERMANY 

JOB: INSTALLING A BRIDGE 

CHALLENGE: UNEXPECTEDLY HIGH WATER 

LEVEL, HIGH CENTRE OF GRAVITY 

LOCATION: CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA, 

USA 

JOB: INSTALLING LIGHTNING PROTECTION 

TOWERS 

CHALLENGE: LIFTING AT A SPECIAL SITE

Complex container crane lift 

Mammoet supported the assembly and installation of a container crane 

at a quay on an inland waterway in the Netherlands. We first unloaded 

the crane sections from the trucks and positioned them to be welded 

into place. The lifting operations to assemble the crane were unusually 

complex and required no fewer than six cranes. Initially the main span 

(86 meters, 200 tons) was lifted to 37 meters. The crane legs were then 

lifted, positioned and fixed to the main span. Changes in the assembly 

sequence and weights more than 25% higher than originally quoted 

made this a particularly interesting job. Fortunately the expertise and 

flexibility of our employees ensured the successful completion of the 

project. 

LOCATION: VENLO, THE NETHERLANDS 

JOB: ASSEMBLING A CONTAINER CRANE 

CHALLENGE: COMPLEX LIFT, LAST-MINUTE CHANGES 

Skidding in Frisco 

Gantry on SPMTs 

In 2007 Mammoet USA replaced a section 

of the San Francisco Bay Bridge. As a follow-up 

to that project, Mammoet was 

asked to replace a second section. This job 

posed two major challenges: a much more 

complicated support structure than before, 

and spans 46 meters above ground. Sixtyeight 

sections of skid track and sixteen skid 

shoes were installed, together with approximately 

500 tons of steel structure and 32 

jacks for stabilizing both bridge spans. 

Within two hours the old bridge section 

(7.6 x 1.9 meters, 2,966 tons) was lifted off 

its bearings. Some connecting bracings 

were then removed and the section was 

then skidded 30 meters north and lowered 

onto supports. The new span, weighing 

3,168 tons, was then skidded into place in 

less than one day. 

“Within two hours the old 

bridge section was lifted 

off its bearings” 

Civil 

LOCATION: SAN FRANCISCO BAY BRIDGE, 

CALIFORNIA, USA 

JOB: SKIDDING A BRIDGE SECTION 

CHALLENGE: COMPLEX SUPPORT STRUC- 

TURE, 45 METERS ABOVE GROUND LEVEL 

Mammoet installed three bridge sections across railway tracks in Berlin. We used 

a whole range of equipment for this job: SPMTs, a gantry, a crane and skid tracks. 

The work went very quickly but we then had to change our plans as the customer 

changed the work schedule. The site was quite constricted and there was a bend 

in the SPMT route, leaving us with only a 200 mm gap on each side. However, the 

whole project went well and was completed on schedule and to the satisfaction 

of the customer. 

LOCATION: BERLIN, GERMANY 

JOB: INSTALLING THREE BRIDGE SECTIONS 

CHALLENGE: SHORT TIME WINDOWS, 

SCHEDULE CHANGES

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34 35 

Mammoet Shipping and the 

Mammoet Heavy Lift Terminal 

Mammoet is well-known for providing engineered heavy lifting and transport 

solutions throughout the world. To support these operations we have several 

divisions which provide specialist services, not only to Mammoet companies 

but also to external customers. 

Global activities Mammoet Shipping 

To provide our worldwide lifting and transport 

services, we first have to get our 

equipment onto the job site. 

Consequently, we have built up an extensive 

shipping operation which can deliver 

both routine and unusual loads anywhere 

in the world, at the right time and at the 

right price. That expertise is also available 

to external customers. 

Mammoet Shipping provides the following 

worldwide services: 

• Chartering 

• Forwarding 

• Air freight 

• Customs clearance 

For our customers, working with 

Mammoet Shipping means working with 

one supplier who handles the whole operation, 

from factory to foundation. We also 

provide a full range of engineering and 

management services and can arrange 

seamless multimodal transport to reduce 

delays in ports. Customers also benefit 

from our purchasing power which results 

in lower overall costs. 

Cargo types: 

• Break bulk 

• Containers 

• RoRo 

• Heavy loads 

Vessel types: 

• Heavy lift vessels 

• Conventional vessels 

• Coasters 

• Pontoons 

• Inland navigation vessels 

• Ferries 

Mammoet Heavy Lift Terminal (HLT) 

The HLT is located right next to the 

Mammoet head office in Schiedam, and is 

the home base for a wide range of our 

heavy equipment. Its central location in 

the Port of Rotterdam makes work much 

easier and is also attractive to external 

customers using the terminal. The HLT is 

certified to VCA** (safety), ISO 9001 

(quality) and ISPS (security). 

The terminal has its own 250 metric ton 

crane and larger mobile cranes, trailers 

and SPMTs are available from the 

Mammoet fleet, while Mammoet Maritime 

can provide pontoons, sheerlegs, etc. 

There are two quays with a total length of 

900 meters and a water depth of up to 9.5 

meters. There is a 20,000 m2 open storage 

yard and we can provide covered storage 

when required. The terminal also has facilities 

to support RoRo operations. 

The HLT is always busy as it is used both 

by Mammoet and external customers. Of 

course, this means that our people at the 

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Synergy 

Mammoet Shipping and the HLT are an 

excellent match. Obviously, our customers 

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break-bulk cargo for which Mammoet 

Shipping can arrange transport. 

Furthermore, they can store and assemble 

heavy components on the site and prepare 

them for transport. Our highly-skilled personnel 

can assist with these operations. 

Some examples of the cargo we have 

handled and assembled: generators, 

transformers, ship’s engines, reactors, 

container handling cranes, wind turbines, 

etc. 

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Mammoet Salvage 

now provides emergency 

response services 

Mammoet Salvage tackles major challenges. After building up a strong position 

in wet salvage over the past three years, Mammoet’s salvage division is 

now also providing dry salvage services, better known as “emergency 

response services”. This means that Mammoet Salvage can now offer a full 

range of salvage services worldwide, with all the synergy benefits associated 

with being a subsidiary of the worldwide leader in heavy lifting and transport. 

In August 2009, Mammoet Salvage rendered 

salvage services and extinguished 

the fire on a 70,246 dwt product tanker. 

The casualty was carrying 58,000 tons of 

naphtha when it got fire after a collision 

with another vessel in the Strait of 

Malacca. A salvage team consisting of 

firefighting experts made their way to the 

casualty and air freight containers with 

specialist salvage and fire fighting equipment 

were shipped from the Netherlands 

and reached their destination within 24 

hours. Fokko Ringersma, Managing 

Director of Mammoet Salvage, explained 

why that was essential: “Emergency 

response is an activity where every 

second counts. It is essential that both our 

salvage crew and their equipment arrive 

on site as soon as possible. It is good to 

see that after all our efforts, to build an 

organization which can respond instantly 

are paying off.” 

“When every 

second counts” 

Wide range 

Ringersma continued: “Partly due to the 

fast response and good organization, the 

salvage operation went well. This operation 

required the full range of emergency 

response activities. Fire fighting, refloating 

and eventually an Ship to Ship transfer of 

the remaining cargo to another vessel 

using special pumps and portable inert 

gas generators. 

In addition a full range of oil spill response 

equipment was mobilized as a precaution 

to deal with any environmental incidents. 

All in all, this was an operation covering 

many aspects of salvage, which Mammoet 

Salvage proofed capable of. We are certainly 

on the right track to establish our 

reputation as a serious provider of emergency 

response operations.” 

Complex challenges 

Even before this operation, Mammoet 

Salvage had undertaken several successful 

LOCATION: STRAITS OF MALACCA, 20 MILES 

FROM PORT DICKSON, MALAYSIA 

JOB: SALVAGE OPERATION 

CHALLENGE: EXTINGUISHING THE FIRE AND 

STABILIZING THE SHIP BEFORE FUEL AND 

CARGO MIGHT SPILL INTO THE SEA 

emergency response jobs, but this 

was the first project of this scale 

and complexity. Major challenges, 

as well as wet salvage and wreck 

recovery, are the specialty of 

Mammoet Salvage. In that sector, 

Mammoet Salvage has built up a 

name as an expert and innovative 

partner which has contributed new 

forms of cooperation as well as 

groundbreaking technology to the 

industry. Mammoet Salvage tackles 

a wide range of projects, but has a 

preference for technically complex 

salvage operations. Ringersma 

explained: “We try to distinguish 

ourselves with projects which 

demand sophisticated technical 

solutions. The more complex, the 

better. That’s what we are 

really interested in.” For technical 

support they can also call upon the 

large engineering department of the 

24/7 Emergency...

473 sealed bags of gold and silver mineral concentrate 

Mammoet parent company. This 

allows Mammoet Salvage to 

propose smart solutions to make 

salvage operations safer, better for 

the environment, quicker, less 

expensive and sometimes a 

combination of these aspects. The 

recovery of the gold and silver concentrate 

from the Polar Mist which 

sank off the coast of Argentina, and 

the recovery of a tanker truck and 

oil cabinet from a depth of 360 

meters in the Robson Bight 

(Canada) are two excellent examples 

from 2009. 

Trust 

Smart solutions are Mammoet 

Salvage’s calling card. Another 

clear proof is the company’s plan 

for salvaging the U-864, a German 

submarine which was sunk off the 

Norwegian coast towards the end 

of the Second World War. Ringersma: 

“There are two large sections of the wreck, 

at a depth of 150 meters, which need to 

be removed soon. They contain 67 tons of 

mercury in several hundred metal containers, 

which are slowly corroding. This 

extremely toxic cargo is like a timebomb, 

which could lead to serious environmental 

damage in this rich Norwegian fishing 

area. All the major salvage companies in 

the world were bidding for this salvage 

contract, which was eventually awarded to 

Mammoet. We developed a unique solution 

using remotely controlled equipment 

and systems developed specially for this 

project, to meet all the requirements. The 

Norwegian authorities opted for 

Mammoet’s solution as it was the most 

innovative, and safest in terms of the environment. 

If the Norwegian parliament 

approves the plans, then Mammoet 

Salvage will undertake this project in the 

summer of 2011. The Norwegians trust our 

call +31 (0)10 204 24 45 

Smart solutions, united experience 

solution. And trust is what this industry is 

all about. In that respect, this year we 

have made a real step forward by not just 

talking about our motto ‘Smart solutions, 

united experience’ but also putting it into 

practice.” 

“We developed a 

unique solution using 

remotely controlled 

equipment and systems 

developed specially for 

this project” 

Marine 

LOCATION: ROBSON BIGHT NEAR 

VANCOUVER ISLAND, CANADA 

JOB: INNOVATIVE DEEP WATER SALVAGE 

OPERATION 

CHALLENGE: WATER DEPTH OF 360 

METERS, STRONG CURRENTS AND POOR 

WEATHER CONDITIONS 

LOCATION: 40 MILES FROM THE COAST OF 

SOUTHERN ARGENTINA, IN A WATER DEPTH 

OF 80 METERS 

JOB: RECOVERY OF GOLD AND SILVER 

MINERAL CONCENTRATE 

CHALLENGE: POOR WEATHER CONDITIONS, 

STRONG CURRENTS AND POOR VISIBILITY 

Fokko Ringersma

Marine 

LOCATION: THE KENNEDYBRÜCKE IN BONN, 

GERMANY 

JOB: INSTALLING A BRIDGE PART 

CHALLENGE: CURRENTS IN THE RIVER 

RHINE 

38 39 

“ A defi nite 

advantage” 

A new name for a familiar face: 

Mammoet Maritime 

Early in 2009, the name BTS (maritime salvage, lifting and transport specialists) 

was changed to Mammoet Maritime. The name was changed to make 

Mammoet’s ambitious maritime subsidiary more recognizable, especially 

internationally. “If you present a Mammoet business card in other countries, 

it takes much less time to explain who you are, and what you do.” 

BTS was a strong brand name on the 

Dutch home market, but didn’t fit in so 

well with the rest of the Mammoet group. 

The brand certainly had a long history 

behind it. “That’s why we kept that identity 

for so long”, explained Managing Director 

Jaap Scheffer. The ambitions of the 

maritime services company meant that the 

time was right for a name with more international 

impact. “The new name should 

communicate that we are part of 

Mammoet, with all the synergy benefits 

you expect. And that underlines our 

strength: the ability to offer a full range of 

services. Mammoet can arrange combined 

lifting and transport services, by sea and 

by land. All that’s available under one 

name, in one package. In this way we can 

distinguish ourselves from other contractors, 

who offer some of these services, but 

not a comprehensive package. 

Together with other Mammoet 

companies we can handle turnkey 

projects and factory-to-foundation 

solutions, including maritime 

operations.” 

Coastal waters and the 

offshore industry 

Mammoet Maritime has long operated 

on the inland waterways and 

major rivers of Europe and is now 

expanding into maritime services. 

Scheffer continued: “We now also 

cover coastal waters and the offshore 

industry. We are investing in 

people and equipment, such as 

‘All-round service

LOCATION: PORT OF ROTTERDAM, THE 

NETHERLANDS 

JOB: MOORING THE SS ROTTERDAM AT HER 

FINAL MOORING PLACE 

CHALLENGE: THE FLEXIBLE MOORING 

SYSTEM CAN MOVE UP AND DOWN WITH 

THE SHIP 

coastal tugs and a new seagoing 

pontoon, to handle transport, lifting 

and installation projects at sea. 

Specifically, that could include the 

installation of wind farms and drilling 

rigs. With our new equipment 

we can operate up to 30 miles off 

the coast, and also further away 

from our base.” Using the new 

equipment, Mammoet Maritime can 

now work in the extended coastal 

area from the North of Spain, along 

France, Belgium, the Netherlands, 

Germany, Denmark, all the way to 

Poland. And these are all countries 

where Mammoet is a familiar name. 

“Our new name is much more 

meaningful to international customers. 

If you present a Mammoet 

business card in other countries, it 

takes much less time to explain 

who you are, and what you do.” 

Customized solutions 

Mammoet Maritime has already built up a 

reputation on the inland waterways and 

rivers of Western Europe as a contractor 

who can provide a customized solution for 

any maritime challenge. Solutions which 

can combine salvage, transport and lifting 

operations with installation, maintenance, 

storage and transshipping, emergency 

response operations and pollution remediation. 

In the past year Mammoet 

Maritime has been active in all these 

fields. Our operations even extended into 

the heartland of Europe, with the removal 

and installation of a large bridge across 

the Danube, at Tulln in Austria. Mammoet 

Maritime also installed a number of 

bridges in Germany. Additionally the company 

has undertaken a range of transport 

projects, such as shipping large yachts 

and gas turbines and transporting large 

vessels from Germany to the UK. During 

the overhaul of a power station in Lelystad 

Transport, heavy lift and salvage services 

(the Netherlands), Mammoet Maritime 

handled the transport of all large components 

and was an important element in the 

overall Mammoet package for this project. 

Mammoet Maritime is a part of the Marine 

division, which also includes Mammoet 

Salvage, Mammoet Shipping and the 

Mammoet Heavy Lift Terminal. This is 

another step in the development of 

Mammoet as a comprehensive supplier of 

multimodal lifting and transport solutions, 

with a range of operations which fit 

together perfectly. For example, the deep 

sea salvage work undertaken by 

Mammoet Salvage is complemented by 

Mammoet Maritime who provide salvage 

services on inland waterways. Scheffer 

concluded: “We have long been a full part 

of the business, and our name now underlines 

that. And that’s a definite advantage.” 

in coastal waters and inland waterways’ 

Marine 

Jaap Scheffer

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Power 

page 16 

Offshore 

page 26 

Civil 

page 32 

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World 

Mammoet was awarded the contract for the transportation and the installation of two 

HDS Reactors at a refinery in Lithuania. Both reactors, with a length of 32 meters and a 

weight of 515 tons, had to be transported over a route of 155 kilometers from the port 

of Klaipeda to the site. 

Multimodal transportation of a reactor (520 tons) by Mammoet Venezuela. 


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The heavy lifting and transport specialist 

Mammoet is the world’s leading tailor-made heavy lifting and multimodal 

transport solutions specialist. Our core business is the transport, shipping, 

installation (including horizontal and vertical positioning) and removal of heavy 

or large objects, to and from any location, onshore and offshore. Maintenance 

lifting services and plant stops and the worldwide trade in new and used 

equipment are also one of Mammoet’s core activities. Mammoet’s activities are 

focused on the petrochemical industry, civil engineering projects, the power 

generation sector, offshore and marine projects. The engineering skills, 

experience, thousands of highly skilled professionals and a vast fl eet of stateof-the-art 

equipment, combined with high quality and safety standards, have 

made Mammoet a market leader, setting trends and records around the world. 

“ Mammoet’s objective: to be the best full-service 

provider of engineered heavy-lifting and multimodal 

transport in the global market – for the benefit of 

our customers, shareholders and employees.” 

Petrochemical 

Mammoet’s operations in 

the petrochemical and 

chemical industries largely 

relate to maintenance work, 

the replacement of plant 

modules, complete overhauls 

and the expansion or 

construction of production 

sites. 

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For more information and addresses all over the world, please visit our website. 

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Power 

Mammoet has established 

a formidable reputation for 

itself in all parts of the 

power industry, from fossil 

fuel and nuclear plants to 

facilities using renewable 

energy sources. 

Offshore 

Mammoet’s activities in the 

offshore industry include 

the accurate and safe 

implementation of transport 

solutions by land and by 

water, load-ins and loadouts, 

and the assembly 

of extremely large and 

heavy items. 

Civil 

Experience of multimodal 

transport by road, rail and 

water, together with equipment 

for lifting, skidding 

and jacking heavy loads 

ensure Mammoet’s position 

as a full-service provider in 

the market for civil projects 

and infrastructure works. 

Marine 

Mammoet offers specialist 

heavy lifting and transport 

services at sea, in coastal 

waters and on inland waterways. 

With the division, 

Mammoet Salvage, and the 

subsidiary, Mammoet 

Maritime, Mammoet has 

proven its ability throughout 

the world. 

Global service, local presence 

Mammoet has clients and projects in all 

parts of the world. To keep the lines of 

communication short and to stay abreast 

of the local markets, Mammoet has 

operating companies throughout Europe, 

the Americas, Africa, the Middle East, 

Asia and Australia. Global or complicated 

projects and global logistics are handled 

centrally from our home base in Schiedam, 

the Netherlands. As much as possible 

everything else is handled locally. This 

structure enables us to act swiftly, effectively 

and cost-efficiently in your local 

market, while offering the benefit of a 

central knowledge and experience center 

for more demanding aspects and projects. 


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