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Civil<br />
LOCATION: TRAPANI, SICILY, ITALY<br />
JOB: LOAD-OUT OF A CHEMICAL<br />
TANKER<br />
CHALLENGE: CONGESTED SITE<br />
30<br />
31<br />
“ The customer’s<br />
fi rst project of<br />
this nature”<br />
Sicilian load-out<br />
A shipyard in Sicily built a 6,500 ton chemical tanker on level ground rather than in a<br />
dock or on a slipway. <strong>Mammoet</strong> loaded the ship (135 meters long, 26 meters wide) out<br />
onto a semi-submersible vessel. This required us to move the ship some 250 meters<br />
across the yard: just the job for 240 axle lines of SPMT. We also used winches and RoRo<br />
ramps for this project. Because of the limited space between the supports on which the<br />
ship was built and the restrictions of the site and semi-submersible, it was quite a<br />
challenge to arrange our equipment. However, it all went well and we left the site only<br />
eight days after our arrival. This was the customer’s first project of this nature and they<br />
were very satisfied with our service.<br />
“We also used<br />
winches and RoRo<br />
ramps”
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