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Does the mission statement make any sense?“The mission statement keeps us eager to improvecontinuously our performance, personally and as ateam that has versatile and fascinating equipmentto its disposal. For many jobs, it is required thatwe can act quickly with short lead times. This isthe main reason that our organizational architec-ture counts for regional building blocks, or busi-ness units that are fairly autonomous. They man-age their own staff, equipment, network and otherassets. Customers may remind us to our missionstatement at any time, thus pushing us to the bestsolutions and performance we can offer.”

So Mammoet should be looked upon as a‘federation’?“Not really. If we only had the regional businessunits, like in the Americas, Europe, the MiddleEast or Asia, our results would have been only afar cry from what we are now. This is becausethere is a flexible ‘glue’ between and over thesebusiness units. Many big jobs have intercontinen-tal dimensions that cannot be managed from justone regional unit. This is where Mammoet Globalcomes in. It serves both as director for interconti-nental projects and as fallback support for region-al branches. For instance when exceptional equip-ment is required that only generates revenue ifapplied worldwide. Just because of MammoetGlobal, any customer can get any type of requiredequipment and specialists, even if it does notbelong to the regional fleets.”

What is the trend in intercontinental projects?“I would summarize this as ‘from factory to foun-dation’. Think of power generators or steam drumsthat are manufactured in Europe, and must be puttogether in the States. Imagine parts of offshoreplatforms that are constructed around the world,but will be assembled into one structure at someyard, or at some location in shallow seas.Remember the huge investments in ‘green energy’generation with windmills. All those projects needtransportation and lifting solutions, synchronizedwith many operations around the world. In fact, if

we have the ambition to increase our added valuein the customer’s chain, we must have the capaci-ty for world wide project management. As such,Mammoet Global can be considered as the spineof our company, with regional business units asour head, arms and legs.”

Can you indicate what it means to become‘the best full service provider’ as indicated in the mission statement?“It means our ambition is to be the best partnerfor our customers they can imagine, solving anylifting or transport issue. With being the best, I emphasize to be the best in the range of avail-

able equipment, the best in know-how, crews,engineering and maintaining high safety stan-dards. Moreover, we push these aspects continu-ously. Take for instance the safety standards. By having a constant focus on quality and safetyimprovement throughout our organization,processes and procedures, we are certified toexecute very specialized lifting and transport jobsin challenging circumstances. Like live petro-chemical plants and nuclear power stations.Safety is priority number one and thus the foundation of our ambition to be the best in class.”

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Introduction

As I walk alongthe beach of myfavourite Dutchisle Ameland, in a rare off dutymoment, manythoughts come

into my mind. It has really been an incredible year, just after theestablishment of Mammoet new style.

So many fascinating results havebeen achieved and of course thesalvage of the Kursk has broughtus in the focal point of the inter-national press. Yet, I wonder: why us?

I mean, the world is so big, and ishome to so many brilliant peoplein any branch you can imagine.What is it, really, that we apparent-ly can offer whilst working at thecutting edge of our business?It’s a basic question. Despite theroaring of the waves breaking onthe beach, the wind that blowsaround and the eerie sounds ofseagulls that seem to play on thedivision between water and air, noeasy answer pops up. Of course we have skilled and experiencedcrews around the world. Of coursewe invest in state of the art equip-ment, in innovative developments,in networks and contacts. But these are only pieces and bits of the answer.

At some distance a big crab fightsits way through the white foam tothe beach. It chases a small crea-ture I cannot identify. Poor littlefellow. He did not make it. And suddenly … that’s it! Imaginethe little one to have grown bypredating even smaller organismsthat in their turn probably feed onmicroscopic plankton. I just witnessed one act in an end-less chain, and even the big onecould end up on my plate tonightin that cozy fish restaurant. The food chain. Chains!

Mammoet as such, with equip-ment, staff, engineers and assets,acts like a chain, but also offers avital part in the chain of its cus-tomers. As long as our part is notthe weakest, we continue to add

value. Whether it concerns theconstruction or renewal of petro-chemical plants, power stations,civil works, wind mills or even thatsalvage of the Russian submarineKursk, our secret comes down to the value adding chain. My personal mission, alike withthat of all my colleagues is to offertailor made solutions for any chal-lenge in the heavy lifting andtransport business.

This best solution must be safe,feasible, executable and reason-able in price. So, for any customer,we determine the best fitting mixof engineering, equipment, capaci-ty, crews, technology, adaptationsand skills. Because the availablerange within all these assets is sovast, we are able to act worldwide

at the specialists forefront solvingthe most difficult problems, in parallel to many clients thatrequire standardized off the shelvesolutions. Both require the bestsupport in their respective circumstances.

The crab finished its meal. Sure, the little fellow will never beheard of anymore. Yet, it played itspart in the life cycle, the endlesschain of processing and renewalof life. Strange as it may sound,the crab applied maintenance toitself. Otherwise, he’ll lose hisstrength, and become prey itself.

That’s another lesson: to stay the strongest part of the chainrequires maintenance of yourassets, of people, equipment,

networks. Recent developmentsthat you will find in this issue willillustrate what I mean.

I shiver as gusts of rain pour downfrom heavy clouds that rush alongthe sky. A lesson learned in theloneliness under the wide-openskies. Time to return for some personal maintenance in a warm, cozy place…

Frans van Seumeren,President & CEO Mammoet.

Mammoet Global: spine of the company

To be the best fullservice provider in the global mar-ket for engineeredheavy lifting andmultimodal trans-port, for the benefit of our

customers, shareholders andemployees.

A bold Mission Statement that perfectly embodies the Mammoetambitions. However, words are easily written down.

How do you achieve this goal? Roderik van Seumeren, Managingdirector of Mammoet Europe andMammoet Global, admits thatputting forward a statement doesn’tnecessarily mean that you are that ‘best global player’.

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The Kursk salvage: the ‘impossible’ job

Transport of the Bollard

Early in January 2002, Mammoet inaugurated its new head officein Schiedam, at the former Wilton Feyenoord premises. The landmark structure, named The Bollard, is remarkable in many respects. It was completely pre-fabricated at Grootint inZwijndrecht, some tens of kilometers upstream of the Maas River.Of course, Mammoet itself executed the load-out and transportfrom the yard to its final location. Within weeks after the delivery,

the plug & play building was ready toreceive the Mammoet staff.

How do you transport such an extraor-dinary building? It’s a matter of engi-neering. For instance, Mammoetdesigned a special cradle that couldabsorb all dynamic loads during the

transport. This structure resembles a giant wheel with 14 spokes.It accommodated the 2500 tonnes building while 128 axle lines of self propelled SPMTs could be maneuvered underneath. Before starting the tow, the steel cradle was fixed to the pontoon,while 50% of the load remained on the SPMTs that were arrangedin 9 rows. A major obstacle was the Botlek Bridge. In order toclear its top frame, leaving a margin of only 90 centimeters, thepontoon had to be ballasted temporarily. At that time, the tide wasat its lowest. The voyage from Grootint to the new Mammoetpremises took only one day to complete. Ahead of schedule, thestructure was lowered within 2 millimeters of margin onto the foundation. For Mammoet, this unique transport of the first ever‘offshore built building’ was the second highlight in one week. It was achieved in the same week the Kursk was lifted.

More than 60 international journal-ists reported minutely on the salvageof the Russian submarine Kursk.Among them representatives of AP,Itartass, AFP, Reuters, CNN. Whatthen, is there to be told yet, thathasn’t been told before? A projectunique in history, exhilarating from a technical point of view. But at thesame time the final stage of atragedy that took the lives of 118seamen, leaving so many in griefand despair. Mammoet World askedJan van Seumeren, Technical direc-tor and Jan Kleyn, Principal engi-neer, both part of Mammoet’sProduct and Development depart-ment which designed the technicalsalvage concept, to briefly reflect onthe Kursk.

“We often work on special devicesthat are required to expand theMammoet equipment fleet, or thatare needed to address a very specif-ic challenge. Recently we completedengineering and the construction ofthe Jumping Jack (see back cover,ed.). But the Kursk salvage willalways stay in our minds as an out-standing project. Right from thebeginning, we were convinced thatwe could do the job since we quick-ly outlined a concept that wouldwork. The 9000 tonnes of the Kurskwas no exceptional mass, nor wasthe depth of 108 meters. In fact, our

tremendous experience in all kindsof heavy lifting and transport shouldbe enough asset to come up with afeasible idea. However, since thiswas offshore lifting, we needed areliable partner that could provide uswith a stable platform or pontoon,together with tug capability. This iswhere our partner Smit comes in.But the lifting concept was engi-neered here. After initial inspectionsit became clear that we could lift the main body of the wreckage byattaching plugs onto its hull. Toexplain it simpy: these plugs worksimilarly as the one you may applyat home to attach an object to thewall. Insert these and they automati-cally clamp firmly. In this case, theplugs penetrated the holes that werecut in the hull and then deployclamps that stay fixed under theships steel frame. The plugs wereconnected with bundles of steelcables to strand jacks. We calculat-ed that 26 plugs, strategically dis-tributed over the top of the hull,were sufficient. Lifting power was noproblem at all. We expected that,apart from 9000 tonnes for the

wreckage, possibly another 3000tonnes was needed to get the struc-ture unlocked from the muddyseabed. But our redundancy was farmore than these estimates. In fact,we simulated many different scena-rios with an advanced computermodel and from this we learnedwhat the margins were. Each strandjack could be operated independent-ly, synchronized with computer con-trol. This gave enough margins tocounteract dynamical loads, shouldthey develop in the hull. The most challenging aspect was of course the weather. Huge wavescould impair the lifting process. To compensate the effect of theswell at sea, we designed a kind ofcomputer controlled shock absorber.This allowed us to control the ten-sion on each cable dynamically du-ring the lift. The Kursk came loosemore easily than we expected andthe operations as such, includingclamping her under the pontoonGiant 4, went without any incident.However, it was the first time thatwe lifted a load that we could notsee at all!”

From the Kursk salvage scrapbook

Mammoet issued an internal magazine to highlight the processing of the Kursksalvage for all its employees. A fragment of this unique story represents a tribute to all who contributed to this operation.

On Sunday 7 October 2001, all plugs have been put in place. The load on thestrand jacks is gradually increased. We now enter the most delicate part of theoperation. The Kursk has sunk almost two meters into the mud. Very prudentlifting is needed and that can be achieved with the advanced computer con-trolled system that manages the load on all jacks. At the moment that all jacksapply 150 tonnes of power, a small shock is felt onboard the Giant 4. Insidersknow what this means: the Kursk is about to come loose. That night, at 1.45 amCentral European Time, the Kursk rises from the sea floor, letting the Giant 4 to sink a little deeper into the water. The feeling of relief and joy is hard to catchin words. Everybody knows that, once in the grip of the plugs and jacks ofMammoet, from now on nothing will go wrong. The lifting operations slowly pro-ceed the next day and that evening, the Kursk is secured under the pontoon.Let’s go to Murmansk! This implied the final stage of bringing the Kursk home.We had to deliver the hull in a giant floating dry dock. We knew in advance thedraft of the Giant / Kursk combination to exceed the limit to sail into this dock.In effect, we had to lift the combination about 7 meters. At a Russian shipyard,two 100 meter long semi-submersible pontoons were readied in just 9 weeks!Named after the wives of Frans and Jan van Seumeren, Gon and Mar, the pon-toons were positioned at both sides of the Giant / Kursk and lifted the stack asplanned. On 21 October, the final stages are completed. Supported by 12 tugs,countless Russian sailors that pull ropes and supervised by dozens of navy offi-cials, the Kursk reaches her final destination. She’s lowered onto stoppings inthe dock, after which the plugs retract. A crown of flowers rests on the Kursk, in memory of those that finally came home.

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Trends in the market

Although thegrowth in worldmarkets tended todecrease last year,accelerated by theunfortunate eventsof 11 September

2001, many manufacturers of petro-chemical products maintained theircompetitive edge. Many are consid-ering and realizing substantial expan-sions, especially in the Middle East.The general tendency is to increasethe scale of production plants both inexisting and new development sites.As a result the number and scale ofrequired equipment, like vessels,reactors, flare stacks and others,increases as well. Thus, this largerand heavier equipment needs match-ing facilities for transport and lifting,all the way from their fabrication siteto the final foundations. Mammoet’sversatile fleet of cranes, transportvehicles and specialized systems forjacking, skidding and ballasting per-fectly matches the needs. Among theMammoet fleet are the five largestand strongest cranes in the world. It should be noted that the factory-to-foundation services not onlyrequire suitable transport and liftingequipment, but also a well organizedworldwide logistics. These mega-projects are not limitedto regional boundaries, but ofteninvolve many (sub)contractors locat-ed around the world. Moreover, whenengineers and construction expertsunderstand that heavy and largeitems are transportable and andliftable they can design new develop-ments around our equipment or,when we are aware of major newdesign developments, Mammoet candevelop special handling devices. We should consider the develop-ments in the Middle East as anexample. The largest petrochemicalprojects are currently found in SaudiArabia, Qatar, Iran and Kuwait. Saudi Arabia and Kuwait havebecome global players and continueto increase the size and efficiency oftheir plants are improving theiralready solid market position.Activities in Oman, Bahrain andYemen are also picking up pace.Mammoet closely observes thesemarket developments and will antici-pate construction work loads to havethe right equipment in place forheavy transport and lifting projects.

Robin Koenis, Commercial Manager Middle East.

Highlight

Our customer realizes the PO-11 project for the joint venture Lyondell /Bayer. It is a complex project, inwhich Mammoet participated withseveral contracts to provide cranes,transport equipment and riggingcrews for of jobs like the constructionof foundations, the installation of piperacks, steel constructions, piping andthe installation of storage tanks. A specialty was the EquipmentErection Contract, covering the com-plete logistics of approximately 400

items, up to 390 t. It comprisesoffloading in the adjacent harbour,transport to the site, storage on a lay-down area and the final positioning ofthese items, including shimming andalignment. Mammoet constructed aspecial transport road with steelplates, 950 meters long and 7 meterswide, to ease the SPMT transports.Also our CC 2800 was used to erect a 165 meter high flare stack.

Highlight

In March 2001, Mammoet received a request from the“Halt preparation Shell-Pernis” to prepare a plan forexchanging a regenerator head with cyclones, at a weightof 350 tons and a reactor in two parts, of 225 tons each.After preparing measurements and drawings, Mammoetinitially offered to execute this job with the CC-4800crane. But after meetings with Shell and engineeringbureau Jacobs, the weights were adapted and Mammoet was asked to replace the whole reactor. In mutual consultation, it was decided to apply the PTCcrane. This compact crane, with a high standard for safe-ty and capacity has the advantage that it can be erectedin very narrow spaces at refineries. Furthermore, thecrane still can install very heavy items at an enormousradius, which improves schedules and reduces sitemovements.

A short summary of the activities:1. Transfer of a 409 ton reactor, 285 ton regenerator

cyclone and a 35 ton airgrid with two 400 ton floatingderricks on SPMTs.

2. Transport of the reactor by means of 4 x 10 axle linesSPMTs, and turntables, transport of the regenerator bymeans of 2 x 12- axle lines SPMTs and transport of theairgrid by means of 8 axle lines SPMTs to temporarysupports.

3. Exchange of the existing parts.4. Lifting the new equipment from the temporary sup-

ports and installation at the foundations.

Shell stated that “the cooperation went very smoothly inevery stage of the project and the job was completed totheir satisfaction”.

Project PO-11 LyondellLocation Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Customer ABB Lummus Global B.V.Main equipment CC 2800, SPMTs

Full service provider at PO-11

Project DTC Shell PernisLocation Pernis / Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Customer Shell Nederland Raffinaderij B.V.Main equipment PTC, LR 1250, SPMTs

Having the best crane

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Highlight

Mammoet executed two projects at twoseparate plants of the company RuhrOel. The first project involved the trans-portation of a 440 t reactor, whichincluded a Ro-Ro operation from abarge in Dorsten. The reactor was thentransported 12 kilometers over publicroads to Scholven. Due to the dimen-sions (43 meters long, 7,5 meters wide),the transport of the reactor was under-taken during the night, this as alwaysattracted a large crowd. Our CC-2800 and a tailing frame placedon the SPMTs were used to position thereactor onto its foundation in the middleof a live plant.The second project included the installa-tion of column weighing 100 t at RuhrOels, Horst location. A LR-1450 and a130 t capacity tailing crane were riggedto lift the column successfully off itstransport to foundation. These activitieswere also executed in the middle of alive plant in a very congested area.

Highlight

Mammoet won a contract for the transport of tworeactors (220 and 280 t) from The Netherlands to theStatoil Refinery. The offloading at Sydhavn was exe-cuted with a 900 t sheerleg, hired by Kranringen.With SPMTs, the 40 meters long load was transport-ed from the harbor to the site, through the streets ofKalundborg. The actual erection of these reactorswas done by Kranringen with one of our CC 2600’swith 200 t superlift configuration, assisted by a 400 ttailing crane of Kranringen.

Highlight

Mammoet was awarded a contract for the trans-port of three reactors from Richardsbay toSecunda, a distance of 650 km. About 40 peoplesupported the transport, including police officers,teams for (dis)connecting power and telephonecables, and a crew for first aid and refreshments.The heaviest unit (268 Te) was 8 x 9, 10.5 meters.The convoy stretched over 100 meters and covered 34 axle lines of trailers. At a speed of 5 – 15 km/hr, the distance was covered in 9 days.

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Columns on the move

Project Kalundborg StatoilLocation Kalundborg, Denmark

Customer WiabMain equipment CC 2600, SPMTs

Through the streets of Kalundborg…

Project SecundaLocation Secunda and Richardsbay, South Africa

Customer Fluor DanielMain equipment 5 MAN 700 hp transport tractors, conventional trailers

From Richardsbay to Secunda

Highlight

Mammoet Italy won the contract for the transportover water and load-out of 8 tanks, using 24 axle lines of SPMTs at theEnichem plant in Ravenna. The water transport called for two consecu-tive barge trips with 4 tanks each. The load-out was done on a gasloading jetty and required high safety precautions. When a tank wasdue or berthed at the jetty, all operations were suspended. Upon unloading, six tanks were transported to a storage area at 250meter distance and delivered on temporary supports. The remaining twotanks were positioned directly on sand foundations. It was a challengeto keep the tight schedule as to prevent disruption of operations asmuch as possible. Mammoet succeeded with its professionalism andwell prepared crew that were working in double shift. Last but not least, the plant is located in a former swamp area and thusafter sunset, mosquitoes showed no mercy for our tired crew.

Project Hydrocracker / CD HydroLocation Gelsenkirchen, Germany

Customer Fluor Daniel, PonticelliMain equipment CC 2800, LR 1450, SPMTs

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Project Enichem Location Ravenna, Italy

Customer AllianiMain equipment SPMTs en barges

Tanks & gas

Project SM1 ModernizationLocation St. James, Louisiana

Customer Chevron Phillips Chemical CompanyMain equipment MSG-50 with 69 meter main boom and 43 meter jib, SPMTs

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Highlight This job was part of the customer’s Delayed Coker project. The Mammoet contract called for the loading onto barges of 65modules at two manufacturing sites near Maracaibo, Venezuela.Upon arrival at St. Croix, the modules were loaded in and transport-ed with SPMTs. The installation and setting of the items was execut-ed with the CC 12600 and a CC 4000 crane.

Project HovensaLocation St. Croix, US Virgin Islands

Customer Bechtel CorporationMain equipment CC 12600, CC 4000

New building at the Virgin Islands

Highlight A 670 t recycle column was transported, using two sets of double 14 axleline SPMTs. The transport was both over water and land. The remarkablelift required the application of our 2000 t tailframe that was supported with2 x 12 axle lines SPMTs during the lifting operations performed with thePlatform Twin Ring HD. Just prior to the lift, this crane could be commis-sioned after its arrival from the UK. It took less than 6.5 weeks for derig-ging the crane in the UK, the sea transport, inland transport to St. Jamesand erection of the crane.

Project AS 4202 RebuildLocation St. James, Louisiana

Customer Chevron Phillips Chemical CompanyMain equipment Platform Twin Ring HD, tailing frame, SPMTs

Highlight As part of a turnaround, the 33 meters high 450 t Vacuum Distillation Column (VDC) had to bereplaced. This critical piece of equipment processes half of the crude oil at the site. Benicia experts already figured out that a gantry lift system should be preferred as to comply with safetyrules applicable for the live plant. As Valero stated: “We wanted to ensure companies bidding on this job were 100 percent committed to the safety and success, like we are ourselves.” Mammoet was selected as contractor. The lift system comprised six tower sections and loadbeams, allowing north/south, east/west, up/down and rotation movements with the rectangular footprint of the structure. Each beam could handle 740 t, while loads to the soil were kept at a mini-mum, eliminating the need for counter weights.

Project Valero Vacuum Distillation ColumnLocation Benicia, California

Customer Valero Refining CompanyMain equipment Strand jacks, Gantry system, lifting beams

Committed to safety

Lifting record in Louisiana

Highlight

With a mass of 840 t and a radius of 59 meter, this lift set a world record forthe combined weight / radius-factor. For this project, Jumbo Shipping dis-patched the vessels from Mumbay, India.Mammoet won the contract for the load-inwith SPMTs and transported the construc-tions over the Mississippi dike to the site.The vessels were dressed at a storagearea and finally transported to their foun-dations where the MSG positioned themproperly.

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Platform Twin Ring HD with tailing frame

Highlight The Mammoet strand jack system was applied toinstall Rotary Breakers in one piece. Due to restrict-ed access, these objects could not be reached witha crane. In addition, Apron Feeders were alsoinstalled using the jacks. The severe cold weatherconditions posed challenges to both the equipmentand our crew.

Project Shell Muskeg Rover OilsandsLocation Ft. McMurray, Alberta

Customer Shell Albian Oil SandsMain equipment Strand jacks, gantry system

Strand jacks & Rotary Breakers

Highlight Mammoet Canada Western was chosen for this project due to its trackrecord and ability to meet project schedules within constraints of safety and professionalism. The job involved the road transport of 750 processmodules from fabricators in Edmonton and Calgary to the Shell downstreamproject located in Fort Saskatchewan and the Upstream Project location in Muskeg River. In addition, Mammoet performed the transport of largeCoolers, Vessels, Electrical equipment and Cogeneration equipment. The bulk of the oversized cargoes were transported by road betweenCalgary and Edmonton, plus subsequent road transport to and from the rail sidings.

Project Shell Athabasca I Location Scotford – Ft. Saskatchewan, Alberta

Customer Shell Downstream Upgrader Main equipment Specialized hydraulic trailers, prime movers

Transport problem? Canadian trailers!

Highlight Mammoet supplied heavy craneage and on site specialized transporta-tion systems for the exclusive onsite crane, rigging and transport ofitems, from start to finish. Thus, several large Reactors, PressureVessels, Flare Stacks, Coolers and Assembled Process Modules wereerected and / or installed. The craneage included a lift and lock gantrysystem, strand jack and gantry systems to complete the large scale specialized quantities of process equipment that had to be handled. The versatility of the PTC, moving on its own crawlers and supported by a CC 4800 as tailing device, was essential for Mammoet’s success. A remarkable fact is that all heavy lifts and transports were engineeredwell in advance around our fleet.

Highlight Mammoet won a contract to receivefour large reactors up to 4 meters indiameter, 34 meters long and with aweight of 372 t. Upon arrival in the Portof Montreal, these structures wereloaded onto heavy-duty 12 axle railcarswith large steel turntables, and securedfor their 4000 km long voyage toNorthern Alberta. Mammoet was alsohired to temporarily store the reactorson the quay. When available, the reac-tors were loaded onto the railcars witha high capacity skidding system.

The long journeyProject Suncor Millenium

Location Montreal, QuebecCustomer Suncor Energy

Main equipment Railcars, skidding system

Project Shell Athabasca IILocation Scotford – Ft. Saskatchewan, Alberta

Customer Shell Downstream Upgrader / Fluor DanielMain equipment PTC, CC 4800, CC 2800, SPMTs, strand jacks, gantry system

Engineering around Mammoet’s fleet

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Highlight As part of the construction of a new refinery, more than120 000 t of equipment has to be transported andinstalled. Among them are huge vessels of 900 t (2x), 600 tand 700 t. The items arrive in the Port of Guanta and aretemporarily stored at the customs premises. For mostitems (i.e. less than 70 t), Mammoet arranges road trans-port over 40 kms to the construction site at Jose. The oversized items travel by barge. Upon arrival, themodules are transported to a storage area awaiting furtherdressing. When ready, the Mammoet crane fleet supportsthe final erection and installation. Highlight is to see theCC 12600 move along for 4.5 kms with its load!

Project Hamaca Crude UpgradeLocation Guanta and Jose, Venezuela

Customer Fluor DanielMain equipment CC 12600, CC 2600, CC 1400, SPMTs

Installing 120 000 t of equipment

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Highlight Due to Mammoet’s rich history in Asia in general and Bintulu in particular, the company wasawarded a contract to provide extensive (heavy)lift and transport services for the expansionof the largest LNG facility in the World, the Bintulu LNG facility. Heavy lifts involved the instal-lation of the two largest columns of the project weighing 700 t each, with the Manitowoc M 1200. CC 4800 and CC 2600 crawler cranes lifted the remaining part of the approximately500 items in the heavy lift category. Besides this, some 20 crawler- and hydraulic cranesinstalled the smaller items.

The Bintulu project team consisted of 100 people which operated and maintained 30 cranesand more then 50 axle lines platform trailers. For this very large scale operation, a specialwork shop facility on site was set up, manned 14 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Project Bintulu LNG facilityLocation Bintulu, Malaysia

Client Kellog Brown & Root, JGC and Sime Engineering.Main Equipment Manitowoc M 1200, CC 4800 and CC 2600 crawler cranes, hydraulic cranes, platform trailers

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The largest facility in the World

Highlight Our customer constructs an expansion at the Masilla premises in the ‘inlands’ ofYemen. Mammoet was contracted for the transport of all heavy items, up to 100 t,that were delivered to the harbor of Mukalla in the United Arab Emirates. The roadfrom the harbor to the construction site is long, sometimes steep (up to 18% slope)and with many (hairpin) turns. Such winding and climbing roads make good andeasy communications between the drivers essential, such as when to shift a gear.The route passed tribal areas, requiring upfront permission of the tribal eldestbefore the transport could come along. To increase safety, the Mammoet transportwas served by the Yemeni army around the clock, an experience that became busi-ness as usual only after a few days. Our contract included the transport and jackingof the loads on the site, as to deliver them onto the foundations.

Highlight

The refinery partially exploded and isnow being repaired and refurbished.Mammoet is the responsible contractorfor all heavy lifts and transports on thesite and executes the erection of variouslarge items.

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Highlight The contract calls for receiving 12 heavy loads up to 160 tin the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the transport to a stor-age area, the reloading of the equipment onto barges andall necessary RoRo-operations. The equipment, from Korea,Germany and Italy arrived by heavy lift ships in Port Rashidor Jebel Ali Port both in Dubai. The cargo in ‘Port Rashid’ istransported 26 kilometer over land to Jebel Ali, stored andreloaded prior to the transport across the Persian Gulf toAssaluyeh, Iran.

Highlight

Mammoet is responsible for the supervision of all heavy lifts up to180 t, needed for the erection of columns and vessels.Meanwhile, Mammoet completed at Pars 2-3 the lifting of 160vessels ranging from 100 to 300 t, 4 boilers with a weight of 300 tincluding the lifting of two 143 meter high Flare Stack with its CC3800, equipped with a 84 meter main boom and 84 meter fly-jib.

The South Pars Field Development projects in Iran are suppliedby the giant South Pars field which Iran shares with Qatar, theQatari’s call the same field the North Field.

Sofar, Mammoet has been involved with all the gas projects forthe Iranian South Pars and the Qatari North Field at both sides ofthe Gulf. Mammoet executed the heavy lifting and transportationof the South Pars Phases 1, 2 and 3. Also at the Qatari side,Mammoet executed all the heavy lifting and transportation for theRasgas by using its CC 4800 Twin Ring. Qatar-Gas projectsinvloved heavy lifts upto 700 t, by using the M 1200.

Project South Pars 1 Gas Separation PlantLocation Iran

Customer Daelim Industrial Corporation, South KoreaMain equipment SPMTs, 600 t crawler crane, 450 t cranes, smaller cranes

Extension of Gas Separation Plant in Iran

Project South Pars 1 Gas Separation PlantLocation Iran

Customer Azarab Industries Co. , IranMain equipment CC 3800, CC 2400, 250 and 450 t crawler cranes

Project Masilla Expansion ProjectLocation Yemen

Customer Canadian Nexen, YemenMain equipment Prime movers, 12 axle lines conventional trailer

Through the hills of Yemen

Project Mina Al Ahmadi RefineryLocation Kuwait

Customer Fluor Daniel Engineering, UKMain equipment Sennenbogen 5500, CC 1800, 160 t telescopic crane

Redevelopments in Kuwait

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Project TunnelsLocation Various locations in The Netherlands

Customer Various governmental organizations / construction companiesMain equipment Craneage, transport equipment, barges

Highlight At Gevelco’s yard a batch of six high power ship’s enginesfor the German shipbuilding industry have been assem-bled. Mammoet first assisted in the local transport ofparts, made elsewhere, to the assembly hall, using an 8axle conventional trailer. The heaviest item was a 125 tcrankshaft. Gevelco managed to complete an engine in 10days by working around the clock. The engines wereassembled on support beams and support stools, pre-installed by Mammoet. Later on, this allowed for self-load-ing using the trailer hydraulics. A complete engine had a weight of 660 t and was 11meters high. Mammoet then moved the completed stackswith 16 axle SPMTs to the quay, presenting the cargo to afloating crane that lifted the engines onboard, prior to theirshipment to Germany.

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Trends in the market

“In many areas,civil works arepicking up pace.The infrastructureof motorways withbridges and tun-nels, railways for

high speed trains, corporate build-ings and public facilities such as sta-diums are being upgraded andexpanded. This is especially true inEurope but it is also occurring inother parts of the world. Customersare increasingly pursuing higher effi-ciencies in their projects and arelooking for expert partners to man-age the handling of equipment inlarger components. Examples of thethese activities are the insertion oflarge modular ship sections and themovement of portal cranes. Manycontracts are being awarded for the‘factory to foundation’ concept,based on transport, lifting andassembly operations. Mammoet,both regionally and through MammoetGlobal, is perfectly suited to addressthese challenges. Mammoet, thelargest integrated lifting and trans-port company with worldwide cover-age, has a wide range of equipmentand personnel at its disposal withhundreds of cranes and transportvehicles, specialized ballasting sys-tems for barges, skidding and slidingequipment, jacking and gantry sys-tems and don’t forget the thousandsof accessories necessary for thiskind of work to meet all customerexpectations. Many projects arecomplex both for technical and logis-tics reasons. Customers often have alocal / regional scope and and there-fore understand and recognize thevital importance of the local pres-ence of Mammoet supported by itsglobal expertise.”

Kees van Aarle, Market Segment

Manager Civil Europe

Highlight One of Mammoet’s specialties is to assist thepositioning and line up of heavy equipment,such as Tunnel Boring Machines, needed toexcavate tunnels. Currently, three different tunnels are in various stages of completion. One is the Westerschelde tunnel in theProvince of Zeeland. This 6.6 km long tunnelconnects Zeeuws Vlaanderen to the rest ofZeeland and, at its deepest point, is 60 metersbelow sea level. Two other tunnels, the Botlek-and the Sophia railway tunnel are part of theBetuwe line, the new cargo train link betweenRotterdam and Germany. The almost 10 meterwide, 110 t heavy cutting wheel was deliveredas one complete structure into the launchingshaft of these tunnels.

The Betuwe line

The Botlek tunnel

The Sophia railway tunnel

The Westerschelde tunnel

Project Ship’s engines at GevelcoLocation Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Customer GevelcoMain equipment Conventional trailers, SPMTs

Ship’s engines for Germany

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Tunnel developments in Holland

Highlight

The original idea to position this 520 t bridge, manufactured byFricke on land close to the site, wasto skid the construction in front ofits foundation, followed by a cranelift. However, considering the weight, the radius and the lack of space,Mammoet was forced to develop analternative. We decided to skid the

bridge onto two barges, equippedwith stools partially constructedfrom standard and MSG ballast con-tainers. Because the foundation topis about 1.5 meters higher than theconstruction site level, we had tojack the construction as well tocompensate for this difference. We used four 300 t strand jacks,positioned in pairs on both sides

of the canal. These jacks lifted thebridge such that the barges couldsail under the construction. By de-ballasting them, the bridgewas lifted further until it could passthe top of the foundations. Final ballasting then delivered thebridge into its final position.

Highlight

Due to an expansion of Highway 4 in Germany, a new bridge was needed to cross the Mittellandkanal at an angle of 45 degrees. The bridge of 390 t was 90 meters long and 8 meters wide, had a 1.5meter curve to match the trajectory. This curve complicated the maneuvering of the construction, since the center of gravity was nolonger along the middle axis. The bridge was assembled onshore.Mammoet won the contract for the final positioning of the bridge. The bridge was skidded onto a barge, perpendicular to its long axis.This barge was then towed to the construction site and turned over 45 degrees, upon which the jacks were fastened to hoist the bridgeupwards onto the foundation.

Highlight

The purpose of this job was to lift the main girder of a 1000 t GoliathCrane while the swivel-assembled legs remained attached. Mammoetrigged four masts of the MSG system, held together by four gantry girders, a stack of 105 meter high. An LR 1450 assisted in the lift thatsuddenly became spectacular. As the main girder reached 100 meterselevation, prior to welding works, the meteorological service forecasted a severe gale. Mammoet immediately secured the pending constructionand the gantry system, as winds gusted to 30 meters / sec. However, nomovement of the stack could be observed. It illustrates Mammoets quickon-site anticipation to changing circumstances, thus meeting safety levelsat all times. Just to give an idea of what type of equipment is needed to realize such track record, we summarize the strand jacks that wereapplied. The number of a specific jack is between brackets: 900 t (4) forlifting, 300 t (6) for rigging the main girder, 100 t (12) to secure the swivel-assembled legs, small jacks (8) to support the rigging with tethers.About 50 kilometer of rigging cable was used.

Highlight Mammoet Fostrans won a contract to assist in the con-struction of the new Terminal E that will accommodatethe newest generation of wide body aircraft. The opera-tions involve the roof construction and the assembly of152 concrete rings. The latter required the developmentof a dedicated lifting frame. With the frame, the struc-tures can be rotated and ‘tumbled’ into the properposition. Each ring consists of three parts between 33 and 61 t. Together, the rings support a glass roof of 700 meters long.

Highlight

The consortium hired two crawlercranes and other equipment fromMammoet Fostrans. They assistedwith the installation of the 4800 tmetal framework that supports theroof of the stadium above the west-ern and eastern platforms.

Project Gantry CraneLocation Stocznia Gdynia, Poland

Customer Konecranes from FinlandMain equipment Strand jacks, gantry system, LR 1450

Severe gale in Poland

Tailor made solutions for bridge installments

Project Charles de Gaulle AirportLocation Roissy, France

Customer Roissy Charles de Gaulle AirportMain equipment CC 4200

New terminal in ParisProject Installation of a bridge at Braunschweig

Location Braunschweig, GermanyCustomer MAEG S.P.A. and Walter Bau AG

Main equipment Barges, skidding system, strand jacks

Braunschweig bridge

Project Stadium IstanbulLocation Istanbul, Turkey

Customer Campenon Bernard France, Tefken Construction TurkeyMain equipment Liebherr LR 1450, Manitowoc M 888, other cranes

Heavy roof for stadium

Project Positioning bridge, HerneLocation Rhein-Herne Kanal, Germany

Customer FrickeMain equipment Skidding and jacking system

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Trends in the market

Although generallyexpected the late2000 and early2001 was a diffi-cult period for theoffshore fabrica-tion yards in the

Gulf Coast area. On the positiveside the drilling and the deep wateractivity picked up. The engineeringcompanies are very active withdeep water development and somenew companies are investing in set-ting up their yards adding cranesand SPMTs, as well as heavy sys-tems. Also on the positive side wesee more oil companies who wantthe load-out methods to complywith the North Sea Standards.These methods have generatedconsiderable work for Mammoet inthe past and will give Mammoet achance to show our experience andmaximize the utilization of ourequipment. Last year Mammoetsuccessfully introduced alternativelifting methods for stacking deckson top sides, with our tower andstrand jack system. The deck andjacket refurbish market sloweddown because of less activity in theGulf Coast. This generally will pickup when the installation contractorsare offshore and use their lift shipsin between jobs, to pull out olderplatforms. This can be a lucrativemarket and is one of the reasonsMammoet USA has opened anoffice in Louisiana, we can reactfaster and more efficiently to client needs.

Piet Nooren,

Managing Director Mammoet USA.

Highlight Ever played with construction blocks? Not with theseoversized structures! In fact, the Ringhorne project com-prises four separate jobs that culminate in the delivery of a complete production platform – the Ringhorne.1. Transport at Gothenburg, Sweden, of the 1100 t

Living Quarters from the construction hall onto a barge.

2. Do the same for the 1700 t and 3500 t DSM and DES production units at Grootint, Zwijndrecht (The Netherlands).

3. Repeat it all over again at Heerema, Norway with the Topside of 6500 t.

4. Go to Heerema, Vlissingen (The Netherlands) to pro-vide all cranes needed for the assembly of the 7900 tjacket and perform the load-out onto a barge whenready. This requires low tide, 234 axle lines of SPMTswith 936 wheels, and 30 ballasting pumps.

Offshore

Grootint, Zwijndrecht

Heerema, Vlissingen

Project RinghorneLocation Norway, Sweden, Netherlands

Customer Heerema fabrication Group, Emtunga A.S.Main equipment SPMTs, smart jack system, ballast system, barges

All pieces come together!

Heerema, Norway

Gothenburg, Sweden

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Highlight Mammoet installed a 450 t multi purposemast on an offshore platform constructed by Amfels. This mast was built by Huisman-Itrec, with whom we worked closely togetheron the manufacturing of our PTC crane. This crane executed the job and was erectedwith 95 meters main boom.

Highlight

The Amethyst 4 submersible oilrig wasbuilt at Halter Marine in Pascagoula. It consists of two main pieces: the pon-toons and the deck box. Mammoet’sscope of work is to jack up the deckbox, weigh it, to move it onto a bargewhile managing the ballasting and todesign the sea fastening for the tow.The deck box will be towed to Portland,Maine, for the final assembly of the rig.When the contract was signed all skid-ding equipment was located inSchiedam and Malaysia.

It was dispatched immediately to theStates to meet the critical time schedulefor the jacking and load-out operation.The deck box was on a quay but theclearance with the ground level was only1600mm, posing difficulties to move thejacking equipment under the construc-tion. A lift was necessary to install theskidding system that would perform theload out. Another issue was that this

deck box was not designed to undergo a jacking operation. Mammoet wasrequested to come forward with an alter-native way to finalize the constructionand this resulted in the need for thetransport. Notwithstanding the smallclearance, Mammoet managed to installits Smart Jack System with sixteen 500 t -climbing jacks.

The deck box was lifted one meter,enough to install the complete skiddingsystem, consisting of 28 skid shoes of600 t capacity each. The total weight ofthe deck box appeared to be 5000 t. On 18 April Mammoet completed theload out. When the deck box arrives atPortland, Mammoet will jack up the deckbox to a clearance of 4.6 meters abovethe deck of the barge, again using theSmart Jack System but now with 24climbing jacks. Finally the deck box willbe secured to enable the mating to itspontoons.

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MAMMOETProject Dynamic Offshore

Location USACustomer Dynamic Offshore

Main equipment SPMTs, strand jacks, gantry system

Emergency call

Project Q 4000 multi purpose mastLocation Brownsville, Texas

Customer AmfelsMain equipment PTC

Old acquaintances

Project PascagoulaLocation Pascagoula, Mississippi / Portland, Maine

Customer Cianbro Main equipment Skidding system, smart jack system, weighing system

Move the unmovable

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Highlight Dynamic Offshore is a respected customer that main-tains ties with Mammoet for over 10 years. One dayMammoet received an emergency call: an accident hap-pened during a competitors attempt to jack two offshoredecks of 760 and 550 t. Fortunately no one was hurt, butthe jacking equipment was severely damaged.

Could Mammoet take over and finish the job? In record time, all necessary equipment was mobilizedfrom various locations around the world.

In the end, Mammoet managed to close out this job inless than 4 weeks. After the deck had been lifted withthe jacks, the legs were positioned underneath. Upon fastening these legs, the complete structure wasremoved with SPMTs to a storage area. Then the seconddeck was hoisted up 45 meters, making room for thestored stack to move under. With the lowering of this second deck, the emergency job came to anuneventful end.

After the successful load-out of the CTOC jacket, Mammoetwas awarded also for the load-out of the 18,100 t integrateddeck. (104m x 46m x 34.2m high). Mammoet’s scope includ-ed the provision of 4 units of 900 t strandjacks with a totalpulling capacity of 3600 t. The distance that had to be covered was 162 meters. The job marked the first pullingoperations in South Korea.

Project CTOC jacketLocation Korea

Customer Samsung Heavy Industries, Technip and Saipem consortiumMain equipment Strand jacks, ballast system

Load-outs in South Korea

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Highlight

Last year, Thailand constructed its first Central ProcessingPlatform ever. Our client UCU Alliance awarded B&J Mammoetfor the load-out of this 925 t piece of equipment. The job wasexecuted with 36 axle lines SPMTs and besides the load out,B&J Mammoet was responsible for the ballasting & mooringservices.

ABB awarded B&J Mammoet for the load-out of a 530 t mod-ule and 5 manifolds. The crew and Scheuerle platform trailerscompleted the load-out within a timespan of 24 hours. The 50t manifolds were lifted onto the barge. The project was a totalpackage including all seafastening design and installation aswell barge supply, ballast- and intact stability calculations, port& agency duties etc. The modules are destined for the tanker“Berge Helene” from Bergesen Norway which will be convert-ed into a FPSO.

Highlight A record setting heavy lift involved hoisting up topsides ofmore than 11 000 t to a height of 20 meters, using strandjacks. The load-out truss, having a weight of 1600 t waspositioned underneath using SPMTs. Subsequently, thecomplete stack was pulled onto the barge with strand jacks.

The customer submitted an acknowledgement of satisfac-tion, stating the job was “executed professionally and effi-ciently, on time and without incidents. The cooperationbetween staff and the quality of pre-engineering were ofoutstanding quality. In fact, this smooth load-out and theease with which you skidded this construction along thequay onto the pontoon, did not match with all I havelearned on friction techniques.”

Project Malampaya offshoreLocation Singapore

Customer Sembawang Marine Offshore EngineeringMain equipment Strand jacks, SPMTs, skidding

This is heavy lifting!

A novelty for ThailandProject Offshore load outs

Location ThailandCustomer ABB and UCU Thailand

Main equipment SPMTs, platform trailers and LTM 1450

Highlight Four strand jacks, with a capacity of 2000 t, wereneeded to move a 180 meters long jacket of 7000 tover the quay onto a barge. The Mammoet ballastingsystem compensated for the tide differences and theload development during the operations.

Highlight As part of a scheduled maintenance, three steam genera-tors manufactured by MHI (Japan), were to replace oldequipment at Tihange. Mammoet transported these items of 330 t from the quay to the construction site with SPMTs.The old generators were lifted out of the hall with our spe-cial gantry system and transported to a storage area.Having finished this job, the gantry system picked up thenew items and positioned them onto the foundations.Mammoets high safety standards are compatible with thoserequired for operations in nuclear power plants.

Project Tenne T, Location Various locations,The Netherlands

Customer Smit TransformatorenMain equipment SPMTs, barges, jacking system, skidding system

Transformers transported

Project Nuclear Power Plant TihangeLocation Tihange, Belgium

Customer WestinghouseMain equipment SPMTs, jacking system

Exchange of three steam generators

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Power

Highlight Smit Transformatoren awarded Mammoet the contractfor the transport of two phase shifter cross regulatingtransformers. Each phase shifter unit consists of 3 indi-vidual 1 phase units, this means 6 units in total. Each ofthe 6 units weighs 370 t and dimensions of 10 x 5 x 6.5meters. The units were manufactured at Nijmegen andhad to be transported by barge to Veendam first. From there, the road transport delivered the items toMeeden, using 16 axle lines of SPMTs. This road trans-port took place at night and required the removal of dou-ble wide street signs and lamp posts, while traffic on themain road was suspended. Upon arrival at Meeden, the items were skidded to their final position and jacked down.

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Trends in the market

“As economiesaround the worldcontinue to growmore energy isneeded. At thesame time, due toenvironmental con-

cerns, it is not always obvious thisextra power should be providedwith fossil fuel, such as oil, coal andgas. Instead, ‘alternative’ sustain-able sources like wind and hydroelectric power, are becoming moreand more popular. At the same time,the intense usage of power generat-ing equipment requires scheduledmaintenance for both fossil fuel andnuclear power plants. Manufacturers are spread aroundthe world and as a result ‘powerwork’ requires transport over greatdistances, be it overseas or overland. Again our customers appear toseek door-to-door services to col-lect all items, deliver to the site andassemble into an operational plant.The America’s appear to be espe-cially active with is increasing activi-ty due to expansion , renovationand renewals of existing plants. Our dedicated, fully owned railcarsare a valuable part of our ability toperform these transports safely and efficiently. In Europe we have many windmillprojects in Scandinavia, Ireland,Germany and The Netherlands.”

Michel Bunnik,

Market Segment Manager

Power Europe.

Highlight Mammoet USA unloaded 130 pieces of a so called Cogen unit that were broughtto the site by railcar. Some modules, like transformers, turbines and generatorswere outsized and had weights between 45 and 240 t. The transport from the rail siding to the construction site was tricky because a critical bridge was in the transport route. However, the platform trailers andSPMTs operated without incidents. A four point lifting gantry and a Liebherr LR 1450 did the bulk of the lifting work, assisted by jacking and skidding setups.

Highlight

Dick Corporation is constructing twopower plants in the area and contractedMammoet for the transport of 61 items.Among them were 4 generators (up to 227t), 4 turbines (up to 291 t), 5 transformers(up to 132 t), 43 modules (up to 125 t)and 5 steam drums (up to 132 t). In addi-tion, Mammoet provided lift and skiddingservices to get the heaviest items in place. The cargo was received from railcars andheavy lift vessels at various ports in theBoston area. A remarkable fact was that atthe Mirant Kendall site, the largest itemshad to pass through the Central Artery &Tunnel project, the largest constructionsite in the USA! It involves the replacementof the elevated Interstate 93 by a tunnelunder downtown Boston.

For the passage, Mammoet received per-mission of several private landowners, civilcontractors and the Massachusetts BayTransportation Authority. Also the AES site had its surprises. The transformer cargo needed a 85 km tripto the construction site, for which we usedScheuerle platform trailers with a transportframe in between. This frame reduced theheight such that we had a free pass underbridges along the route, or could go overanother 33 bridges due to the distributedloads on the wheels. During the turbine transport, SPMTs wereadded to increase maneuverabilitybecause the route had turns that could not be made with conventional trailers.

Project Murray Energy FacilityLocation Dalton, Georgia

Customer Fluor DanielMain equipment SPMTs, gantry system, jacking and skidding equipment, LR 1450 crane

Pieces in Georgia

Highlight The centerpiece of this project was the transport of two 300 tsteam drums and their subsequent positioning in a 60 metershigh structure. Mammoet applied strand jacks for the liftingoperations. In addition, Mammoet moved 6 Itrex boxes of 200 teach from a laydown area to the top of a 25 meter high struc-ture. After lifting, a skidding system was used to move theboxes into the structure. The lowering onto the support steelframework completed this challenging job. It is the first time thejacking and skidding techniques were applied for this customer.

Mammoet is also supplyingcranes through its joint ven-ture company AVS Services(Maxim Crane Works is thepartner) on five other powerprojects in California,Oklahoma and Ohio.

Project Southern Illinois Power Coop. CJB Boiler projectLocation Marion, Illinois

Customer Foster WheelerMain equipment Strand jacks, gantry system, skidding system

Heavy drums at 60 meters height

Project AES Granite Ridge, Mirant Kendall RepoweringLocation Boston, Massachusetts

Customer Dick CorporationMain equipment Railcars, SPMTs, platform trailers

Challenging transport route for 61 items

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Highlight The Bellingham Power project is located some 30 km west of Boston. But the Port of Albany, were18 heavy lift items would arrive, is 250 km away. Mammoet was contracted to transport the genera-tors (325 t), turbines (230 t), transformers (165 t) and modules (between 50 and 100 t). Most of the distance was covered by rail.

The two heaviest items were transported on 16 axle dedicated railcars that Mammoet and Alstomhave available for such transport. But before they could leave, an old timber bridge had to be rein-forced, just to carry the weight of this special train. On the site, Mammoet was also responsible forinstalling the heaviest items onto the foundations and applied a skidding system to achieve this.

Highlight For this project, the following items had to be received ‘from ship’s hook’and installed on foundations: a 370 t turbine, a 320 t generator and a 236 ttransformer. Mammoet initially received a contract for a feasibility study andlater won the order to actually execute the plan.

This resulted in complex operations. The cargo was loaded out from the shiponto a barge. This barge then moved to a landing site where a special jettyhad been constructed by B&J Mammoet. Using this, the cargo was loaded in and transported by B&J Mammoet’s conventional platform trailers over the road to the construction site. The actual installation was done with ahydraulic gantry lift system.

Highlight The Manjung facility represents one of the largest powerplants in the country and set a record for main contractorAlstom. Various heavy items needed transport and installa-tion. Our equipment consisted, at the peak time of the pro-ject, of more than 18 cranes ranging from 30 till 1000 t. The majority of this cranes stayed on the site for more thana year as part of an advanced rental contract.

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Highlight The contract called for theoffloading of two new steam gen-erators from a barge and transportthese pieces of 350 t to a laydownarea. Here, the generators will bedressed prior to their installation.

The exchange takes place duringa shutdown. Mammoet is sched-uled to execute this change-out and installation and will also posi-tion the two 375 t transformersthat had been offloaded earlier.

Project TNB ProjectLocation Malaysia

Customer Tenaga Nasional BerhadMain equipment Platform trailers, SPMTs

Dedicated railcars

Project ManjungLocation Selangor, Malaysia

Customer Alstom PowerMain equipment CC 4800, LR 1450, smaller cranes

Manjung, Malaysia

Project Bang Bo Combined Cycle Power plantLocation Laem Chabang and Bang Bo, Thailand

Customer Alstom Power ThailandMain equipment Hydraulic gantry, conventional platform trailers

TNB Project

Project ANP BellinghamLocation Albany, New York and Boston, Massachusetts

Customer Alstom Power Inc.Main equipment Railcars, skidding system

Complex operations for Alstom Power

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On 5 March 2002 Frans van Seumeren and Andrea Palumbo,CEO of Palumbo S.P.A., signed the contract of the establish-ment of Mammoet-Palumbo. Palumbo has over 30 years experi-ence in heavy transport, especially related to the oil and naturalgas industries.

This equal share joint venture will serve the Italian and adjacentMediterranean markets with transport services for industrial cargo. The company, managed by Alberto Galbiati and Carlo Venusino,has its own SPMTs available and is based in Milan.

Trends in the market

A key factor toMammoet’s world-wide success inestablishing andexpansion of itsmarket position invarious segments,

like petrochemical, offshore, civiland power, is of course to have theright fleet of equipment availablewhenever required by the cus-tomers. With Mammoet Global man-aging all the bigger projects world-wide, good communication - andcoordination networks are set upbetween and in the regions.

Clients benefit from this networkbecause optimal services regardingavailability & range of equipment,people & know how, quality & safetystandards can be offered directlyand according to the standards setby Mammoet Global. This enablesus to serve interregional clientseverywhere according to ourMammoet standards. Anotheraspect of these standards is a solidregular maintenance program toprevent mishaps and downtime, butalso the on-time investment in newequipment. The latter both serves replacementsand extensions of the fleet capabili-ties in transport and lifting services.However, with an excellent fleet,logistics, safety, crews and knowhow, the continuity of services isstill not sufficient.

It is also Mammoet’s ambition toprovide benefits to both existingand potential customers. These newpotentials are located in industrialdevelopment areas and countriesthat can be considered ‘emergingmarkets’. Therefore, customersexpect lifting and transport servicesto be available immediately. To speed up its presence anddeploy its facilities rapidly,Mammoet adopted the strategy ofestablishing close co-operationswith existing players in local mar-kets. This cooperation may beshaped like a strategic alliance, ajoint venture, an acquisition or anyother mode. Recent examples ofthis strategy are the establishmentsof Mammoet Irga, Mammoet Norge,Mammoet Palumbo and MammoetVan Oord.

Patrick Freericks,

Director Sales & Marketing.

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Mammoet and Van Oord ACZ have joined forces.The new venture will operate under the nameMammoet Van Oord. To this end, a Jack-upInstallation Barge has been developed and built.Apart from Mammoet and Van Oord ACZ, othershareholders are Hovago Cranes (a member of theBaris group) and Marine Construct. The first focusof the company will be on the installation of off-shore windfarms. Besides the offshore windfarminstallation market, Mammoet Van Oord is lookingat offshore lifting and transport activities in the fieldof installation and decommissioning works in theoil & gas industry, marine civil construction worksand wreck removal. A vital asset in the new ventureis the Jack-up Installation Barge “JumpingJack”(see article on next page).

The combination between the companies enablesMammoet Van Oord to be an EPC contractor forthe installation of complete offshore windfarms.

The “Jumping Jack” enables turn key operationswhen combined with onshore transportation andlifting capacities of Mammoet and the installationof scour protection around the foundations of thewind turbines and the infield and shore exportcable-lay capacities of Van Oord ACZ. Hence, cus-tomers are provided a single point of contact for alloffshore operations

Recently, Mammoet Van Oord won a contract forthe transport and installation of 80 windturbinefoundations and transition sections for the Danish‘Horns Rev’ windfarm. The foundations consist of a monopile, with a diameter of 4 meters, 33 metershigh and with a weight of 165 t. This Windfarm willbe built off the Danish North Sea coast under acontract of Elsam. Its projected total electricalcapacity is 160 MW. The “Jumping Jack” will carry ten foundations per transport to the construction site.

To establish a firm position in theNorwegian market, Mammoetrecently acquired the majority of theshares of Nilsen & Skifjeld Kran-service A.S. The new company issplit up into two divisions. The company Kranringen, which isresponsible for the day to day mar-ket and Mammoet Norge which isresponsible for the larger projects.The office is situated at Skien, in the

south of Norway, which is a largedevelopment area. The local pres-ence, together with a directly avail-able stock of specialized equipmentthat includes SPMTs, various cranesupto 120 t and a 400 t floatingcrane, makes Mammoet a full ser-vice provider, serving both the highand medium/low end of the marketfor lifting and transport services, beit onshore or at sea.

Mammoet-Palumbo enters Italian market

Developments in Norway

As of 1 February 2002, the joint venture between Holift, Irga Luperico Torres, and Mammoet has become operational. The new company serves the Brazilian market for heavy and outsized lift and transport services.

All partners, are family owned companies by origin andshare a similar background and culture. It is characterizedby short communication lines, high safety standards anddedication to the customer by adding as much value aspossible through the provided services. The local experi-ence with all kinds of power plants and refineries, com-

bined with Mammoet’s global expertise that includes thepower and petrochemical industry, sets the stage for abeneficial cooperation. The joint venture initially investedin several crawler cranes. The latest investment, the LR 1400/2, is on its way and ready to lift in Brasil in August.

Mammoet Irga Do Brasil Ltda

PALUMBOUMBO

Introducing Mammoet Van Oord

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The new Mammoet premises at Schiedam (greater Rotter-dam area), the Netherlands, is being transferred into a ter-minal for heavy lift equipment. The site is situated on theshore of the Nieuwe Maas River, the gateway to main portRotterdam. The deep water terminal has direct access toall inland river destinations aswell as to the excellent rail-and road infrastructure in Europe. Furthermore there is adirect sea link to all overseas destinations. The deep-waterquay is 1 kilometer long and thus may handle severalcargo ships and barges simultaneously. Of the 85 000square meter area, 25 000 square meter will become avail-able as storage area for customers, seeking a temporarilystorage site for items of 50 t and up. It is an excellent facil-ity to store turbines, generators and transformers for powerplants. Also reactors, vessels and steel constructions forthe petrochemical sector, and offshore equipment can beaccommodated easily. Mammoet expects the site tobecome fully operational as of the fall of 2002. Two 350 tquay cranes will cover the full yard. The offered servicesinclude load-out and load-in, transshipment, storage,warehousing, workshops, assembly, packing, customshandling and services as and when required.

Through our recent acquisition of Joe D. Hughes fromBrown & Root, it should be noted that a similar terminal is

under development in Houston, Texas (USA)to serve the North American and Mexicanmarkets. A fast railway link is available forefficient ship – train loading and vice versa,which may include Mammoet-owned specialheavy cargo railcars.

Mammoet’s Heavy Lift Terminals at Rotterdam and Houston

MSG 100: Upgrade of MSG lifting system

On 12 June 2002 the center of Dutch

Parliament, the Knight’s Hall at the

Binnenhof in The Hague, is the scene for

a special meeting of the King William I

Foundation. His Royal Highness Prince

Claus of the Netherlands is Honorary

President. Representatives from various

economic sectors, organizations, gov-

ernmental institutions, previous laureates

(including Ahold and Heineken) and the

press will witness this years Award to be

handed over to Mammoet. The award

honors Dutch companies that made sig-

nificant contributions to economic activi-

ties in The Netherlands, with emphasis

on performance, policy and actions.

According to CEO Frans van Seumeren,

‘this award is of special value since it

really recognizes the years long dedica-

tion and perseverance of our staff

worldwide. I consider this recognition as

a priceless shared value of all our

Mammoet-family members.’

Mammoet’s engineering departmentis busy with an upgrade on one ofthe MSG lifting systems. This crane,called The MSG-100, will be devel-oped mainly for the offshore market.With this ultimate lifting tool, mod-ules of over 2,000 tons can be liftedand placed onto FPSO’s (FloatingProduction and Storage Offshorevessel).

Also modifications are upgrades toexisting jack up rigs and floaters canbe carried out with the MSG-100.Legs of the rig can be lifted as one

piece even at greater radius. The MSG-100 will be fully container-ized. The main difference is theheight of the main boom. In order tocreate a better resistance againstbuckling, the height of the boom isincreased. The boom will be shippedwithin container dimensions andonce on site the height will beextended. This combines the trans-port effectiveness and greater boomcapacity.

Four legs of 42 meter length can lift the 91 x 33 x 7meter seagoing barge “Jumping Jack” out of thewater. It thus creates a very robust and stableworking platform, permitting operations even insevere weather conditions with high waves. As thisbarge was developed by Mammoet engineers, twoimportant criteria had to be met. The “JumpingJack” should provide quick and efficient services,while the installation operations itself are less vul-nerable to disruption. The barge can also be quick-ly dispatched and brought into position, from oneconstruction site to the next. The innovativehydraulic winches lift and lower the barge withunprecedented speed, even with a full load up to

4000 Te on its deck. With an onboard crane capa-city of 1200 t, it is very versatile in a wide range ofjobs. When needed, additional crane capacity canbe installed. The “Jumping Jack” makes its maiden trip as thisMammoet World is issued.

A hybrid of the two biggest andstrongest Mammoet cranes, theMSG and the PTC. That’s what the Engineering and ProductDevelopment department is look-ing for. In this design, the MSGmasts are rigged as legs of agiant jacking portal. By connect-ing these with girders to the mainboom of the PTC, this leviathan iscapable of lifting 3000 t with amaximum boom length of 108meter. In fact, Mammoet is reviv-ing a ten-year-old idea, originallyinvented as an extension of theDemag CC 4800 crawler crane.But the development of the newgeneration ringer cranes madethis construction redundant beforeit could be tried out. However, tomeet the requests in the market

for positioning columns that arestill growing in size, with 2500 t asa modern run-of-the-mill con-struction, Mammoet made aninventory of options to addressthese needs on short notice. Oneof the striking advantages of thishybrid system is that both theMSG masts and the girders canbe dispatched fully containerizedto any PTC. Thus, at modest extracost, the lift capacity may beincreased dramatically. Mammoetexpects the super crane to enterservice in spring 2003.

Mammoet wins the King William I Award SC&RA Rigging Job of The Year Award

At the end of April, the Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association (SC&RA)

held its annual conference in Tucson, Arizona (USA). The association has about

1000 members from 43 countries. All are active in lifting and transport activi-

ties. Each year, awards of recognition are announced for three categories.

Mammoets entry, the Kursk salvage, won the award in the category of projects

worth more than US $ 750 000. Wessel Helmens, one of the Project Managers

on the Kursk Salvage, accepted this prestigious price and succeeded to

explain the basics of the rigging aspects in only 20 minutes. Spectacular video

shots convinced all attendees that this year there could only be one winner.

In its judicium, the jury emphasized the safety, innovation, planning and com-

plexity aspects of the memorable lifting and rigging job.

The Jumping Jack rules the waves

Best of both worlds

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Mammoet Trading

Mammoet continues to be a dominant playerin the world and regional markets for tradingcranes and other equipment. It is an estab-lished fact that, before reselling such items,they comply with Mammoet’s high internalstandards concerning safety and performance. The demands and supply change quickly.

This is why Mammoet utilizes increasingly theWorld Wide Web for posting offers and takingrequests. Relations may apply for a personal-ized customer number to get to the non-publicinformation pages, showing prices and condi-tions. Interested? Please checkout our websiteat www.mammoettrading.com

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EMD�

Facilitating top performance

“To exploit synergypotential, besteconomy of scaleand world wideefficiency, theEquipmentManagement

Department (EMD) is responsible forvarious central facility services. For instance, the purchase of equip-ment is an opportunity to introducebetter standardization in types, sup-pliers and maintenance procedures.This not only refers to cranes ortrailers, but also to larger parts ofequipment, like engines and jackingsystems. One of the facilities is theworldwide management of technicalstandards.

This enhances the exchange andcross utilization of equipment‘owned’ by Mammoet Global, aswell as the regional business unitsand joint ventures / subsidiaries. A striking aspect is the introductionof online tracking and tracing ofequipment, by reading out barcodesbefore and after each movement ofequipment. By doing so, essentialinformation about which equipmentis available at what location, isonline available. A last example ofthe EMD scope can be found inProduct Development, which amongothers intends to maintain a projectgovernance system that makesexperiences and solutions, devel-oped world wide, to any engineeringdepartment in the Mammoet Group.

Jan van Seumeren jr,

Managing Director EMD.

It is expected that the market for windmill powerplants will continue to increase for years to come.Apart from the installation of new mills, the ownerswill be confronted with more intense scheduledmaintenance. This could even involve the exchangeof the rotor and the generator. Mammoet’s ProductDevelopment department engineered and intro-duced a small, ‘smart’ crane that fits the pole of thewindmill and assists in various assembly tasks.

Manufacturers consider to provide such crane uponordering a set of windmills, as a kind of standard‘tool’. Named after the Greek mythological God ofthe cool western breeze, this Zephyros device is atypical example of how Mammoet’s ProductDevelopment department potential yields productsto the benefit of the customer.

Zephyros: smart crane for windmills

Mammoet has given the green light to start the construction of an allnew state of the art Containerized Crawler Crane (CCC). The cranesare going to be built by Purple C B.V., a joint venture company withMammoet and Huisman-Itrec B.V. as shareholders. The first batch willprobably count for two sister cranes, but plans have been prepared toextend this series to possibly 10 – 20 subsequent standardizedcranes. Key features of this CCC are:

• standard lift capacity of 1250 t• full crawler maneuverability with full load, including making

sharp turns• extremely low surface loads between 20 and 30 t per

square meters• fully containerized in approximately 75 standard containers

with a weight less than 20 t• advanced computer management and control• redundant drives• hydraulic emergency control that even operates in case of

a complete electrical failure• complete rigging on site in a couple of days

The CCC has been designed by Purple C especially to fill a gap in liftcapacities between 800 and 1600 t, a range where Mammoet antici-pates a quickly developing need for quick rigged and de-riggedcranes from various customers in the petrochemical market, the con-struction and maintenance of power plants and civil projects.According to Klaas Lamphen, Manager Product development on theCCC development, ‘this crane pushes the envelope of safety levels,performance and reliability. The CCC can be equipped with a ballasttrailer, but may also operate without one. This enables the applicationin very small working areas while still maintaining the high safety lim-its. The counter weights are included in the container package.’ Heexpects the first CCC to enter service at about the end of this year.

Initially, the cranes will be exploit through the Mammoet fleet. It is theintention to sell these cranes, in some cases, to third parties.

Precursor of a new series: the Triple C

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