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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 trans-

former (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

9Marinepage 34

Powerpage 14

Offshorepage 22

Petrochemicalpage 6

Civil page 30

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Editors: Helen Lizun, Jennifer Lovell-Butler,

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www.mammoet.com © 2009

“Welcome to 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.

Introduction

The dynamic world of Mammoet

Bridge decks installed

Mammoet installed two decks on

the new bridge across the Europa-

weg road in Vleuten, The Nether-

lands. 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

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 pro-

vider 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 CO2 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 ambi-

tions, as befits a dynamic business.

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

LOCATION: MUIDEN,

THE NETHERLANDS

JOB: INSTALLING A BICYCLE BRIDGE

CHALLENGE: LONG BRIDGE

SECTIONS, BUSY SHIPPING CANAL

Segments

6 Petrochemical

14 Power

22 Offshore

30 Civil

34 Marine

Content

Close up

28 Three of our Red Men

Advertisement

19 Mammoet Workwear

27 Mammoet Store

35 Mammoet Club

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“A wide range of equipment”

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 sec-

tions, 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 equip-

ment.

The Dutch Mammoet team enjoyed

using such a wide range of equip-

ment 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 recrea-

tional cycling network.

“Our approach is

both extremely

transparent and

highly customer-

focused”

The BoardMessage from

“Our strength lies in our broad range”

We look back at 2009 with mixed emo-

tions, 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 effec-

tively 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 chal-

lenges as they present themselves. We are

really busy with our trading activities, pur-

chasing equipment at favorable prices, or

selling it where there is a risk of over-

capacity. There are also opportunities for

acquisitions. We watch the market and get

involved if we spot an opportunity.” For

example, earlier in 2009 Mammoet pur-

chased 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, depen-

ding 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 invest-

ments back without affecting our over-

heads as we can deploy people on other

projects. Once the market improves we

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 competi-

tors 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 effec-

tive 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 cus-

tomers a menu and complete flexi-

bility: à la carte or turnkey, hands-

off or involved in every step, lump

sum or reimbursable - we offer it all.

Our approach is both extremely

transparent and highly customer-

focused.”

Patrick van Seumeren pointed to

Mammoet’s entrepreneur ia l

approach in terms of investments.

The decision in 2009 to build two

supercranes with capacities of

120,000 and 160,000 ton meters is

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

thing 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 uncer-

tainties 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.”

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Roderik van Seumeren

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 unprece-

dented. 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 finan-

cial 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 posi-

tion than before it started, in all areas. As a

business we have become stronger by con-

tinuing 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

“It’s a time of opportunities”

“This year we have

made further

investments in

SPMTs, and our fleet

has doubled

in three years”

management during our annual get

together, and it gives me great

confidence for our future. I have the

greatest admiration for the ingenuity

of our engineers who, working

closely together with our customers,

always manage to come up with

unique solutions to unique challeng-

es. I also deeply respect the commit-

ment of our people to their work,

often under extremely difficult cir-

cumstances. Finally, it is good to see

that so far 2009 has been a safe

year, without major incidents. I

always care deeply about people

and their safety. Wherever I travel in

the world, I always try to visit a job

site and meet our customers. I

believe in visible leadership. In my

view that is the best way to demon-

strate our commitment to our cus-

tomers and our Men in Red, and to

underline key issues such as safety,

quality and customer focus.

Mammoet is heading in the right

direction. We have the organization

we need, and our team is strong and

knows how to work together. We are

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 fur-

ther increased its capacity. Finally,

we have made significant invest-

ments 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 opportu-

nities to purchase equipment or

acquire other operators. So this is

the perfect time for our entrepre-

neurial 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

stance, and that includes my area. I dis-

cuss 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

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 con-

tinue 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.”

Siem Kranenburg (CFO) Roderik van Seumeren

(President and CEO)

Patrick van Seumeren

(Vice-President and COO)

Jan van Seumeren Jr. (CTO)

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 chal-

lenging 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)

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Replacing 11 heat exchangers at a

petrochemical site.

Petrochemical

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The Pluto LNG (Liquefied Natural

Gas) project involves the construc-

tion 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 equip-

ment, 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.

Pluto LNG project

“ A combined weight of more than 31,000 tons”

LOCATION: KARRATHA, WESTERN

AUSTRALIA

JOB: TRANSPORTING AND INSTALLING

PROCESS PLANT

CHALLENGE: SCALE OF THE PROJECT

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 pro-

vide 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.

LOCATION: PASCAGOULA, MISSISSIPPI,

USA

JOB: LIFTING REFINERY COMPONENTS

BY PTC

CHALLENGE: GROUND CONDITIONS

“Mammoet

showed that the

PTC had

technical and cost

advantages”

Petrochemical

Petrochemical

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Raising the roof

Indian refinery

Action in Port Arthur

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 pro-

vided 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.

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.

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 pre-

fabricated 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 diffi-

cult 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.

LOCATION: ANTWERP, BELGIUM

JOB: TANK ROOF INSTALLATION

CHALLENGE: COMPLEX RIGGING

LOCATION: PANIPAT, INDIA

JOB: FIVE HEAVY LIFTS

CHALLENGE: DISTANCE FROM THE PORT

LOCATION: PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS, USA

JOB: PROCESS PLANT INSTALLATION

CHALLENGE: COORDINATION

WITH OTHER CONTRACTORS,

GROUND CONDITIONS

“We provided

some complex

rigging”

“Parts of the

refinery were almost

a century old”

“Mumbai,

the nearest port,

was 1,800 kilometers

away”

Petrochemical

Transport in the Middle East

Oxidizers get a new home Horizon project

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.

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.

Mammoet transported a reactor,

coker unit and other plant compo-

nents from the port, through the

city of Montreal, to the job site.

Taking the units, weighing up to 715

tons, through town took some care-

ful maneuvering by our SPMT ope-

rators. 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: UAE AND OMAN

JOB: PROCESS PLANT TRANSPORT

CHALLENGE: OVERSIZED LOAD, LONG

DISTANCE, MANAGING TRAFFIC

LOCATION: MEXICO AND THE USA

JOB: LIFTING AND TRANSPORTING TWO

OXIDIZER UNITS

CHALLENGE: TRANSPORTING THE

UNITS WITHOUT DISMANTLING THEM

LOCATION: MONTREAL, QUÉBEC, CANADA

JOB: TRANSPORTING AND LIFTING PLANT

COMPONENTS

CHALLENGE: EXTREMELY TIGHT

CLEARANCES INSIDE A LIVE PLANT

“14 heavy process plant

components”

“Careful maneuvering by

our SPMT operators”

Petrochemical

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The largest main boom ever

Pressure vessel takes a turn

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.

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 work-

shop on SPMTs. We then used two

telescopic cranes to lift the sections and

two to turn them. The cranes were per-

fectly 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.

LOCATION: PUERTO CABELLO,

VENEZUELA

JOB: REPLACEMENT OF REACTOR

AND A GENERATOR HEAD

CHALLENGE: MSG WITH LARGEST

MAIN BOOM EVER, TIGHT SITE

LOCATION: WILLEBROEK, BELGIUM

JOB: TURNING A PRESSURE VESSEL

CHALLENGE: COORDINATING FOUR

CRANES

“The customer

presented us with a

safety certificate”

“The cranes

were perfectly

synchronized”

Petrochemical

Multiple lifts in Oman

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 com-

pleted safely and efficiently.

Plant update in Texas

Overhead crane replacement in Russia

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.

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.

LOCATION: CHEREPOVETS, RUSSIA

JOB: OVERHEAD CRANE REPLACEMENT

CHALLENGE: CONSTRICTED AREA

LOCATION: SALALAH METHANOL PLANT,

OMAN

JOB: VARIOUS HEAVY LIFTS

CHALLENGE: HEAVY TANDEM LIFT

LOCATION: SEADRIFT, TEXAS, USA

JOB: PLANT COMPONENT REPLACEMENT

CHALLENGE: MINIMAL CLEARANCES,

WORKING IN A LIVE PLANT

“Surrounded by

steel structures and

a live railway”

“A busy site

and time restraints”

“Overcoming the challenges of

operating with minimal clearances”

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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 docu-

ments 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 develop-

ments, Mammoet is also consider-

ing measures to offset its CO2

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 knowledgeOf 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

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.

WE CARE!

LOOK OUT!

KEEP THINKING!

“Sustainability, a new value”

Not that long ago, worrying about sustain-

ability seemed to be the preserve of envi-

ronmentalists, but much has changed in a

few years. Nowadays, sustainability and

environmental protection are also top of

the agenda with businesses and govern-

ments. Throughout the world, there is an

increasing awareness that we cannot con-

tinue depleting scarce resources and emit-

ting 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, sustain-

ability 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 responsibilityMammoet takes its corporate social

responsibility in relation to the environ-

ment serious. “The Board has decided to

investigate where we are on the sustaina-

bility scale, and what we can do to reduce

our CO2 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 CO2 emissions of our com-

pany and equipment. “That is a new

development in our business. In project

management too, you see that the envi-

ronment is increasingly important, and that

our customers have ever stricter environ-

mental requirements.” explained Van Tol,

referring to salvage projects in countries

such as Canada and Norway. “When talk-

ing 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 sus-

tainability 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 CO2 emissions. For

example, we have a world first with the

HK70, a 70 ton mobile crane with dedi-

cated 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,

CO2 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 awarenessIn the past year we have organized several

campaigns to encourage our personnel to

improve sustainability. “That’s all about

L

STOP

RISKS?

* ISO 14001

ISO 14001 is an international stan-

dard for environmental manage-

ment systems. An environmental

management system aims to

manage and improve the environ-

mental performance of an organiza-

tion in the long term. Ideally, this

should be integrated with the over-

all management system. By obtain-

ing 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 coopera-

tion 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 run-

ning a much heavier engine all day.

With this world first, Mammoet can

offer a cleaner and more economi-

cal mobile crane. The HK70 has

been well-received on the market,

and Tadano Faun is now also sup-

plying it to other customers.

Mammoet Minute: Reduce t

“A cleaner and more economical

mobile crane”

SHE-Q

SHE-Q

“Good leadership is

essential to

working safely and

efficiently”

Koos van TolLeadership Training, Dubai

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 fieldGood leadership is essential to working

safely and efficiently, on the shopfloor and

elsewhere. To help supervisors improve

their leadership skills, Mammoet devel-

oped 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 cus-

tomers, 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.”

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 natu-

ral 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 condi-

tioned by an underground geo-

thermal 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, pro-

moting a healthy lifestyle.

e the risk of an accident in 60 seconds!

Six transformers on a drive across the polder

The 380 kV electricity transmission net-

work in the Netherlands is being extend-

ed to increase the security of supply and

cope with the growing electricity con-

sumption. 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 trans-

formers 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.

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Power

“ The loads have to cross motorways, railways, weak bridges and underground pipelines”

Six transformers go for a scenic d

Power

LOCATION: VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN

THE NETHERLANDS

JOB: TRANSPORTING SIX LARGE

TRANSFORMERS

CHALLENGE: PLANNING, WEAK

BRIDGES, LARGE CROWDS

When crossing a road and railway paral-

lel to each other, but at different eleva-

tions, 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 manage-

ment 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.

c drive

“Five thousand people

came to watch the

transport”

LOCATION: ANGRA DOS REIS, BRAZIL

JOB: STEAM GENERATOR

REPLACEMENT

CHALLENGE: TIGHT CLEARANCE,

NUCLEAR ENVIRONMENT

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Power

“It had to be

earthquake-proof”

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.

A 60 meter skidding track

Power

LOCATION: ALBANY, NEW YORK, USA

JOB: TRANSPORTING AND INSTALLING

POWER PLANT COMPONENTS

CHALLENGE: SITE RESTRICTIONS,

SCHEDULE CHANGES

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 trans-

ported 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.

Empire Generating Station

German Feedwater Tank

“The customer

was impressed

with Mammoet’s

ability to integrate

these activities”

LOCATION: KARLSRUHE, GERMANY

JOB: TRANSPORT AND INSTALLATION

OF A FEEDWATER TANK

CHALLENGE: PROJECT INTEGRATION

“Restricted space on site

and changes to the

construction schedule”

LOCATION: TRENTON, NOVA SCOTIA,

CANADA

JOB: GENERATOR REPLACEMENT

CHALLENGE: RESTRICTED SPACE FOR

ASSEMBLING EQUIPMENT

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 equip-

ment 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.

Trenton generator replacement“To improve the

working environment

we used electrically

driven hydraulic

powerpacks”

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.

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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 compo-

nents 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 counter-

weight. 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.

Electrostatic precipitator replacement

LOCATION: FLAMANVILLE, FRANCE

JOB: LIFTING AND ASSEMBLING

A TUNNEL BORING MACHINE

CHALLENGE: A SMALL AND

CROWDED SITE

LOCATION: CRYSTAL RIVER,

FLORIDA, USA

JOB: LIFTING ESP CHAMBERS

IN POSITION

CHALLENGE: RESTRICTED

CLEARANCE

LOCATION: SHATURA, MOSCOW

REGION, RUSSIA

JOB: HEAVY LIFTS

CHALLENGE: LIFT WITH THREE

CRANES

“Tunnel boring

machine

components

lowered down

the shaft”

“Mammoet USA

suggested replacing

each ESP as

a complete unit”

The new nuclear power station at

Flamanville will have cooling water tunnels

leading to the sea. Mammoet France low-

ered 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 com-

ponent 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.

Power station in France A new plant in Russia

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Van den Brink Rallysport going to Dakar 2010 with MammoetWith 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.

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.

20 21

Newsflash is a section with short Mammoet

messages and announcementsNewsflash

What’s in a crane name?Mammoet’s ring cranesMammoet 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

Availability

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

Mammoet

Beton montageMammoet Betonmontage is a spe-

cialist company in the Mammoet

group with over 60 years’ experi-

ence 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 steel-

work. Mammoet Betonmontage

covers all stages of a project, from

procurement through to installation.

For more information please visit

www.mammoetbetonmontage.nl (in

Dutch).

Offset CO2 emissions by reforesting

Mammoet will be working with the

Fundación Vida Silvestre Argentina

to offset the CO2 emissions of the

rally truck by reforesting ten hec-

tares of forest in Argentina.

PTC 120 DS

“Leadership is

critical to every

great human

achievement”

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

mitted to the sustainable end of world hunger. THP develops effective bottom-

up 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 tradi-

tional 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 FieldWhat 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 leader-

ship program correspond with that of Leadership in the Field, a training program devel-

oped 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 leader-

ship 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

The Hunger Project: developing new leaders

Newsflash

Mammoet acquires Hercules Crane Hire and Hercules Heavy Lift

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 atmos-

phere and communications, health

benefits, financial benefits and

compensation, family friendly ben-

efits, training and development, and

community involvement.

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 out-

standing 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.

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

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

Offshore

22 23

Jacket load-outAt 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

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 cran-

age and engineering support during the

fabrication of the jacket.

“ 1,000 cubic meter per hour ballasting system”

LOCATION: FLUSHING,

THE NETHERLANDS

JOB: LOAD-OUT

CHALLENGE: SIZE AND WEIGHT

OF THE LOAD

Offshore

Pontoon leg installation

Drilling rig overhaul From Newcastle to the Shetlands

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.

In Newfoundland Mammoet sup-

ported 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.

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: BULL ARM,

NEWFOUNDLAND, CANADA

JOB: MAINTENANCE WORK ON

DRILLING RIG

CHALLENGE: TIGHT SCHEDULE

LOCATION: NEWCASTLE AND SHETLAND

ISLANDS, UK

JOB: TRANSPORT AND INSTALLATION

CHALLENGE: TIGHT SCHEDULE

“During this hold time

the system had to

withstand 145 km/h

winds”

“All major equipment was

removed from the rig”

LOCATION: INGLESIDE, TEXAS, USA

JOB: PONTOON LEG LIFT

CHALLENGE: DIMENSIONAL CONSTRAINTS,

HOLD TIME, ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS

Offshore

24 25

“Careful scheduling of

the equipment and crews”

Successful push-up performances i

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 m3/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.

LOCATION: SINGAPORE AND BATAM,

INDONESIA

JOB: LOAD-OUTS, PULLING AND

JACKING OPERATIONS

CHALLENGE: THREE DIFFERENT

LOCATIONS

Offshore

s in Asia

Offshore

26 27

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 founda-

tion 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 founda-

tion 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 cus-

tomer is obviously satisfied with our

work as they have just extended

our contract for another year.

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 communica-

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

was completely satisfied.

Sophisticated Cranes

Large jacket on the move

LOCATION: KRISTIANSAND, NORWAY

JOB: INSTALLING SHIP CRANES

CHALLENGE: HEAVY LIFTS

LOCATION: ARANSAS PASS, TEXAS, USA

JOB: LOAD-OUT

CHALLENGE: LONG PULLING DISTANCE,

32,000 TONS

“This saves our

customers a lot of

time and money”

“Required effective

communications”

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Burnell Gerber, Transport SupervisorBiggest 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 accomplish-

ments’. 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 pro-

fessional 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 lay-

down yard was a well-oiled machine,

though their workload was heavy.

Rob Binkley, Crane Operator

Biggest Challenges

Upon being assigned to the Wolfe Island

Project, I became responsible for mobilizing

and demobilizing cranes, coordinating crane

movements (including assembly and disas-

sembly), 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

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 trans-

ferred 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.

Three perspectives of the Wolfe Island Wind Project

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LOCATION: WOLFE ISLAND, ONTARIO,

CANADA AND OGDENSBURG, NEW

YORK, USA

JOB: TRANSPORTING AND INSTALLING

WIND TURBINES

CHALLENGE: COMPLEX LOGISTICS

Rob BinkleyBurnell Gerber aka Barney

equipment, was the most important

aspect of my work.

Best Accomplishments

Mobilizing and demobilizing multiple piec-

es 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.

Absolute Highlights

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 trans-

porting 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

Biggest Challenges

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 compo-

nent 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 configura-

tions, a load-out / transport plan and a

sea-fastening plan with calculations.

Best Accomplishments

I have been involved with some great jobs

over the years, which includes lifting, load-

out 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

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, conver-

sation amongst my co-workers allows an

easy solution to the problem.

Absolute Highlights

For me, the highlight of the project was to

see it all come together as the project

required a lot of manpower and equip-

ment. 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).

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“Challenges, Accomplishments & Highlights”

Barend Schuring

Civil

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LOCATION: TRAPANI, SICILY, ITALY

JOB: LOAD-OUT OF A CHEMICAL

TANKER

CHALLENGE: CONGESTED SITE

“ The customer’s fi rst project of this nature”

Sicilian load-outA 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”

Civil

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 config-

urations we managed to deal with the geo-

metrical 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.

South Africa is preparing for the FIFA

World Cup 2010 and four new stadiums

are being built. Mammoet, with its exten-

sive experience in the construction of

stadiums worldwide, assisted with con-

struction of the Moses Mabidha Stadium

in Durban and the Greenpoint Stadium in

Cape Town. Both stadiums will host semi-

finals and hold 70,000 spectators each.

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.

The largest telescopic cranes together

Ready for the FIFA World Cup 2010

LOCATION: CUXHAVEN, GERMANY

JOB: ERECTING A LARGE DOCK CRANE

CHALLENGE: SITE CONDITIONS, LOAD

GEOMETRY

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.”

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.

Hovercraft on a road trip

“We stuck to the

daily schedules”

LOCATION: HAY RIVER – FORT MACKAY,

CANADA

JOB: TRANSPORTING A HOVERCRAFT

CHALLENGE: OVERSIZED LOAD,

LONG DISTANCE, MANAGING TRAFFIC

Civil

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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 sup-

ports on the barge, to align with the quay.

We could adjust the supports by 200 mm

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 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 horizon-

tally on the ground, then lifted into the verti-

cal position with the M 21000. This crane

was fitted with a 103.6 meter main boom

and 91.4 meter luffing jib.

A joint effort

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

“Help avoid delays

to the launch

schedule”

“The water rose

by almost 600 mm

in a week”

Civil

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.

Skidding in Frisco

Gantry on SPMTs

In 2007 Mammoet USA replaced a section

of the San Francisco Bay Bridge. As a fol-

low-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. Sixty-

eight sections of skid track and sixteen skid

shoes were installed, together with approx-

imately 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.

LOCATION: BERLIN, GERMANY

JOB: INSTALLING THREE BRIDGE SECTIONS

CHALLENGE: SHORT TIME WINDOWS,

SCHEDULE CHANGES

“Within two hours the old

bridge section was lifted

off its bearings”

LOCATION: SAN FRANCISCO BAY BRIDGE,

CALIFORNIA, USA

JOB: SKIDDING A BRIDGE SECTION

CHALLENGE: COMPLEX SUPPORT STRUC-

TURE, 45 METERS ABOVE GROUND LEVEL

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.

Complex container crane lift

LOCATION: VENLO, THE NETHERLANDS

JOB: ASSEMBLING A CONTAINER CRANE

CHALLENGE: COMPLEX LIFT, LAST-MINUTE CHANGES

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Mammoet Shipping and the Mammoet Heavy Lift Terminal

Global activities Mammoet Shipping To provide our worldwide lifting and trans-

port services, we first have to get our

equipment onto the job site.

Consequently, we have built up an exten-

sive 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 oper-

ation, 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 facil-

ities 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

head office enjoy a constantly changing

view!

SynergyMammoet Shipping and the HLT are an

excellent match. Obviously, our customers

use the terminal for handling their heavy

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 per-

sonnel 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.

MarineMammoet 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.

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Marine

3624/7 Emergency...

In August 2009, Mammoet Salvage ren-

dered 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 equip-

ment 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.”

Wide rangeRingersma continued: “Partly due to the

fast response and good organization, the

salvage operation went well. This opera-

tion 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 cer-

tainly on the right track to establish our

reputation as a serious provider of emer-

gency response operations.”

Complex challenges Even before this operation, Mammoet

Salvage had undertaken several successful

Mammoet Salvage tackles major challenges. After building up a strong posi-

tion 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.

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

“When every second counts”

Mammoet Salvage now provides emergency response services

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

MarineSmart solutions, united experience

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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 con-

centrate 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 exam-

ples 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 contain-

ers, 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 solu-

tion 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 envi-

ronment. If the Norwegian parliament

approves the plans, then Mammoet

Salvage will undertake this project in the

summer of 2011. The Norwegians trust our

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.”

473 sealed bags of gold and silver mineral concentrate

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

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

“We developed a

unique solution using

remotely controlled

equipment and systems

developed specially for

this project”

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Marine

‘All-round service i

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 inter-

national 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 contrac-

tors, who offer some of these services, but

A new name for a familiar face: Mammoet MaritimeEarly in 2009, the name BTS (maritime salvage, lifting and transport special-

ists) 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.”

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 industryMammoet Maritime has long oper-

ated 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 off-

shore industry. We are investing in

people and equipment, such as

LOCATION: THE KENNEDYBRÜCKE IN BONN,

GERMANY

JOB: INSTALLING A BRIDGE PART

CHALLENGE: CURRENTS IN THE RIVER

RHINE

“ A defi nite advantage”

MarineTransport, heavy lift and salvage services

e in coastal waters and inland waterways’

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 drill-

ing 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 custom-

ers. 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 reme-

diation. 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 com-

pany 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

(the Netherlands), Mammoet Maritime

handled the transport of all large compo-

nents 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 under-

lines that. And that’s a definite advan-

tage.”

Jaap Scheffer

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

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The heavy lifting and transport specialist

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, effec-

tively and cost-efficiently in your local

market, while offering the benefit of a

central knowledge and experience center

for more demanding aspects and projects.

Worldwide specialists

in heavy lifting and transport

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 state-

of-the-art equipment, combined with high quality and safety standards, have

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

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 load-

outs, and the assembly

of extremely large and

heavy items.

Civil

Experience of multimodal

transport by road, rail and

water, together with equip-

ment 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 water-

ways. With the division,

Mammoet Salvage, and the

subsidiary, Mammoet

Maritime, Mammoet has

proven its ability throughout

the world.

Petrochemical

Mammoet’s operations in

the petrochemical and

chemical industries largely

relate to maintenance work,

the replacement of plant

modules, complete over-

hauls and the expansion or

construction of production

sites.

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.

“ 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.”

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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.Worldwide specialists in heavy lifting and transport

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Powerpage 16

Offshorepage 26

Petrochemicalpage 6

Civil page 32