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Heavy and Abnormal Load Transport Presenter Rex Lewis

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  • 1. Heavy and Abnormal Load TransportPresenterRex Lewis

2. The Equipment SPMTsSelf Propelled Modular Trailers 3. Idea SummaryThe IdeaTo provide a service to the DP World and all its clients for heavy andabnormal load transport through all the networks of ports and facilities. Inaddition to this hire services for the equipment can be offered to the heavylift companiesTeamFor a set of 100 axles and three power pack units the following would beneeded at a minimum:Manager, Project engineer, 2x SPMT operators, SPMT Mechanic, HSES,Autocad engineer for SPMT operationsNegative PointsQualified and experienced staff are fewAvailability and lead time for equipment can be up to 6 monthsTransporting equipment from location to location for each projectBusiness ModelHeavy Lift Contracting 4. What are SPMTs A self-propelled modular transporter or sometimes self-propelled modular trailer(SPMT) is a platform vehicle with a large array of wheels. SPMTs are used for transportingmassive objects such as large bridge sections, oil refining equipment, motors and otherobjects that are too big or heavy for trucks. Trucks can however provide traction andbraking for the SPMTs on inclines and descents. SPMTs are used in many industry sectors worldwide such as the construction and oilindustries, in the shipyard and offshore industry, for road transportation, on plantconstruction sites and even for moving oil platforms. In addition they been recently begunto be used to replace bridge spans in the United States, Europe, Asia and more recentlyCanada. A typical SPMT can have a grid of several dozen computer-controlled wheels, allindividually controllable, in order to evenly distribute weight and steer accurately. Eachindividual wheel can swivel independently from the others to allow it to turn, movesideways or even spin in place. Some SPMTs allow the wheels to telescope independentlyof each other so that the load can be kept flat and evenly distributed while moving overuneven terrain. As SPMTs often carry the worlds heaviest loads on wheeled vehicles, theyare very slow, often moving at under one mile per hour while fully loaded. Some SPMTsare controlled by a worker with a hand-held control panel, while others have a driver cabin.In addition, multiple SPMTs can be combined to transport massive building-sized objects. 5. The Market for SPMTsA self-propelled modular transporter is one of the safest and most efficient way fortransporting heavy and oversized loads.The market for SPMT transport keeps on growing as construction methods have changedmost projects look to module construction off site by multiple contractors. The advantage ofthis is that the full construction does not have to be done on site only joining up the pre builtmodules. There are significant savings in manpower, construction costs and the time it takesto complete the project.Typical industries who use the services include:Oil and gasPower generationCivil constructionShipyardsNuclear industriesOilfield construction 6. Competition There already specialized companies in heavy lift who have this equipment such as Mammoet,ALE, Al Jabber and Sarens. These heavy lift companys are seeing there biggest growth sector in the use of SPMT transport,due to the volume of projects currently underway the companys are having to resort to x hiringfrom each other to make up shortfalls in there fleets The competition are limited to there limited territories and logistic capabilities The heavy lift companies are limited to budgets for purchasing new equipment slowing theregrowth. 7. Development plan DP World are in a unique position to take on the challenge of starting a heavy transport divisionthe advantages DP World have are: Over 65 terminals around the world A ready built portfolio of clients who use these services DP World already are in a position that most of the heavy lift items travel through ports DP World have the facilities and logistic support to assist the growth of the business DP World use these services themselves on a regular basis 8. Summary The above is only a very limited presentation of what I see as an additional service that could beincorporated into the DP World portfolio. If there is sufficient interest from yourselves I can assist with making a full viability study to assessif the investment and costings would make it a valuable asset to DP World. My contact details are: Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0509808765 Rex Lewis