Transfer of various rail-bound harbour cranes.
The port in Riga, Latvia, is developing dynamically. This requires a reorientation and distribution of existing cranes to other berths in order to load and unload ships more effectively.
For this reason, various cranes had to be moved 8 km downstream from the old terminal by pontoon to the new terminal. Tow of them weighed 470 tons and five bulk cranes in the coal/wood port were a bit lighter (380 t-120 t).
The customer's original plan was to dismantle the large cranes and transport them in individual parts by truck, or to move them divided by means of a floating crane. However, this could have resulted in downtime of up to 3 weeks or more per crane.
Our engineers developed a new concept with four 6 axle SPMTs and two PPU to move the large cranes within one day. We achieved a height of 6.5 meters between the SPMTs and cranes using 20 foot standard sea containers. Thus the customer was able to use the crane again after only 3 days without any special inspection or assembly work.
Equipment:
- 4 x 6 axle SPMT + 2 PPU
- Container
- container transport frame
- load distribution beam,
- Stacking wood
Location: Riga, Latvia
Period: May 2019
