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PROJECTS
SUPPORTING
NEW JETTY
CONSTRUCTION
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xact planning and a perfectly balanced lifting arrange-
ment was necessary to lift the two machinery houses,
each weighing 277 tons and measuring 21.9 × 13.9 × 21.1
metres, and the two gantries (360 tons each, 23.2 × 22.8 × 21.1
metres) successfully on deck of MV Lone.
This job not only required shipping, but also partly installing
two two Tukan 3000 slewing cranes at their destination. During
the single-ift loading operation of the two machinery houses,
the vessel’s crew and SAL’s engineering experts had to face a
special challenge: Both machinery houses with their pre-installed
A-Frames demanded great attention as the center of gravity of
the units was located very unusual.
After smoothly finishing the loading operations in the Port of
Bremen in Germany, MV Lone continued her voyage to Corpus
Christi, Texas (US). Here the cranes were not only discharged in
time, but also directly installed on the jetty in another challeng-
ing operation: The tandem lift installation of the machinery house
(including the A-Frames) could only be carried out with very short
rigging due to the required hoisting height. Additionally, the clear-
ance between the gantry and the machinery house was at only
200 millimetres during the installation.
Another technically challenging job was brought to completion
and to the full satisfaction of the client.
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June/July 2015 • Bremen/Germany – Corpus Christi, TX/US
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