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w o r l d w i d e s p e c i a l i s t s i n h e a v y l i f t i n g a n d t r a n s p o r t V A N S E U M E R E N G R O U P


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Does the mission statement make

any sense?

The mission statement keeps us eager to improve

continuously our performance, personally and as a

team that has versatile and fascinating equipment

to its disposal. For many jobs, it is required that

we can act quickly with short lead times. This is

the main reason that our organizational architec-

ture counts for regional building blocks, or busi-

ness units that are fairly autonomous. They man-

age their own staff, equipment, network and other

assets. Customers may remind us to our mission

statement at any time, thus pushing us to the best

solutions and performance we can offer.

So Mammoet should be looked upon as a

federation?

Not really. If we only had the regional business

units, like in the Americas, Europe, the Middle

East or Asia, our results would have been only a

far cry from what we are now. This is becausethere is a flexible glue between and over these

business units. Many big jobs have intercontinen-

tal dimensions that cannot be managed from just

one regional unit. This is where Mammoet Global

comes in. It serves both as director for interconti-

nental projects and as fallback support for region-

al branches. For instance when exceptional equip-

ment is required that only generates revenue if

applied worldwide. Just because of Mammoet

Global, any customer can get any type of required

equipment and specialists, even if it does not

belong to the regional fleets.

What is the trend in intercontinental

projects?

I would summarize this as from factory to foun-

dation. Think of power generators or steam drums

that are manufactured in Europe, and must be put

together in the States. Imagine parts of offshoreplatforms that are constructed around the world,

but will be assembled into one structure at some

yard, or at some location in shallow seas.

Remember the huge investments in green energy

generation with windmills. All those projects need

transportation and lifting solutions, synchronized

with many operations around the world. In fact, if

we have the ambition to increase our added value

in the customers chain, we must have the capaci-

ty for world wide project management. As such,

Mammoet Global can be considered as the spine

of our company, with regional business units as

our head, arms and legs.

Can you indicate what it means to become

the best full service provider as indicated

in the mission statement?

It means our ambition is to be the best partner

for our customers they can imagine, solving any

lifting or transport issue. With being the best,

I emphasize to be the best in the range of avail-

able equipment, the best in know-how, crews,

engineering and maintaining high safety stan-

dards. Moreover, we push these aspects continu-

ously. Take for instance the safety standards.

By having a constant focus on quality and safety

improvement throughout our organization,

processes and procedures, we are certified to

execute very specialized lifting and transport jobs

in challenging circumstances. Like live petro-

chemical plants and nuclear power stations.

Safety is priority number one and thus the

foundation of our ambition to be the best

in class.

Introduction

As I walk along

the beach of my

favourite Dutch

isle Ameland,

in a rare of f duty

moment, many

thoughts come

into my mind. It has really been

an incredible year, just af ter the

establishment of Mammoet

new style.

So many fascinating results have

been achieved and of course the

salvage o f the Kursk has brought

us in the focal point of the inter-

nationa l press . Yet, I w onder:

why us?

I mean, the world is so big, and is

home to so many brilliant people

in any branch you can imagine.

What is it, really, that we apparent-

ly can offer wh ilst working at the

cutting edge of our business?

Its a basic question. Despite the

roaring of the waves breaking on

the beach, the wind that blows

around and the eerie sounds of

seagulls that seem to play on the

division between water and air, no

easy answer pops up. Of coursewe have skilled and experienced

crews around the world. Of course

we invest in state of the art equip-

ment, i n innovative developments,

in networks and contacts.

But these are only pieces and

bits o f the answer.

At some distance a big crab fights

its way through the white foam to

the beach. It chases a small crea-

ture I cannot identify. Poor little

fellow. He did n ot make it.

And suddenly that s it! Imagine

the little one to have grown by

predating even smaller organisms

that in their turn probably feed on

microscop ic plankton.

I just witnessed one act in an end-

less chain, and even the big one

could end up on my plate tonight

in that cozy fish restaurant.The food chain. Chains!

Mammoet as such, with equip-

ment, st aff, engin eers and assets,

acts li ke a cha in, but also offers a

vital part in the chain of its cus-

tomers. As long as our part is not

the weakest, we continue to add

value. Whether it concerns the

construction or renewal of petro-

chemical plants, power stations,

civil works, wind mills or even that

salvage o f the Russian submarine

Kursk, our secret comes down

to the value adding chain.

My personal mission, alike with

that of all my colleagues is to offer

tailor made solutions for any chal-

lenge in the heavy l ifting and

transport business.

This best solution must be safe,feasible, executable and reason-

able in price. S o, for any cus tomer,

we determine the best fitting mix

of engineering, equipment, capaci-

ty, crews, technology, adaptations

and ski lls. Bec ause the availab le

range wi thin all these assets is so

vast, we are able to act worldwide

at the specialist s forefront so lving

the most difficult problems, in

parallel to many clients that

require standard ized of f the shelve

solutions. Both require the best

support in the ir respective

circumstances.

The crab finished its meal.

Sure, the little fellow will never be

heard o f anymore. Yet, it played i ts

part in the li fe cycle, the endless

chain of processing and renewal

of life. Strange as it may sound,the crab applied maintenance to

itself. Otherwise, hell lose his

strength, and become prey itself.

Thats another lesson: to stay

the strongest part of the chain

requires maintenance of your

assets, of people, equipment,

networks . Recent developments

that you will find in this issue will

illustrate what I mean.

I shiver as gusts of rain pour down

from heavy clouds that rush along

the sky. A lesson learned in the

loneliness under the wide-open

skies. Time to return for some

personal maintenance in a warm,

cozy place

Frans van Seumeren,

President & CEO Mammoet.

Mammoet Global:

spine of the company

To be the best full

service provider

in the global mar-

ket for engineered

heavy lifting and

multimodal trans-

port, for the

benefit of our

customers, shareholders and

employees.

A bold Mission Statement thatperfectly embodies the Mammoet

ambitions. However, words are

easily written down.

How do you achieve this goal?

Roderik van Seumeren, Managing

director of Mammoet Europe and

Mammoet Global, admits that

putting forward a statement doesnt

necessarily mean that you are

that best global player.

MAMMOET WORLDWIDE

BOARD OF MANAGEMENTBOARD OF MANAGEMENT

EUROPEEUROPE ASIAASIA

MAMMOET GLOBALMAMMOET GLOBALAMERICAAMERICASS

MIDDLE EASTMIDDLE EAST

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= com.projects/availabitity equipment

Changing chains

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The Kursk salvage: the impossible job

Transport of the Bollard

Early in January 2002, Mammoet inaugurated its new head office

in Schiedam, at the former Wilton Feyenoord premises.

The landmark structure, named The Bollard, is remarkable in

many respects. It was completely pre-fabricated at Grootint in

Zwijndrecht, some tens of kilometers upstream of the Maas River.

Of course, Mammoet itself executed the load-out and transport

from the yard to its final location. Within weeks after the delivery,

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

How do you transport such an extraor-

dinary building? Its a matter of engi-

neering. For instance, Mammoet

designed a special cradle that could

absorb all dynamic loads during the

transport. This structure resembles a giant wheel with 14 spokes.

It accommodated the 2500 tonnes building while 128 axle lines

of self propelled SPMTs could be maneuvered underneath.

Before starting the tow, the steel cradle was fixed to the pontoon,

while 50% of the load remained on the SPMTs that were arranged

in 9 rows. A major obstacle was the Botlek Bridge. In order to

clear its top frame, leaving a margin of only 90 centimeters, the

pontoon had to be ballasted temporarily. At that time, the tide wasat its lowest. The voyage from Grootint to the new Mammoet

premises took only one day to complete. Ahead of schedule, the

structure was lowered within 2 millimeters of margin onto the

foundation. For Mammoet, this unique transport of the first ever

offshore built building was the second highlight in one week.

It was achieved in the same week the Kursk was lifted.

More than 60 international journal-

ists reported minutely on the salvage

of the Russian submarine Kursk.

Among them representatives of AP,

Itartass, AFP, Reuters, CNN. What

then, is there to be told yet, that

hasnt been told before? A project

unique in history, exhilarating froma technical point of view. But at the

same time the final stage of a

tragedy that took the lives of 118

seamen, leaving so many in grief

and despair. Mammoet Worldasked

Jan van Seumeren, Technical direc-

tor and Jan Kleyn, Principal engi-

neer, both part of Mammoets

Product and Development depart-

ment which designed the technical

salvage concept, to briefly reflect on

the Kursk.

We often work on special devices

that are required to expand the

Mammoet equipment fleet, or that

are needed to address a very specif-

ic challenge. Recently we completed

engineering and the construction of

the Jumping Jack (see back cover,

ed.). But the Kursk salvage will

always stay in our minds as an out-

standing project. Right from the

beginning, we were convinced that

we could do the job since we quick-

ly outlined a concept that would

work. The 9000 tonnes of the Kursk

was no exceptional mass, nor was

the depth of 108 meters. In fact, our

tremendous experience in all kinds

of heavy lifting and transport should

be enough asset to come up with a

feasible idea. However, since thiswas offshore lifting, we needed a

reliable partner that could provide us

with a stable platform or pontoon,

together with tug capability. This is

where our partner Smit comes in.

But the lifting concept was engi-

neered here. After initial inspections

it became clear that we could lift

the main body of the wreckage by

attaching plugs onto its hull. To

explain it simpy: these plugs work

similarly as the one you may apply

at home to attach an object to the

wall. Insert these and they automati-

cally clamp firmly. In this case, the

plugs penetrated the holes that were

cut in the hull and then deploy

clamps that stay fixed under the

ships steel frame. The plugs were

connected with bundles of steel

cables to strand jacks. We calculat-

ed that 26 plugs, strategically dis-

tributed over the top of the hull,

were sufficient. Lifting power was no

problem at all. We expected that,

apart from 9000 tonnes for the

wreckage, possibly another 3000

tonnes was needed to get the struc-

ture unlocked from the muddy

seabed. But our redundancy was farmore than these estimates. In fact,

we simulated many different scena-

rios with an advanced computer

model and from this we learned

what the margins were. Each strand

jack could be opera ted independent-

ly, synchronized with computer con-

trol. This gave enough margins to

counteract dynamical loads, should

they develop in the hull.

The most challenging aspect was

of course the weather. Huge waves

could impair the lifting process.

To compensate the effect of the

swell at sea, we designed a kind of

computer controlled shock absorber.

This allowed us to control the ten-

sion on each cable dynamically du-

ring the lift. The Kursk came loose

more easily than we expected and

the operations as such, including

clamping her under the pontoon

Giant 4, went without any incident.

However, it was the first time that

we lifted a load that we could not

see at all!

From the Kursk salvage scrapbook

Mammoet issued an internal magazine to highlight the processing of the Kursk

salvage for all its employees. A fragment of this unique story represents a

tribute to all who contributed to this operation.

On Sunday 7 October 2001, all plugs have been put in place. The load on the

strand jacks is gradually increased. We now enter the most delica te part of the

operation. The Kursk has sunk almost two meters into the mud. Very prudent

lifting is needed and tha t can be achieved with the advanced computer con-

trolled system that manages the load on all jacks. At the moment that all jacks

apply 150 tonnes of power, a small shock is felt onboard the Giant 4. Insiders

know what this means: the Kursk is about to come loose . That nigh t, at 1.45 am

Central European Time, the Kursk rises from the sea floor, letting the Giant 4

to sink a little deeper into the water. The feeling of relief and joy is hard to catch

in words. Everybody knows that, once in the gri p of the plugs and jacks of

Mammoet, from now on nothing will go wrong. The lifting operations slowly pro-

ceed the next day and that evening, the Kursk is secured under the pontoon.

Lets go to Murmansk! This implied the final stage of bringing the Kursk home.

We had to deliver the hull in a giant floating dry dock. We knew in advance the

draft of the Giant / Kursk combination to exceed the limit to sail into this dock.

In effect, we had to lift the combination about 7 meters. At a Russian shipyard,

two 100 meter long semi-submersible pontoons were readied in just 9 weeks!

Named after the wives of Frans and Jan van Seumeren, Gon and Mar, the pon-

toons were positioned at both sides of the Giant / Kursk and lifted the stack as

planned. On 21 October, the final stages are completed. Supported by 12 tugs,

countless Russian sailors that pull ropes and supervised by dozens of navy offi-

cials, the Kursk reaches her final destination. Shes lowered onto stoppings in

the dock, after which the plugs retract. A crown of flowers rests on the Kursk,in memory of those tha t finally came home.



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Petrochemical

EUROPEMAMMOET

Trends in the market

Although the

growth in world

markets tended to

decrease last year,

accelerated by the

unfortunate events

of 11 September

2001, many manufacturers of petro-

chemical products maintained their

competitive edge. Many are consid-

ering and realizing substantial expan-

sions, especially in the Middle East.The general tendency is to increase

the scale of production plants both in

existing and new development sites.

As a result the number and scale of

required equipment, like vessels,

reactors, flare stacks and others,

increases as well. Thus, this larger

and heavier equipment needs match-

ing facilities for transport and lifting,

all the way from their fabrication site

to the final foundations. Mammoets

versatile fleet of cranes, transport

vehicles and specialized systems for

jacking, skidding and ballasting per-

fectly matches the needs. Among the

Mammoet fleet are the five largest

and strongest cranes in the world.

It should be noted that the factory-

to-foundation services not only

require suitable transport and lifting

equipment, but also a well organized

worldwide logistics.

These mega-projects are not limited

to regional boundaries, but often

involve many (sub)contractors locat-

ed around the world. Moreover, when

engineers and construction experts

understand that heavy and large

items are transportable and and

liftable they can design new develop-

ments around our equipment or,

when we are aware of major new

design developments, Mammoet can

develop special handling devices.

We should consider the develop-

ments in the Middle East as an

example. The largest petrochemical

projects are currently found in Saudi

Arabia, Qatar, Iran and Kuwait.

Saudi Arabia and Kuwait have

become global players and continue

to increase the size and efficiency of

their plants are improving their

already solid market position.

Activities in Oman, Bahrain and

Yemen are also picking up pace.

Mammoet closely observes these

market developments and will antici-

pate construction work loads to have

the right equipment in place for

heavy transport and lifting projects.

Robin Koenis,

Commercial Manager Middle East.

Highlight

Our customer realizes the PO-11

project for the joint venture Lyondell /

Bayer. It is a complex project, in

which Mammoet participated with

several contracts to provide cranes,

transport equipment and rigging

crews for of jobs like the construction

of foundations, the installation of pipe

racks, steel constructions, piping and

the installation of storage tanks.

A specialty was the Equipment

Erection Contract, covering the com-

plete logistics of approximately 400

items, up to 390 t. It comprises

offloading in the adjacent harbour,

transport to the site, storage on a lay-

down area and the final positioning of

these items, including shimming and

alignment. Mammoet constructed a

special transport road with steel

plates, 950 meters long and 7 meters

wide, to ease the SPMT transports.

Also our CC 2800 was used to erect

a 165 meter high flare stack.

Highlight

In March 2001, Mammoet received a request from theHalt preparation Shell-Pernis to prepare a plan for

exchanging a regenerator head with cyclones, at a weight

of 350 tons and a reactor in two parts, of 225 tons each.

After prep aring measurements and drawings , Mammoet

initially offered to execute this job with the CC-4800

crane. But after meetings with Shell and engineering

bureau Jacobs, the weights were adapted and

Mammoet was asked to replace the whole reactor.

In mutual consultation, it was decided to apply the PTC

crane. This compact crane, with a high standard for safe-

ty and capacity has the advantage that it can be erected

in very narrow spaces at refineries. Furthermore, the

crane still can install very heavy items at an enormous

radius, which improves schedules and reduces site

movements.

A short summary of the activit ies:

1. Transfer of a 409 ton reactor, 285 ton regeneratorcyclone and a 35 ton airgrid with two 400 ton floating

derricks on SPMTs.

2. Transport of the reactor by means of 4 x 10 axle lines

SPMTs, and turntables, transport of the regenerator by

means of 2 x 12- axle lines SPMTs and transport of the

airgrid by means of 8 axle lines SPMTs to temporary

supports.

3. Exchange of the existing parts.

4. Lifting the new equipment from the temporary sup-

ports and installation at the foundations.

Shell stated that the cooperation went very smoothly in

every stage of the project and the job was completed to

their satisfaction.

Project PO-11 Lyondell

Location Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Customer ABB Lummus Global B.V.

Main equipment CC 2800, SPMTs

Full service provider at PO-11

Project DTC Shell Pernis

Location Pernis / Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Customer Shell Nederland Raffinaderij B.V.

Main equipment PTC, LR 1250, SPMTs

Having the best crane



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Highlight

Mammoet executed two projects at two

separate plants of the company Ruhr

Oel. The first project involved the trans-

portation of a 440 t reactor, whichincluded a Ro-Ro operation from a

barge in Dorsten. The reactor was then

transported 12 kilometers over public

roads to Scholven. Due to the dimen-

sions (43 meters long, 7,5 meters wide),

the transport of the reactor was under-

taken during the night, this as always

attracted a large crowd.

Our CC-2800 and a tailing frame placed

on the SPMTs were used to position the

reactor onto its foundation in the middle

of a live plant.

The second project included the installa-

tion of column weighing 100 t at Ruhr

Oels, Horst location. A LR-1450 and a

130 t capacity tailing crane were rigged

to lift the column successfully off its

transport to foundation. These activities

were also executed in the middle of a

live plant in a very congested area.

Highlight

Mammoet won a contract for the transport of two

reactors (220 and 280 t) from The Netherlands to the

Statoil Refinery. The offloading at Sydhavn was exe-

cuted with a 900 t sheerleg, hired by Kranringen.

With SPMTs, the 40 meters long load was transport-

ed from the harbor to the site, through the streets of

Kalundborg. The actual erection of these reactors

was done by Kranringen with one of our CC 2600s

with 200 t superlift configuration, assisted by a 400 t

tailing crane of Kranringen.

Highlight

Mammoet was awarded a contract for the trans-

port of three reactors from Richardsbay to

Secunda, a distance of 650 km. About 40 people

supported the transport, including police officers,

teams for (dis)connecting power and telephone

cables, and a crew for first aid and refreshments.

The heaviest unit (268 Te) was 8 x 9, 10.5 meters.

The convoy stretched over 100 meters and

covered 34 axle lines of trailers. At a speed of5 15 km/hr, the distance was covered in 9 days.

SOUTHAFRICA

MAMMOET

Columns on the move

Project Kalundborg Statoil

Location Kalundborg, Denmark

Customer Wiab

Main equipment CC 2600, SPMTs

Through the streets of Kalundborg

Project Secunda

Location Secunda and Richardsbay, South Africa

Customer Fluor Daniel

Main equipment 5 MAN 700 hp transport tractors, conventional trailers

From Richardsbay to Secunda

Highlight

Mammoet Italy won the contract for the transport

over water and load-out of 8 tanks, using 24 axle lines of SPMTs at the

Enichem plant in Ravenna. The water transport called for two consecu-

tive barge trips with 4 tanks each. The load-out was done on a gas

loading jetty and required high safety precautions. When a tank was

due or berthed at the jetty, all operations were suspended.

Upon unloading, six tanks were transported to a storage area at 250

meter distance and delivered on temporary supports. The remaining two

tanks were positioned directly on sand foundations. It was a challenge

to keep the tight schedule as to prevent disruption of operations as

much as possible. Mammoet succeeded with its professionalism and

well prepared crew that were working in double shift.

Last but not least, the plant is located in a former swamp area and thus

after sunset, mosquitoes showed no mercy for our tired crew.

Project Hydrocracker / CD Hydro

Location Gelsenkirchen, Germany

Customer Fluor Daniel, Ponticelli

Main equipment CC 2800, LR 1450, SPMTs


Project Enichem

Location Ravenna, Italy

Customer Alliani

Main equipment SPMTs en barges

Tanks & gas


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Project SM1 Modernization

Location St. James, Louisiana

Customer Chevron Phillips Chemical Company

Main equipment MSG-50 with 69 meter main boom and 43 meter jib, SPMTs

AMERICAS

MAMMOET

Highlight This job was part of the customers Delayed Coker project.

The Mammoet contract called for the loading onto barges of 65

modules at two manufacturing sites near Maracaibo, Venezuela.

Upon arrival at St. Croix, the modules were loaded in and transport-

ed with SPMTs. The installation and setting of the items was execut-ed with the CC 12600 and a CC 4000 crane.

Project Hovensa

Location St. Croix, US Virgin Islands

Customer Bechtel Corporation

Main equipment CC 12600, CC 4000

New building at the Virgin Islands

Highlight A 670 t recycle column was transported, using two sets of double 14 axle

line SPMTs. The transport was both over water and land. The remarkable

lift required the application of our 2000 t tailframe that was supported with

2 x 12 axle lines SPMTs during the lifting operations performed with the

Platform Twin Ring HD. Just prior to the lift, this crane could be commis-

sioned after its arrival from the UK. It took less than 6.5 weeks for derig-

ging the crane in the UK, the sea transport, inland transport to St. James

and erection of the crane.

Project AS 4202 Rebui ld

Location St. James, Louisiana

Customer Chevron Phillips Chemical Company

Main equipment Platform Twin Ring HD, tailing frame, SPMTs

Highlight As part of a tu rnaround, the 33 meters h igh 450 t Vacuum Distilla tion Column (VDC) had to be

replaced. This critical piece of equipment processes half of the crude oil at the site. Benicia

experts already figured out that a gantry lift system should be preferred as to comply with safety

rules applicable for the live plant. As Valero stated: We wanted to ensure companies bidding on

this job were 100 percent committed to the safety and success, like we are ourselves.

Mammoet was selected as contractor. The lift system comprised six tower sections and load

beams, allowing north/south, east/west, up/down and rotation movements with the rectangular

footprint of the structure. Each beam could handle 740 t, while loads to the soil were kept at a mini-

mum, eliminating the need for counter weights.

Project Valero Vacuum Distillation Column

Location Benicia, California

Customer Valero Refining Company

Main equipment Strand jacks, Gantry system, lifting beams

Committed to safety

Lifting record in Louisiana

Highlight

With a mass of 840 t and a radius of

59 meter, this lift set a world record for

the combined weight / radius-factor.

For this project, Jumbo Shipping dis-

patched the vessels from Mumbay, India.

Mammoet won the contract for the load-in

with SPMTs and transported the construc-

tions over the Mississippi dike to the site.

The vessels were dressed at a storage

area and finally transported to their foun-

dations where the MSG positioned them

properly.


Platform Twin Ring HD with tailing frame


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Highlight The Mammoet strand jack system was applied to

install Rotary Breakers in one piece. Due to restrict-

ed access, these objects could not be reached with

a crane. In addition, Apron Feeders were also

installed using the jacks. The severe cold weather

conditions posed challenges to both the equipment

and our crew.

Project Shell Muskeg Rover Oilsands

Location Ft. McMurray, Alberta

Customer Shell Albian Oil Sands

Main equipment Strand jacks, gantry system

Strand jacks & Rotary Breakers

Highlight Mammoet Canada Western was chosen for this project due to its track

record and ability to meet project schedules within constraints of safety

and professionalism. The job involved the road transport of 750 process

modules from fabricators in Edmonton and Calgary to the Shell downstream

project located in Fort Saskatchewan and the Upstream Project locationin Muskeg River. In addition, Mammoet performed the transport of large

Coolers, Vessels, Electrical equipment and Cogeneration equipment.

The bulk of the oversized cargoes were transported by road between

Calgary and Edmonton, plus subsequent road transport to and from

the rail sidings.

Project Shell Athabasca I

Location Scotford Ft. Saskatchewan, Alberta

Customer Shell Downstream Upgrader

Main equipment Specialized hydraulic trailers, prime movers

Transport problem? Canadian trailers!

Highlight Mammoet supplied heavy craneage and on site specialized transporta-

tion systems for the exclusive onsite crane, rigging and transport of

items, from start to finish. Thus, several large Reactors, Pressure

Vessels, Flare Stacks, Coolers and Assembled Process Modules were

erected and / or installed. The craneage included a lift and lock gantry

system, strand jack and gantry systems to complete the large scale

specialized quantities of process equipment that had to be handled.

The versatility of the PTC, moving on its own crawlers and supported

by a CC 4800 as tailing device, was essential for Mammoets success.

A remarkable fact is that all heavy lifts and transports were engineered

well in advance around our fleet.

Highlight Mammoet won a contract to receive

four large reactors up to 4 meters in

diameter, 34 meters long and with a

weight of 372 t. Upon arrival in the Port

of Montreal, these structures were

loaded onto heavy-duty 12 axle railcarswith large steel turntables, and secured

for their 4000 km long voyage to

Northern Alberta. Mammoet was also

hired to temporarily store the reactors

on the quay. When available, the reac-

tors were loaded onto the railcars with

a high capacity skidding system.

The long journeyProject Suncor Millenium

Location Montreal, Quebec

Customer Suncor Energy

Main equipment Railcars, skidding system

Project Shell Athabasca IILocation Scotford Ft. Saskatchewan, Alberta

Customer Shell Downstream Upgrader / Fluor Daniel

Main equipment PTC, CC 4800, CC 2800, SPMTs, strand jacks, gantry system

Engineering around Mammoets fleet



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Highlight As part of the construction of a new refiner y, more than

120 000 t of equipment has to be transported and

installed. Among them are huge vessels of 900 t (2x), 600 t

and 700 t. The items arrive in the Port of Guanta and are

temporarily stored at the customs premises. For most

items (i.e. less than 70 t), Mammoet arranges road trans-

port over 40 kms to the construction site at Jose.

The oversized items travel by barge. Upon arrival, the

modules are transported to a storage area awaiting further

dressing. When ready, the Mammoet crane fleet supports

the final erection and installation. Highlight is to see the

CC 12600 move along for 4.5 kms with its load!

Project Hamaca Crude Upgrade

Location Guanta and Jose, VenezuelaCustomer Fluor Daniel

Main equipment CC 12600, CC 2600, CC 1400, SPMTs

Installing 120 000 t of equipment

ASIA

MAMMOET

Highlight Due to Mammoets rich history in Asia in general and Bintulu in particular, the company was

awarded a contract to provide extensive (heavy)lift and transport services for the expansion

of the largest LNG facility in the World, the Bintulu LNG facility. Heavy lifts involved the instal-

lation of the two largest columns of the project weighing 700 t each, with the Manitowoc

M 1200. CC 4800 and CC 2600 crawler cranes lifted the remaining part of the approximately

500 items in the heavy lift category. Besides this, some 20 crawler- and hydraulic cranes

installed the smaller items.

The Bintulu project team consisted of 100 people which operated and maintained 30 cranes

and more then 50 axle lines platform trailers. For this very large scale operation, a special

work shop facility on site was set up, manned 14 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Project Bintulu LNG facility

Location Bintulu, Malaysia

Client Kellog Brown & Root, JGC and Sime Engineering.

Main Equipment Manitowoc M 1200, CC 4800 and CC 2600 crawler cranes, hydraulic cranes, platform trailers


The largest facility in the World


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Highlight Our customer constructs an expansion at the Masilla premises in the inlands of

Yemen. Mammoet was contracted for the transport of all heavy items, up to 100 t,

that were delivered to the harbor of Mukalla in the United Arab Emirates. The road

from the harbor to the construction site is long, sometimes steep (up to 18% slope)

and with many (hairpin) turns. Such winding and climbing roads make good and

easy communications between the drivers essential, such as when to shift a gear.

The route passed tribal areas, requiring upfront permission of the tribal eldest

before the transport could come along. To increase safety, the Mammoet transport

was served by the Yemeni army around the clock, an experience that became busi-

ness as usual only after a few days. Our contract included the transport and jacking

of the loads on the site, as to deliver them onto the foundations.

Highlight

The refinery partially exploded and isnow being repaired and refurbished.

Mammoet is the responsible contractor

for all heavy lifts and transports on the

site and executes the erection of various

large items.

MIDDLE EAST

MAMMOET

Highlight The contract calls for receiving 12 heavy loads up to 160 t

in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the transport to a stor-

age area, the reloading of the equipment onto barges and

all necessary RoRo-operations. The equipment, from Korea,

Germany and Italy arrived by heavy lift ships in Port Rashid

or Jebel Ali Port both in Dubai. The cargo in Port Rashid is

transported 26 kilometer over land to Jebel Ali, stored and

reloaded prior to the transport across the Persian Gulf to

Assaluyeh, Iran.

Highlight

Mammoet is responsible for the supervision of all heavy lifts up to

180 t, needed for the erection of columns and vessels.

Meanwhile, Mammoet completed at Pars 2-3 the lifting of 160

vessels ranging from 100 to 300 t, 4 boilers with a weight of 300 t

including the lifting of two 143 meter high Flare Stack with its CC3800, equipped with a 84 meter main boom and 84 meter fly-jib.

The South Pars Field Development projects in Iran are supplied

by the giant South Pars field which Iran shares with Qatar, the

Qataris call the same field the North Field.

Sofar, Mammoet has been involved with all the gas projects for

the Iranian South Pars and the Qatari North Field at both sides of

the Gulf. Mammoet executed the heavy lifting and transportation

of the South Pars Phases 1, 2 and 3. Also at the Qatari side,

Mammoet executed all the heavy lifting and transportation for the

Rasgas by using its CC 4800 Twin Ring. Qatar-Gas projects

invloved heavy lifts upto 700 t, by using the M 1200.

Project South Pars 1 Gas Separation Plant

Location IranCustomer Daelim Industrial Corporation, South Korea

Main equipment SPMTs, 600 t crawler crane, 450 t cranes, smaller cranes

Extension of Gas Separation Plant in Iran

Project South Pars 1 Gas Separation Plant

Location Iran

Customer Azarab Industries Co. , Iran

Main equipment CC 3800, CC 2400, 250 and 450 t crawler cranes

Project Masilla Expansion Project

Location Yemen

Customer Canadian Nexen, Yemen

Main equipment Prime movers, 12 axle lines conventional trailer

Through the hills of Yemen

Project Mina Al Ahmadi Refinery

Location Kuwait

Customer Fluor Daniel Engineering, UK

Main equipment Sennenbogen 5500, CC 1800, 160 t telescopic crane

Redevelopments in Kuwait



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Project Tunnels

Location Various locations in The Netherlands

Customer Various governmental organi zations / construction companies

Main equipment Craneage, transport equipment, barges

Highlight At Gevelcos ya rd a bat ch of six high power ships engines

for the German shipbuilding industry have been assem-

bled. Mammoet first assisted in the local transport of

parts, made elsewhere, to the assembly hall, using an 8

axle conventional trailer. The heaviest item was a 125 t

crankshaft. Gevelco managed to complete an engine in 10

days by working around the clock. The engines were

assembled on support beams and support stools, pre-

installed by Mammoet. Later on, this allowed for self-load-

ing using the trailer hydraulics.

A complete engine had a we ight of 660 t and was 11

meters high. Mammoet then moved the completed stacks

with 16 axle SPMTs to the quay, presenting the cargo to a

floating crane that lifted the engines onboard, prior to their

shipment to Germany.

EUROPE

MAMMOET


In many areas,

civil works are

picking up pace.

The infrastructure

of motorways with

bridges and tun-

nels, railways for

high speed trains, corporate build-

ings and public facilities such as sta-

diums are being upgraded and

expanded. This is especially true in

Europe but it is also occurring inother parts of the world. Customers

are increasingly pursuing higher effi-

ciencies in their projects and are

looking for expert partners to man-

age the handling of equipment in

larger components. Examples of the

these activities are the insertion of

large modular ship sections and the

movement of portal cranes. Many

contracts are being awarded for the

factory to foundation concept,

based on transport, lifting and

assembly operations. Mammoet,

both regionally and through Mammoet

Global, is perfectly suited to address

these challenges. Mammoet, the

largest integrated lifting and trans-

port company with worldwide cover-

age, has a wide range of equipment

and personnel at its disposal with

hundreds of cranes and transport

vehicles, specialized ballasting sys-

tems for barges, skidding and sliding

equipment, jacking and gantry sys-

tems and dont forget the thousands

of accessories necessary for this

kind of work to meet all customer

expectations. Many projects are

complex both for technical and logis-

tics reasons. Customers often have a

local / regional scope and and there-

fore understand and recognize the

vital importance of the local pres-

ence of Mammoet supported by its

global expertise.

Kees van Aarle, Market Segment

Manager Civil Europe

Highlight One of Mammoets specialties is to assist the

positioning and line up of heavy equipment,

such as Tunnel Boring Machines, needed to

excavate tunnels. Currently, three different

tunnels are in various stages of completion.

One is the Westerschelde tunnel in the

Province of Zeeland. This 6.6 km long tunnelconnects Zeeuws Vlaanderen to the rest of

Zeeland and, at its deepest point, is 60 meters

below sea level. Two other tunnels, the Botlek-

and the Sophia railway tunnel are part of the

Betuwe line, the new cargo train link between

Rotterdam and Germany. The almost 10 meter

wide, 110 t heavy cutting wheel was delivered

as one complete structure into the launching

shaft of these tunnels.

The Betuwe line

The Botlek tunnel

The Sophia railway tunnel

The Westerschelde tunnel

Project Ships engines at Gevelco

Location Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Customer Gevelco

Main equipment Conventional trailers, SPMTs

Ships engines for Germany


Civil

Tunnel developments in Holland


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Highlight

The original idea to position this

520 t bridge, manufactured by

Fricke on land close to the site, was

to skid the construction in front of

its foundation, followed by a crane

lift. However, considering the weight,

the radius and the lack of space,

Mammoet was forced to develop an

alternative. We decided to skid the

bridge onto two barges, equipped

with stools partially constructed

from standard and MSG ballast con-

tainers. Because the foundation top

is about 1.5 meters higher than the

construction site level, we had to

jack the construction as well to

compensate for this difference.

We used four 300 t strand jacks,

positioned in pairs on both sides

of the canal. These jacks lifted the

bridge such that the barges could

sail under the construction.

By de-ballasting them, the bridge

was lifted further until it could pass

the top of the foundations.

Final ballasting then delivered the

bridge into its final position.

Highlight

Due to an expansion of Highway 4 in Germany, a new bridge was

needed to cross the Mittellandkanal at an angle of 45 degrees.

The bridge of 390 t was 90 meters long and 8 meters wide, had a 1.5

meter curve to match the trajectory. This curve complicated the

maneuvering of the construction, since the center of gravity was no

longer along the middle axis. The bridge was assembled onshore.Mammoet won the contract for the final positioning of the bridge.

The bridge was skidded onto a barge, perpendicular to its long axis.

This barge was then towed to the construction site and turned over

45 degrees, upon which the jacks were fastened to hoist the bridge

upwards onto the foundation.

Highlight

The purpose of this job was to lift the main girder of a 1000 t Goliath

Crane while the swivel-assembled legs remained attached. Mammoet

rigged four masts of the MSG system, held together by four gantry

girders, a stack of 105 meter high. An LR 1450 assisted in the lift thatsuddenly became spectacular. As the main girder reached 100 meters

elevation, prior to welding works, the meteorological service forecasted

a severe gale. Mammoet immediately secured the pending construction

and the gantry system, as winds gusted to 30 meters / sec. However, no

movement of the stack could be observed. It illustrates Mammoets quick

on-site anticipation to changing circumstances, thus meeting safety levels

at all times. Just to give an idea of what type of equipment is needed

to realize such track record, we summarize the strand jacks that were

applied. The number of a specific jack is between brackets: 900 t (4) for

lifting, 300 t (6) for rigging the main girder, 100 t (12) to secure the

swivel-assembled legs, small jacks (8) to support the rigging with tethers.

About 50 kilometer o f rigging cable was used.

Highlight Mammoet Fostrans won a contract to assist in the con-

struction of the new Terminal E that will accommodate

the newest generation of wide body aircraft. The opera-

tions involve the roof construction and the assembly of

152 concrete rings. The latter required the development

of a dedicated lifting frame. With the frame, the struc-

tures can be rotated and tumbled into the proper

position. Each ring consists of three parts between

33 and 61 t. Together, the rings support a glass roof of

700 meters long.

Highlight

The consortium hired two crawler

cranes and other equipment from

Mammoet Fostrans. They assistedwith the installation of the 4800 t

metal framework that supports the

roof of the stadium above the west-

ern and eastern platforms.

Project Gantry Crane

Location Stocznia Gdynia, Poland

Customer Konecranes from Finland

Main equipment Strand jacks, gantry system, LR 1450

Severe gale in Poland

Tailor made solutions for bridge installments

Project Charles de Gaulle Airport

Location Roissy, France

Customer Roissy Charles de Gaulle Airport

Main equipment CC 4200

New terminal in ParisProject Installation of a bridge at Braunschweig

Location Braunschweig, Germany

Customer MAEG S.P.A. and Walter Bau AG

Main equipment Barges, skidding system, strand jacks

Braunschweig bridge

Project Stadium Istanbul

Location Istanbul, Turkey

Customer Campenon Bernard France, Tefken Construction Turkey

Main equipment Liebherr LR 1450, Manitowoc M 888, other cranes

Heavy roof for stadium

Project Positioning bridge, Herne

Location Rhein-Herne Kanal, Germany

Customer Fricke

Main equipment Skidding and jacking system



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EUROPE

MAMMOET


Although generally

expected the late

2000 and early

2001 was a diffi-

cult period for the

offshore fabrica-

tion yards in the

Gulf Coast area. On the positive

side the drilling and the deep water

activity picked up. The engineering

companies are very active with

deep water development and somenew companies are investing in set-

ting up their yards adding cranes

and SPMTs, as well as heavy sys-

tems. Also on the positive side we

see more oil companies who want

the load-out methods to comply

with the North Sea Standards.

These methods have generated

considerable work for Mammoet in

the past and will give Mammoet a

chance to show our experience and

maximize the utilization of our

equipment. Last year Mammoet

successfully introduced alternative

lifting methods for stacking decks

on top sides, with our tower and

strand jack system. The deck and

jacket refu rbish mar ket slowed

down because of less activity in the

Gulf Coast. This generally will pick

up when the installation contractors

are offshore and use their lift ships

in between jobs, to pull out older

platforms. This can be a lucrative

market and is one of the reasons

Mammoet USA has opened an

office in Louisiana, we can react

faster and more efficiently to

client needs.

Piet Nooren,

Managing Director Mammoet USA.

Highlight Ever played with construction blocks? Not with these

oversized structures! In fact, the Ringhorne project com-

prises four separate jobs that culminate in the delivery

of a complete production platform the Ringhorne.

1. Transport at Gothenburg, Sweden, of the 1100 t

Living Quarters from the construction hall onto

a barge.

2. Do the same for the 1700 t and 3500 t DSM and

DES production units at Grootint, Zwijndrecht

(The Netherlands).

3. Repeat it all over again at Heerema, Norway with

the Topside of 6500 t.

4. Go to Heerema, Vlissingen (The Netherlands) to pro-

vide all cranes needed for the assembly of the 7900 t

jacket and perform the load-out onto a barge when

ready. This requires low tide, 234 axle lines of SPMTs

with 936 wheels, and 30 ballasting pumps.

Offshore

Grootint, Zwijndrecht

Heerema, Vlissingen

Project Ringhorne

Location Norway, Sweden, Netherlands

Customer Heerema fabrication Group, Emtunga A.S.

Main equipment SPMTs, smart jack system, ballast system, barges

All pieces come together!

Heerema, Norway

Gothenburg, Sweden


The Ringhorne


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Highlight Mammoet installed a 450 t multi purpose

mast on an offshore platform constructed

by Amfels. This mast was built by Huisman-

Itrec, with whom we worked closely together

on the manufacturing of our PTC crane.

This crane executed the job and was erected

with 95 meters main boom.

Highlight

The Amethyst 4 submersible oilrig was

built at Halter Marine in Pascagoula.

It consists of two main pieces: the pon-

toons and the deck box. Mammoets

scope of work is to jack up the deck

box, weigh it, to move it onto a barge

while managing the ballasting and to

design the sea fastening for the tow.

The deck box will be towed to Portland,

Maine, for the final assembly of the rig.

When the contract was signed all skid-

ding equipment was located in

Schiedam and Malaysia.

It was dispatched immediately to the

States to meet the critical time schedule

for the jacking and load-out operation.

The deck box was on a quay but theclearance with the ground level was only

1600mm, posing difficulties to move the

jacking equipment under the construc-

tion. A lift was necessary to install the

skidding system that would perform the

load out. Another issue was that this

deck box was not designed to undergo

a jacking operation. Mammoet was

requested to come forward with an alter-

native way to finalize the construction

and this resulted in the need for the

transport. Notwithstanding the small

clearance, Mammoet managed to install

its Smart Jack System with sixteen

500 t -climbing jacks.

The deck box was lifted one meter,

enough to install the complete skidding

system, consisting of 28 skid shoes of

600 t capacity each. The total weight of

the deck box appeared to be 5000 t.

On 18 April Mammoet completed the

load out. When the deck box arrives at

Portland, Mammoet will jack up the deck

box to a clearance of 4.6 meters abovethe deck of the barge, again using the

Smart Jack System but now with 24

climbing jacks. Finally the deck box will

be secured to enable the mating to its

pontoons.

AMERICAS

MAMMOETProject Dynamic Offshore

Location USA

Customer Dynamic Offshore

Main equipment SPMTs, strand jacks, gantry system

Emergency call

Project Q 4000 multi purpose mast

Location Brownsville, Texas

Customer Amfels

Main equipment PTC

Old acquaintances

Project Pascagoula

Location Pascagoula, Mississippi / Portland, Maine

Customer Cianbro

Main equipment Skidding system, smart jack system, weighing system

Move the unmovable


Highlight Dynamic Offshore is a respected customer that main-

tains ties with Mammoet for over 10 years. One day

Mammoet received an emergency call: an accident hap-

pened during a competitors attempt to jack two offshore

decks of 760 and 550 t. Fortunately no one was hurt, butthe jacking equipment was severely damaged.

Could Mammoet take over and finish the job?

In record time, all necessary equipment was mobilized

from various locations around the world.

In the end, Mammoet managed to close out this job in

less than 4 weeks. After the deck had been lifted with

the jacks, the legs were positioned underneath.

Upon fastening these legs, the complete structure was

removed with SPMTs to a storage area. Then the second

deck was hoisted up 45 meters, making room for the

stored stack to move under. With the lowering of

this second deck, the emergency job came to an

uneventful end.


14/20

After the successful load-out of the CTOC jacket, Mammoet

was awarded also for the load-out of the 18,100 t integrated

deck. (104m x 46m x 34.2m high). Mammoets scope includ-

ed the provision of 4 units of 900 t strandjacks with a total

pulling capacity of 3600 t. The distance that had to be

covered was 162 meters. The job marked the first pulling

operations in South Korea.

Project CTOC jacket

Location Korea

Customer Samsung Heavy Industries, Technip and Saipem consortium

Main equipment Strand jacks, ballast system

Load-outs in South Korea


ASIA

MAMMOET

Highlight

Last year, Thailand constructed its first Central Processing

Platform ever. Our client UCU Alliance awarded B&J Mammoet

for the load-out of this 925 t piece of equipment. The job was

executed with 36 axle lines SPMTs and besides the load out,

B&J Mammoet was responsible for the ballasting & mooring

services.

ABB awarded B&J Mammoet for the load-out of a 530 t mod-

ule and 5 manifolds. The crew and Scheuerle platform trailers

completed the load-out within a timespan of 24 hours. The 50

t manifolds were lifted onto the barge. The project was a total

package including all seafastening design and installation as

well barge supply, ballast- and intact stability calculations, port

& agency duties etc. The modules are destined for the tanker

Berge Helene from Bergesen Norway which will be convert-

ed into a FPSO.

Highlight A record setting heavy lift i nvolved hoisting up topsid es of

more than 11 000 t to a height of 20 meters, using strand

jacks. The load-out truss, having a weight of 1600 t was

positioned underneath using SPMTs. Subsequently, the

complete stack was pulled onto the barge with strand jacks.

The customer submitted an acknowledgement of satisfac-

tion, stating the job was executed professionally and effi-

ciently, on time and without incidents. The cooperation

between staff and the quality of pre-engineering were of

outstanding quality. In fact, this smooth load-out and the

ease with which you skidded this construction along the

quay onto the pontoon, did not match with all I have

learned on friction techniques.

Project Malampaya offshore

Location Singapore

Customer Sembawang Marine Offshore Engineering

Main equipment Strand jacks, SPMTs, skidding

This is heavy lifting!

A novelty for ThailandProject Offshore load outs

Location Thailand

Customer ABB and UCU Thailan d

Main equipment SPMTs, platform trailers and LTM 1450

Highlight Four strand jacks, with a capacity of 2000 t, were

needed to move a 180 meters long jacket of 7000 t

over the quay onto a barge. The Mammoet ballasting

system compensated for the tide differences and the

load development during the operations.


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Highlight As part of a s cheduled ma intenance, three steam gener a-

tors manufactured by MHI (Japan), were to replace old

equipment at Tihange. Mammoet transported these itemsof 330 t from the quay to the construction site with SPMTs.

The old generators were lifted out of the hall with our spe-

cial gantry system and transported to a storage area.

Having finished this job, the gantry system picked up the

new items and positioned them onto the foundations.

Mammoets high safety standards are compatible with those

required for operations in nuclear power plants.

Project Tenne T,

Location Various locations,The Netherla nds

Customer Smit Transformatoren

Main equipment SPMTs, barges, jacking system, skidding system

Transformers transported

Project Nuclear Power Plant Tihange

Location Tihange, Belgium

Customer Westinghouse

Main equipment SPMTs, jacking system

Exchange of three steam generators

EUROPE

MAMMOET

Power

Highlight Smit Transformatoren awarded Mammoet the contract

for the transport of two phase shifter cross regulating

transformers. Each phase shifter unit consists of 3 indi-

vidual 1 phase units, this means 6 units in total. Each of

the 6 units weighs 370 t and dimensions of 10 x 5 x 6.5

meters. The units were manufactured at Nijmegen and

had to be transported by barge to Veendam first.

From there, the road transport delivered the items to

Meeden, using 16 axle lines of SPMTs. This road trans-

port took place at night and required the removal of dou-

ble wide street signs and lamp posts, while traffic on the

main road was suspended. Upon arrival at Meeden,

the items were skidded to their final position and

jacked down .



As economies

around the world

continue to grow

more energy is

needed. At the

same time, due to

environmental con-

cerns, it is not always obvious this

extra power should be provided

with fossil fuel, such as oil, coal and

gas. Instead, alternative sustain-

able sources like wind and hydroelectric power, are becoming more

and more popular. At the same time,

the intense usage of power generat-

ing equipment requires scheduled

maintenance for both fossil fuel and

nuclear power plants.

Manufacturers are spread around

the world and as a result power

work requires transport over great

distances, be it overseas or over

land. Again our customers appear to

seek door-to-door services to col-

lect all items, deliver to the site and

assemble into an operational plant.

The Americas appear to be espe-

cially active with is increasing activi-

ty due to expansion , renovation

and renewals of existing plants.

Our dedicated, fully owned railcars

are a valuable part of our ability to

perform these transports safely

and efficiently.

In Europe we have many windmill

projects in Scandinavia, Ireland,

Germany and The Netherlands.

Michel Bunnik,

Market Segment Manager

Power Europe.


16/20

Highlight Mammoet USA unloaded 130 pieces of a so called Cogen unit that were brought

to the site by railcar. Some modules, like transformers, turbines and generators

were outsized and had weights between 45 and 240 t.

The transport from the rail siding to the construction site was tricky because

a critical bridge was in the transport route. However, the platform trailers and

SPMTs operated without incidents. A four point lifting gantry and a Liebherr

LR 1450 did the bulk of the lifting work, assisted by jacking and skidding setups.

HighlightDick Corporation is constructing two

power plants in the area and contracted

Mammoet for the transport of 61 items.

Among them were 4 generator s (up to 227

t), 4 turbines (up to 291 t), 5 transformers

(up to 132 t), 43 modules (up to 125 t)

and 5 steam drums (up to 132 t). In addi-

tion, Mammoet provided lift and skidding

services to get the heaviest items in place.

The cargo was received from railcars and

heavy lift vessels at various ports in the

Boston area. A remarkable fact was that at

the Mirant Kendall site, the largest items

had to pass through the Central Artery &

Tunnel project, the largest construction

site in the USA! It involves the replacement

of the elevated Interstate 93 by a tunnel

under downtown Boston.

For the passage, Mammoet received per-mission of several private landowners, civil

contractors and the Massachusetts Bay

Transportation Authority.

Also the AES site had its su rprises.

The transformer cargo needed a 85 km trip

to the construction site, for which we used

Scheuerle platform trailers with a transport

frame in between. This frame reduced the

height such that we had a free pass under

bridges along the route, or could go over

another 33 bridges due to the distributed

loads on

the wheels.

During the turbine transport, SPMTs were

added to increase maneuverability

because the route had turns that could

not be made with conventional trailers.

Project Murray Energy Facility

Location Dalton, Georgia

Customer Fluor Daniel

Main equipment SPMTs, gantry system, jacking and skidding equipment, LR 1450 crane

Pieces in Georgia

Highlight The centerpiece of this project was the transport of two 300 t

steam drums and their subsequent positioning in a 60 meters

high structure. Mammoet applied strand jacks for the lifting

operations. In addition, Mammoet moved 6 Itrex boxes of 200 t

each from a laydown area to the top of a 25 meter high struc-

ture. After lifting, a skidding system was used to move the

boxes into the structure. The lowering onto the support steel

framework completed this challenging job. It is the first time the

jacking and skidding techniques were applied for this customer.

Mammoet is also supplying

cranes through its joint ven-

ture company AVS Services

(Maxim Crane Works is the

partner) on five other power

projects in California,

Oklahoma and Ohio.

Project Southern Illinois Power Coop. CJB Boiler project

Location Marion, Illinois

Customer Foster Wheeler

Main equipment Strand jacks, gantry system, skidding system

Heavy drums at 60 meters height

Project AES Granite Ridge, Mirant Kendall Repowering

Location Boston, Massachusetts

Customer Dick Corporation

Main equipment Railcars, SPMTs, platform trailers

Challenging transport route for 61 items

AMERICAS

MAMMOET



17/20

Highlight The Bellingham Power project is located some 30 km west of Boston. But the Port of Albany, were

18 heavy lift items would arrive, is 250 km away. Mammoet was contracted to transport the genera-

tors (325 t), turbines (230 t), transformers (165 t) and modules (between 50 and 100 t).

Most of the distance was covered by rail.

The two heaviest items were transported on 16 axle dedicated railcars that Mammoet and Alstom

have available for such transport. But before they could leave, an old timber bridge had to be rein-

forced, just to carry the weight of this special train. On the site, Mammoet was also responsible for

installing the heaviest items onto the foundations and applied a skidding system to achieve this.

Highlight For this project, the following items had to be received from ships hook

and installed on foundations: a 370 t turbine, a 320 t generator and a 236 t

transformer. Mammoet initially received a contract for a feasibility study and

later won the order to actually execute the plan.

This resulted in complex operations. The cargo was loaded out from the ship

onto a barge. This barge then moved to a landing site where a special jetty

had been constructed by B&J Mammoet. Using this, the cargo was loaded

in and transported by B&J Mammoets conventional platform trailers over

the road to the construction site. The actual installation was done with a

hydraulic gantry lift system.

Highlight The Manjung facility represents one of the largest power

plants in the country and set a record for main contractor

Alstom. Various heavy items needed tr ansport and installa-

tion. Our equipment consisted, at the peak time of the pro-

ject, of more than 18 cranes rangi ng from 30 till 1000 t.

The majority of this cranes stayed on the site for more than

a year as part of an advanced rental contract.

ASIA

MAMMOET

Highlight The contract called for the

offloading of two new steam gen-

erators from a barge and transport

these pieces of 350 t to a laydown

area. Here, the generators will be

dressed prior to their installation.

The exchange takes place during

a shutdown. Mammoet is sched-

uled to execute this change-out

and installation and will also posi-

tion the two 375 t transformers

that had been offloaded earlier.

Project TNB Project

Location Malaysia

Customer Tenaga Nasional Berhad

Main equipment Platform trailers, SPMTs

Dedicated railcars

Project Manjung

Location Selangor, Malaysia

Customer Alstom Power

Main equipment CC 4800, LR 1450, smaller cranes

Manjung, Malaysia

Project Bang Bo Combined Cycle Power plant

Location Laem Chabang and Bang Bo, Thailand

Customer Alstom Power Thailand

Main equipment Hydraulic gantry, conventional platform trailers

TNB Project

Project ANP Bellingham

Location Albany, New York and Boston, Massachusetts

Customer Alstom Power Inc.

Main equipment Railcars, skidding system

Complex operations for Alstom Power



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On 5 March 2002 Frans van Seumeren and Andrea Palumbo,

CEO of Palumbo S.P.A., signed the contract of the establish-

ment of Mammoet-Palumbo. Palumbo has over 30 years experi-

ence in heavy transport, especially related to the oil and natural

gas industries.

This equal share joint venture will serve the Italian and adjacent

Mediterranean markets with transport services for industrial cargo.

The company, managed by Alberto Galbiati and Carlo Venusino,

has its own SPMTs available and is based in Milan.


A key f actor to

Mammoets world-

wide success in

establishing and

expansion of its

market position in

various segments,

like petrochemical, offshore, civil

and power, is of course to have the

right fleet of equipment available

whenever required by the cus-

tomers. With Mammoet Global man-aging all the bigger projects world-

wide, good communication - and

coordination networks are set up

between and in the regions.

Clients benefit from this network

because optimal services regarding

availability & range of equipment,

people & know how, quality & safety

standards can be offered directly

and according to the standards set

by Mammoet Global. This enables

us to serve interregional clients

everywhere according to our

Mammoet standards. Another

aspect of these standards is a solid

regular maintenance program to

prevent mishaps and downtime, but

also the on-time investment in new

equipment.

The latter both serves replacements

and extensions of the fleet capabili-

ties in transport and lifting services.

However, with an excellent fleet,

logistics, safety, crews and know

how, the continuity of services is

still not sufficient.

It is also Mammoets ambition to

provide benefits to both existing

and potential customers. These new

potentials are located in industrial

development areas and countries

that can be considered emerging

markets. Therefore, customers

expect lifting and transport services

to be available immediately.

To speed up its presence and

deploy its facilities rapidly,

Mammoet adopted the strategy of

establishing close co-operations

with existing players in local mar-

kets. This cooperation may be

shaped like a strategic alliance, a

joint venture , an acquisition o r any

other mode. Recent examples of

this strategy are the establishments

of Mammoet Irga, Mammoet Norge,

Mammoet Palumbo and Mammoet

Van Oord.

Patrick Freericks,

Director Sales & Marketing.

Market Developments

Mammoet and Van Oord ACZ have joined forces.

The new venture will operate under the name

Mammoet Van Oord. To this end, a Jack-up

Installation Barge has been developed and built.

Apart from Mammoet and Van Oord ACZ, othe r

shareholders are Hovago Cranes (a member of the

Baris group) and Marine Construct. The first focus

of the company will be on the installation of off-

shore windfarms. Besides the offshore windfarm

installation market, Mammoet Van Oord is looking

at offshore lifting and transport activities in the field

of installation and decommissioning works in the

oil & gas industry, marine civil construction worksand wreck removal. A vital asset in the new venture

is the Jack-up Installation Barge Jumping

Jack(see article on next page).

The combination between the companies enables

Mammoet Van Oord to be an EPC contractor for

the installation of complete offshore windfarms.

The Jumping Jack enables turn key operations

when combined with onshore transportation and

lifting capacities of Mammoet and the installation

of scour protection around the foundations of the

wind turbines and the infield and shore export

cable-lay capacities of Van Oord ACZ. Hence, cus-

tomers are provided a single point of contact for all

offshore operations

Recently, Mammoet Van Oord won a contract for

the transport and installation of 80 windturbine

foundations and transition sections for the Danish

Horns Rev windfarm. The foundations consist ofa monopile, with a diameter of 4 meters, 33 meters

high and with a weight of 165 t. This Windfarm will

be built off the Danish North Sea coast under a

contract of Elsam. Its projected total electrical

capacity is 160 MW. The Jumping Jack will

carry ten foundations per transport to the

construction site.

To establish a firm position in the

Norwegian market, Mammoet

recently acquired the majority of the

shares of Nilsen & Skifjeld Kran-

service A.S. The new company is

split up into two divisions.

The company Kranringen, which is

responsible for the day to day mar-

ket and Mammoet Norge which is

responsible for the larger projects.

The office is situated at Skien, in the

south of Norway, which is a large

development area. The local pres-

ence, together with a directly avail-

able stock of specialized equipment

that includes SPMTs, various cranes

upto 120 t and a 400 t floating

crane, makes Mammoet a full ser-

vice provider, serving both the high

and medium/low end of the market

for lifting and transport services, be

it onshore or at sea.

Mammoet-Palumbo enters Italian market

Developments in Norway

As of 1 February 2002, the joint venture between Holift, Irga Luperico Torres, and Mammoet has become

operational. The new company serves the Brazilian market for heavy and outsized lift and transport services.

All partner s, are family owned companies by origin and

share a similar background and culture. It is characterized

by short communication lines, high safety standards and

dedication to the customer by adding as much value as

possible through the provided services. The local experi-

ence with all kinds of power plants and refineries, com-

bined with Mammoets global expertise that includes the

power and petrochemical industry, sets the stage for a

beneficial cooperation. The joint venture initially invested

in several crawler cranes. The latest investment, the

LR 1400/2, is on its way and ready to lift in Brasil

in August.

Mammoet Irga Do Brasil Ltda

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The new Mammoet premises at Schiedam (greater Rotter-

dam area), the Netherlands, is being transferred into a ter-

minal for heavy lift equipment. The site is situated on the

shore of the Nieuwe Maas River, the gateway to main port

Rotterdam. The deep water terminal has direct access to

all inland river destinations aswell as to the excellent rail-

and road infrastructure in Europe. Furthermore there is a

direct sea link to all overseas destinations. The deep-water

quay is 1 kilometer long and thus may handle several

cargo ships and barges simultaneously. Of the 85 000

square meter area, 25 000 square meter will become avail-

able as storage area for customers, seeking a temporarily

storage site for items of 50 t and up. It is an excellent facil-

ity to store turbines, generators and transformers for power

plants. Also reactors, vessels and steel constructions for

the petrochemical sector, and offshore equipment can be

accommodated easily. Mammoet expects the site to

become fully operational as of the fall of 2002. Two 350 t

quay cranes will cover the full yard. The offered services

include load-out and load-in, transshipment, storage,

warehousing, workshops, assembly, packing, customs

handling and services as and when required.

Through our recent acquisition of Joe D. Hughes from

Brown & Root, it should be noted that a similar terminal is

under development in Houston, Texas (USA)

to serve the North American and Mexican

markets. A fast railway link is available for

efficient ship train loading and vice versa,

which may include Mammoet-owned special

heavy cargo railcars.

Mammoets Heavy Lift Terminals at Rotterdam and Houston

MSG 100: Upgrade of MSG lifting system

On 12 June 2002 the center of Dutch

Parliament, the Knights Hall at the

Binnenhof in The Hague, is the scene for

a special meeting of the Ki ng Willi am I

Foundation. His Royal Highness PrinceClaus of the Netherlands is Honorary

President. Representatives from various

economic sectors, organizations, gov-

ernmental institutions, previous laureates

(including Ahold and Heineken) and the

press wi ll witnes s this y ears Award t o be

handed ov er to Mammoet . The award

honors Dutch companies that made sig-

nificant c ontribution s to econom ic activi -

ties in The Netherlands, with emphasis

on performance, policy and actions.

According t o CEO Frans van Seume ren,this award is of special value since it

really rec ognizes th e years l ong dedic a-

tion and perseverance of our staff

worldwide. I consider this recognition as

a pricele ss shared value of all our

Mammoet-family members.

Mammoets engineering department

is busy with an upgrade on one of

the MSG lifting systems. This crane,

called The MSG-100, will be devel-

oped mainly for the offshore market.With this ultimate lifting tool, mod-

ules of over 2,000 tons can be lifted

and placed onto FPSOs (Floating

Production and Storage Offshore

vessel).

Also modifica tions are upgrades to

existing jack up rigs and floaters can

be carried out with the MSG-100.

Legs of the rig can be lifted as one

piece even at greater radius.

The MSG-100 will be fully container-

ized. The main difference is the

height of the main boom. In order to

create a better resistance againstbuckling, the height of the boom is

increased. The boom will be shipped

within container dimensions and

once on site the height will be

extended. This combines the trans-

port effectiveness and greater boom

capacity.

Four legs of 42 meter length can lift the 91 x 33 x 7

meter seagoing barge Jumping Jack out of the

water. It thus creates a very robust and stable

working platform, permitting operations even in

severe weather conditions with high waves. As this

barge was developed by Mammoet engineers, two

important criteria had to be met. The Jumping

Jack should provide quick and efficient services,while the installation operations itself are less vul-

nerable to disruption. The barge can also be quick-

ly dispatched and brought into position, from one

construction site to the next. The innovative

hydraulic winches lift and lower the barge with

unprecedented speed, even with a full load up to

4000 Te on its deck. With an onboard crane capa-

city of 1200 t, it is very versatile in a wide range of

jobs. When needed, additional cr ane capacity can

be installed.

The Jumping Jack makes its maiden trip as this

Mammoet World is issued.

A hybrid of the two biggest and

strongest Mammoet cranes, the

MSG and the PTC. Thats what

the Engineering and Product

Development department is look-

ing for. In this design, the MSG

masts are rigged as legs of a

giant jacking portal. By connect-

ing these with girders to the main

boom of the PTC, this leviathan is

capable of lifting 3000 t with a

maximum boom length of 108

meter. In fact, Mammoet is reviv-ing a ten-year-old idea, originally

invented as an extension of the

Demag CC 4800 crawler crane.

But the development of the new

generation ringer cranes made

this construction redundant before

it could be tried out. However, to

meet the requests in the market

for positioning columns that are

still growing in size, with 2500 t as

a modern run-of-the-mill con-

struction, Mammoet made an

inventory of options to address

these needs on short notice. One

of the striking advantages of this

hybrid system is that both the

MSG masts and the girders can

be dispatched fully containerized

to any PTC. Thus, at modest extra

cost, the lift capacity may be

increased dramatically. Mammoetexpects the super crane to enter

service in spring 2003.

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

At the e nd of Apr il, the S pecializ ed Carriers & Rigging A ssociation (SC&RA)

held it s annual c onference in Tucson, Arizona (USA). The association has about

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

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

Mammoets entry, the Kursk salvage, won the award in the category of projectsworth more than US $ 750 000. Wessel Helmens, one of the Project Managers

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

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

shots convi nced all attendees that this year there could onl y be one winner.

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

plexity aspects of the me morable li fting and rigging job .

The Jumping Jack rules the waves

Best of both worlds


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Mammoet Trading

Mammoet continues to be a dominant player

in the world and regional markets for trading

cranes and other equipment. It is an estab-

lished fact that, before reselling such items,

they comply with Mammoets high internal

standards concerning safety and performance.

The demands and supply change quickly.

This is why Mammoet utilizes increasingly the

World Wide Web for posting offers and taking

requests. Relations may apply for a personal-

ized customer number to get to the non-public

information pages, showing prices and condi-

tions. Interested? Please checkout our website

at www.mammoettrading.com

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EMD

Facilitating top performance

To exploit synergy

potential, best

economy of scale

and world wide

efficiency, the

Equipment

Management

Department (EMD) is responsible for

various central facility services.

For instance, the purchase of equip-

ment is an opportunity to introduce

better standardization in types, sup-pliers and maintenance procedures.

This not only refers to cranes or

trailers, but also to larger parts of

equipment, like engines and jacking

systems. One of the facilities is the

worldwide management of technical

standards.

This enhances the exchange and

cross utilization of equipment

owned by Mammoet Global, as

well as the regional business units

and joint ventures / subsidiaries.

A striking aspect is the introduc tion

of online tracking and tracing of

equipment, by reading out barcodes

before and after each movement of

equipment. By doing so, essential

information about which equipment

is available at what location, is

online available. A last example of

the EMD scope can be found in

Product Development, which among

others intends to maintain a project

governance system that makes

experiences and solutions, devel-

oped world wide, to any engineering

department in the Mammoet Group.

Jan van Seumeren jr,

Managing Director EMD.

It is expected that the market for windmill power

plants will continue to increase for years to come.

Apart from the installa tion of new mills, the owner s

will be confronted with more intense scheduled

maintenance. This could even involve the exchange

of the rotor and the generator. Mammoets Product

Development department engineered and intro-

duced a small, smart crane that fits the pole of the

windmill and assists in various assembly tasks.

Manufacturers consider to provide such crane upon

ordering a set of windmills, as a kind of standard

tool. Named after the Greek mythological God of

the cool western breeze, this Zephyros device is a

typical example of how Mammoets Product

Development department potential yields products

to the benefit of the customer.

Zephyros: smart crane for windmills

Mammoet has given the green light to start the construction of an all

new state of the art Containerized Crawler Crane (CCC). The cranes

are going to be built by Purple C B.V., a joint venture company with

Mammoet and Huisman-Itrec B.V. as shareholders. The first batch will

probably count for two sister cranes, but plans have been prepared to

extend this series to possibly 10 20 subsequent standardized

cranes. Key features of this CCC are:

standard lift capacity of 1250 t

full crawler maneuverability with full load, including making

sharp turns

extremely low surface loads between 20 and 30 t per

square meters

fully containerized in approximately 75 standard containers

with a weight less than 20 t

advanced computer management and control

redundant drives hydraulic emergency control that even operates in case of

a complete electrical failure

complete rigging on site in a couple of days

The CCC has been designed by Purple C especially to fill a gap in lift

capacities between 800 and 1600 t, a range where Mammoet antici-

pates a quickly developing need for quick rigged and de-rigged

cranes from various customers in the petrochemical market, the con-

struction and maintenance of power plants and civil projects.

According to Klaas Lamphen, Manager Product deve lopment on the

CCC development, this crane pushes the envelope of safety levels,

performance and reliability. The CCC can be equipped with a ballast

trailer, but may also operate without one. This enables the application

in very small working areas while still maintaining the high safety lim-

its. The counter weights are included in the container package. He

expects the first CCC to enter service at about the end of this year.

Initially, the cranes will be exploit through the Mammoet fleet. It is the

intention to sell these cranes, in some cases, to third parties.

Precursor of a new series: the Triple C

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