Collett delivers heavy transformers to Biggleswade substation
Abnormal loads specialist Collett & Sons delivered two 178-te supergrid transformers from Tilbury Dock in Essex to National Grid’s Biggleswade substation in Bedfordshire. The transport has been completed on behalf of Hyundai Electric UK. Read more
Ahola moves wind turbine components to start the season
Finnish project logistics and heavy transport specialist, Ahola Special, part of the Ahola Group, has picked up wind turbine components to start the new season with. The company said that its new job is to...Read more
Allelys continues its work for Slough Multifuel expansion project
UK’s abnormal loads specialist, Allelys, is continuing to support the Slough Multifuel expansion project and the energy from waste sector. The company has recently been awarded seven separate scopes of work for five individual clients...Read more
German heavy transport woes continue, bordering on full-blown crisis
InterviewHeavy transport woes in Germany have continued throughout 2023, bordering on a full-blown crisis. Things are unlikely to change anytime soon unless there is an extensive system overhaul.Read more
DAKO returns to Liberia
Nine Years LaterAlmost a decade after its initial delivery, DAKO Worldwide Transport returned to Liberia to finish the job. The company concluded the delivery of ten Caterpillar engines from the Port of Buchanan to the Tokadeh iron...Read more
Moray West transformers reach Banffshire onshore converter station
Allelys recently transported two 239-tonne transformers, each measuring 12.3 meters, from Buckie Harbour, Banffshire to Moray West Onshore Converter Station.Read more
Another heavy generator hits the road
UK’s abnormal loads specialist Allelys have had another heavy generator on their hands recently. The company moved a steam turbine generator weighing 176-te, measuring 14 metres long, 4.8 metres wide and 4.5 metres high, to...Read more
Evaporators take a trip to the Port of Mäntyluoto
Two evaporators have been taken on a journey across Finland through a route totalling 664 kilometres before embarking on their journey to Sweden and Uruguay. The road section of the journey was handled by the Finnish...Read more
Heat exchangers travel a short but complex route
Two heat exchangers posed a complex challenge but also brought more work to one of the UK’s abnormal load specialists, Allelys. The company was tagged to contribute to a heat exchanger project in Teeside, by...Read more
German red tape is hurting heavy cargo transport
Guest PostThe article is a contribution to Project Cargo Journal by Bouwe van der Meer, Consultant Transport & Logistics and Logistics buyer at DMG MORI. Van der Meer gives an overview of the German legislation governing...Read more
Mammoet transports seven reactors in Texas
Seven reactors were shipped from Algeciras in Spain to Houston Texas. Noatum Project Cargo contracted Mammoet to transport the reactors from the ship to the final 11 kilometres to the project site: an ethylene to...Read more
Ahola Special transports 120-ton scrubber in Sweden
Finnish project logistics, heavy & oversized transport provider, Ahola Special transported a 120 metric tonne scrubber to Kiruna in the north of Sweden, via truck.Read more
Mammoet installed a prefabricated overpass in Ottawa
Dutch giant Mammoet assists the Kiewit-Dufferin Midtown Partnership with the replacement of a bridge in Ottawa, Canada.Read more
Germany to track cargo movement on inland waterways with new app
“More heavy and bulky transport must be moved from the already congested roads to the water,” stated Oliver Luksic, Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure of Germany, at the...Read more
Fleet Line Shipping handles out of gauge cargo in the UAE
Fleet Line Shipping, an end to end logistics service provider headquartered in Dubai, handled 52 out of gauge (OOG) cargo shipments in Flat Rack and open top (OT) containers from the United Arab Emirates (UAE).Read more
PT LV Logistics snaps Indonesia’s heavy haulage record
PT LV Logistics has set a new domestic record for the Indonesian heavy haulage industry with the delivery of RFCC plant components to the Balikpapan refinery in East Kalimantan. The three units weighed above 1000...Read more
Mammoet brings Transformers to the roads of Texas
No, these images are not a scene from the new Transformers movie, but they surely do show how Optimus Prime would look like hauling project cargo. In reality, is is the Dutch heavy lift and...Read more
Allelys shunts 184-ton transformer from Ipswich to Burwell
A transformer weighing 184 tons was recently shunted from the Ipswich Docks to a substation in Burwell, Cambridge. The transport, offload and installation was entrusted to UK’s transport and heavy lift specialist Allelys.Read more