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
BigLift Shipping’s heavy transport vessels move Fenix gas field project cargo
BigLift Shipping’s heavy transport vessels CY Interocean I and CY Interocean II have recently been busy transporting a jacket and topside from Italy to Argentina. The company said in its recent BigNews Magazine that the...Read more
Boskalis’ T-class heavy transport pair heralds the start of US campaign
Boskalis is gearing up to start one of its largest offshore wind projects in 2024, as its two semi-submersible heavy transport vessels are set to depart for the United States. The company said its T-class...Read more
Roll Group cuts steel for its first heavy transport barge
Heavy transport company Roll Group has taken a step closer to expanding its heavy transport capacity with its first barge. The company has cut steel for Roll Barge One, at the ASL Yards in Batam,...Read more
Tai An Kou delivers ten more Moray West TPs to Port of Nigg
Earlier this month, Lamprell dispatched the penultimate batch of transition pieces (TPs) from its Hamriyah facility for the Moray West offshore wind project. This is the fifth batch delivered for the Moray West project, with...Read more
Forte heavy transport vessel completes float-over installation off Malaysia
Boskalis’ semi-submersible heavy transport vessel Forte recently backed the SapuraOMV’s Jerun-A topside into place offshore Malaysia. The vessel, as the company noted sailed backwards to install the 14,000-ton platform off the coast of Sarawak. Read more
SH Structures hires Collett for heavy transport
Collett, a heavy transport solutions provider, joined forces with SH Structures to deliver two bridge sections for the new Tan House footbridge project. Bridge sections measured 26 and 27 metres in length and 4 metres...Read more
Road closure threatens German port of Cuxhaven
German Federal highway authority, Autobahn Gmbh has closed a seven-kilometre stretch of the A27 motorway between Hagen and Uthlede. However, the decision, caused by a worn water tunnel, which could cause the motorway to sink,...Read more
Roll Group adds two KMC wide deck carriers to its fleet
Heavy transport company Roll Group will take control of two wide-deck carriers from the global logistics company KMC Line, from the second half of 2025 onwards. The two vessels will be renamed Bigroll KMC Beaumont...Read more
ESTA’s heavy transport reform proposals jump a new hurdle
Abnormal loadsESTA’s long-standing proposals for reform and harmonisation of the rules governing heavy transport and abnormal loads throughout the European Union have passed a crucial hurdle. The European Association of Abnormal Road Transport and Mobile Cranes...Read more
Collett moves 178-tonne transformers for National Grid
Abnormal loads specialist Collett & Sons has had a busy couple of weekends moving heavy transformers for the energy sector. The company delivered the first 178-tonne transformer from Tilbury Dock to Biggleswade Substation. It was...Read more
Mammoet helps heavy transport flow with 100-year-old bridge replacement
Over time, as bridges get used by heavy transport, they need replacing, and the Oder bridge on the German-Polish border in Küstrin is one such example. Built more than 100 years ago, the bridge is...Read more
Heavy-lift specialist Fagioli names new CEO
Fernando Bertoni has been appointed as the new global CEO of transport and logistics, heavy-lift transport, heavy lifting and related engineering and project cargo shipping specialist, Fagioli. Read more
Enercon’s wind blade prototype passes heavy transport test
Wind turbine manufacturer, Enercon, has reached a major milestone as it concluded the heavy transport for its E-175 EP5 prototype. Following a multiple-day journey by ship and heavy transport, a prototype rotor blade of Enercon’s...Read more
ESTA: heavy transport reform proposal up for a vote
The proposal for reform and harmonisation of the rules governing heavy transport and abnormal loads throughout the European Union is up for a vote on February 14. Put forward by ESTA – the European Association...Read more
Erhardt wraps up another heavy transport operation
Erhardt Projects division has recently completed another heavy transport operation. The company moved the heavy cargo onboard United Heavy Lift’s F900 Eco-Lifter UHL Figter from Tarragona in Spain to Laem Chabang in Thailand.Read more
Ahola delivers project cargo for Model Paper Eilenburg rebuild
Finnish project logistics and heavy transport specialist, Ahola Special, part of the Ahola Group, has ended a year on a high with the delivery of project cargo for a paper facility in Germany. Ahola delivered...Read more
ESTA’s SPMTs safety work gets industry-wide support
Members of the European association for the abnormal road transport and mobile crane rental industry, ESTA, have voiced their support of the association’s work to improve safety during the use of SPMTs and establish an internationally...Read more