Collett transports 150-year-old Victorian clock tower
PRESS RELEASE – Collett has delivered an almost 150-year-old Victorian clock tower from Elland in West Yorkshire to Ripon in North Yorkshire. It’s the second time Collett is moving this rare piece, although the last...Read more
France and UK reopen border for freight traffic
Transport companies and trade associations are relieved that the border between England and France is reopening for freight traffic. However, it will take days before all the trucks that have accumulated on the British side...Read more
HTA begins projects to enhance safety of abnormal road transports
The British Heavy Transport Association (HTA) has launched the first of a series of projects that investigate the movement of abnormal indivisible loads. The aim is to analyse good practice from the UK and elsewhere...Read more
Collett hauls 128 components for Inverclyde wind farm
Collett has completed the delivery of all 128 components for the Inverclyde wind farm in Scotland, consisting of eight Enercon E82 wind turbines, each featuring 39-metre long blades and 69-metre high towers.Read more
Megalift moves 82-tonne pressure vessel in Malaysia
PRESS RELEASE – Megalift has transported an oversized oil and gas pressure vessel from the fabricator’s yard in Kemaman in the state of Terengganu to Petronas’s chemical plant in Gebeng in the state of Pahang,...Read moreCollett delivers for Burnfoot Hill East extension
PRESS RELEASE – Collett has delivered an additional three Vestas V112 wind turbines and components for the Burnfoot Hill East wind farm extension in Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire. The parts were delivered to the site form the...Read more
DB Schenker delivers world’s largest rail mounted machine in Australia
PRESS RELEASE – DB Schenker has delivered almost 200 components for the world’s largest rail mounted vehicles with a total weight of 90,000 freight tonnes. They were transported by land and sea over a distance...Read more
Mammoet helps Burkina Faso realize a 20% power increase
PRESS RELEASE – Mammoet has completed a large power project which will help Burkina Faso to increase its national power generation capacity by almost 20%. The heavy-lift company was contracted to move several large engines,...Read more
Collet covers 11,500 miles delivering components to Solwaybank wind farm
Collett has commenced turbine component deliveries for the Solwaybank Wind Farm in Dumfries & Galloway in the UK. Consisting of 15 Vestas V100 wind turbines, each featuring 49-metre blades and 75-metre towers, the transport company will...Read more
Universal Transport delivers wind turbines for Enercon
PRESS RELEASE – Heavy load logistics provider Universal Transport has delivered two complete wind turbines from their production sites in Northern and Central Germany to their site of operation, a wind farm in North Rhine-Westphalia...Read more
Trailer manufacturer Broshuis resumes production per June
Dutch trailer manufacturer Broshuis will resume production at its factories per June 2nd. The Dutch government is relaxing its lockdown restrictions and allows more industries to resume work as long as they are able to...Read more
Barnhart spreads 362-tonne column across two bridges
PRESS RELEASE – Barnhart has moved a 60-metre long column weighing 362 tonnes from Freeport to a fracking unit at a refinery in Texas. The column was so large that the company had to use...Read more
Van der Vlist moves 32 windmills
PRESS RELEASE – Dutch heavy transport specialist Van der Vlist has commenced the second phase of the Wieringermeer wind farm, the largest onshore wind farm in the Netherlands. The trucking company is in the process...Read more
Goodrich moves 8,000 freight tonnes for Kazakh mining project
PRESS RELEASE – Indian logistics provider Goodrich has recently completed a massive project involving the movement of 8,000 freight tonnes of mining equipment. The machinery was picked up from locations across the globe and shipped...Read more
Collett expands with 7,000m2 warehousing facility
PRESS RELEASE – Leading specialist transport company Collett & Sons has expanded its operations, purchasing 7,000 square metres of warehousing and office space at its new Bradford site in the West Yorkshire region in the...Read more
British Columbia creates Project Cargo Corridor to attract more oversize cargo
The Canadian province of British Columbia has created a Project Cargo Corridor in order to attract more specialized cargo and save the trucking industry time by simplifying permit procedures. If the new process proves successful,...Read more
Sarens moves giant 1,050-tonne splitter by road
Sarens has moved a giant 1,050-tonne heavy splitter in Kazakhstan using SPMT’s to transport the mega load over 47 kilometres of desert road. The transport was carried out for Kazakhstan Petrochemical Industries which will be...Read more
Mammoet uses new road solution to navigate dangerous route
PRESS RELEASE – Mammoet has utilized its Trailer Power Assist (TPA) for the first time in Norway. The system is designed to improve transport efficiency and is helping the heavy-lift company to safely move 23...Read more