Mammoet World

Mammoet was awarded the contract for the transportation and the installation of two HDS Reactors at a refinery in Lithuania. Both reactors, with a length of 32 meters and a weight of 515 tons, had to be transported over a route of 155 kilometers from the port of Klaipeda to the site.

Multimodal transportation of a reactor (520 tons) by Mammoet Venezuela.Worldwide specialists in heavy lifting and transport

8Marinepage 36

Powerpage 16

Offshorepage 26

Petrochemicalpage 6

Civil page 32

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“Discover it and make

it your world!”

Mammoet is doing well. That is clearly illustrated in this eighth edition of Mammoet

World. But the world around us is experiencing major and rapid changes. As we

are writing this the stock markets are in the red and economic forecasts are

continuously being adjusted downwards. There is a worldwide economic

crisis which will undoubtedly also affect Mammoet in the end. However, as

explained in this issue of Mammoet World there may also be positive aspects.

Our management team explain why Mammoet has all confidence in the future

and expects our business to do well even in these turbulent times.

“Putting people and safety first” is one of the corporate values which Mammoet defined in the past year, and which guides all our actions. Koos van Tol, Mammoet’s new Corporate Safety Director, explains how he wants to give our safety, health, environment & quality (SHE-Q) policy a further boost.

In recent years, Mammoet has expanded significantly, both through acquisitions and by entering new markets. Mammoet Salvage, already one of the world’s leading salvage companies after only three years in the business, is an excellent example. Our Salvage Director Fokko Ringersma explains why both our competitors and our clients were surprised by Mammoet’s new

approach to salvage, and what Mammoet offers as an alternative to the traditional way of thinking of the salvage industry.

Working at Mammoet means working in a divers world. Whether you are a crane driver, a rigging operator, or an engineer, for instance, we can offer you an environment where only your talents set the limits to your development. We communicate that in our recruitment campaigns with the slogan “Make it your world!” Mammoet also presents engineers with challenges they are unlikely to find elsewhere. Jonathan Hayden of Mammoet Canada Western explains what makes his job as engineering technologist so fascinating and why he is proud to be working for our company.

And as always, this issue of Mammoet World includes a selec-tion of our most challenging and spectacular projects. The range of jobs we have completed in the petrochemical, power generation, offshore, civil engineering and marine sectors give a good impres-sion of the unlimited possibilities, innovative solutions and attractive concepts offered by Mammoet.

You may also have noticed that we have redesigned Mammoet World. We hope that you will enjoy the new design and more convenient size and be inspired by the projects described here.

Introduction

A different world

1 meter = 3.28 feet

This is the type of work Mammoet performs in Fort McMurray (Canada) everyday!

This is a 282 H Liebherr mining truck, weighing 177 tons, which was hauled from Aurora to Syncrude Base Mine. A Kenworth hauled it with a 19-line Euro-style Scheuerle trailer. It was transported to the site traveling only at 30 km per hour.

LOCATION: THE HAGUE,

THE NETHERLANDS

JOB: INSTALLING A 500 TON STEEL

STRUCTURE

CHALLENGE: CITY CENTRE SITE

Divisions

6 Petrochemical 16 Power

26 Offshore

32 Civil

36 Marine

Content Close up

24 One of our Red Men

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30 Mammoet Workwear

31 Mammoet Store

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News

22 Newsflash

“The road had to be cleared for a public holiday”

Tandem Lift

Hotel Babylon in The Hague is being extensively refurbished and extended with a steel structure. Mammoet used their mobile cranes to assemble the steel structure on site. As the site was in the city centre the logistics were quite a challenge but the cooperation with Mammoet Road Cargo ensured that everything went smoothly.

Mammoet then installed the 36 by 27 meter steel structure, weighing 500 tons onto the existing building with their new LR 1600 (the first one fitted with superlift) and a CC 2800. The load was initially lifted up one meter and balanced, and then lifted up to 36 meters, which only took about an hour. Both cranes had to crawl and the CC 2800 had to slew to position the structure over the building. Immediately after finishing the lift Mammoet started demobilizing the cranes as the road had to be cleared for a public holiday.

“ The logistics were quite a challenge”

“Our rental business and small jobs -

providing a small crane, or doing a

two-hour job - are also core business”

The BoardMessage from

Strong, versatile and alert

2008 was going to be a bridging year and be a springboard for the following period. It certainly was that, and more. Roderik van Seumeren explains: “It has been a good year, in all respects. It has fulfilled our expectations in terms of growth, financial performance and getting jobs for 2009 and 2010. We have made four acquisitions and these businesses have been integrated into Mammoet to everyone’s satisfaction. Our new ventures are also proving to be fruitful. Mammoet Shipping, our in-house logistics services provider has managed to produce significant cost reductions by optimizing logistics planning. Mammoet Salvage has been successful from the day it started and has become a world-leading salvage company within three years. And our safety statistics are steady, although we now have hundreds more people working in the

business. All these parameters prove that we are on the right track.”

Large and smallPatrick van Seumeren emphasizes that it’s not just the large projects which make Mammoet successful. “Our strength is that our activities are spread over different markets, continents and types of equip-ment. That makes us less vulnerable. If there is a downturn somewhere, we can shift our work to markets and areas where there is enough work. This versatility and flexibility make Mammoet more agile than local operators, and in these uncertain times also less dependent on economic develop-ments. And that has paid off again this year. “One of the great things is that apart from the truly large projects we also do a huge number of small jobs which keep us busy and provide a steady revenue flow. Our rental business and small jobs - providing a small crane, or doing a two-hour job - are also core business. All this provides our company with solid foundations. We are therefore very pleased that we have managed to remind our clients that Mammoet also does smaller jobs.

Excellent positionIn three year’s time, Mammoet’s revenues have doubled and we are expecting to grow further in the next few years. However, it is difficult to look ahead due to the financial and economic crisis in the world. Mammoet will obviously also be affected, but at a much later stage. Despite the uncertain development of the crisis, Siem Kranenburg is confident about the future. “We are not directly affected by the credit crisis because we arranged a refinancing package for the whole company some time ago. This gives us the opportunity to expand without needing to go to the capital markets. And should we need additional funding for acquisitions then our shareholder structure can accommodate that. We also have an impressive order book. At the end of this year we will start on some particularly large projects which will take us well into 2010. Hence, as far as the financial aspects are concerned we are fairly confident about 2009 and even 2010 as we have already provided the basis for that. Our effective internal management in recent years also puts us in a strong position.

Expansion and replacement/ adjustmentsIn part, this strong position is due to our careful investment policy, including the purchase of equipment. In recent years we have carefully balanced the different segments of our business. “After earlier investments in the top of the range, this year we have invested more in the middle and lower ranges” explained Jan van Seumeren Jr. “That was mostly to expand our fleet: we have purchased a large number of smaller hydraulic cranes, crawler cranes up to 600 tons and transport equipment in the middle range, and SPMTs at the top end. We have also developed cutting winches for Mammoet Salvage and the “Amster-dam” sheerlegs of our subsidiary BTS was completely overhauled. We will continue investing in the coming year. However, given the uncertainty and threatening over supply on the market, Mammoet has decided to cut the planned investments by half. Even so, we will be making considerable invest-ments. We are planning to purchase SPMTs, a LR 11350, crawler cranes for South Africa, a barge for South East Asia and an LTM 11200 and other large plant for the UK. Mammoet will also start work on building a new top-end crane, the PTC DS30. This heavy-weight, with a load moment of 120,000 ton-meters and 3,200 tons capacity will be equip ped with winches and bogies on a 30 meter ring to offer superior lift-ing and slewing performance.

OpportunitiesMammoet is in a strong position, and ready to respond to the threats and opportunities in a market which may weaken. But Patrick van Seumeren is convinced that even such a market will present opportunities. “This is the right time for acquisitions. Given the limited options for funding and spreading risks, high investments and rising costs of entry associated with getting involved with projects, times will be tough for smaller operators. And that presents us with opportunities. We are still interest-ed in taking over relevant businesses as that is a good way of bringing in not only equipment and trained personnel, but also a market share.” Siem Kranenburg can also see the bright side: “Crises tend to regulate the markets. Sometimes, expansion is too fast, without any rationale. So, a crises can have positive aspects and reduce the number of operators somewhat. It’s certainly an interesting period for us.”

Mammoet is in a strong position, but treads carefully in these uncertain times.

Our management team - Roderik van Seumeren (President and CEO), Patrick

van Seumeren (Vice-President and COO), Jan van Seumeren Jr. (CTO) and Siem

Kranenburg (CFO) - closely follow the developments in the market to respond

appropriately to the threats and opportunities we will undoubtedly be faced

with. “There is uncertainty all around us. It’s a different world than any of us

have ever dealt with.

Patrick van Seumeren (Vice-President and COO), Siem Kranenburg (CFO)

Roderik van Seumeren (President and CEO), Jan van Seumeren Jr. (CTO)

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Roderik van Seumeren

“Positioned for the future”

renowned companies and our share-holder structure makes us less dependent on the banks. All these elements mean that we are in an good position to weather the storm.

I would therefore like to conclude by saying how impressed I am by what we have managed to accom-plish as a company, in 2008 and the years before. I am proud of what our people have done this year, often working under difficult condi-tions. I am glad to say that despite the rapid growth in recent years we have not made any concessions to our professional standards. The ingenious solutions which our engineers develop never cease to impress me. Last, but not least, I would like to thank our clients for their trust in Mammoet. And we will do everything to continue to deserve that trust, as illustrated by the impressive jobs described in this issue of Mammoet World, the eighth edition. Although we may experience some turbulence in future, our innovations and opera-tional qualities will guide us safely through the rough waters.

Roderik van Seumeren(President and CEO)

2008 was our best year ever, and 2009 promises to be even better. Of course, I would love to consider only our successes, but realistically speaking we have to look further ahead. And that is exactly what we are doing. In 2006 we defined our long-term strategy in a strategic plan with an ambitious scenario for growth and clear targets. Now, almost three years later, we are exactly where we were planning to be. Increases in revenue, personnel, investments - all are going to plan. In these three years we have doubled our revenues and further developed our worldwide network and leading role as specialists in heavy lifting and transport. And despite the storm which began a little over a year ago, we have brought in the orders, so our order book for 2009 is already getting quite full and we are also receiving orders for projects in 2010. Given all the turmoil around

us, those are the best and most important feats of 2008. As I wrote last year, we have done well in recent years. And again we have been able to benefit from that. Hence we are in the comfortable position that we can expect next year to the best ever. However, right now shortly before 2009, it is difficult to look much further ahead. Nobody knows how much longer the worldwide crisis will last, what its impact will be, and what parts of the world or sectors of the economy will be hit hardest. Nothing is certain, except that Mammoet will eventually also be affected, at the and of the chain.

Even so, we are confidently looking towards the future. After all, turbulent times like this bring not just threats but also opportunities. Furthermore, in recent years we have strengthened our base and spread the risks much wider. Mammoet operates throughout the world and therefore also in areas which are less affected by the crisis and where developments are promising. Mammoet serves a number of markets, and that includes markets which are less affected by economic fluctuations. We also span a range of activities, from crane rental, heavy trans-port and lifting, to large projects. In recent years we have made major investments in our people and our equipment, in quality, training, refining our procedures and pro-cesses, and in our worldwide management information system. Finally, we have strengthened our foundations by acquiring

“We are confidently looking towards

the future”

When I look at the results in 2008 and our order book, which is fuller than ever,

I see plenty to be satisfied about. Mammoet is doing well, and we already

know that next year will be equal. But looking outside the company, at all the

disruption in the world, I dare not make any predictions about the future.

Only once the storm which has hit the financial markets and the real economy

has subsided will the impact on Mammoet be clearer. These mixed feelings

are typical for the situation now, at the end of 2008, as we present Mammoet

World to you.

Petrochemical

LOCATION: GUJARAT, INDIA.

JOB: RANGE OF HEAVY LIFTS

CHALLENGE: SCALE, WEATHER

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Brand New in India

“ Develop a special load case”

An Indian client contracted Mammoet to undertake 37 heavy lifts at the Jamnagar Export Refinery. Mammoet shipped their MSG-80, PTC I and the brand new LR 11350 to India for this project. Mammoet first used the LR 11350 to lift two reactors (each 740 tons) into place, and then two smaller vessels. The work was affected by the monsoons, especially when moving the crane as the roads were weakened by the rain.

It took two weeks to rig the PTC with a 87 meter double stacked main boom, 39.4 meter jib and crawler system. Its first job was to handle a reactor (1,000 tons).

Mammoet had to develop a special load case as the reactor was almost 100 tons heavier than expected. Fortunately the weather improved and it became much easier to move the PTC to the next location, with lifts ranking from 400 to 1,000 tons. The MSG was also kept busy and lifted a number of vessels, with weights up to 1,400 tons and lengths up to 98 meters. The C3 splitter was the heaviest and longest lift, and also the most difficult one as Mammoet was operating close to minimum radius and had only 0.5 meters clearance between the jib and spreader bar. After that Mammoet reassembled the MSG at another location to lift a column (1,000 tons) and a reactor (1,200 tons).

LOCATION: FORT MCMURRAY,

ALBERTA, CANADA

JOB: HEAVY LIFTS AND TRANSPORT

CHALLENGE: TEMPERATURES DOWN

TO -47˚C

LOCATION: SINGAPORE

JOB: INSTALLING COLUMNS

AT A PETROCHEMICAL PLANT

CHALLENGE: SCALE OF THE PROJECT

Petrochemical

Transporting and Lifting Eleven Columns

“A true cultural melting pot with

people of all nationalities and

skills working together”

“The first job in Singapore

for the 1600-ton PTC ring crane”

First Expansion Albian SandsMammoet’s client is expanding its Albian Sands upstream facility which processes oil sand. The main purpose of the facility is the processing of mined oil sand into a pipeline transportable liquid which is then fed to the Scotford facility near Edmonton, Alberta for refinement. Mammoet started working on this project in August 2007. The scope of the work includes transporting and erecting some 310 oversized loads ranging from tanks and pipe modules right up to 450 ton vessels. Mammoet has a range of cranes, trailers and other equipment on site to cover all the client’s needs. The highlight so far was transporting the TSRU columns with a diameter of eleven meters which, with all the equipment, had a total com-bined weight of 726 tons. This region of Canada is a true cultural melting pot with people of all nationalities and skills working together. Working on a project which has so many variables is a daily challenge. Throw into the mix the impending -47˚C Fort McMurray winter and you have a job which is never the same two days in a row.

risks, Mammoet first tested the road by driving SPMTs loaded with super-lift counterweights across it. That was just as well, as it turned out that the ground needed more preparation.

Mammoet discovered that the columns were actually rather heavier than specified. In most cases this was not a problem as the equipment had plenty of spare capacity. However, the heaviest column had to be stripped of some metalwork before we could safely lift it.

Over a period of 18 months, Mammoet has been busy transporting and lifting eleven large columns. Mammoet used a number of cranes (PTC I, CC 4800, two units CC 1800, CC 2400-1, LR 1350) and SPMTs. It was also the first job in Singapore for the 1600-ton PTC ring crane which was fitted with a 87 meter main boom and 39.4 meter jib to erect a propylene fractionator column which stood 106 meters tall.

After the PTC had been rigged we used 72 lines of SPMTs to move it to the first job site. Because of heavy rain the ground on the site was very soft. To avoid taking any

Petrochemical

LOCATION: TEXAS CITY, TEXAS, USA

JOB: TRANSPORTING AND LIFTING A

FRACTIONATOR VESSEL

CHALLENGE: PERMITS TO CROSS

TEXAS CITY DIKE

“Once on site, Mammoet

positioned the vessel under their

lift system”

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Action Texas City

“ This required permits from a number of authorities”

Mammoet USA successfully completed the transport and lift of a 300 ton fractionator vessel for a refinery in Texas City. Due to the large diameter of the vessel, the normal route through the Port of Texas City could not be used. An alternative route was found using the Texas City Dike; a eight kilometers long roadway extending out into Galveston Bay constructed in the 1930s to protect the area from flooding during a hurricane. This required permits from a number of authorities and coordination with the utility companies to raise power and telephone cables along the route.

The vessel (45.72 meters long x diameter of 8.53 meters; 286 ton) was transported by barge and SPMTs from the manufacturer in Channelview to the site some 64 kilometers away. Once on site, Mammoet positioned the vessel under their lift system consisting of two 55 meters heavy towers with a single 900-ton jack at the top. The vessel was safely lifted and set onto its temporary foundation.

This was the first heavy transport across the Texas City Dike and it may be the last for some time due to extensive damage caused by Hurricane Ike in September 2008.

LOCATION: JUBAIL, SAUDI ARABIA

JOB: TRANSPORTING AND

INSTALLING EVAPORATORS

CHALLENGE: COMPLEXITY

LOCATION: PORT-JÉRÔME, FRANCE

JOB: TRANSPORTING AND LIFTING TWO

REACTORS

CHALLENGE: WEAK BRIDGE

LOCATION: FORT SASKATCHEWAN,

ALBERTA, CANADA

JOB: HEAVY LIFTING AND HAULING

CHALLENGE: SCALE OF THE PROJECT

Petrochemical

Mammoet was awarded four main contracts, heavy lifting, onsite heavy haul, general crane and module transport along with several sub-contracts for the expansion of the Scotford Upgrader Expansion 1 project at Fort Saskatchewan. This project will double the refinery’s upgrading capacity. Mammoet’s work included offloading, transporting and positioning ten 500 ton reactor sections so that they could be welded in pairs. We used a 750-ton J&R Lift’N’Lock unit, jack and slide equipment and 24 lines of SPMTs for this. Mammoet also built a new strand jack tower gantry to erect the completed 1,000 ton reac-tors. These towers are based on the same design used in Houston so that all Mammoet towers in North America are interchangeable. Mammoet used the RK-8500 to erect the tower system and to tail the reactors. This project reached its peak towards the end of 2008. At peak times Mammoet had over fifty cranes and some 90 of their employees on site, as well as SPMTs, Scheuerle trailers, etc.

Offloading, Transporting and Positioning

“Mammoet used a different route

this time”

Mammoet France was contracted by an oil company to offload two 308 ton reactors, transport them to the refinery and install them. Mammoet had worked at this refinery before but because of the congested site and to avoid the need to prepare roads Mammoet used a different route this time. This meant crossing a relatively weak railway bridge where Mammoet installed a temporally overbridge. Mammoet then installed the two reactors in one day with a brand new CC 2800 and a CC 2400 as the tailing crane.

“ Built a new strand jack tower gantry”

Desalination PlantOne of Mammoet’s clients is building a desalination plant at Jubail, Saudi Arabia. The plant will include fourteen evaporators, weighing 1,520 tons each, which are fabricated in Sharjah, UAE. Mammoet’s scope of work includes: engineering and execution of load-out, design and fabrication of intermediate supports, design and fabrication of all grillage and sea fastening works, supply of marine spread, towage from UAE to Jubail, load-in, transport to site by SPMT and installation onto foundation.

Despite challenges related to the weather and site restrictions the work was progressing well. The duration of the project was one year and Mammoet used 68 axle lines of SPMTs, four power pack units and a range of auxiliary equipment.

Reactors for a French Refinery

LOCATION: THAILAND AND LAO PDR

JOB: TRANSPORTING AN AUTOCLAVE

CHALLENGE: CHECKING 200 BRIDGES

LOCATION: CHALMETTE,

LOUISIANA, USA

JOB: ERECTING A 500 TON REACTOR

CHALLENGE: CONGESTED SITE

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A Tight Fit

Blessed by Monks

The mission was to bring a 500 ton reactor (48 meters) into the refinery using both SPMTs and skidtrack for portions of the journey. Once inside the lift area, a 70 meters tall tower system consisting of “Troll beams” and a 900-ton strand jack was used to both erect the reactor and carry it over a live pipe rack and set it on its pedestal.

A CC 2800 was built partially under a pipe rack. Overall, 28 sections of twelve meters tower were required to build the lift system, along with both “Troll beams” and two “Oconee beams”. The lift system was required to be capable of withstanding 201 km/h winds as the system was being assembled in the midst of hurricane season.

Once assembled, the reactor was brought into the unit beneath a pipe rack on a skid system. The reactor was placed back atop two sets of double-10 lines of SPMTs with turntables to position it inside the unit. There was barely enough room for both the CC 2800 and 48 meters long reactor to coexist within the unit, but the Mammoet crew skillfully manoeuvered the two to their final staging locations without incident. The reac-tor was staging on jack stands and trailers were removed from the unit to allow all of the platforms and piping to be attached to the reactor prior to the lift.

Mammoet was contracted to transport a 165 ton autoclave from Sattahip in Thailand to the Sepon mine in Lao PDR. This took a full year of preparation as Mammoet had to check 200 concrete bridges on the route. Mammoet concluded that fifteen of the bridges were not strong enough. Hence Mammoet designed steel decks to span across the bridges, from pier to pier, so that the bridge itself did not have to carry any of the load. Mammoet fitted these decks with wheels to make them easier to handle and minimize the disruption to traffic.

In Thailand Mammoet could use a 4.9 meter wide trailer which meant we did not have to reinforce the bridges. However, once Mammoet had reached Lao PDR they had to cross some narrower Bailey bridges so Mammoet reconfigured the trailer to three meters width. A highlight of this job was the blessing of the convoy by monks, in Savannakhet.

Everything went well and a month after Mammoet started they delivered the auto-clave to the mine. Mammoet then lifted it onto its foundations with the CC 1100 crawler crane with superlift.

“ The system was being assembled in the midst of hurricane season”

Petrochemical

LOCATION: JUBAIL INDUSTRIAL CITY

JOB: HEAVY TRANSPORT

LOCATION: ITALY AND THE USA

JOB: TRANSPORTING TWO

1,000 TON REACTORS

CHALLENGE: COORDINATION OF

DETAILS WITH ALL PARTIES INVOLVED

Petrochemical

“ The transport of 41 pieces from the King Fahd Industrial Port”

For Mammoet Dubai, the prestigious Saudi Kayan Project in Jubail Industrial City kicked off with the delivery of two 1,147 ton reactors to the plant, followed by a 1,595 ton wash tower with a length of 100 meters and another 38 smaller items. We transported the process equipment from the King Fahd Industrial Port to the Saudi Kayan site over a distance of roughly seventeen kilometers. Mammoet later installed the two reactors and the wash tower using an MSG-80, while the other items were installed by the client.

“The coordination of necessary

details”

Saudi Kayan Project

From Italy to the USAMammoet was awarded a turnkey contract to transport two 1,000 ton reactors from the fabricator in Italy to Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA.

Some of the challenges included the coordination of necessary details with all of the various parties involved and finding a long enough berth in Houston where the cargo could be transferred from the roro ship onto a barge. The barge transported the reactors to Tuscaloosa where they were unloaded and placed into storage.

LOCATION: QATAR

JOB: TRANSPORTING AND INSTALLING

FOUR REACTORS

CHALLENGE: WEATHER CONDITIONS

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Rain and Wind in Qatar

“Heavy rain had affected the ground con ditions”

Anyone who thinks it is always sunny in the Middle East obviously hasn’t been to Qatar in winter. In January Mammoet had to transport the first four of a total of 24 HPS reactors, each weighing 1,200 tons from the port to the construction site. Mammoet provided two sets of trailers so it would only take two trips to transport the reactors.

Unfortunately, heavy rain had affected the ground conditions by the time Mammoet arrived at the site and had to make alter-native arrangements to set the load down. Mammoet then returned to the port to col-lect the other two reactors and fortunately

the weather had improved by that time.Mammoet was also contracted to install the reactors. As there was not enough space near the reactor foundations to build the PTC, Mammoet assembled it elsewhere on site and then moved it into place with SPMTs. Once everything was in place Mammoet had to wait for four days because of high winds, after which everything went very smoothly. As this was the first heavy lift on the site, the Mammoet equipment was blessed with rice and sake in a Japanese ceremony.

Petrochemical

LOCATION: SOHAR, OMAN

JOB: TRANSPORTING HEAVY COLUMNS

CHALLENGE: WEIGHT OF THE LOAD

LOCATION: PAULINIA, BRAZIL

JOB: INSTALLING TOWERS

CHALLENGE: TALLEST SINGLE

LIFT IN BRAZIL

Petrochemical

Mammoet Dubai transported its heaviest item ever, a 1,605 ton xylene column with a length of almost 100 meters. It was transported four kilometers from Sohar Port to an Aromatics Plant in Sohar Industrial Area in the Sultanate of Oman. The contract covered a total of 43 items which were transported by SPMTs. Because of the size of the loads, traffic signs and lampposts had to be removed along the route. Later Mammoet has re-positioned the xylene column under the gantry for final installation. The whole project was completed successfully and safely.

Record for Mammoet Dubai

“The project went smoothly thanks to the thorough preparation and

good cooperation”

Turnaround at LeunaAfter two years of planning, the refinery in Leuna was shut down in May 2008 for a turnaround and expansion, involving 3,300 people working on the site. Mammoet Germany pro-vided no fewer than 70 cranes, from its own fleet, another German crane company and from Mammoet in the Netherlands. Mammoet Germany managed this project using the dedicated Mammoet Shutdown Concept. This involved a

great deal of coordination with the site operator and the contractors working on the site. Mammoet was on site for several weeks and the project went smoothly thanks to the thorough preparation and good cooperation between the German and Dutch crews. The highest lift was the replace-ment of a 5.5 ton flare top at a height of 145 meters.

“ Mammoet set the record for the tallest lift”

Brazilian Record With MSG-80 Configuration

Mammoet spent four months on a site in Brazil, with up to fifteen of their people from branches throughout the world. Mammoet had to install three towers: two of 60 meters and 250 tons and one of 110 meters and 700 tons.

The real challenge was to install the 110 meter polypropylene tower after it had been fitted with all the platforms, stairs, risers, pipes, insulation etc. Mammoet decided to use their MSG-80 II and the Dracula Tail Frame. Given the needs of the job Mammoet had to rig it with a 92.6 meter main boom and 42.9 meter jib. As the tower was resting on six saddles supported by concrete blocks Mammoet first had jack it up 2.5 meters to remove the saddles and to install the tail frame on the skirt. Mammoet set the record for the tallest lift by a single crane in Brazil.

LOCATION: LEUNA, GERMANY

JOB: SUPPORTING A TURNAROUND

CHALLENGE: SCALE OF THE PROJECT

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Leadership in the fieldA special training course for super-visors started in 2008. “Our super-visors are working foremen, who do the job together with their people. This training aims to im prove leadership in the field and encour-age our supervisors to do even more to ensure safety at the job site, and to improve the safety awareness of our people.” Six groups have now started on the first module of the course, which includes a total of six modules. Once the course is fully developed next year, we will roll it out through-out the business. We have similar plans for our Working at Height course, developed in the UK. “We are now deciding if we can turn it into a Mammoet course to add to the e-learning portal of our intranet.” Van Tol is also thinking about developing a General Safety Awareness Course which, like the Mammoet Minute, should get people to think first, and then act.

Koos van Tol was appointed as Mammoet’s new Corporate Safety Director

in the middle of 2008. He has been with Mammoet for over 30 years and there-

fore knows the business inside out. He is particularly familiar with safety,

health, environment and quality (SHE-Q), the area he is now responsible for.

WE CARE!

LOOK OUT!

KEEP THINKING!

“People have to stop and think before they do

something”

“ It’s all a matter of common sense”

Koos van Tol’s career has ranged from crane driver to regional manager. He knows the ins and outs of the heavy lifting and transport business better than anyone else. Koos has worked all over the world and dealt with a range of cultures and personalities. “I’ve worked with so many different people within Mammoet. They’re all different. So, you can’t just pull a string and expect everyone to do what you want. You need patience, talk a lot and approach everyone differently. The challenge is to find the right way to deal with everyone and get them to do the job. It’s not advanced math but simply a matter of knowing how to deal with people.”

Mammoet MindsAnd it’s no different where safety is concerned. “Safety isn’t magic - it’s about using common sense. Sure, you can introduce hundreds of rules, but what it’s really about is that people have to stop and think before they do something.” And that’s the concept behind the safety campaign initiated in 2008: the Mammoet Minute, a basic last minute check before the work starts. “Through this campaign we want to make everyone aware of the importance of taking a minute before you start the job, just to look around and think about the risks and hazards you might

have to deal with. And, where necessary, to take action, so you can do the job safely.” The Mammoet Minute is part of the Mammoet Minds campaign with the theme “Keep Thinking! Look Out! We Care!” which has been rolled out throughout Mammoet to ensure that the Mammoet Way of Working is the same everywhere.

“ Key to improving safety”

SHE-Q

SHE-Q

“Improving the translations of the

course material”

“ Learn about other cultures and the relevant issues”

Koos van Tol

Training centersAll the courses on the intranet will be reviewed and updated where necessary. The regions are also working on improving the translations of the course material. Apart from courses, Mammoet’s worldwide Training and Development Program also offers training facilities. “In the longer term, each region should have its own training center. We now have centers in Schiedam and Malaysia, where we give crane and SPMT courses. By setting up similar centers elsewhere, our people would have to travel less and it would expand our options to provide safety and quality training.” To work in a particular job or area, our people have to complete a number of courses first. These are recorded in the red book everyone carries with them.

Improving safety awareness and the change in attitude needed to bring this about, are key to improving safety within Mammoet. Van Tol has plenty of ideas to put this into practice in the coming year. High on his list is setting up a central database with detailed information about the causes, follow-up and prevention of incidents, so that everyone can learn from them. He also wants to introduce a monthly publication for the whole company with a different region discussing a safety related subject in every issue. “In that way you learn about other cultures and the relevant issues.” Finally, he mentioned that Mammoet is considering certification to ISO 14001 (environmental management) and ISO 18001 (safety). “That’s requested by more and more customers. We also want to use that to emphasize the importance of safety and environmental management to our company.”

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RISKS?

LOCATION: TIVERTON, ONTARIO, CANADA

JOB: REPLACING SIXTEEN STEAM

GENERATORS

CHALLENGE: COORDINATION

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LOCATION: NEURATH, GERMANY

JOB: BUILDING A POWER STATION

CHALLENGE: PTC-DS MODIFICATION

Power

Power Plant Neurath

Bruce “A” Restart ProjectMammoet Canada Eastern was contracted to provide a ring crane (PTC), smaller cranes, site transportation and offloading services for the replacement of sixteen steam generators in a nuclear power station. The scale of the project, safety standards, numerous site contractors and unpredictable weather conditions meant that extensive coordination was required.

The heaviest lifts were the steam drums located directly above the steam generators. These drums, weighing over 400 tons each.

The tight clearances within the facility made it quite exciting to bystanders. The plant, which is subject to snowstorms and high winds, required a modified load chart for the PTC.

Mammoet was awarded a contract to sup-ply a PTC-DS for the construction of a power station in Neurath, Germany, with two blocks of 1,100 MW capacity each.

Because of the height of the structures, Mammoet had to modify the PTC-DS spe-cially for this project and test it on site. It was rigged with a 134.6 meter main boom and 69.3 meter jib, for a capacity of 1,600 tons and 33,705 ton-meters. The crane itself weighed 1,500 tons and was fitted with 1,500 tons of counterweight. The PTC had an overall height of 207.7 meters.

It took 110 shipping containers to deliver the PTC to the site.

Mammoet had only planned to move the PTC once between the two blocks of the power station. However, a problem which affected one of the blocks meant that Mammoet actually had to move the crane twice. It had a transport weight of 2,080 tons and was moved using 100 lines of SPMTs.

Definitely a challenging, large-scale Mammoet job!

LOCATION: SANDOW, TEXAS, USA

JOB: HANDLING A 300 TON

GENERATOR

CHALLENGE: LITTLE SPACE FOR

OUR LIFT EQUIPMENT

Power

A new gas-fired power station was built at Flushing. Mammoet provided routine and heavy lift services for several clients working on this project.

Mammoet provided a number of mobile tele-scopic cranes for the civil engineering work. Mammoet also provided a CC 2800 crawler crane, assisted by an AC 500 mobile telescopic crane to assemble the boilers. The 210 ton boiler modules were transported to the site on intercombi trailers, after which Mammoet installed them with cranes.

During the next stage of the project Mammoet used SPMTs and Intercombi trailers to transport two generators (345 tons), two gas turbines (310 tons) and two transformers (275 tons) from the offloading yard to the site.

Routine

LOCATION: FLUSHING, THE NETHERLANDS

JOB: HEAVY LIFTING FOR A NEW POWER

STATION

“Sky Pictures luchtfotografie” Arnemuiden

We used our 500 ton gantry jacks to lift and transport a 300 ton generator at the Sandow power plant in Texas. The generator was originally faulty and had to be repaired. When completed, the lift plan had to be changed entirely to accommodate for new construction that was completed while the generator was under repair. A new three bay gantry tower lift system was designed. The load beams were made up of the “Troll beams”, gantry beams and convert mats for an approximate skid distance of 62 meters. The system had to be high wind stable and unfortunately, bracing could not be used do to the need to skid the generator between tower legs. The solution was to use moment connections in the top beams of the towers to achieve the needed stability both longitudinally and per-pendicular to the lift beams.

Sandow, Texas Generator Lift

“This required the Moscow ring

road to be closed”

Moscow GeneratorsMammoet was commissioned to transport two generators (230 tons each) and a gas turbine enclosure (114 tons) to Moscow and install them in a power station.

Mammoet Seumersteel transported the plant from the port to the site using conventional trailers. This required the Moscow ring road to be closed. Mammoet Europe then installed the plant. One generator and the gas turbine enclosure were skidded straight from the trailer onto the foundations. The second generator was lifted up with a portal and strand jack, rotated and skidded onto its foundation. The customer made some changes to the schedule and the Mammoet employees sometimes had to work under difficult conditions but the job was completed to everybody’s full satisfaction.

LOCATION: MOSCOW, RUSSIAN FEDERATION

JOB: INSTALLING GENERATORS

CHALLENGE: SCHEDULE CHANGES

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Power

“To lift the old steam generators

off their foundation”

The Diablo Canyon Steam Generator Replacement Project required the

exchange of four steam generators within the facility. Mammoet crews

completed the complex handling sequence of nine steps per generator well

ahead of schedule despite the challenges presented.

The new Mammoet Containerized Winch System was installed in the containment unit to lift the old steam generators off their foundation. Unlike previous replacement projects, the generators were brought out of containment on the second floor, approximately six meters above ground level utilizing a skid system. After placing the units on SPMTs, they were moved through the building and lowered onto a separate set of SPMTs at ground level. Finally, the old units were transported to their storage location. The new generators were installed by reversing the removal process.

Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant

LOCATION: SAN LUIS OBISPO

COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, USA

JOB: EXCHANGING FOUR STEAM

GENERATORS

CHALLENGE: MINIMAL CLEARANCES

AND LOGISTICAL COORDINATION IN A

NUCLEAR ENVIRONMENT

Power

Photographs courtesy of Robert de Haas

“Exchanging four steam

generators”

LOCATION: MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN

AND PUEBLO, COLORADO, USA

JOB: GENERATOR LIFTS

CHALLENGE: BIG LIFTS IN A

SMALL SPACE

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TITAN System on Tour

“ An innovative solution”

Mammoet was awarded a contract to deliver and install two steam turbine generator stators, weighing 427 tons each, at a new coal-fired power plant in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.

Mammoet implemented an innovative solution whereby the entire top 10-meter section of the tower was built on a skid track enabling this structure to lift, travel, and set the stators while maintaining a very high lifting capacity.

Mammoet then moved the tower system to Pueblo, Colorado, where a similar lift was performed.

Power

LOCATION: GULL LAKE, ALBERTA, CANADA

JOB: REPLACING A WIND TURBINE NACELLE

LOCATION: BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA, USA

JOB: CHANGE OUT OF TWO FEEDWATER

REHEATERS

CHALLENGE: OPERATING IN A NUCLEAR

ENVIRONMENT WITH MINIMAL CLEARANCES

LOCATION: WOLFE ISLAND,

ONTARIO,CANADA AND OGDENSBURG,

NEW YORK, USA

JOB: TRANSPORTING AND INSTALLING

WIND TURBINES

CHALLENGE: COMPLEX LOGISTICS

Nacelle ChangeoutMammoet originally had a three year contract with one of the largest wind energy companies, to provide lifting service for their wind turbines. As Mammoet has an excellent working relationship with the client and has expanded into the Pincher Creek area, the contract has been extended into the future.

Most of Mammoet’s work is replacing gear boxes, but Mammoet recently changed out a complete nacelle, the unit at the top of the wind turbine which contains the gearbox and generator.

Two feedwater reheater units at the Cooper Nuclear Station were recently replaced. Mammoet USA Nuclear Division crews installed a skid system to maneuver the heaters through the room and position them under the opening in the ceiling. The heaters were approximately one and a half times the length of the opening in the ceiling, requiring the design and fabrication of a special hydraulic lifting frame that would allow the crew to lift the heater at a 45 degree angle to pass through the opening. The units were then hoisted with the overhead crane to a staging area where they were prepared for off-site transport.

Two Reheaters Replaced

“ Over 1,000 items of oversize cargo”

Wolfe Island Wind ProjectMammoet Canada Eastern was contracted to receive, transport and erect 86 wind turbines for the Wolfe Island Wind Project. As the water around the Island is relatively shallow, all parts were first received and stored at the Port of Ogdensburg, New York. The turbines were then transferred onto barges and subsequently delivered to Wolfe Island, a small island located in the St. Lawrence River between Canada and the West. Due to the high volume and the limited timeframe, a huge amount of equipment and manpower was required to deliver the turbines, comprising over 1,000 items of oversize cargo. With the combined equipment fleet of Mammoet Canada and Mammoet USA, a total of 27 trailer combinations, 8 trucks and 17 cranes were used. As some of the operation was performed in two shifts, a total of 62 field staff were brought together from various Mammoet branches.

“Mammoet Moves Alberta! Canada”

2008 witnessed an extraordinary amount of heavy haul moves across Alberta. The three busiest months were from January to March where thirteen heavy vessels were moved from Edmonton and surrounding areas to various plant site locations in northern Alberta. A total of 19,000 kilometers were travelled for these loads. A variety of double-wide road style configurations were used including bunked configurations with 300 and 500 ton turn tables. The most high profile of the loads was the TSRU column. The gross transport weight was approximately 752 tons, transported on 2 x double 10-line roadstyle bunked Scheuerle trailers with Mammoet hi-frame. Over the year 2008, Mammoet transported approximately 1,000 loads all varying in size and weight utilizing a fleet of Scheuerle trailers accompanied by our dedicated fleet of prime movers, drivers, trailer operators, maintenance fleet and ongoing support system.

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First PositionOnce more, Mammoet took first place in the 2008 IC50 ranking of the world’s largest crane-owning companies and also took first place in the IC T50 ranking of the world’s largest heavy and specialized transport owning companies in the world. The ranking was carried out by International Cranes and Specialized Transport magazine.

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New Mammoet Building Edmonton, Alberta, CanadaMammoet moved into their new facility at 12920 – 33rd Street, Edmonton, Alberta on June 16, 2008. The facility consists of 45 acres of land and a building with a workshop of 4,185 square meters and 2,790 square meters of office space. The new facility was built to bring together personnel working out of three separate buildings and to accommodate the increase of equipment and personnel and requirement of a larger yard. The building was designed by western Canada’s Managing Director and COO, Herman Smit. His vision for the new building was to have as much natural light as possible, a comfortable and healthy work environment and space in the shop and yard for personnel to perform their jobs efficiently and safely. In support of Mammoet’s position to offer training to all employees, a room has been designated for internal training courses for Mammoet’s Training and Development Program. A small fitness area, open around the clock was also provided for staff to use, promoting a healthy lifestyle.

“ A variety of double-wide road style configurations were used”

“Investing in the

knowledge and skills”

Confidence in the possibilities and potential of people

What appeals to Mammoet in The Hunger Project is that the whole strategy is based on confidence in the possibili-ties and potential of people. By investing in the knowledge and skills of the people themselves, they are forced into contact with their own qualities and creativity. In this way, they think of solutions them-selves at a local level and therefore take their own development, and that of the surroundings in which they live, into their own hands - a principle that Mammoet also apply in their own organization. Mammoet agrees fully with this philosophy and has already been supporting The Hunger Project since 2005.

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Mammoet Heavy Lift Terminal: Multifunctional After a year of reconstruction, the complete Waterway Quay of the Mammoet Heavy Lift Terminal (Schiedam, the Netherlands) is finally operational. From now on, Mammoet can serve even more ships and clients as they now have 440 meters length of rail. This gives the PHB Railcrane (250 tons) a total workable area of approximately 20,000 square meters alongside the quay and that fact strengthens the position of the Heavy Lift Terminal in the Port of Rotterdam. The Heavy Lift Terminal also offers other services, such as assisting with the assembly of harbor cranes, converting special vessels, and carrying out lifting and transport activities for the assembly of platforms. Besides all the activities mentioned above, the Heavy Lift Terminal has its own Ro-Ro quay for loading and unloading extremely heavy loads.

The Third International Safety DayShell organized the third International Safety Day in June 2008. All contractors working on the Shell Pearl GTL project in Qatar, including Mammoet, were requested to organize a special program focusing on the theme Incident and Injury Free. Mammoet was the only contractor on site who had worked incident and injury free since the start of the project. Hence, Mammoet was presented with a safety award, an achievement to be proud of and an achievement reached by great team play.

Mammoet’s Winning TeamThe European Association of Heavy Haulage, Transport and Mobile Cranes (ESTA) organised the ESTA Awards of Excellence 2008. Mammoet Germany received the award for the Transport Job of the Year 2008 (+120 ton). The winning job of the year is the already famous project involving the relocation of the 750 year old Emmaus church from Borna to Heuersdorf, Germany. For more information about this project see also Mammoet World 2007.

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Challenge: Organize a special program...

“Fitted with the most

sophisticated electronic

steering system”

“ It requires much less rigging space”

“ The only contractor on site who had worked incident and injury free since the start of the project.”

All-terrain mobile crane: LTM 11200-9.1As market leader Mammoet sets trends and records around the world. Mammoet is proud to present the first LTM 11200-9.1 on the market. The LTM 11200-9.1 is the strongest telescopic crane and is fitted with a telescopic boom of 100 meters consisting of eight parts which can be extended fully automatically. In addition, various configurations are possible by fitting extra boom sections above the hydraulic boom, allowing a maximum height of 182 meters. The lifting capacity at longer boom lengths can be increased enormously by using the Y-shaped superlift assembly. A major advantage of the telescopic boom is that it requires much less rigging space than a conventional boom formed from separate sections. The crane is also fitted with a sophisticated electronic steering system available so that it can maneuver in even the tightest spaces. This all-terrain mobile crane had just been delivered when it went straight to Amsterdam (the Netherlands) for its first impressive job, fitting a tall extension to a transmission tower.

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MAMMOETRUNS

Team Mammoet Runs finished in Roparun 2008 in 61st place out of a total of 253 teams. The total distance of 533.7 kilometers, from Paris to Rotterdam, was completed in 43 hours, 7 minutes and 11 seconds! The Mammoet Runs team, took part not only to fulfill the personal and team ambitions, but also to make a valuable contribution to the Roparun Foundation: 36,500 euros! Mammoet Runs would like to thank everyone who supported the run.

Nothing is Impossible

When asked about the most interesting part of his job, Hayden replied: “For me, the most exciting part of working for Mammoet is the idea that nothing is impossible. Our clients know that we have the ability to provide the resources to successfully see each challenge through safely and effectively. Our strong knowledge base and extensive fleet of equip-ment allows us the opportunity to participate in projects of all kinds, hoisting and trans-porting some of the worlds most unique and challenging loads. Whether it be coke drums, modules, or reactors in our provinces north, or wind turbines and tower cranes in the provinces south, we are fortunate to be working in a region that is continually growing and welcomes innovative solutions.”

Importance of interactionHayden continued “Being in the engineering department means that we are involved from step one and are an integral part of each

project right through to completion. Inter-action among departments is extremely important to the success of the projects that Mammoet undertakes. Information and ideas can come from unexpected places and approaching our tasks from different angles can quite often produce our most effective path forward. Due to the complexity of the work being done, communication between our department and our clients is also essential, as we need to be working with the most up to date and accurate information available. By establishing a solid relationship with our clients, the transfer of information between both parties becomes seamless, which then benefits all aspects of the project.”

Enormous volumeHayden, who graduated in Engineering Design and Drafting Technology in 1998 and then worked for seven years for another company, has spent the last year working at

an huge Upgrader Expansion Project for a petrochemical plant near Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada. “As I am responsible for producing the engineered lift studies for the Sulfur Recovery and Atmospheric and Vacuum Distillation units being con-structed by our client, the biggest challenge has been simply keeping up with the shear volume of lifts being completed. There are approximately 180 modules between these two units, along with a number of dressed vessels, exchangers, and stacks. We have two CC 2800s and a LR 1400/2 assigned to our areas that have been utilized for the majority of the engineered lifts, with the additional requirement for an RK 8500, as well as various mid-sized crawlers for tailing operations. I was fortunate to have been brought on board for this project at an early stage and was able to analyze a number of the lifts in detail well in advance of their arrival to site. Doing so I was able to definitively specify our rigging requirements and crane configurations in a way that would allow for the best utilization throughout the project. My goal from

Jonathan Hayden confirms that working for Mammoet as an engineer is

a unique experience. He joined Mammoet Canada Western in 2005 as an

engineering technologist. He is currently responsible for the engineered lift

studies for a large petrochemical plant expansion project which involves the

placement of an impressive 180 modules. “I am very proud to be part of it.”

“ Without compromising the safety of the work being done”

“ I am very proud to be a part of it”

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ment and seeing the operators and super-visors carrying out the work is priceless.” He always considers the installation of the first modules as the most exciting part of the job, and this project was no different. “The first module hoisted in the A&V unit was 36 meters long, weighed 100 tons and required a 12-point pick lift configuration. The rigging weight alone was close to 20 tons and the CC 2800 set the module with ease at a 44 meter radius. Also, the SRC unit had numerous items that required extra attention. The 260 ton, 90 meter long tail gas stack was one of the most impressive lifts on the entire site. The setting of the 175 ton waste heat boiler and reaction furnace were also notable lifts that benefited greatly from thorough planning and great crews.”

Projects like these always make a real demand on engineers’ creativity and skills. Hayden: “One of the biggest challenges faced

with these mega projects is the ever changing environment within and around the unit battery limits. With progress comes congestion and keeping on top of the modifications to the plot plan and skyline to ensure we remain versatile, becomes more and more important each day. A steady communication with the client as well as frequent tours and checks with supervisors and operators in the field are the best way to confirm we do not get ourselves backed into any corners.” Jonathan Hayden is very happy with the progress of the project to date: “We all take great pride in the work we do and there is a lot of personal satisfaction in seeing the successful com-pletion of each part of the project. The work we have done so far on this Upgrader Expansion Project has been excellent. Mammoet’s safety record reflects the tremendous efforts that have been put in by everyone involved and I am very proud to be a part of it.”

day one has been to save the client time and money by eliminating as many of the surprises early on, without compromising the safety of the work being done.”

Priceless experienceWhen asked how Mammoet com -pared with other companies, Hayden re sponded: “There are many differen ces I’ve noticed working at Mammoet as opposed to other companies but there are two that stick out the most. First of all is the “family feel” that the company has. Everyone’s door is always open and you can communicate thoughts and ideas without any hesitation. The second is that the company recognizes the importance of our engineering group getting time in the field to see our projects take place. The experience gained by standing next to the equip-

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Busy year in Asia with jack This year the 2,400 ton jack-up system and strand jack system were particularly busy in Asia. Within five months, Mammoet under-took three major jack-ups with weights of up to 14,000 tons and lifts up to 23 meters. The three projects were:1. Angel CPP Deck

(8,000 tons, 23 meters, Malaysia)2. Jurong Semi-Sub 1088

(10,000 tons, 19 meters, Singapore)3. SuTuVang CPP Deck

(14,000 tons, 10 meters, Batam)

The jack-up crew was barely able take a break in between the projects. Mamoet transported the jack-up units between the yards on a barge and without disassembling

them, to speed up the mobilization. This method actually saved us 20 days for mobi-lization/demobilization and Mammoet could carry out maintenance on the units while they were in transit. There was only a three week gap between two of the jack-up opera-tions, and the yards were across an ocean, yet Mammoet managed to complete both on schedule. The final load out was completed in August.

All three projects went extremely smoothly. The successful completion of these projects was the result of excellent cooperation between the clients, the project team, the operations/logistics team and the regional offices.

Offshore

Angel

Offshore

“14,000 tons”

ups and mega load-outsAngel Platform assembly and jack-up The platform was constructed at 5.5 meters above ground level and about 170 meters from the quayside. Mammoet’s challenge was to bring the deck to the quayside and place it on top of a 22.5 meter high load-out frame. As the deck was not suitable for lift ing by cranes we had to skid it and jack it up.

As the assembly method was only decided on at a late stage Mammoet had to move the deck in a number of operations in almost every direction: up, down, north, east and west. This was where there flexibility of our skidding and jack-up system really paid off. Mammoet also provided cranes and trailers for all other heavy lifting and transport operations for this project.

SuTuVang

Jurong

“ All three projects went extremely smoothly”

LOCATION: ORANGE, TEXAS, USA

JOB: ROTATION AND ROLL-ON OF A RIG

CHALLENGE: CONGESTED SITE,

POOR GROUND

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Offshore

Drilling Rig Turned Round

“Manoeuvering a huge drilling rig in confi ned quarters”

In 2008 Mammoet USA started the roll-on operation of the 8,000 ton Tarzan 4 offshore drilling rig in Orange, Texas, USA. Mammoet used 226 lines of SPMTs and 56 lines of Goldhofers. The rig was supported on stands which had to be removed as each trailer row was positioned underneath the rig. Once all the trailers had been positioned, the rig was

driven to a less congested part of the client’s yard where it was turned 180 degrees so that it could be rolled onto the barge. The rig was then manoeuvered around existing structures, while simultaneously dealing with areas of poor ground preparation. The roll-on took approximately eight hours until the rig was set down on the barge.

LOCATION: NANTONG, JIANGSU, CHINA

JOB: SKIDDING A FPSO

CHALLENGE: GOING DOWN AN INCLINE

LOCATION: CASPIAN SEA,

KAZAKHSTAN

JOB: INSTALLING OFFSHORE MODULES

CHALLENGE: DIFFICULT ENVIRONMENT

Offshore

“ It was a real challenge to control the movement of the 5,200 ton module”

Skidding 5% Downhill

“ Special containerized strand jacks for this project”

Return to Caspian SeaAfter the cold winter, Mammoet returned to the Caspian Sea. As the equipment Mammoet had left on site had been specially treated for winter storage, Mammoet first had to prepare it for use.

The first lift was of a module with a weight of 3,480 tons. Moving the module between the piles (which we had installed before winter), connecting it to the strand jacks and raising it up took thirteen hours. This was the fifth of a series of fourteen modules which Mammoet will be installing.

Mammoet used their special containerized strand jacks for this project. Each unit consists of two containers, one with two strand jacks and the power pack, and one with drums for the wire rope. These containers are placed on the piles and then pull the modules up and hold them in position while they are welded to the piles.

A Chinese yard had to move a Floating Production Storage and Offloading module (FPSO) across its slipway and appointed Mammoet Singapore as the skidding contractor.

What was special about this project was that the slipway had a down-wards slope of 5%. Hence it was a real challenge to control the move-ment of the 5,200 ton module. Basically, we had to make sure that the module did not slide down the incline uncontrollably. After some careful experiments and adjust-ments to the push-pull units the multinational Mammoet crew developed an effective procedure. Even so, they could only move the module at half the normal speed.

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LOCATION: PLYMOUTH, ENGLAND

JOB: REMOVING A LARGE DOCK

CRANE

CHALLENGE: CONGESTED SITE

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“The rig was set up in six weeks

using mobile cranes”

Removal of a Refuelling CraneMammoet’s client had to remove their huge dockside refuelling crane. This 1,450 ton, 125 meter long steel structure was built in the 1970s to handle fuel for nuclear submarines and will be replaced by a gantry system. The client assumed that the crane would have to be demolished on site which would mean extensive working at height and closing the offices underneath the crane.

However, a UK/Dutch Mammoet team pro-posed removing the crane in one piece, lowering it onto a barge and transporting it to a demolition yard. The 2,000 tons of equipment Mammoet needed included the

“Kursk gantry beams” (now extended to almost 40 meters) skid shoes, MSG towers, strand jacks and four mobile cranes. The skid shoes would slide over the beams suspended from the towers using the strand jacks.

The rig was set up in six weeks using mobile cranes on the congested site. Helped by perfect weather, Mammoet jacked the 1,450-ton crane up and skidded it across the Kursk beams. Using strand jacks (4x 600-ton and 2x 900-ton) Mammoet then lowered the crane 40 meters onto the barge. The whole operation took less than 20 hours.

After removing one of the gantry towers the barge was transferred to a quay. Mammoet skidded the crane onto the quay and the crane was finally at the position where it will be demolished.

This was a challenging but satisfying project which offered a much better option to the customer.

LOCATION: DUBAI, UNITED ARAB

EMIRATES

JOB: TRANSPORTING A TBM

CHALLENGE: LIMITED SPACE ON SITE

LOCATION: SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, USA

JOB: TRANSPORTING TWELVE BRIDGES

CHALLENGE: WORKING IN THE

MOUNTAINS

Civil

As traffic is very busy in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, the Roads and Transport Authority decided to build a metro rail system. This is one of the authority’s largest investments and will be the longest fully automated system of its kind in the world.

The project includes two lines, with a total length of 68.9 kilometers and 44 stations and is being built by JTMJV (Japan Turkey Metro Joint Venture). A tunnel boring machine (TBM) was required as some of the stations will be built underground. Mammoet was contracted to lift the TBM which weighs approximately 870 tons. Due to limited space on the site, the client decided to lift the TBM in parts and assemble it underground. Mammoet used a CC 2400-1 (400-ton capacity crawler crane) to handle the TBM units. The heaviest unit weighed 160 tons and was installed approximately 25 meters below ground.

On the other hand Mammoet was also contracted to transport thousands of pre-cast concrete segments for the same project, namely the pier cap segments (maximum weight 75 tons) and the viaduct deck segments (maximum weight 91 tons). Mammoet utilized many trailers for this operation in order to meet the demands of the client and to attain the required transport per day. Trailers used are lowbed trailers and hydraulic platform trailers.

Dubai Metro Project

“ The longest fully automated system of its kind in the world”

Bridge Projects in Salt Lake CityIn the summer of 2008 Mammoet USA undertook three bridge projects in Salt Lake City, Utah.

The first project was to transport seven bridges by SPMTs from the “bridge farm” where they were built to their installation sites. The weights ranged from 450 to 1,350 tons. Once delivered to the site, each bridge was placed on skid shoes and skidded across steel beams and support beams onto towers with climbing jacks to lower them five meters. All the equipment was then moved to the next site.

The next project was in the mountains where four bridges had to be replaced over two weekends. Due to site and time constraints the client choose to demolish two of the bridges and Mammoet would remove the other two and install the four new bridges.

The last project was to transport an 800 ton bridge over a distance of over two kilometers on SPMTs and install it on its abutment. Here the Mammoet team had to

engineer a solution to deal with the grade changes which exceeded the stroke of the transporters. To overcome that, four swiv-els of the 600 ton Mammoet skid system were installed on top of the red beams. This set- up then served as foundation for the two beams that supported the bridge.

LOCATION: QUEBEC & SOREL-TRACY,

CANADA

JOB: TRANSPORTING A 600-TON

SHIPLOADER

CHALLENGE: FIVE METERS TIDES

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Shiploader Load-out

“A distance of 180 kilometers”

Mammoet was contracted to load-out and deliver a shiploader from Port of Quebec City to QIT in Sorel-Tracy. The shiploader was completely fabricated and assembled at the Port of Quebec,Canada. Mammoet lifted the unit, transported it to the edge of the dock, and rolled it onto a barge using 48 lines of SPMTs.

Once loaded, the shiploader was transported along the St. Lawrence River to Sorel-Tracy, a distance of 180 kilometers. At QIT, the shiploader was offloaded, starboard side. As the heavy shiploader could not be transferred onto the quay due to weight restrictions, a platform measuring 35 meters wide was placed over the quay to provide the necessary weight distribution.

“ To provide the necessary weight distribution”

Civil

LOCATION: A1 ROAD, ENGLAND

JOB: INSTALLING A BRIDGE DECK

CHALLENGE: CHANGES IN ELEVATION

LOCATION: CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA

JOB: PLACING 4,215 PRECAST

CONCRETE ELEMENTS

CHALLENGE: HIGH FREQUENCY

LIFTING OPERATIONS, CONGESTED SITE

Mammoet installed a composite bridge deck (650 tons) as part of the A1 Junction upgrade project. This was the second bridge of four that Mammoet has been contracted to install. Mammoet first jacked the bridge up from a relatively low build position to the installation height in a lay-down area adjacent to the permanent position for the bridge. Once at the correct height, the SPMTs with packing supports lifted the bridge free from the jacking towers. The period available for installation started at nine pm on Saturday and finished at twelve noon on Sunday. The bridge was installed onto the abutments at twelve midnight. Mammoet completed its

work ahead of schedule which allowed the road to be re-opened earlier than planned.

In order to get permission for the closure of the A1, Mammoet had to reduce the requested closure time of 36 hours to 18 hours. Consequently, many Mammoet employees had to work double shifts. Despite a few last minute changes by the local authorities, Mammoet still managed to complete the work ahead of schedule.This was a particularly difficult operation due to the significant elevation changes along the transport route and the hydraulic stroke required for set down.

South Africa will host the Soccer World Cup in 2010 and is busy upgrading and building stadiums for the tournament. The construction work is under real time pressure, especially as the country will be hosting the Confederation Cup in 2009.Mammoet Southern Africa is currently busy placing 4,215 precast concrete elements, including 1,560 seating units, in the new Green Point Stadium in Cape Town, in a joint venture with a local civil engineering contractor. The work started in December 2007 should be completed in December 2008. The work on the lowest tier was done with a crawler crane provided by the joint venture partner. The seating units in the middle tier were

placed with an LR 1400 in a straight crawler configuration and the units in the upper tier with the LR 1400 in Super Lift configuration as the radius was as much as 64 meters. Mammoet Southern Africa also provided supervision and two rigging crews. The large number of units to be placed and the presence of many tower cranes on the site make this quite a challenging job. Mammoet Southern Africa was also contracted by the roofing contractor to lift compression ring segments with a mass of up to 23 tons at a radius of up to 84 meters. This was done with the LR 1400/2 fitted with a 56 meter main boom, 63 meter luffing jib and Super Lift.

A1 Junction Upgrade Peterborough to Blyth

In the Shadow of Table Mountain

“We combined the SPMTs with a

gantry system”

LOCATION: PIERREFITTE NEAR PARIS,

FRANCE

JOB: REPLACING A RAILWAY BRIDGE

CHALLENGE: NARROW SITE, NEW

SPMT/GANTRY/STRAND JACK RIG

“This was the first time Mammoet had

used this rig”

Replacing a Railway Bridge Near ParisIn August the French railway operator shut a railway line down for 82 hours to replace a bridge across the RN1 road at Pierrefitte near Paris. Mammoet started by removing the old bridge (400 tons, 29 meters) and taking it to a storage site. After that we installed two precast abutments (370 and 430 tons). Finally

we installed the new precast bridge (780 tons, 37 meters). We used two sets of 22 lines of SPMTs and paid special attention to synchronizing them. To handle the abutments we combined the SPMTs with a gantry system fitted with four 300-ton strand jacks. This was the first time Mammoet had used

Civil

this rig and it did a great job on the narrow site and within the short time available. The customer had not used this construction method before but was impressed and will use it for future projects.

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“ We’re here to stay”

Marine

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Helping protect the environmentEnvironmental projects are a growing market as the general public has become increasingly aware of the vulnerability of the marine environ-ment and that it deserves protection. In 2008, Mammoet Salvage entered into contracts for two recovery operations where the protection of the environment was the key issue. The first one was for the removal of oil and other pollutants from the Spinningdale, a fishing vessel which ran aground near St. Kilda. The second contract was for the recovery of wreckage from the Robson Bight Ecological Reserve in Canada. These objects, including a truckload of gasoil, were lost in water with a depth of 350 meters. Mammoet Salvage and its partner Global Diving and Salvage of Seattle were awarded the contract after a tender by the government of British Columbia in Canada. Mammoet Salvage has also been awarded the contract in the event of salvage of the submarine U-864 by the Norwegian Coastal Administration (NCA). This German time bomb from the World War II carries 70 tons of mercury and has been lying at a depth of 150 meters in Norwegian waters for over half a century.

At a time when the future of some large salvage companies appears to be uncertain, Mammoet has made a clear commitment to continuing its salvage activities. And Fokko Ringersma underlined that they are going full steam ahead: “In the first few years Mammoet Salvage mostly focused on removing wrecks (wet salvage) but in future we also want to enter the emergency response market where every second counts.” By expanding the activities into dry salvage, Mammoet Salvage will be able to serve its clients with a full range of salvage and recovery services. “We will continue to stand out with our innovative approach, which combines sophisticated engineering solutions and effective coopera-tion with clients and suppliers. We mostly work in partnership with our clients, rather than the base of tenders and ‘hit & run’ projects. Where possible, we like to spend more time to develop the best solution with the client, in technical and commercial terms. Our clients are pleasantly surprised

by this new approach to salvage operations, which breaks with the established customs in the industry.”

A major operatorMammoet Salvage has quickly developed into a major operator, one of the world’s five largest salvage companies. In wreck removals we are even at the top. Since the start of the company we have completed almost fifty projects, a number of which received worldwide attention due to the revolutionary technical solutions we provided. Ringersma continued: “We are particularly interested in the largest and most complex jobs. That’s where our dedicated and specialist engineers can really make a difference. We also benefit from the synergy with other parts of the Mammoet group. We can rent and hire out equipment within the group, which means that we operate at lower costs. The United Experience, the availability of heavy lifting equipment, our worldwide network and the

In the middle of 2008, rather than at the end of the year as originally planned,

Mammoet’s management decided to continue the salvage activities. In

essence, this meant that Managing Director Fokko Ringersma and his team

successfully completed Mammoet Salvage’s most difficult challenge: to set

up a leading salvage company in three years, starting from scratch. And they

have certainly been successful.

reputation Mammoet gained in the salvage business with the recovery of the Kursk are also invaluable.”

Major investmentsMammoet Salvage is now busy expanding the business. “Because we have completed so many projects already we have been able to purchase equipment earlier than originally planned and our position in the market is now even stronger than we expected. We are making significant investments in lifting equipment and developing customized plant such as our Deep Water Recovery System, chain pullers and the large winches we are currently building for a major project.” commented Ringersma, who also has a large store of salvage equipment available in Schiedam. Even so, Mammoet Salvage has made a clear decision

“Mammoet Salvage to provide a wide range of salvage

activities”

Marine

LOCATION: HODEIDAH, YEMEN

JOB: DEMOLISHING A COLLAPSED

CONTAINER CRANE

CHALLENGE: MAKING THE PORT

OPERATIONAL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

not to become a shipowner, apart from one dumb hopper which is currently being built. “We have decided to enter into partnerships with tugboat operators in the UK, Italy, China, Korea, Mexico and other countries. Their tugs, combined with our expertise and specialist equipment provide a full range of salvage services. Our partners also provide local expertise and contacts, which makes us even more effective. For this reason we have also set up our own offices in Singapore and representation in London and Houston - all strategic locations in areas where we are par ticularly busy. We are also plan-ning to expand our diving activities in the next few years to get a full diving team to further optimize our range of services.”

Plenty of challengesRingersma considers the prospects to be excellent. There is still plenty of work in wet salvage. The seas are full of old wrecks, and recovery is increasingly required for environmental reasons, while technology keeps shifting the boundaries of what is possible. Mammoet Salvage is already looking at further challenges, such as removing oil from wrecks in deep water, recovering submarines and tackling the problems associated with container ships, which are still getting larger. These are markets where the Smart Solutions and commercial approach taken by Mammoet Salvage are likely to do well. “Mammoet Salvage has clearly demonstrated its com-petences. We have built up a clear and strong position in the market. So, the con-clusion can only be: we’re here to stay!”

LOCATION: ST KILDA, SCOTLAND. THE ISLAND

WAS PLACED ON THE UNESCO WORLD

HERITAGE LIST IN 1986. THE ISLAND HAS

SPECIAL AND PROTECTED FLORA AND FAUNA

JOB: CLEARING A WRECK

CHALLENGE: GETTING THE JOB DONE

BEFORE BREEDING SEASON STARTS

A reliable partnerBy entering into partnerships with clients and suppliers, Mammoet Salvage has given a new impetus to the salvage business. A clear example is provided by the contract Mammoet Salvage concluded in May 2008 for the removal of the wreck of the California. This bulk carrier with a length of 242 meters was laden with iron and iron ore and sank in the middle of the busy Straits of Malacca after a collision in March 2006. Since the accident, Mammoet Salvage has had a guard vessel positioned over the wreck to warn other ships on this route when they approach it. Working closely with the insurance company, Mammoet Salvage has developed a plan which meets the technical, commercial and political needs of all the stakeholders. Our engineers have made essential contributions to this plan. Given that we have only been in business for a short time, it was a real accomplishment for Mammoet Salvage to be awarded the contract for one of the bigger wreck removal operations in the salvage industry.”

Fokko Ringersma

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Marine

LOCATION: BOTLEK, ROTTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS

JOB: TRANSPORTING AND INSTALLING TANKS

LOCATION: ANTWERP, BELGIUM

JOB: RECOVERING A SUNK DREDGER

LOCATION: FLUSHING,

THE NETHERLANDS

JOB: TRANSPORTING YACHTS

BTS Ecoloss is a joint venture between BTS and Ecoloss who provide a specialist emergency response to environmental incidents on and near watercourses. BTS Ecoloss can provide an effective and rapid response as the joint venture has all the required resources in house. The bases near all major navigation routes in the Netherlands can respond around the clock and deploy specialist personnel and equipment at the incident site. This ensures that the environmental impact of spillages and other incidents is minimized. Hence, the environment benefits while the costs incurred by our clients are reduced.

“The environmental impact of spillages and other incidents

is minimized”

Yachts on the MoveMammoet and BTS moved a yacht from a shipyard in Flushing. Mammoet used SPMTs to move it from the building where it was constructed onto the BTS “Krammer” pontoon. The ballasting system was used to keep the pontoon steady. BTS then transported the yacht to another yard where it was floated free of the pontoon at high tide.

For another project BTS “Krammer” pontoon collected a yacht from a dry dock, trans-ported it to another yard and then used the SPMTs to move it into the building where the yacht was fitted out.

BTS has done several jobs like this for the shipyard so we can assume that they are happy with the service provided by Mammoet and BTS, and our attention to detail and safety.

24/7 alert!

LOCATION: TERNEUZEN,

THE NETHERLANDS

JOB: INSTALLING A BRIDGE

CHALLENGE: RESTRICTED SPACE

IN THE LOCK

Marine

BTS installed a new bridge across the lock at Terneuzen. This lock connects the inland waterways to the sea. At the building yard the bridge (approx. 61 by 18 meters, 472 tons) was loaded onto the BTS “Krammer” barge by two sheerlegs.

The bridge was then transported to Terneuzen where it was installed by the “Amsterdam” and “Ajax” sheerlegs. The installation required some careful manoeuvering by the crew as the lock chamber was quite narrow and provided little width for the sheerlegs to operate in.

Creating Connection

“Required some careful

maneuvering”

Mammoet Deutschland was commissioned to install a pipe bridge across the harbor entrance at HKM in Duisburg. The bridge weighed 290 tons and had a length of 120 meters and a height and width of 5.5 meters.

The bridge was assembled on the quay and then lifted up by BTS sheerleg the “Amsterdam” and cranebarge the “Ibis”, turned around and placed on its supports. This was quite a challenge as the clearance to existing plant on site was quite small and as BTS’ equipment had little space to work in. However, the preparations paid off and the work went exactly as planned.

Impressive Lock DoorsBTS was commissioned to replace two vertically moving doors and two ship impact resisting structures of the Bernhardsluis navigation lock at Tiel. The scope included transporting the components from the fabricator’s yard to the site and installing them. The 235 ton lock doors were quite impressive, with a length of 25 meters, a height of 17 meters and a thickness of 3 meters. The impact structures had the same dimensions and weighed 150 tons each. Installing the outer lock door was a fairly straightforward job for the BTS sheerlegs “Amsterdam” as there was enough space to operate in. However, to install the inner door the “Amsterdam’ had to work from within the lock chamber as there were road and rail bridges on the other side of the lock. BTS completed all the work according to schedule and the customer was very satisfied.

Teamwork

LOCATION: TIEL, THE NETHERLANDS

JOB: REPLACING NAVIGATION LOCK

COMPONENTS

CHALLENGE: RESTRICTED SPACE

LOCATION: DUISBURG, GERMANY

JOB: INSTALLING A PIPE BRIDGE

CHALLENGE: RESTRICTED SPACE

AFRICACANADA

EUROPE ASIA PACIFIC

USA

MIDDLE EAST

SOUTH AMERICA

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The heavy lifting and transport specialist

Global service, local presenceMammoet has clients and projects in all parts of the world. To keep the lines of communication short and to stay abreast of the local markets, Mammoet has operating companies throughout Europe, the Americas, Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Australia. Global or complicated projects and global logistics are handled centrally from our home base in Schiedam, the Netherlands. As far as possible every-thing else is handled locally. This structure enables us to act swiftly, effectively and cost-efficiently in your local market, while offering the benefit of a central knowledge and experience center for more demanding aspects and projects.

Worldwide specialists in heavy lifting and transport

Mammoet is the world’s leading tailor-made heavy lifting and multimodal trans-

port solutions specialist. Our core business is the transport, shipping, installa-

tion (including horizontal and vertical positioning) and removal of heavy or large

objects, to and from any location, onshore and offshore. Maintenance lifting

services and plant stops and the worldwide trade in new and used equipment

are also one of Mammoet’s core activities. Mammoet’s activities are focused on

the petrochemical industry, civil engineering projects, the power generation

sector, offshore and marine projects. The engineering skills, experience,

thousands of highly skilled professionals and a vast fleet of state-of-the-art

equipment, combined with high quality and safety standards, have made

Mammoet a market leader, setting trends and records around the world.

Offshore

Mammoet’s activities in the offshore industry include the accurate and safe implementation of transport solutions by land and by water, load-ins and load-outs, and the assembly of extremely large and heavy items.

Civil

Experience of multimodal transport by road, rail and water, together with equip-ment for lifting, skidding and jacking heavy loads ensure Mammoet’s position as a full-service provider in the market for civil projects and infrastructure works.

Marine

Mammoet offer specialist heavy lifting and transport services at sea, in coastal waters and on inland water-ways. With the division Mammoet Salvage and the subsidiary BTS, Mammoet have proven their ability throughout the world.

Petrochemical

Mammoet’s operations in the petrochemical and chemical industries largely relate to maintenance work, the replacement of plant modules, complete over-hauls and the expansion or construction of production sites.

Power

Mammoet has established a formidable reputation for itself in all parts of the power industry, from fossil fuel and nuclear plants to facilities using renewable energy sources.

“ Mammoet’s objective: to be the best full-service provider of engineered heavy-lifting and multimodal transport in the global market – for the benefit of our customers, shareholders and employees.”