Shipping to Alberta, Canada…In a Nutshell

Hansa Meyer Global Transport’s Houston office handled the transport of 2 ORF (Oil Refining Filters) units or Nutshell Filters as they are referred to in the industry. Nutshell filters are the industry standard for process water filtration and polishing. The filters incorporate a deep bed of walnut shell media, specifically modeled and designed for high-efficiency oil & solids removal.

 

The units were manufactured by a Texas based oil and gas service provider with a 150,000 sq.ft. manufacturing facility equipped with duel 50 ton overhead cranes sitting on 38 acres. Space to load, secure, and stage the shipments was excellent.

 

The 2 units were each 21’2” x 13’9” x 15’11” (shipped at 18’ high including trailer height). Along with 2 escort trucks, 2 pole cars, and a bucket truck, the units shipped out of the manufacturing plant on February 19^th 2014 with an ETA of 1 March 2014 in La Corey, Alberta, Canada.  

Night Time Transformer Move in Miami

Hansa Meyer Bremen and Houston offices handled the transport of three 560 MVA transformers from Austria and Germany via Antwerp to Wellington, FL for Florida Power & Light (FPL)substations located in south Florida. The transformers measured 31' L x 12' W x 15' H and weighed 239 tons each.

 

 

A Goldhofer configuration of double 6 line units connected by a deck was used to move 2 of the transformers from the Port of West Palm Beach to a trans-load area near the job site. 

The first transformer left the Port of West Palm Beach at 10:00pm, with an escort made up of 6 police vehicles, 4 carrier vehicles, and 1 private escort vehicle.  Traveling approximately 45 miles from the port to the trans-load area took 4 hours and 40 minutes.

After reaching the trans-load area the transformer was moved to an 18 axle Goldhofer for a bridge crossing and the final leg of the transport. Four detachable dolly assemblies were added to the trailer to further disperse the weight for the 246 foot Wellington Bridge crossing.  The assemblies were then removed for the remainder of the transit.

Adding the dolly assemblies

The transformer arrived at the sub-station and was placed onto its foundation the next day using a Jack and Slide method.

Reaching the Sub-Station

Jack & Slide

 

Sitting on its foundation

Renk Gear for the University of Clemson

Hansa Meyer Global Transport organized a 320 ton gear measuring 660 cm x 585 cm x 545 cm (21.7 ft x 19.2 ft x 17.9 ft) and a 150 ton disc measuring 813 cm x 699 cm x 254 cm (26.7 ft x 23 ft x 8.4 ft) from Renk in Germany to the University of Clemson in Charleston, South Carolina. Hansa Meyer took over the 2 units from a barge terminal close to Renk's production facility in Germany. The gear and the disc is for a windcraft turbine treating facility and the gear is reported to be the largest planetary gear built by Renk to date. The shipment was routed via barge to Antwerp and from there via Hapag Lloyd to Charleston, South Carolina. After arrival in Charleston, the gear and the disc were unloaded via floating crane. The gear was set on the barge and the disc traveled in the sling of the floating crane to drydock number 4, where they were set on to a dual-lane Goldhofer SPMT (Self-Propelled Modular Transport). The disc was placed inside the facility and offloaded using the overhead crane and 2 mobile cranes. The gear was placed alongside the facility and rolled into the plant via a sliding system.


Offloading the disc inside the plant - 2 mobile cranes and the overhead and the disc all the way at the end of the Goldhofer Trailer - no room for anything else


Unloading of the 320 ton gear 320 tons from the Hapag Vessel with a floating crane.


Delivery to the near by barge.


Placing the gear on to the Goldhofer at destination.


Delivery from the pier to the plant - no room for error here...


After setting the gear on additional beams and a slide system the Goldhofer was placed next to the plant for roll off.


Gear is rolled off into the plant ready for lifting.







 

Ease on Down the Road

Hansa Meyer USA handled two LNG storage tanks each measuring 36m x 5m x 5m and weighing 135mt from Decin, Czech Republic to a private discharge terminal in Everett, Massachusetts.  This was a turn-key job from door to "set on foundation" including shimming.

 

Massive LP Tanks Head for North Dakota

Hansa Meyer USA handled approximately 3000 FRT from multiple origins in Asia and Europe to North Dakota. The above 95mt LP tank was one of two for this project.  The weather was perfect for the discharge. However, due to ferocious winter weather conditions along the route, the team was challenged with road closures and white-out conditions in route to North Dakota.

Hydro Power Generation for 70,000 Homes

It takes large scale generators and rotors to capture and produce 195 megawatts of hydroelectric power. Hansa Meyer USA managed a five part charter of approximately 3,500mt. The shipments included two generator sets each 50mt and two rotors each 205mt that were successfully delivered to the port for our customer. The project is being constructed and ultimately operated by Altagas in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Once the plant is on-line it will have the installed capacity of 195MW, enough to power 70,000 homes.

 

 

Foreign to foreign – from 3 different coasts to one destination

Ballmills are used in the rock or mineral grinding process.  When we were contracted  to transport this second hand one from Australia to a mining operation in Zacatecas State, Mexico, we had to deal with shell sections from Northern Australia, mill heads from Victoria and gear/mechanical components from Western Australia.

Due to the lack of liner service from Darwin, we trans-shipped the 20’ diameter shells over Singapore and Houston from where they were delivered by truck crossing in Laredo.

Our Mexico City office arranged the delivery into the mining operation from Veracruz and Altamira ports.