US - Project - LNG Plant Equipment - Part 3 - Bird's Eye View

Hansa Meyer Global Transport’s Houston office is managing multiple origin moves as part of a US east coast LNG project.  Due to the timing of the project, there is a need for a regional storage solution with scheduled delivery to the job site.  When Hansa Meyer's Houston team keeps an eye on a project, they mean it !  Below are some offload pictures to the storage site and then an ariel view taken while circling in a private plane.  Needless to say, this project is off to a flying start !

Offload from trailer in to the storage facility

Setting equipment into place

Wing-tip view of our equipment placed in the right side of the yard

Bird's eye view - - 

This project is off to a flying start !!

148,810 lbs -- Very Im-press-ive

Hansa Meyer Global Transport's US team successfully completed delivery of a 350 ton servo press to its new home in Tennessee.  The part pictured below is part of the press weighing 148,810lbs. The team met the piece in Charleston, SC, secured it to the 13 axel heavy-haul trailer, and inspected the load before sending it on a 400+ mile trip.

Preparing to remove the press from the mafi trailer at the Port of Charleston

Loading the trailer for the over-road-leg of the shipment

Load secured with multiple chains and tie-downs

Impressive load on its way to Tennessee

The journey to Tennessee was eventless and the press was successfully delivered on April 3, 2014.  The customer was very pleased with the project and thanked the team for all the hard work and attention.

US - Project - LNG Plant Equipment - Part 1

In early April 2014 Hansa Meyer Global Transport’s Houston office kicked off a project handling newly fabricated equipment for an LNG construction project on the east coast of the United States.  The project will consist of 59 specific pieces weighing approximately 16,000 frt in total.  The entire project will consist of rigging and take away from multiple origins, consolidation and temporary equipment storage, barging and permitted truckload moves including several super loads, and final destination delivery and offloading. The first piece to move was a deethanizer tower as seen below. 

136 ' long deethanizer tower weighing approximately 433,000lbs

Positioning the SPMT to pull tower out of the fabrication bay

Moving the tower to a temporary staging location

The column was moved from the bay and positioned on stands and beams to hold in place while the second matching tower was moved into the bay for fabrication.  Once completed the columns will be moved to the barge site, loaded and begin the leg to the construction site.

US - Project - LNG Plant Equipment - Part 2

Read more about this on-going project in the blog "US-Project-LNG Plant Equipment-Part 1" 

Hansa Meyer Global Transport’s Houston office is managing multiple origin moves as part of this US east coast LNG project.  The pictures below show the first of 21 pieces of equipment being fabricated at this southwest plant. The propane refrigeration condenser pictured below is one of nine that will be manufactured in the coming weeks.

Using overhead crane equipment to position unit on to trailer

56'L x 16'W x 14'H & weighing approximately 58,000lbs

Two units were transported out to make room for the next pair to be made

Final inspection before heading across country to the project

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.