29ITJ · Breakbulk / Heavylift Special 09-10 2015 Power Stations

The Sri Lankan project logistics company Logiventures, which is a part of the Hay-ley’s Advent corporation from the same country, teamed up with its Karachi-based Pakistani partner Star Shipping recently to relocate a 24 MW power plant from Colombo (Sri Lanka) to Karachi (Paki-stan). The project consisted of an initial overland leg and a subsequent maritime trip, and required specialised skills and equipment.

For the overland route Logiventures used synchronised hydraulic jacks to first lift and then manoeuvre the four diesel engine generators weighing 108 t each. Over and above this, special stools and beams were also in action to make sure the company could handle the great weight, which then set off on its overland leg to the port of Colombo.

The trip from Horana, in the Kalutara district of southwestern Sri Lanka, to the port of Colombo, approximately 65 km away, went smoothly, thanks also to the detailed preparation that had been under-taken. The effort also required a great degree of careful coordination as well as the deployment of specialised equip-ment, inclu ding a multi-axle trailer and a heavy-duty puller.

The transport job covered no less than 1,300 cbm. From Colombo the shipments were forwarded to the port of Karachi by ship. Logiventures and Star Shipping pro-vided the full logistics solution for the enter prise, including transportation, ves-sel chartering and local customs clearance.

Part of the WCA networkStar Shipping, based in Karachi (Pakistan), is an experienced handler of conventional, breakbulk and oversized or overweight pro-ject cargo. The firm also provides logis tics management and supply- chain solutions. It is a part of the WCA Projects network, collaborating with the associ ation’s mem-bers worldwide.

Delivered to Karachi

A power station takes a tripA complete 24 MW power plant had to be shipped from Colombo (Sri Lanka) to Karachi

(Pakistan) recently. The firms Logiventures and Star Shipping Line, both from the Indian

Subcontinent, did the honours.

Sophisticated transport job for a gas turbineA new gas turbine power plant was

installed recently in the Tuaspring desali­

nation plant in Tuas South (Singapore).

The 310 t gas turbine is at the heart of the

system. Bok Seng Logistics transported

it from the company’s marine base to its

place of operation in the desalination plant

on a Scheuerle self­propelled modular

transporter (SPMT).

The daily desalination of more than 318,000 cbm of water requires enormous amounts of energy. In order to be able to efficiently generate this, the operator opted for a Siemens gas turbine, measu-ring 11 x 5.2 x 4.8 m and weighing 310 t. The transportation of the turbine by barge and on Scheuerle SPMTs was managed by Singapore-based Bok Seng Logistics, a customer of the TII Group of many years standing.

The gas turbine was first lifted off a cargo ship by crane and placed on a barge. Then it was taken from the port in Tuas South to the Bok Seng Logistics’ marine base. There it was loaded onto 28 axle lines of a Scheuerle SPMT and driven along the coast to the Tuas South plant.

Star Shipping’s first project task in 2015 saw a hydrogen storage vessel shipped to Pakistan (see box).

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Star Shipping reported that it had handled its first project cargo shipment of 2015 recently, transporting a hydrogen storage vessel to Pakistan (see photo). It was 14.2 m long, 3.8 m wide and 4.2 m high. The 118 t piece of equipment was shipped on the «Venus Triumph» (9,680 GRT / 13,006 dwt). It sailed from the port of Hamriyah (UAE) to Port Qasim (Pakistan). Star Shipping was the designated cargo­handling agent.

First project consignment of the year

In 1983, Scheuerle, which is now part of the TII Group, developed a new vehicle that revo­lutionised the heavy haulage industry – the self­propelled modular transporter (SPMT, with container dimensions). The system of modular construction for industrial plant, conveyor systems or infrastructure projects was turned upside down. Today, modules can weigh as much as 15,000 t – with quite a further increase still imaginable. Such huge loads can be handled without any major problems thanks to SPMTs.

The TII Group, which includes the manu­facturers Scheuerle, Nicolas and Kamag as well as TII Energy, is a global leader for self­propelled modular vehicles. 70% of all transport tasks involving 3,000 t and a mas­sive 90% of all jobs with more than 5,000 t are carried out on TII’s SPMTs. Operators can rent additional axle lines and thus manage new projects flexibly, even if additional axle lines are needed at short notice. it

The TII Group and its SPMTs