UK-based heavy transport specialist Collett & Sons has delivered a 100-tonne gas turbine rotor from Doncaster to Hull, East Yorkshire, on behalf of Expeditors.
An Antonov AN-124 touched down at Doncaster Sheffield Airport carrying 150 tonnes of cargo, including the 100-tonne rotor. Awaiting the arrival airside was Collett’s heavy transport and heavy lift teams, complete with a mobile crane, escort vehicle, 10-axe flat top trailer and ballasted Mercedes-Benz 8×4 Arocs SLT prime mover.
Working on a full contract lift basis, and under CPA Contract Lift Conditions, Collett’s engineers utilised a 500-tonne Liebherr LTM 1500-8.1 mobile crane to unload the cargo from the Antonov’s skid track. Having unloaded the rotor and integrated transport frame from the nose of the fuselage, Collett then loaded the cargo onto an awaiting 10-axle flat top trailer ready for onward transport.
Collett’s projects department had planned a viable route ahead of time – exiting the M62 at Junction 36, travelling north past Drax and Camblesforth before crossing the River Ouse at Selby and travelling through Howden to rejoin the M62 at Junction 37.
Source: heavyliftpfi.com
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