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Watch it!
New website
Mammoet will have a new website starting early 2008. A more transparent
website has been created to offer better services to visitors from different regions.
The new site offers specific and dedicated information of a region or country and

Pushing up
offers a ­visitor the possibility to contact the local Mammoet specialists directly.
Furthermore the new site has more interactive features.

to the limit!
Mammoet in action
In recent years Mammoet documented numerous projects on film.
Those projects offer a perfect and impressive view of the World of Mammoet.
The films have been collected in a special DVD-box which will be available
via www.mammoetstore.com in the first quarter 2008.

Mammoet Holding B.V. • Branch Pernis France

Asia Indonesia Brasil


Mammoet World
Phone +31 10 204 2424 Phone +31 10 4720 374 Mammoet Fostrans sa PT Mammoet Indonesia Mammoet Irga do Brasil ltda
Fax +31 10 204 2442 Fax +31 10 4164 885 Phone +33 495 061 474 Phone +65 6861 1638 Phone +55 11 3942 8189
• Site Moerdijk Fax +33 495 061 475 Sakhalin Fax +65 6861 2718 Fax +55 11 3942 8130
Mammoet Global B.V. Phone +31 168 355 811 Mammoet Sakhalin LLC
Phone +31 10 204 2424 Fax +31 168 323 125 Germany Phone +7 4242 425 241/235 Australia Venezuela
Fax +31 10 204 2442 • Branch Velsen-Noord Mammoet Deutschland G.m.b.H. Fax +7 4242 425 237 Mammoet Australia PTY Ltd. Mammoet Venezuela C.A.
Phone +31 251 229 341 Phone +49 3461 432 681 Phone +61 7 3390 7369 Phone +58 281 2744 866
Mammoet Trading B.V. Fax +31 251 224 488 Fax +49 3461 432 688 China Fax +61 7 3390 6352 Fax +58 281 2750 539
Phone +31 10 204 2424 • Branch Terneuzen • Shenyang Mammoet Heavy
Fax +31 10 204 2442 Phone +31 115 648 050 Italy Transport & lifting Co. Ltd. - Mexico
Fax +31 115 630 724 Mammoet Italy S.r.l. branch Shengyang
Middle East Mammoet de Mexico S.A. de C.V.
Mammoet Salvage B.V.
Phone +31 10 204 2445
Fax +31 10 204 2447
• Site Dordrecht
Phone +31 78 630 9415
Fax +31 78 630 9669
Phone +39 02 5770 1938
Fax +39 02 5751 5100
Phone +86 24 2341 3996
Fax +86 24 2341 4996
• Shenyang Mammoet Heavy United Arab Emirates
Phone +52 81 8378 2079
Fax +52 81 8378 2170 2007
• Site Huntsman Norway Transport & lifting Co. Ltd. - CMK Mammoth Gulf B.V. Canada
Mammoet Merchandise B.V. Phone +31 181 292 680 Mammoet Norge A/S branch Shanghai • Branch Dubai Mammoet Canada
Phone +31 10 204 2611 Fax +31 181 293 977 Phone +47 35 505 950 Phone +86 21 5306 8787 Phone +971 4 333 1252 Eastern Ltd.
Fax +31 10 204 2442 • Site Westdorpe Fax +47 35 505 960 Fax +86 21 5382 2995 Fax +971 4 333 1366 • Cambridge ON
Phone +31 115 472 600 Phone +1 519 740 0550
Mammoet Workwear Fax +31 115 472 639 Spain Japan Azerbaijan
Mammoet General.................................................. 2-9
Fax +1 519 740 3531
Phone +31 10 204 2599 • Branch Assen Mammoet Transport Espana S.L. Mammoet Europe Holding B.V. Mammoet Caspian B.V. • Montreal QC
Fax +31 10 204 2442 Phone +31 592 341 456 Phone +34 91 3768 700 Branch Tokyo • Branch Azerbaijan Phone +1 450 923 9706
Fax +31 592 347 698 Fax +34 91 3869 965 Phone +81 3 3280 6671 Phone +971 4 333 1252 Fax +1 450 923 1815
Fax +971 4 333 1366
Petrochemical projects....................................10-13
Mammoet Energy Support • Branch Zuidbroek Fax +81 3 6408 0722 • Halifax NS
Phone +31 10 204 2661 Phone +31 598 615 814 United Kingdom Phone +1 902 450 0550
Fax +31 10 204 2455 Fax +31 598 441 187 Mammoet UK Ltd. Malaysia Kazachstan Fax +1 902 450 0545
Phone +44 191 2639 222 • Mammoet Romstar Sdn Bhd Mammoet Caspian B.V.
• Branch Kazakhstan
Mammoet Shipping
Civil projects............................................................14-17
BTS B.V. Fax +44 191 2639 333 Phone +60 6799 3200 Mammoet Canada
Phone +31 10 204 2427 Phone +31 10 204 2483 Fax +60 6799 3220 Phone +971 4 333 1252 Western Ltd.
Fax +31 10 204 2442 Fax +31 10 204 2442 Turkey • U.E.S. Sarawak Sdn Bhd Fax +971 4 333 1366 • Edmonton AB
Mammoet Europe B.V. Phone +60 6799 3200 Phone +1 780 4490 552

Europe
Mammoet Roadcargo B.V.
Phone +31 165 319 650
Branch Istanbul
Phone +90 212 2743 687
Fax +60 6799 3220
Americas
Fax +1 780 4179 623
• Calgary AB Offshore projects..................................................18-23
Fax +31 165 315 535 Fax +90 212 2743 688 Singapore Phone +1 403 252 0551
Mammoet (S) Pte Ltd. Fax +1 403 258 3846
Mammoet USA Inc.
Power projects.......................................................23-25
The Netherlands MVS Betonbouw Russia Phone +65 6861 1638 • Ft. McMurray AB
Mammoet Europe B.V. Rosharon
Phone +31 182 589 898 Mammoet Russia LLC Fax +65 6861 2718 Phone +1 780 791 5049
Phone +31 10 204 2614 Phone +1 281 369 2200
Fax +31 182 589 899 Phone +7 495 956 0838 Fax +1 780 791 5053
Fax +31 10 204 2455 Fax +1 281 369 2178
Fax +7 495 956 0735 Thailand • Mammoet USA Inc. Atlanta
Mammoet Nederland B.V.
Belgium
• Branch Gent Southern Africa
Mammoet (Thailand) Ltd
Phone +66 38 882 556-60
Phone +1 404 696 4982
Fax +1 404 696 4984
Salvage projects. ....................................................... 26
Phone +31 10 204 2440 Phone +32 9 3459 891 • Mammoet Southern Africa Pty Ltd. Fax +66 38 603 800
Fax +31 10 204 2433 • Mammoet USA Inc. Louisiana
Fax +32 9 3455 376 Phone +27 11 882 4499

BTS projects. ................................................................ 27

Phone +1 337 365 3200
• Branch Antwerp Fax +27 11 882 4422 Laos Fax +1 337 365 3260
• Branch Geleen Phone +32 3 5401 284 Mammoet Lao Co Ltd
Phone +31 46 477 1802 • Mammoet USA Inc.
Fax +32 3 5401 283 Phone +66 38 882 556-60
Fax +31 46 476 8405 Greens Bayou
Fax +66 38 603 800
Phone +1 713 422 8850
Fax +1 422 8880

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The Challenges SHE-Q

Bigger, better and
Continued from page 2

recognizable
In the last few years Mammoet has grown strongly
in all respects. We are working with more people
and more equipment than ever before on more projects
spread out all over the entire world. We are exceptionally
pleased and also very proud of this accomplishment.
Personally, I feel our greatest achievement, besides
our greatly increased activities, our OSHA rate in 2006
was good. Now, October 2007, it looks as though
the OSHA rate for this year will even improve.
Mammoet has the wind behind it. The economy and the
big demand for raw materials provide a major impulse and,
naturally, we profit from this trend. But the fact that we
have increased our lead as world market leader in heavy
lifting and transport solutions is a direct result of our own
qualities: the quality of our employees, the equipment,
the leaders and the course that we have set. Our growth
is founded on a solid base. A base that we have laid in
previous years with well thought-out investments, continuous
attention to safety, the company-wide implementation
of the SAP computerization package, and the setting up
and utilization of our worldwide training and development
program (T&DP).
Patrick van Seumeren (Vice-President and COO), Roderik van Seumeren (President and CEO), Jan van Seumeren Jr. (CTO)
and Siem Kranenburg (CFO)
We have welcomed around
600 new colleagues just in the
The challenges last twelve months
On the threshold of the year 2008, Mammoet is in a better state than ever before. After years of building a Our objective is to create a company culture - One
Mammoet - one way of thinking. I see this as a culture that
concrete base, the company is strong enough to take new steps. The management team, consisting of
flourishes everywhere, which adapts to the local conditions,
Roderik van Seumeren (President and CEO), Patrick van Seumeren (Vice-President and COO), Jan van Seumeren and anywhere in the world stands for professionalism,
Jr. (CTO) and Siem Kranenburg (CFO), see plenty of opportunities for further growth. “This fine Mammoet can quality, power of innovation, superb customer service
and a safe manner of working. My ultimate aim is for
still become bigger. The opportunities are there, and the organization is ready for it.” every nation to think, feel, speak and work in the same
distinguish ourselves from the competition. Our
strength is that we have everything under one
roof, from development, construction, testing,
operating, to working with it.
This is unique.” When developing new equip-
ment, the Equipment Management Dept. (EMD)
gratefully utilizes the Engineering department
and works closely with customers and suppliers.
During the last year this resulted in various
state-of-the-art products. These tailor-made
developments, including powerful push-up sys-
tems and remote controlled underwater excava-
tors, allow Mammoet to serve customers with
ingenious and efficient solutions–solutions in
which the synergy between the many special- can solve problems immediately. Finally, we always remain so. “This is very important
isms that Mammoet houses flourishes optimally. standardize our equipment as much as possible particularly at a time when our business is
Mammoet promotes the deployability of its so that we can operate more efficiently and also prospering”, concludes Roderik van Seumeren.
equipment in all sorts of ways, continues Jan increase the deployability, quality, and safety of “Rapid growth also brings its own challenges.
van Seumeren Jr. “In the first place, thanks to people and equipment. In all instances our cus- We must be able to recruit sufficient qualified
our large capacity, we can easily take on major tomers profit either directly or indirectly.” people and keep them with us if we are to keep
projects. As well as this, we spread our equip- up with this growth. We will also continue to
ment around the world, so it is not necessary Taking up challenges work hard to be able to guarantee our one way
to drag it over great distances. Despite the fact that Mammoet now has a solid of working and high level of quality anywhere in
base and good perspectives, the world market the world. Above all, we want to remain a fore-
In order to save time and costs of transport, we leader in heavy lifting and transport diligently runner as far as safety is concerned.
construct new equipment as much as possible continues to improve its own performances by
in container form. We have established a stock investing in people, equipment, training, We operate in an environment full of risks, so
of all possible spare parts at Schiedam so that dissemination of knowledge, quality and safety. remaining alert is a necessity. Mammoet, as
we are not bothered by long delivery times and This has always been the case and this will ‘One Mammoet’, is up for the challenge!”
Striving for safety:
we see it all filter through
Mammoet has made safety priority number one, and has continually been busy with this initiative on all fronts
for many years now. So the fact that this consistent policy is bearing fruit is definitely a cause for celebration.
After a steady drop in the number of incidents over the years, the statistics indicate that incidents have also
reduced by half over the last year, despite Mammoet’s rapid growth. Even more reason to continue with the
campaigns, training courses, management systems, staff meetings, safety pocket books, and anything else
to improve safety even further.
“Last year’s fifty percent drop in the statistics was fantastic”, arranged at various places around the world.” The higher levels
says Mammoet’s Corporate Safety Director Bryan Cronie, but he do not avoid training and awareness sessions either. All senior
refuses to accept compliments for himself for this feat. “It’s a big managers have followed a safety course this year and it has
thank you to everyone outside. We, the safety people at the been decided that as of next year they will undertake at least
office, mastermind what we want to do, but we can’t get results one day of training each year.
unless the people out there do it. We just make the rules. We The range of courses offered in the field of safety as part of the
obviously monitor to see that it happens, but the bottom line is Training and Development Program is also continuously being

The Mammoet Management Team all agree that they are proud
of what has been achieved in the past years and are setting very
 ambitious goals for the future, but are also realistic. “For the last
seven years following the Mammoet and Van Seumeren merger,
we concentrated on strengthening the base of the company. We
have succeeded in this objective, although it will always require
our attention”, states Patrick van Seumeren, referring to the
effort that was put into extending the worldwide network, taking
on new cooperative relationships with customers, the investments
in sophisticated equipment, the training of employees and bring-
ing service, quality and safety to the same high level the world
over. “We are ready for the next phase, in which we will clearly
focus our attention onward”, he continues.
“The organization, as it now exists, has been established so
that we can take even larger steps forward. And we have growth
capital. This gives us an ideal basis for continuous growth.”
Momentum for further expansion
Mammoet owes its increased financial scope to the excellent
results of the last years. “The market has grown since the
second half of 2005”, says Siem Kranenburg. “This has led to
better use of equipment and better conditions. As well as this,
we have worked more efficiently, aided by the implementation of
SAP in all parts of the company worldwide. This year we have
again initialized some new segments to our system, so that
virtually the whole company now utilizes the system. This has
all led to a better ratio of results.”
The investments that were made before the commencement of
the major boom have proven to be very profitable. “Our present
success is not only attributable to hitching a ride on outside
events. We saw this growth coming and anticipated it by investing
in the top segment of the market at the right time.”
One measure that has given Mammoet extra power is the change
in the shareholder structure that took place at the end of 2006.
With the Van Seumeren family reducing its holding to 25%, this
allowed one other major shareholder to invest resulting in the
availability of extra capital to finance the expansion. “This has
opened the road for us to accelerate, setting our growth plans
in process”, continues the CFO, who outlines two possible paths.
“We will strive to increase our market share by investing in
people and equipment. We are also very actively engaged in
acquisitions.”
Professional, safe and complete
Roderik van Seumeren names continued professionalism as the
most important achievement of the previous year. “During the
past year, our professionalism has stood out in the way we
approach our customers, follow our investment policy, and roll
out our activities world-wide. We have created closer cooperative
links with a larger group of customers. In addition, we have made
specific investments in having people and equipment present in
all regions of the world. We are also busy entering areas where
we are not yet represented. We have made plans and these have
already been fulfilled in some areas.”
The BoM is very pleased with the yet again improved safety
figures. The systematic attention that Mammoet pays to safe
and responsible working is clearly paying dividends. “We always
pay great attention to safety. We set up special safety campaigns
and also put safety high on the agenda in our discussions with
customers.” Safety, just as quality, is an important aspect of the
professionalism that the market increasingly demands. This is
not just about providing equipment, but also putting forward
solutions. “You notice, particularly in the middle market segment,
that it is increasingly about offering a total logistics service to
the customer. Working with joint ventures is being replaced by
selected subcontractors who move with the trend for quality
and safety, who think with you, develop ideas, have engineers
on site and are able to offer the customer total solutions through
engineered packages.”
“Thanks to its knowledge, experience and versatility, Mammoet
is a partner that is able to offer such solutions,” states Patrick
van Seumeren. Mammoet has launched a new service to
complete this logistics service: Mammoet Shipping. This logistics
service provider does not own any ships, but does provide an
important link in the entire transport chain. As a result of the
increasing modular construction and transfer of production to
low-wage countries, transport by water forms an increasingly
vital element in total solutions, such as in the factory-to-founda-
tion services that Mammoet offers.
Innovation and deployability
Quality and innovative power are of paramount importance as far
as the hardware is concerned, emphasizes Jan van Seumeren Jr.
“Our power to innovate is an asset with which we absolutely
Continued on page 3
Bryan Cronie
professional manner. We are already a considerable way
along this road, but we still have some way to go before
this ideal is fully realized.
Guiding our growth in the right direction naturally demands
a great deal of attention and energy. The coming years will
also be marked by constant growth. This is a fine prospect
but I am realistic, because growth also brings new chal-
lenges with it. We must ensure that we retain our good
people and recruit a large number of new skilled workers
in order to carry out the work. Many extra employees - we
have welcomed around 600 new colleagues just in the last
twelve months - also means extra care for their assimila-
tion, their training and development, the maintenance of
our culture and guaranteeing our quality and safety. As
well, we remain on the lookout for successful companies
who are willing to combine their forces with the worldwide
trendsetter in heavy lifting and transportation solutions;
companies where our branch of sport, just as with us, is
literally in the genes, and where the blood flows faster at
the prospect of being able to work on one of the world’s
most prestigious projects.
In order to underscore this claim, in this year’s edition
of Mammoet World we present you with a selection of
notable projects that we have carried out all over the world
and in all important markets. You will also be able to read
how Mammoet continually works to improve its service.
Cooperation, both internally and externally, with customers
and suppliers, forms the core of the total solutions which
enables Mammoet to be successful in the petrochemical,
offshore, power, civil, marine and rental sectors. As service
provider and problem-solver, Mammoet is increasingly
positioned higher up the logistics ladder. We serve more
and more respected customers with innovative,
intelligent solutions-our other major strength. Our versatile
performances form the evidence of this statement.
I want to thank all our clients to have the trust in us and
I personally guarantee that we will do everything to serve
you to the highest standard of our profession.
Roderik van Seumeren
(President and CEO)
Corporate SHE-Q Director
what the people out there do; they are the ambassadors of the
company. They are the people who make it happen, supported
by the management to help them do it.”
Consistent and proactive policy
Mammoet works with a consistent and proactive safety policy
that has been intensified enormously in recent years.
The interaction with the department of Training & Development
has led to an increasingly broader range of courses and better
training facilities world-wide. As well as this, the number of safety
officers has increased as Mammoet has grown. There are now
30 safety professionals working for Mammoet around the world,
of which 22 are in full time service. Eight others have been
appointed full time on a project basis. These people do nothing
else than concern themselves with safety. “Their job is to ensure
that the one Mammoet standard and our health and safety policy
are implemented on a worldwide basis. They go out and visit the
projects within their region, carry out audits and ensure compli-
ance with the requirements of our safety management system.”
Safety is the responsibility of everyone
Safety at Mammoet is not exclusively the responsibility of
safety people; it is the responsibility of everyone. Every worker
is briefed about this, is trained, and safety is brought to their
attention, not only by the colleagues on the work floor, but also
by supervisors and (senior) managers. “We have concentrated
specifically on the supervisors this year”, explains Bryan Cronie.
“They are the key to what happens outside. They form the link
between the management and the people carrying out the work.
So I have talked to them a great deal and meetings were
extended, because the benefit of training is crystal clear. “The
reason the figures have come down is because of that training
element, people with a better understanding and following the
rules as they should be followed. It is the result of what we 
started four years ago. We see it all filter through. We see that
they are not just listening, but doing, so the message is clearly
getting through to the right people. The key for success at
Mammoet is training, training, and training. So, looking ahead,
I say: more of the same.”
Keeping the system workable
Mammoet uses all experiences and insights, also from outside,
to continuously update its safety management system. A system
that with all its accompanying instructions and instruments is
one of the best in our industry. “I doubt if anyone in our industry
comes close to what we do”, states Cronie.
Mammoet tries to do all that is possible to make the Mammoet
safety system as workable and user-friendly as possible,
because clarity and simplicity benefit safety. Unfortunately, Bryan
Cronie sees the amount of paperwork increasing exponentially.
“I think there’s far too much paperwork involved in safety.
We need paperwork, but we need to keep it short, sharp, and
sweet so that people can understand without complications.”
He therefore hopes that customers will have sufficient faith in the
proven quality and safety of Mammoet’s safety management
system. “We have a system that is tried, tested, well documented,
people know and understand it, it’s straightforward, and we get
the message over in a minimum of time. The benefits for the
customer are a smooth operation without misunderstandings,
fewer accidents, incidents and with less loss of time.”
The key for success at
Mammoet is training, training,
and training
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Mammoet General Mammoet General

HRM: people are the most important asset

People are the most important asset of Mammoet. They are what make Mammoet, and it is their actions,
their individual qualities, involvement and meticulous behavior that is the strength of Mammoet. Therefore,
Mammoet continually invests in their development and further improvement of their skills. Training and
education are important instruments for permeating Mammoet’s one way of working, that must guarantee
customers all over the world the same standard of safety and quality. This is all encompassed in the
Mammoet-wide Training and Development Program (T&DP), that was again extended last year. A multi-media
recruiting campaign worldwide for new personnel has also been started under the name ‘Make it your world’.

“Our field of work is so specific that we have developed and are period also. Each employee has a Safety guide in his possession Working at Mammoet
still developing our own courses”, says HRM manager Natasja that documents all registered courses followed and certificates Mammoet is growing steadily and is therefore constantly
Sesink about the growing number of internal courses, that all achieved. Customers may inspect these to satisfy themselves of looking for qualified personnel, both highly-educated engineers

consist of a theoretical and a practical part. Mammoet uses
modern e-learning techniques for the theoretical part, whereby
employees can often choose from six different languages. “The
advantage of this is that this teaching program can be followed
at any time and anywhere in the world. We have several training
centers for the practical part, with the largest of these located
the professional skill and safety knowledge of the people who
are working on a project.
Broad and up-to-date range of courses
The worldwide T&DP program is constantly being developed.
Mammoet adapts existing courses to the newest technical
Sander Splinter
and skilled craftsmen.
As is the case for so many top technical companies, it is not Director Cranes Benelux
easy to find suitable personnel. Therefore, Mammoet is making
itself known in schools and colleges, in trade journals and on the
Internet with the worldwide slogan ‘Make it your world’.

Mammoet rental concepts

in Malaysia. Cranes and other equipment that we work with on developments, and new courses are always being prepared.
a daily basis are always stationed there so that students can These include office courses for various functions, and many The website has been changed in order to further emphasize

conquer the world

gain practical experience. We also organize courses on the job.
Safety and quality are foremost in all courses.”
Investing in people
Learning begins right from the start. Every new employee, from
management to entry level, must follow the compulsory introduc-
tion course. Mammoet devotes a very great deal of time to their
training and development in the first two to three years of work-
ing for the company. This is very much appreciated, particularly
in Asia, where people are not used to being able to follow such
courses. Mammoet continues to pay attention to career develop-
ment and to increasing everyone’s knowledge and skills after this
field courses to offer the possibility of growth in various fields
such as those of SPMT Operator or Crane Driver, for example.
This has now brought the total number of internal Mammoet
courses to almost 15. This is unique to our industry and an
important distinguishing feature for both an increasing number
of customers and those applying for a job. Our own employees
also follow courses outside Mammoet, from forklift training to
administrative and management courses, and Bachelor and
Master courses in their branch. For instance, university-educated
employees from India have been brought to the Netherlands for
an internal course lasting half a year. After that they are deployed
worldwide in order to gain practical experience.
the attractiveness as employer, with a great deal more attention
being paid to working at Mammoet, vacancies and possibilities
for training. Last year Mammoet was able to recruit around 600
new employees worldwide. See also www.makeityourworld.com.
Mammoet makes high demands on its people, but as employer
also offers a great deal in return. Naturally, its great reputation
and the many projects that appeal to the imagination, but also
a comradely, hands-on working atmosphere, good salary scales,
the possibility of promotion, chances of an international career,
a great deal of responsibility and all the space required for
further training and development.
Thinking together, providing advice and performing
well: optimum collaboration with the customer is
achieved by knowing the rental market and by
making safety, quality and the environment our
important aims. Director Cranes Benelux, Sander
Splinter, explains why the Mammoet rental concept to search anymore. We know what permits are necessary and year. The pool provides the customer with certainty, because he
can offer a good, efficient service for daily maintenance and gets the personnel support that he has asked for. “Lifting is
is increasingly in demand all over the world.
during shutdowns and turnarounds. Mammoet participates in dangerous work if you do not know exactly what you are doing.
multidisciplinary teams in order to prepare jobs accurate in close Therefore, the customer asks us to take care of the complicated
The rental activities form one of the important pillars on which cooperation with our principal and other contractors. This early rigging and lifting jobs.

Engineering: brains with practical knowledge

Mammoet rests. Naturally, supplying equipment that is geared to supplier involvement principle enables us together with our
the situation is essential to this market, but the quality and safety principal to make the most economic and efficient planning for Modern and reliable equipment
of the services offered is also of major importance. The further the specific job or project. By having this kind of expertise in an There is plenty of growth in the rental branch. This is shown by the
optimization of the service towards the customer and the market, early stage, we can help our principal in saving money, and thus turnover figures, but also by the increasing need for training and the
Mammoet would not be Mammoet without engineers, because almost no projects take place without some necessary based on the successful Mammoet concept, were the key points lower the Total Cost of Ownership for our principal.” After the extension of the equipment. Last year Mammoet invested in both
 engineering beforehand. Engineering can therefore be viewed as the brains of Mammoet, as the think-tank that solves for rental last year. The individual customer is the central figure Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, the United Kingdom, Canada, the extension of its rental fleet, particularly in the top segment of 
in this concept, which by supplying as complete a package of and South Africa, the on-site concept is conquering an heavier cranes, as well as in replacing existing equipment.
the most exceptional and complex technical problems, but always from the basis of practicality. This combination makes services as possible ensures maximum economy with minimum increasing number of countries. The average age of Mammoet’s cranes is five years, whereas an
Mammoet the all-round specialist in heavy lifting and transportation solutions. worries. Mammoet is providing customers with this unique average economic depreciation of eight years is usual.
concept in an increasing number of countries. An increasing The tendency is for customers to purchase as many services as
number of customers are also contracting out the work for all possible from one supplier. The possibilities that Mammoet offers Splinter says: “This short depreciation term has to do with our
Mammoet employs over 100 engineers, 50 of mentality that characterizes a flat organization exceptionally safely and carefully. Mammoet their international branches to Mammoet, thus guaranteeing for long-term partnerships and flexible contract agreements are vision about equipment. We want to keep up to date as much as
which are stationed in the Netherlands. They like Mammoet. engineers have designed and tested a lifting them the same quality all over the world. clearly appealing. There is one contact point for everything, also possible with technical developments and possibilities. As well
are sent out all over the world. That is also what construction especially for this - the containerized for the most important point of attention: safety. “Customers take as this we try to prevent breakdowns. Therefore, we
is fine about being an engineer at Mammoet; Unique new construction projects winch system - that drastically shortens the Reacting to the wishes of customers out a contract with us. We agree in the contract with the customer work with modern and reliable equipment, which is also to the
they do not just sit at their desks, but also play The uniqueness of the work of Mammoet assembly and dismantling times of nuclear The so called Mammoet Concept exists of the use of on-site that we are responsible for safe working, and guarantee that advantage of the customer.”
an important role in carrying out projects as and that of the department of Engineering, reactors. Customers increasingly call on Mammoet branches on or in the proximity of the customers’ safety protocols and procedures will be complied with. These
project engineer or project manager. This in particular, is that no order is ever the same. Mammoet to think together on how to make premises. In 2007 Mammoet managed to expand and further are matters that customers value highly.” Finally, an example of foresight was the takeover by Mammoet

means that cross-fertilization between theory
and practice is at a maximum, which contributes
significantly to the quality of the solutions and
the utilization of the technical possibilities
and the available equipment. This method of
engineering work at Mammoet distinguishes
itself from that of a consulting engineering
office which does not have strong links with
actual practice. Having this as their basis also
In fact, there is only one thing that is standard,
and that is that a unique solution for a unique
problem always has to be created. An attractive
field of work for the Engineering department is
building unique new constructions. A recent
example is the order from the navy of a foreign
country for the construction of a ship specially
designed for salvaging sunken submarines. This
came as a consequence of another engineered
Engineers are also in
contact with the customers
new construction designs best suited for
assembly and maintenance requirements,
Wessel Helmens
Manager Engineering
assist in carrying out the practical project after
carrying out the thinking work, where they have
to utilize their own solutions in cooperation with
optimize our Mammoet Concept in the Benelux but also in other
parts over the world. Mammoet can respond immediately on the
customers request with on-site equipment and personnel.
“After a certain time we become well acquainted with the various
premises belonging to the customer, the procedures and the
safety regulations”, according to Sander Splinter. “We never have
Mammoet works on guaranteeing the quality of its people
through the rigger pool. The rigger pool is a nursery in which new
Mammoet employees are trained as Rigging Operator. If they are
successful in this environment, Mammoet offers the opportunity
to these people to be transferred within the company after one
last year of the lifting and transport activities of Koekkoek and
KTC Noord. This takeover means that the coverage in the
Benelux has been improved significantly and brings the strongly
growing industrial area in the north of the Netherlands within
reach. “That is where the future lies”, concludes Sander Splinter.
“We simply cannot and will not be absent from there.”

Energetic start for Mammoet Energy Support

means that Mammoet’s engineers are familiar
with all the different aspects of the market.
They are not only clever and skilled in their own
expertise, but can also work well together in
a team, are flexible and can bear responsibility,
in fitting with the short lines and hands-on
project that established the reputation of
Mammoet worldwide: the salvaging of the
Kursk. There are numerous other projects that
could be named where Mammoet’s engineers
have developed ingenious solutions, whether it
be a colossus of 15 million kilograms that has
to be lifted, or an enormous object that has to
be maneuvered in a tight situation between
something on the other side of the world.
From heavy transport to nuclear reactors
Engineering at Mammoet is divided into a number
of specialisms, including the horizontal work
(transport), the vertical work (lifting), software,
nuclear/power, salvage, and the design and
calculation department. There is very in-depth
know-how in-house within these specialisms.
Mammoet has developed quickly into a specialist
in the transport and construction of reactor
modules, very demanding work that must be
carried out very quickly and at the same time
which save a great deal of time and costs later
on. Another trend is the modular construction
of complete production installations and power
plants. Here Mammoet helps the customer
to design the modules so that they can be
transported worldwide, whereby the dimensions,
the weight, and the necessary modification of
the construction are all considered. After this
Mammoet transports, places and assembles
the modules, with the whole process involving
engineers from A to Z.
From thinking to selling
Naturally the various specialisms work closely
together and also maintain contact with external
knowledge institutes. Depending on their
preference and specific branch knowledge,
young engineers are appointed to one of the
groups under the leadership of an experienced
team leader. They gain a great deal of experience
here, especially since they are also deployed to
the Operations department.
Engineers are also in contact with the customers.
In particular, during an initial discussion, even
before the order has been received, an expert at
the meeting can make a huge difference.
Safety first
What applies to Mammoet as a whole certainly
also applies to Engineering: safety first.
Customers want everything to be fully calculated
beforehand and laid out in manuals, and often
also ask that an extensive risk analysis be
carried out. Mammoet checks all engineering,
both in theory and for practical feasibility and
there is also an external check made by
renowned companies for new construction
projects. These safety efforts have gained
Mammoet the reputation with customers of
being a responsible partner that does all that is
possible to allow projects to take place safely.
Stricter environmental requirements and new standards to limit solutions. A concept that is finding favor, as shown by the many
the emission of harmful gases will force many energy producers orders that have been carried out successfully in recent years in
to modify existing power stations in the coming years. Heavy, various power stations in the Netherlands and Belgium.
difficult, and precise work which must as well be carried out
very efficiently to keep a stoppage as short as possible. This
requires a reliable partner who is specialized in the horizontal
and vertical transporting of parts within existing complexes.
A task that is ideally suited for Mammoet, which has bundled
its extensive knowledge and experience in this field into a new
service under the name of Mammoet Energy Support.
Thanks to its long presence in the energy sector, Mammoet has
gained a wealth of knowledge and experience in the construc-
tion of new power stations. Know-how that is also exceedingly
useful when modifying existing power stations. In combination
with the unlimited transportation and lifting facilities, Mammoet
Energy Support is capable of arranging complete engineered
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Mammoet General Mammoet General

Jan van Seumeren Jr.

CTO

EMD:
Strength in innovation is what
distinguishes Mammoet
The range and versatility of the equipment are part of Mammoet’s strength. Having the world’s largest fleet of
heavy lifting and transportation equipment means that it can offer every imaginable solution and rapidly deploy
large amounts of equipment–a fleet that is continually being extended and renewed in order to be able to
respond even better to the latest trends and specific requests from customers.

The Equipment Management Department (EMD) is responsible
for the management and maintenance of the immense quantity
of equipment that Mammoet has available, including the world’s
largest land cranes and other sophisticated equipment. The
special challenges that Mammoet faces as world market leader
in heavy lifting and transportation means that the role of EMD
goes much further than simply purchasing, maintaining and
replacing equipment. Unique requests often require unique
solutions. These solutions are found in close collaboration with
the departments of Equipment Management (EMD), Operations,
and Engineering, and also with external suppliers. “Our innovation
strength is what distinguishes Mammoet from others. That we
design, construct, test, operate, and work with our equipment
 ourselves is unique. You do not see all this under one roof very
often”, says CTO Jan van Seumeren Jr.
generates a maximum push-up capacity of 38,400 tonnes.
Due to the increasing activities in the field of push-ups and load-
outs, Mammoet has manufactured a second ballast system
for adding and removing ballast in pontoons and barges. The
system provides the enormous pumping capacity that the greater
load-outs demand. A puller system has been developed specially
for Mammoet Salvage, consisting of eight chain pullers that can
each pull 300 tonnes. The system has been designed to pull
ship’s wrecks ashore and was used in salvaging the Safmarine
Agulhas. Mammoet has designed the containerized winch
system (CWS) in order to respond to the demand for a compact,
safe, and quick lifting method for working in existing nuclear
power stations. The CWS system provides 650 tonnes lifting
capacity through a mobile portal system that can be configured
in various heights and widths.
power sector, the petrochemical industry and the offshore sector.
Transporting, lifting, and assembling large parts, also such as
those for windmills, require increasingly heavier equipment, a
demand that we are responding to with our latest acquisitions.”
Seeing the present market situation regarding the purchase and
delivery of equipment, Mammoet out of necessity has been
forced to make investments for the coming years already.
Terminal Westdorpe Terminal Schiedam
Three LTM 11200s, the largest mobile telescope cranes in
the world with a capacity of 1,200 tonnes, form part of the
most recent acquisitions that have been purchased this year
and will be available for rent in 2008 including in the Netherlands
and Germany. Besides we ordered 392 axle lines of SPMT this
year. Finally, Mammoet is continuing with more standardization 
and container construction for its equipment, two trends that

Mammoet heavy lift terminals:

Last, but not least, the deep water recovery system (DWRS) was are further improving the speed, flexibility, safety, and quality
Mammoet innovations developed by Mammoet Salvage together with the Engineering of Mammoet.

at the center of the total logistics formula

EMD already has various innovations to its credit. These
concern both new equipment as well as modifications to existing
equipment. EMD has again produced a very wide range of new
products this year. One of the literal high spots was the delivery,
after an extensive series of tests, of the PTC IV, the fourth
offspring of the successful PTC family. The eighth ring crane in
Mammoet’s fleet has a maximum configuration of 134 meter
main boom and 99 meter jib. With the production of its
second push-up system Mammoet is responding to the rapidly
increasing demand for more capacity for jacking up complete
oil platforms and large constructions. Push-up system II consists
of eight units each with a capacity of 2,400 tonnes and
112 jacking columns. It is fitted with a control system capable
of controlling a total of 16 units centrally, so that the system
Department to recover the load of aluminum from the Runner 4.
This system, consisting of remote-controlled underwater cranes
on the seabed and underwater robots, represents a breakthrough
in the salvage world. It provides much more efficiency and
certainty in comparison with the traditional salvage methods
using divers.
Larger and heavier
Naturally not all of Mammoet’s work is tied to a project. The daily
rental of cranes and other mobile equipment is another important
service. The rental equipment has again been extended and
renewed during last year. “Companies make increasing use of
prefab, thus reducing the construction time on site”, according to
Jan van Seumeren Jr. “This trend is visible in the civil sector, the
The Heavy Lift Terminal in Schiedam and the Multi Purpose Terminal in Westdorpe, both in the Netherlands,
provide a unique total formula for the storage and transshipment of goods for third parties. A wide range of
supplementary services like engineering and auxiliary equipment that only Mammoet can supply can be found
here as well as the heavy lifting facilities.
The Heavy Lift Terminal in Schiedam, in the heart of the to floating sheerlegs, can be deployed at the terminals. Apart from
Rotterdam harbor area, forms the central hub for Mammoet this, Mammoet can arrange for engineered lifting with the help of
logistics. Thanks to the ideal situation and the unique facilities its own department of Engineering, and naturally both terminals
Containerized Winch System (CWS) that Mammoet’s home base provides, including the strongest are manned by professionals who deal with goods in a skilful,
harbor crane (250 tonnes lifting capacity) in Europoort and a efficient, and safe manner. If desired, they are trained specifically
RoRo quay, third parties are increasingly discovering the way for carrying out maintenance on, or the assembly of, your products.
here. The terminal in Westdorpe, strategically situated relative to
the harbor and industrial areas of Antwerp, Ghent, Flushing and Thanks to these unequalled facilities Mammoet now provides
Terneuzen, also has by far the strongest harbor cranes in the the total logistics package, also on a factory-to-foundation basis,
surrounding area, now that a second 100-tonne harbor crane has for numerous renowned customers. For instance, Mammoet

Deep Water Recovery System (DWRS)
Pieter Modderman
been placed there this year. But this is not the only thing that
counts, according to Pieter Modderman, Terminal Manager for
Terminal Manager Mammoet. “These cranes are a link in a chain of services.
The Heavy Lift Terminal increasingly provides more value-added
logistics, from complete factory-to-foundation concepts to
supplementary services.”
Logistics solutions
More and more customers are discovering the added value that
Mammoet provides around its terminals. The storage and trans-
shipment of goods forms the stepping stone to a whole range of
logistics services that allows customers to concentrate on their
core activities. Thus Mammoet provides logistics solutions in the
form of stock management, maintenance, assembly, dismantling,
transport over land and water, positioning and on site installation
of heavy goods. What also distinguishes Mammoet from other
logistics service companies is that all imaginable cranes and
transport modalities, from special rigging equipment, SPMTs,
Chain puller
provides turnkey delivery and installation for suppliers of trans-
formers, harbor cranes, heavy vats, construction equipment for
civil engineering works and complete factory modules, as well
as the stock management and supply to the customers of an
aluminum producer.
Steady extension
In order to be able to cope with their own increased activities
and the growing demand from third parties, the terminals have
already been considerably enlarged in recent years. There are
also various extensions planned at Schiedam again for next year,
reports Pieter Modderman.
“With, among other things, lengthening the quay by 200 meters,
increasing the storage area by 10,000 m2, and the construction
of a hall that will provide an additional 1,000 m2 covered
storage, we will shortly be in an even better position to be
able to respond to the needs of our customers.”
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Sponsoring

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Mammoet MT generates 120,000 Euros and relatives of Mammoet the count quickly
such as climate change, energy scarcity, poverty, and health are concerned.
Under the title ‘Mammoet Runs… the extra mile reached 60,000 Euros. It had been agreed that
Mammoet counts itself among the companies that can and want to play a role in against hunger’ the four members of the Mammoet would double this amount if the
Mammoet management team plucked up their management team managed to complete the
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this; and by supporting and sponsoring a wide range of causes Mammoet shows
its involvement with the wider world.
courage and put on their running shoes. They
appeared at the start of the Fortis Marathon
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Taking education and childcare seriously
Mammoet Canada Western is supporting a project
in Fort McMurray, Canada, where there is an urgent
need for outside school hours care for the children
children of these families are often left to fend for themselves
and they arrive at school without having had any breakfast,
which does not really help their learning. A similar problem
children eat their meals and do their homework under supervision.
In order to combat excessive TV viewing and other undesirable
activities, the time will be filled with sports and handicrafts.
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frostbite, polar bears and crossing rivers and lakes. “The
conditions that we are going to face cannot, however, be
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Petrochemical projects
Driven by the optimization of performance ratios, the scale of petrochemical plants is increasing.
In close cooperation with its clients’ engineering departments, Mammoet stretches the design limits
by providing high capacity transport and lifting equipment. This enables clients to design modules
that can be moved and lifted more cost effectively. For both Mammoet and the client, minimizing
down time, space restrictions, and safety procedures are a matter of course. The cases illustrate
the extensive specialist expertise that Mammoet has developed to serve the petrochemical industry.
Americas
Location Port Arthur, Texas, USA
Job Transporting and installing plant modules
Smart solution
Challenge Saving time by using SPMTs instead of cranes
This project started with the transport and installation of a
950-tonne reactor, around 40 meters long and with a diameter
of five meters. It was delivered by ship to Port Arthur in Texas.
Mammoet used SPMTs and Goldhofer units to transport the
reactor through the city, to the refinery. At the site, the reactor
was uprighted and installed using the Mammoet Strand Jack
Tower system. The rest of the project comprised the transport of
21 plant modules from the fabrication shop in South Carolina to
the site, followed by their installation. First, Mammoet transferred
the modules from the yard onto seagoing barges. Some of the
modules were stacked on the barges to use the space more
effectively. After arrival, the modules were transported to the site
where they were installed using SPMTs. The advantages of using
these hydraulic transporters for the installation were that they
saved time and that disruption of the work on site by cranes or
the need to build crane foundations was avoided.
RoRo Day
Location San Francisco Bay area, USA
Job Handling five pressure vessels
at the Bay
Challenge Operating in an environmentally-sensitive area
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Location Fray Bentos, Uruguay
Job Construction of a pulp and paper mill
Challenge Working in rough terrain
Mammoet Europe, with the support of Mammoet Venezuela, won
the contract for the heavy lifting operations for the construction of
one of South America's largest pulp and paper mills, at Fray
Bentos in Uruguay. Until Mammoet's arrival, the largest crane in
the country was a 70-tonne model. The seven telescopic cranes
and crawler cranes provided for this project had capacities from
55 tonnes to 600 tonnes. Two crawler cranes, a CC 2800 and
LR 1350, were used for a number of critical tandem lifts, with a
maximum load of 320 tonnes. The flexible configuration options
of these units were particularly valuable. For example, the 84 meter
main boom of the CC 2800 was fitted with a 48 meter jib for a total
of 120 meters to assist with the internal inspection of a concrete
chimney. The five smaller telescopic cranes worked practically
around-the-clock. Their excellent handling on rough terrain enabled
Mammoet to keep up with the busy schedule set by the client.
Middle East
Mammoet USA was commissioned to unload five coke
drums (pressure vessels) with a weight of 400 tonnes each
and transport them to a refinery in North California. Because
the creek near the refinery was shallow, only 1.8 meters at
high tide, the pressure vessels were transferred from the ships
onto a barge. The major challenge was avoiding any damage
to the tule plants on the banks of the creek.
These plants grow up to three meters high and are important
buffers against the water and wind and provide food and a
habitat to a range of animal species. Tules are protected by
the State of California and in order to perform the roll-off
operation, Mammoet had to prove that the operation could
be performed without removing, flattening, crushing or even
touching these plants in a destructive way. The solution was
to design and to build five 80’ (24.4 meter) ro-ro ramps
between a pad onshore and the barge. The pad was built
to ensure that the ramp was well clear of the tule bank.
The barge collected the pressure vessels from the ships in
the bay. Back at the ramp, two sets of 12-line double-width
SPMTs transported the vessels two kilometers from the barge
to the refinery. The whole operation went smoothly and was
completed ahead of schedule. Mammoet has several more
projects lined up in the beautiful San Francisco Bay area
over the next two years.
Mammoet World
Location Rabigh, Saudi Arabia
Job Heavy lifts
Challenge Demanding environment, busy sites
Crane forest
Mammoet is currently very busy in the Middle East and working
on a number of large projects in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United
Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Oman. At the Rabigh site, Mammoet
started a major heavy lifting project by installing an 880-tonne
regenerator on a 15 meter high foundation, using the MSG II.
On the same site, the PTC I lifted a VDU column weighing
825 tonnes onto a 26 meter high pedestal.
Nearby, a 36-axle line SPMT and an RG 912 were working on
another project. At the same time, an LR 1800, CC 2500, CC
2800 and CC 2200 were busy building a petrochemical plant,
right around the ring cranes.
Mammoet was also awarded a contract for an ethylene glycol
plant elsewhere in Saudi Arabia, which required the MSG I,
a CC 4800 and several smaller cranes. Finally, Mammoet used
the MSG with an 87 meter main boom and 43 meter jib, operat-
ing at a radius of 93 meters, to install a 350-tonne regenerator.
The MSG was assisted by a Manitowoc M999 used for tailing.
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Location Jubail, Saudi Arabia
Job Four gantry lifts of columns
Long hauls at Jubail
Challenge Several moves and the size of the columns to be lifted
Mammoet deployed its gantry lift at four places and in different
configurations during the construction of various petrochemical
complexes in Jubail on the Persian Gulf. The first gantry lift was
the positioning of a 106 meter long splitter. The column weighing
880 tonnes was stood upright using a 112 meter high gantry
fitted with 2900-tonne units, and a CC 2500 tailing crane from
another company. Mammoet’s LR 1750 with 134 meter boom
was used to build the gantry.
The gantry had to be built up again five kilometers further on for
the second lift. Six weeks later Mammoet positioned a 92 meter
long and 1,600-tonne wash tower at this site.
Another six weeks later a third gantry lift was used to lift a
750-tonne water quench tower onto a 15-meter high concrete
base. The 63-meter long monster was first stood upright using
a 93-meter high gantry with two 900-tonne strandjacks and a
CC 8800 tailing crane, and lifted up 17 meters. The column was
then sledged over two skid tracks using two 65-tonne push-pull
units until it was above the base. A month later Mammoet rounded
off the gantry work in Jubail with the positioning of a 102-meter
long column weighing 684 tonnes. A 107-meter high gantry was
used, fitted with two strandjacks each with a capacity of 900 tonnes.
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Petrochemical projects
Europe
Location Middlesbrough, UK
Job Installing three compressors and two e-motors
The whole bag
Challenge Small clearances, wide range of equipment needed
of tricks!
Mammoet transported a selection of plant items weighing up to
165 tonnes for the construction of an LDPE plant. The job
required the full range of Mammoet equipment: 12 axle lines of
SPMT, a skidding system, 50-tonne jacks and climbing jacks,
load spreaders, etc. and was a perfect demonstration of the
versatility of our resources and personnel.
Apart from straightforward lifts, some plant items had to be
skidded up to 20 meters onto their foundations. Mammoet used
a range of supports and load spreaders to spread the load onto
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a bridge, fill gaps in the foundation across which plant items had
to be skidded, etc. Due to space restrictions some of the plant
items could not be installed using cranes. Instead the lifts were
made with the SPMTs and jacks. On one occasion, the clearance
was only ten millimeters when installing an 84-tonne rotor inside
a stator of approximately the same weight to assemble a
compressor drive motor. Here it was essential to prevent the
two parts of the motor from impacting each other as this would
lead to serious damage. Even so, this particular lift actually took
less than an hour to perform.

Location Dampier, Australia

Job Transporting and installing an LNG train
Challenge Slope: five kilometers, eight percent
Mammoet was contracted to transport and install the modules,
consisting of more than 200 items, of an LNG train five kilometers
from the quayside to the construction site onto foundations.
Parts of the modules were constructed as pre-assembled modules
in Batam, Indonesia. Mammoet carried out the site moves and
load-out by delivering them alongside heavy lift vessels.
In Australia, the modules, arriving from Batam and other parts of
the world, had to be transported five kilometers from the wharf to
the site where they could be placed onto their foundations.
Installing more than
200 items of an LNG train
The fractionation module (1,850 tonnes) was the heaviest unit
and required four SPMTs with 4 x 24 axle lines of SPMT each
to negotiate the slope which was as much as eight percent in
places. After arrival, the module was off-loaded temporarily so
the SPMTs could be reduced to 4 x 22 axle lines to fit on the
site. They then moved the module another 500 meters and
installed it on the foundations. Its position was accurate to
within a few millimeters. Other modules were installed using
a Demag CC 4800, CC 2800 or CC 1800.

Location Inner Mongolia, China

Job Installing two 2,050-tonne reactors
Challenge Remote site, heavy load
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Coal to liquids
project
Mammoet used the MSG crane to lift a 2,050-tonne and 2,500 tonnes of ballast. Meanwhile, the first reactor was 13
high-pressure reactor in place at a site in Inner Mongolia, transported three kilometers to the site using 52 axle lines of
China. This was the first of two reactors for a plant to produce SPMT and 12 Goldhofer lines.
oil from coal. Mammoet's contract covered 45 plant items.

Furnaces old
Location Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Firstly, there was a logistics challenge: 140 containers of Part of the area was excavated to align the reactor, crane and
Job Moving 21 furnaces
equipment such as SPMTs, conventional trailers, cranes, etc. foundations to make the lift easier, safer and quicker and to

and new
Challenge Tight schedule
A major chemical plant was revamped.
Mammoet removed 16 old furnaces using
cranes and SPMTs, moved five new
furnaces into place, and then transported the
old furnaces to the demolition site. Mammoet
started by removing the chimneys of the old
furnaces using one crane with a man-riding
basket for the operatives cutting the chimneys
into sections, one crane to lower the chimney
sections down, and one to load them
onto a low-loader. Supporting steel was then
installed under the furnaces and they were
jacked up with six 250-tonne jacks.
Two 14-axle lines of SPMT then transported
the furnaces to intermediate storage. This part
of the project took only 13 days, five days less
than estimated. The first new furnace (17
had to be transported 1,200 kilometers from the port to the job avoid jacking. After a ceremony with fireworks, the reactor was
site. The MSG was delivered to Shanghai, 2,500 kilometers installed. The lift took 12 hours and all went to plan. As there
away. Mammoet engineers designed a special lifting lug on a was a month's wait before the installation of the next reactor,
meters wide, 30 meters long and 45 meters flange that was bolted on top of the flange of the reactor. all equipment was then protected against the unpredictable
high) was then weighed. At 2,206 tonnes it The two lifting trunnions lowered the lifting point in order to weather in this area and the crew enjoyed a well-deserved
was 380-tonne lighter than expected. reduce the stresses on the neck of the reactor to an acceptable break. This was a challenging project in a remote area,
The furnaces were carried to their destinations level. The MSG was fitted with an 84.1 meter main boom completed safely and on time.
using 2 x 48 axle lines of SPMT.
Finally, Mammoet moved the old furnaces
from the temporary lay-down area to the
demolition site. The whole project was
completed in only 35 days.
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Civil projects
Experience in multi-modal transport by road, rail and water together with facilities for lifting, skidding
and jacking heavy loads ensure Mammoet’s position as a full-service provider in the civil market.
Mammoet crews manage all cargo handling from factory to foundation, with a combination of skill,
professionalism and state-of-the-art equipment. The cases reflect Mammoet’s thoroughness in a field
that extends from handling heavy prefabricated elements such as concrete girders and steel structures
that are assembled on site to constructing, relocating or dismantling buildings and industrial facilities.
Europe
Location Heuersdorf and Borna, Germany
Job Moving a 13th century church 12 kilometers
Challenge Difficult route
750 year old Church
on the road
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Location Amerongen, the Netherlands
Job Moving the body of a mill
Challenge The historic character of the object
New spot for historic mill
Because houses are to be built at the present location in
Amerongen, the body of a belt mill (mill on raised ground) from
1830 had to be moved in order to save the historic building.
In order to make the movement possible the association giving
the order first had the body of the mill excavated, and a new
tensioned concrete foundation poured in the space that had
been created. Using jacking points that had been included in the
foundation, the body of the mill weighing 450 tonnes was jacked
Location Beverwijk, the Netherlands
Job Lifting a 230-tonne container crane
Challenge Working in a small area so as not to get in
the way of transshipment of containers
Mammoet lifted a 230-tonne container crane in the harbor
of Beverwijk. This large crane is intended to give the local
container terminal, where more than 20,000 containers are
loaded each year, a major boost. Mammoet used no less
than nine cranes to carry out the job: two 500-tonne, two
160-tonne, and four 80-tonne cranes and one 100-tonne crane
with man bucket. The work required good organization of the
Built in 1258, Mammoet moved the 750 year old church-the old-
est church in Saxon southeast Germany from Heuersdorf to
Borna over a distance of 12 kilometers. The church had a
weight of 833 tonnes, a length of 14.5 meters and a height of
19.6 meters. It was first jacked up 1.2 meters and then placed
on 40 axle lines of SPMT. The unique control features of the
transporter ensured the stability of the historic building while
negotiating a challenging route at an average speed of two
kilometers per hour. The difficulties included a number of
up 1.3 meters. After that 2 x 10 axle lines of SPMT were maneu-
vered under the body and taken over the load from the jacking
points by their hydraulic lifting system.
The mill was then moved 27 meters under great interest from the
public and jacked down onto its new position. There, the mill will
be restored to its former glory to serve as the center of attraction
in the new neighborhood.
Nine cranes in
a small space
working area in order to keep the space taken up as small
as possible, because the transshipment of the containers just
carried on as normal. The operation went without a hitch,
although the weather first threatened to put a spanner in the
works; but on the day of the lift the weather gods fortunately
favored Mammoet. After a day’s work the Beverwijk skyline
had gained a new landmark.
Europe
Location Rugeley, United Kingdom
Job Placing two engineered constructions
Challenge Acting quickly to cause as little disturbance
to the rail traffic as possible
narrow points (sometimes with clearances of only a few
centimeters), gradients, bridges, two level railway crossings and
several power lines. Four bridges across two rivers required
strengthening for this move. Furthermore, a number of overhead
power lines and pylons had to be switched off and removed
temporarily. As far as Mammoet is aware, this was the first time
Location Amsterdam “Coentunnel”, The Netherlands
an historic building of this age was relocated. A great challenge
Job Jacking a viaduct and transporting
to man and technology. seven concrete wall sections
Challenge Jacking a viaduct while traffic will not be disturbed
The “Coentunnel” underneath the “Noordzee kanaal” in the
ring-road around Amsterdam is a major bottle neck for the
thousands of cars that use it ever day. For unknown reasons the
northern tunnel entrance was shifting up for almost 15 centimeters
the past years. To prevent that the tunnel entrance would raise
more in the future, the authorities decided to place a wall of
2,715 tonnes in the middle of the tunnel entrance. To do this
they calculated that the highway would need to be closed for
13 weekends. To minimise the disturbance of the traffic
Mammoet performed the works in just one weekend.
To achieve this, a concrete hollow wall was prefabricated in
seven pieces of 18 meters long, seven meters high and weighing
160 tonnes about one kilometer away from the tunnel entrance.
During this weekend Mammoet transported the seven sections
Americas
Location Yerba Buena Island, San Francisco, California, USA
Job Skidding a 6,500-tonne bridge section into place
Challenge Uneven loadings, extremely accurate positioning,
traffic could only be interrupted for a limited time
Connecting two cities
To incorporate seismic safety features and update the look and
style of the Bay Bridge in San Francisco, California, the state is
building a new bridge one section at a time.
A new concrete bridge section (106 x 28 meters) weighing
6,500 tonnes was built next to the existing bridge. The idea
was to close the bridge for around three days, demolish the
old section and move the new section into place. Mammoet
proposed using the MSG heavy skid system to slide the bridge
into position. The setup included sixteen 600-tonne capacity
Mammoet World
Creating a bypass
at express speed
Mammoet positioned two large engineered constructions at weighing 600 tonnes. Because this line forms part of the national
Rugeley for the three kilometer long bypass that is to relieve this railway network, the construction had to be placed in express
small English town of traffic jams. The project was to place two time to restrict the disturbance to the rail traffic to a minimum.
tunnels underneath two existing railway lines. The first tunnel Mammoet constructed and tested the equipment, which consist-
under the line to the nearby power station was placed while ed of four skid tracks each 132.5 meters long, 12 push-pull units
overhaul work was being carried out on the power station. of 64 tonnes and 28 skid shoes of 600 tonnes with a low support
Mammoet had two weeks during this stop to sledge the concrete construction between them, during a prior preparation period of
bridge weighing 3,200 tonnes into position. Three months after ten days. The rail traffic was then stopped and within 36 hours
this successful operation the second engineered construction Mammoet had finished constructing the skid track, moved all
which consisted of three parts was put into place: two concrete parts 89 meters, and removed all the equipment, so that the rail
abutments each weighing 2,600 tonnes and a steel bridge deck traffic could resume the normal service over the new viaduct.
Building a wall
between the traffic
from the fabrication area to the tunnel entrance and position
them in a straight line in the middle of the tunnel entrance. There
was only one extra challenge: a viaduct over the highway with
headroom of 4,5 meters blocked the transport route. Before the
transport operation could start, the viaduct of 1,000 tonnes had
to be raised 3,5 meters. This was done during a normal working
day while the traffic drove underneath it. After all safety precau-
tions were taken the deck was lifted by using six x 500-tonne
climbing jacks. Once all preparations were finished, finally
the wall sections could be transported. On each side of a wall
section six axle lines of SPMT were positioned with a special final location. Once the seven hollow wall sections were installed,
lifting frame on top. Both lifting frames were connected to each they had to be filled with a total of 590 tonnes steel bars.
other straight through the wall. The wall section was lifted from Monday morning 05.00PM the highway was free for traffic as if
the ground and transported underneath the raised viaduct to its nothing happened.
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jacks and skid shoes placed under the main longitudinal
girders of the bridge. The bridge had to be installed on five
meter tall columns. This meant that heavy steel mats and
pipe supports had to be placed on top of the skid shoes
to provide the required height. Mammoet took only a little
over two hours to skid the bridge into place, completing
the work ahead of schedule. This meant that the bridge could
be reopened to traffic 11 hours earlier than expected, allowing
traffic to flow freely between the cities of San Francisco and
Oakland once again.
Location Vicksburg, Massachusetts, USA
Job Transporting a retired tugboat into the city
Challenge Steep slope
Mississippi tugboat
turned into a museum
The tugboat MV Mississippi IV (66 meters long, 1600 short The vessel was dry-docked and then picked up by 4 x 16 axle
tonnes) was retired 15 years ago. It will form the centerpiece of lines of SPMT with a total of 64 lines which had to traverse a
a museum in Vicksburg about the work of the US Army Corps of 9% slope to set it down on temporary supports for painting.
Engineers on the Mississippi River related to flood control and A few months later, 2 x 32 axle lines of SPMT transported the
improving navigation. tugboat to Vicksburg. The MV Mississippi IV is now resting on
Mammoet's role in the project was to lift the tugboat out of the temporary supports while the foundations are being built around it.
water, transport it to Vicksburg and set it onto the foundation. Mammoet will return later to place the vessel in its final position.
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Civil projects
Americas
Location Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Job Transporting and installing a bridge
Challenge Site conditions, availability of barges
Challenges,
big challenges
Mammoet was awarded the job of transporting a large arch
bridge (2,500 tonnes) from a fabrication yard in Providence,
Rhode Island, and installing it. The bridge was 125 meters
long and 50 meters wide. There were a number of challenges
to overcome during the three years over which the project
was prepared. The initial transport was difficult due to the
limited availability of large barges, a high dock at the fabrica-
tion yard and shallow water at the congested installation site.
Mammoet’s solution was to tie two barges together with
crane booms to create a catamaran. The bridge was
transferred with self-propelled transporters. Because of
the conditions at the yard and the installation site, nine
meters of cribbing had to be provided between the trailers
16 and the bridge. This was done with equipment from three
Mammoet bases.
Once delivered to the site, the three-arch bridge had to be
lifted into position using six towers and 900-tonne strandjacks.
This job also required a dredger, four tugboats, winches, pumps,
the tide and planning, lots of planning. Mammoet personnel
from Cambridge, Houston and Schiedam worked together
closely over five weeks. The project went smoothly and
received the Transport Job of the Year 2007 award by ESTA.
Location Surfside Beach, Texas USA
Job Relocate seven beachfront houses
away from severely eroded beach
Challenge Keeping the SPMTs from becoming stuck in the sand
Two major hurricanes struck the Gulf coast in 2005, causing
widespread devastation. Surfside Beach had eroded so severely
that dozens of beachfront homes were literally on top of the
water during high tide. Underground utilities now lay beneath
the waves and the homes themselves became unlivable as the
sand surrounding the piers the homes sat on, was being further
eroded away.
In order for a beach rehabilitation effort, all homes on the beach
needed to be demolished or moved elsewhere. Mammoet USA
was brought in to move seven houses to other locations in the
community. Since they were placed on piers, SPMTs could be
used to drive up under the houses and lift them off their piers.
2 x 6 axle lines of SPMT were used, each equipped with a pow-
erpack unit. Recycling dumpsters were used as spacers on top
of the trailers in order to reach the undersides of the houses.
Atop these dumpsters, 40’ steel mats were placed to create a
solid deck to lift them.
Sand was the ever present enemy. Plenty of steel plate was
necessary to help prevent the trailers from digging themselves
into the beach and to maintain traction when climbing from the
beach to the roadway. Some of the houses required additional
structural support to prevent total collapse during transport.
After four long days all seven homes rested on their new piers,
ready for their second life.
Location Ottawa, Canada
Job Replacing a complete freeway bridge
Challenge Relocating four bridge spans in 10 hours
A new freeway overpass... overnight!
In Canada's capital city of Ottawa, Mammoet was contracted by
a local construction company to provide SPMTs and hydraulic
jacking systems to replace a complete highway overpass.
As this bridge is typically used by over 150,000 vehicles every
day, it was important to replace the bridge quickly to minimize
the disruption to traffic. After the client built the two new bridge
spans beside the freeway, Mammoet lifted both of the old spans
Second life for storm
struck beach houses
Americas
off their abutments, transported them approximately 200 meters,
and set them down onto falsework where they were later demol-
ished. The SPMTs were then used to lift the new bridge spans
and transport them to their final position. The two old spans
were removed and the new ones installed in ten hours. The client
quickly paved the two spans and traffic was flowing over the new
bridges only two hours later!
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Mammoet World
Location East coast shipyard, Baltimore, USA
It was necessary to find an alternative solution. Given the
Job Moving a tugboat onto a barge
limited availability of heavy equipment on the East coast, it was
Challenge Shallow water decided to move the tug onto a barge. The barge would then
be towed to a graving dock where the tug could be floated.
The limited water depth at the shipyard made the operations
Boat on wheels
with the barge quite a challenge. Cradles were designed to jack
the tug boat up and to support the tug when she was on top of
the 56 axle lines of SPMT. The whole project was governed by
Last year, Mammoet relocated a number of barge modules from the tide which meant a very early start one morning for the
Rhode Island to a graving dock in Baltimore. More recently, the Mammoet personnel. The trailers moved the tug onto the barge
same customer had a 1,650-tonne, 45 meter tugboat to be and held it in position while the seafastenings were installed.
launched. The original plan of the shipyard, to load out the tug The barge was then towed from North Kingstown to a graving
onto the floating dry dock, didn’t work. The structural integrity dock in New York City. Once there, the seafastenings and
of the floating dry dock was not sufficient to handle the load. cradles were removed and the tugboat finally floated free.
Location Tamuín, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
Mammoet was awarded this project because its lift system had
Job Kiln replacement
a smaller footprint and more accurate control than the crawler
Challenge Accurate positioning, lifting plant with a small footprint crane a competitor proposed to use. The system included two
bases with double towers, two transverse Troll beams, cantilever
beams and 180-tonne strandjacks. To move the system along
Cement plant revamp
two axes each tower base was fitted with four bottle jacks on
skid shoes. The shoes traveled on four 67-meter runways along
the furnace. The transverse movement was provided by the
Mammoet replaced a 1,600-tonne cement kiln in 14 sections Troll beams. Each furnace section was lifted with the jacks and
with a maximum weight of 400 tonnes. The kiln sections were moved onto a 12-line Goldhofer trailer. The project amounted to 17
17 to 22 meters above ground level. The old furnace sections more than 10,000 man-hours over 45 days, with an excellent
were removed, after which new and refurbished sections were safety record. This was the first time the client had used a lifting
installed. Thirty truckloads of equipment were brought in from rig like this, which attracted the attention of the managers of
Houston, 900 kilometers away. some of their other sites around the world.
Location Beijing, China
Job Lifting in steel roof construction for the stadium
Challenge Lifting the heaviest sections for the construction
of the Olympic stadium
Olympic stadium decorates
the Beijing skyline
Mammoet lifted the heaviest sections for the construction of
the Olympic stadium in China’s capital city Beijing. The steel
construction of the stadium that is being built for the 2008
Olympic Games in Beijing has been given the nickname “the
Bird's nest”. During the Games, all eyes will often be focused
on the Bird’s nest which will also be the site for the opening
and closing ceremonies. The design is by the pair of Swiss
architects, Herzog and Meuron. The total construction costs
are 543 million dollars.
The stadium is 330 meters long, 220 meters wide and will
accommodate 100,000 spectators during the Games.
A total of 36 kilometers of steel was used for the roof,
with a total weight of 45,000 tonnes. Mammoet used a
CC 4800 to lift in the steel frames weighing 350 tonnes and
the roofing sections weighing 165 tonnes. A CC 2800 moved
the 115 tonnes roofing sections, and a CC 1800 provided
additional lifting support in the stadium.
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Offshore projects

Mammoet’s activities in the offshore industry include the accurate and safe execution of transport
solutions, load-ins and load-outs, and the assembly of very large and heavy items. The services
Mammoet offers seamlessly match the industry’s desire to assemble oil and natural gas production
platforms almost to the point of completion just before their final positioning at sea. The cases show
how the offshore industry benefits in all kinds of ways from Mammoet’s special services and its ability
Challenge The weight during the load-out
to move and lift large and heavy items at the yard.
Asia
Location Baku on the Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan
Job Pushing up two platforms
Challenge Five push-up operations in one year
Location Pasir Gudang, Malaysia
Job Transferring a spar and topsides to barges
Spar and topsides
load-outs
Mammoet used the Smart Skidding System to load a
13,000-tonne spar with a length of 144 meters onto a barge.
This took two days, using 30 skid shoes. One of the challenges
was that the weight had to be taken off the shoes as they
crossed the ramp onto the barge. A month later, Mammoet
loaded out the topside (4,100 tonnes, 44 meters long, 44 meters
high, 50 meters wide) at the same yard, using four 900-tonne
strandjacks, each equipped with 16 wires. As the module was
situated approximately 50 meters away from the quayside, the
130-meter pulling operation was divided into two phases. During
the first phase, the topside was pulled to quayside and during
the second phase, the module was loaded onto the barge.

The ballasting sequence of the barge was carefully calculated

Pushing up to the limit!

and required 56 ballast pumps with capacities ranging from
160 to 300 tonnes of water per hour. Mammoet provided a
system with significant equipment redundancy to avoid delays
Mammoet performed two 12.5 meter push-up operations in during this critical operation. Before the load-out, heavy ramps
Baku. The first platform had a topside weight of 15,500 tonnes. had been placed on the barge deck to distribute the load.
Once it had reached the required height, the load-out frame was An inaccurate tide prediction might have caused problems, but
installed and the topside was lowered down on the load-out Mammoet personnel had been monitoring the tidal movements
frame. The next platform had a topside weight of approximately for several days and anticipated this scenario.
13,500 tonnes.

The push-up operations were followed by load-outs using

the 1,000 cubic meter ballasting system and strandjacks.
Mammoet has now undertaken six push-up operations for this Location Gove, Australia
project which started in 2004. In 2007, in total, five push-up Job Transport and install all types of PAM’s
operations were performed by Mammoet. Apart from the project Challenge Extensive project
in Baku, Mammoet has worked on similar jobs in Singapore,
Indonesia and Malaysia, with platforms weighing 9,000 to 17,000

Major project in Australia

tonnes and a maximum jacking height of 16 meters. All projects
were completed using the dedicated push-up system developed
by Mammoet.
Mammoet worked on a major project at a new alumina refinery
in Gove, Australia. This new plant produces a capacity ranging
from 2 to 3,8 million tonnes of alumina per annum, enabling to
meet the increasing worldwide demand for alumina.
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Mammoet was contracted to:
• Load vessels in Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia
• Design grillages for PAM’s on vessels
• Discharge vessels in Gove/ Nhulunbuy with SPMTs
• Transport PAM’s with SPMTs to various area’s and lay
down area’s
• Install PAM’s/ SuperPAM’s with SPMTs and alignment
• Install tanks/ transformer bays with climbing jacks and
alignment
• Skidding Turbine/Generators sets and alignment

A total weight of 150,000 tonnes of different types of PAM’s is

shipped from various locations to Gove. In Gove all types of
PAM’s like washer tanks, thickener tanks, precipitation tanks,
agglomeration tanks and various process modules, pipe racks,
conveyors, stacks, sucstations, transformer bays, jacketed pipe

Impressive
Location Batam, Indonesia
units were successfully installed. Last but not least Mammoet
Job Push-up of a 16,800-tonne processing platform
installed the SuperPAM’s up to 28 meters wide, 50 meters long,

push-up performance
Challenge Use 12 x 2,400-tonne push-up towers for the operation 46 meters high weighing 3,500 tonnes. Mammoet has also raised
the record for the heaviest transported object in Australia from
1,500 tonnes to 4,000 tonnes.

The Arthit Field Development Project is an important new venture

for the offshore oil extraction in the Gulf of Thailand. The first
phase of this project has almost been completed and many parts
have already been positioned. The last step is the installation of
the central processing platform, that is being constructed in a
yard of a renowned company in the offshore industry in Batam,
Indonesia.
Mammoet was contracted to jack up this platform weighing
16,800 tonnes and position a deck support frame underneath.
Mammoet used its own developed computer controlled push-up
system, which had already been used successfully in Baku,
Azerbaijan and Singapore, for this project. Mammoet deployed
12 x 2,400-tonne push-up towers, 44 axle lines of SPMT and
8 x 150-tonne climbing jacks for the push-up, as well as two
separate teams for jacking up and installing the deck support
frame. The whole operation took five days. During this period,
including 265 tonnes of temporary supports, more than 17,000
tonnes was jacked up over 12 meters. A fine push-up record
for Mammoet, however, seeing the trend to increasingly larger
modules, will undoubtedly be beaten very soon.
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Offshore projects
Asia
Location Map Ta Phut, Thailand and Haugesund, Norway
Job Weighing and load-out of offshore module
Weighed weight
Challenge Two modules simultaneously on the same trailer
on wheels
Mammoet was awarded the order for the load-out of offshore
modules in Map Ta Phut in Thailand by a Thai manufacturer.
The modules had to be transported to Norway, where they will
be finished before being deployed in the Norwegian part of the
North Sea for the extraction of oil and gas.
The modules were weighed by using Mammoet’s high-capacity
weighing system before the load-out to determine their exact
weight and their centre of gravity in order to decide how best to
distribute the load over the trailers and for the ballasting of the
ship. A special circumstance was that the 80-meter long module
consisted of two parts that were connected to each other with
hinges. This meant that care had to be taken when both
weighing the two parts and when moving the load to prevent
the parts from touching each other.
Weighing, using 600-tonne jacks and load cells, showed that
the combination weighed 3,300 tonnes. This meant that the
Thailand load-out record of 1,000 tonnes, that was already
held by Mammoet, was broken. The module was then ridden
from the construction site to the ship using 118 axle lines
of SPMT without a problem, followed by the load-out of
a 500-tonne module and a 70-tonne skid drum.
With Mammoet also being responsible, the whole operation was
carried out in the reverse order at the offloading in Haugesund,
Norway. During this transfer, the large cargo vessel was continually
ballasted so that its deck remained relatively level with the quay
according to the transfer of weight and tidal variation. Mammoet
also used their SPMTs. A big advantage here was that Mammoet
knew exactly what it was taking on because of its
earlier experiences with the load-out.
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Job Reactor load-in
Challenge Continuous ballast adjustment
Beach landing
A reactor for a process plant was transported by barge from The barge was beached and ballasted and the reactor was
India to Malaysia where Mammoet unloaded it and transported unloaded across its stern, across a linkspan bridge, onto
it to the site. the road. During this operation the ballast of the barge was
The reactor and its transport frame had a combined weight of continuously adjusted to offset the changes in load and tidal
1,355 tonnes. Mammoet was responsible for the ballasting and movement. The reactor was then picked up with 3 x 18 axle
mooring calculations for the barge (91.5 x 27.5 x 5.5 meters). lines of SPMT and transported to the lay-down area.
Mammoet World
Europe
Location Lerwick, Shetland Islands, UK
Job Load-in of a 8,738-tonne support frame
Challenge Difficult environment, tidal range, weight
Mooring and ballasting
a barge during offloading
An 8,728-tonne module support frame had to be transferred from
a barge to a decommissioning slab. Mammoet was responsible
for the mooring and ballasting of the barge during the offloading
and for providing the trailers.
A project of this scale in a harsh environment, with an extremely
heavy load, and 1.5 meter tide demanded the best in planning,
safety measures, equipment and crew. A total of 358 axle lines of
SPMT, 36 submersible ballast pumps, six mooring winches and
over 450 tonnes of support equipment and ramps were used for
this project. After ten days of preparations, the trailers were
assembled, the supports put into place, the mooring winches
rigged, the ballast pumps assembled and tested and the
offloading ramp put into place. The offloading started after a test
lift. The frame first had to be moved on the barge, and then from
the barge onto concrete supports on the quay. This took five
hours, one hour less than expected.
Location Kaliningrad, Russia
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Job Load-out of 10,200-tonne Fixed Offshore Off-loading Terminal
Using 432 axle lines
Challenge Loading taken by the quay and the harbor bed, mobilizing
large number of axle lines
of SPMT!
Mammoet took on the order for the load-out of a prefabricated The first load-out was the terminal superstructure weighing
Fixed Offshore Ice-Resistant Off-loading Terminal (FOIROT) for 10,200 tonnes. Mammoet had positioned a pontoon with
a large Russian oil company. This large terminal of 53 x 53 x mooring winches in the correct position for the load-out earlier
45 meters, the first of its kind in the world, will be sited in the and ballasted this very precisely on the harbor bed on the
Barents Sea, where tankers will load oil 22 kilometers off the specially constructed grounding pad. The terminal was placed
coast. Mammoet was involved in the project at an early stage, on the pontoon in one day using the SPMTs following a very
and carried out the engineering to strengthen the quay and the thorough lifting and transport plan, a job that required the
harbor bed so that these would be able to cope with the utmost from the collaborating SPMT operators, the Mammoet
enormous loading. load-out operators, and the ballasting operators of the
A challenge also was getting the no less than 432 axle lines of pontoon. The load-out of the loading platform, weighing 1400
SPMT together that were necessary for the load-out. They tonnes, on a second pontoon followed a few days later. This
were brought to Schiedam from all corners of the world, and operation was carried out using 54 axle lines of SPMT and
from there all the equipment was shipped to Kaliningrad. The went without a hitch with the help of Mammoet’s computer
customer provided the pontoons. controlled ballasting system.
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Offshore projects Offshore project

Americas Middle East

Location Houston, Texas, USA
Job Transferring a 1,450-tonne compression module
Compression Location Caspian Sea, Kazakhstan
Job Driving some 70 piles
Challenge Negotiating a steep slope
module load-out Challenge Handling large piles

Pile driving with

The client had built a 1,450-tonne compression module in their
fabrication yard on the Houston Ship Channel. This was the

a CC 12600
heaviest module they have built to date. Transferring the module
from the yard to a barge would have been relatively straight­
forward, had it not been for a fairly steep earthen ramp between
two parts of the site. Mammoet engineers determined the most Mammoet installed around 70 piles (length 88 meters,
economical and safest solution to strengthen the ramp for this diameter 2.6 meters, weight 328 tonnes) for an oil production
load-out. On the first day of the project, the module was picked project in the Caspian Sea. A CC 12600 crane was fitted with
up by 2 x 24 axle lines of SPMT and taken down the ramp to the a 114 meter main boom and installed on a special designed
quay. The size of the barge posed some challenges and actually construction barge. Once on site, the crane first had to unload
required the Channel to be closed for four hours during the load- the piles from a supply barge and then upright them and
out. The next day the transporters moved the module onto the place them in a guide frame. This required the installation of
barge, a job they finished well before lunch, thereby ensuring five auxiliary winches to keep the piles under control while
that the Channel was not closed longer than necessary. uprighting them.
The teamwork between the client's and Mammoet's personnel
ensured that the whole project progressed smoothly and safely. The piles were driven in two stages. A diesel hammer was
used for the first 20 meters and then replaced by a hydraulic
pile-driving hammer until the pipe was approximately 19 meters
above sea level. Once the piles were installed, the crane fitted
Mammoet’s strandjack units to their tops which will later be

Platform lift using

Location Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela
used to lift barge modules.
Job Lifting the main deck of a production platform

wide portals
Challenge Portal span For the second stage of this project, Mammoet will also be
involved in placing barges by using strandjacks which are built
into containers for protection and winterization during the time
Mammoet was awarded the contract for lifting the main deck of the barges will be hanging onto piles.
a large production platform so that it could be combined with the
production deck. The width of the production deck, 55 meters,
required a new solution for positioning the strandjacks as beams
of the required length were not available. Hence a special portal
was designed to lift the main deck (76 by 34 meters, weight
950 tonnes) using six strandjacks. New components for the
lifting rig were built in the USA and the Netherlands and it took
just over three weeks to assemble the portals on site. The main
deck was first weighed to determine the center of gravity. It was
Power project
then lifted 10 meters and placed onto temporary supports so
that the client could install a skid track. The deck was then lifted
22 another six meters and the production deck was skidded under- 23
neath it after which time the two decks were connected to each
other. The whole project went smoothly and involved Mammoet
Engineering in the Netherlands, Mammoet USA, Mammoet
Venezuela and Mammoet Trinidad. Modules for power plants are highly specialized facilities that are manufactured by just a few firms. In many cases, the heavy
and outsized modules need complex transportation to reach their destinations, be it by road, rail or sea. For such demanding
jobs, customers prefer an end-to-end, safe solution, so that’s what Mammoet offers. These cases highlight several aspects of
Mammoet’s strong reputation in the power industry and its wealth of experience in all segments, from fossil fuel and nuclear
power plants to facilities using sustainable energy sources such as wind.
Location Sao Roque, Paraguacu, Brazil
Job Topsides load-out
Challenge Large tidal range

Europe
Topsides over the side Location Cuxhaven on the North Sea coast, Germany
Job Installing two prototype wind turbines
LR 11350 places huge wind
turbine nacelle in a single lift
This project involved the load-out of two topsides modules Challenge Placing a 325-tonne load at a height of 120 meters
(weight: 7,203 and 5,724 tonnes) of an oil production platform.
The modules were skidded onto a barge, across its side. As the
tidal range was almost two meters, this was an ideal opportunity Mammoet used a brand new LR 11350 crane to assemble two
to use the Mammoet 1,000 m3 computer-controlled ballasting prototype offshore wind turbines at a test yard near Cuxhaven.
system. This system automatically compensates for the tides Normally, the nacelle (generator housing) is installed on the mast
to keep the barge deck at a constant level relative to the quay. in three sections. However, this crane made it possible to install
The great benefit of this is that the loading operations are the unit in one lift of 325 tonnes. Just after Mammoet's new
independent of the tide. crane had been assembled on the job site, a heavy storm struck.
It took only four days to install the ballasting system with Once the weather improved it was loaded with over 500 tonnes
25 ballast pumps (each with a capacity of 1,000 cubic metres of ballast. The 114 meter boom was fitted with a 12 meter
per hour) and its controls on the barge. The linkspan bridges, heavy-duty jib.
skid beams, strandjacks and strandwires were installed at the
same time. After a final safety meeting, the first module
(7,203 tonnes) was loaded out in 4.5 hours. After that, it took The mast was installed first, which included a section weighing
a few days to reposition nine ballast pumps and the other 168 tonnes. The wind turbine machine housing weight was 316
equipment for the next load-out. The transfer of the second tonnes, resulting in a total lift of 325 tonnes, once fitted with the
module (5,724 tonnes) went even more quickly: 3.5 hours. rigging and cross beam. It took the LR 11350 less than an hour
to lift the unit onto the 120-meter mast for installation.
After that, the crane, with a total weight of 1,150 tonnes, travelled
300 meters, fully rigged and with all the counterweights, to the
site where the second turbine was installed. This project clearly
demonstrated the time savings which can be made with
Mammoet's new crane.
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Power projects
Europe
Location Fljotsdalur, Iceland
Job Weak and narrow bridges, icy roads, narrow tunnels
Transporting transformers
Challenge Portal span
for a hydroelectricity project
Europe's largest hydroelectric powerstation is currently being
built in Iceland. Mammoet was commissioned to transport the
transformers 80 kilometers from the quayside into tunnels in
a mountain. This involved crossing two narrow bridges with
a limited load capacity. In one case, the clearance was only
2.5 centimeters. The equipment was specially selected to limit
both the load on each axle and the total load. The transformers
were transported at night as the road had to be closed.
Other challenges on the way included icy roads, hair-pin bends
and inclines. Once on site, the equipment was modified for use
in the tunnels. It took two right-angle turns to reach the trans-
former bays where the transformers were finally positioned using
skids and jacks. Obviously, the Mammoet team had carefully
surveyed the tunnels and drawn up detailed plans in advance.
All the units were transported and installed in just one week.
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Location Castejon, Spain
Job Installation of a generator and transformer
Challenge Limited headroom
Powerstation in Spain
Mammoet was commissioned to install a 351-tonne generator
inside the turbine hall and a 274-tonne transformer outside of
a powerstation. This job required nine truckloads of equipment
from the base in the Netherlands, which included two gantry
beams with a length of 24 meters.
First, the generator was brought into the turbine hall and placed
on a set of temporary supports. The client then undertook some
work on the transformer. Once the overhead crane had been
moved out of the way, there was just enough space to assemble
all the Mammoet equipment. The transformer was then lifted up,
skidded into position and placed onto the foundation with
millimeter accuracy.
The next job, outdoors, was to rotate the transformer 90 degrees
with a turntable, place it on temporary supports, install the
wheels and then lower it onto the transformer track and pull
it into position. This part of the project, from unloading the
Mammoet equipment on site to loading it again, only took two
and a half days. A similar generator has since been installed at
another site in Spain for the same client.
Mammoet World
Americas
Location Watts Bar, Tennessee, USA
Job Exchange of four steam generators
Challenge Limited allowable axle loadings and space
Steam generator
exchange
Mammoet’s PTC crane was supplied for the exchange of four
steam generators, a job that was awarded to Mammoet USA.
In the Port of Savannah the containers of the PTC were arrived.
Due to the limited allowable axle loadings on American highways,
about half of the containers had to be unpacked and re-loaded
onto other trucks in the Port of Savannah. It took three weeks,
121 trucks, and three railcars to get all the material on site.
Because no storage room was available inside the plant itself, all
containers were off-loaded in a storage area outside the security
zone of the plant. Here the containers were further dismantled in
various smaller sections that had to be transported inside in the
correct sequence. It took less than three weeks to erect the crane
with 75-meter main boom and 39-meter jib.
The positioning of the assist cranes also required careful planning
because of the limited space. In a period of three weeks, PTC lifted
part of the concrete dome of the reactor, removed the steel liner,
exchanged the four steam generators, and replaced the liner and
concrete dome. Each steam generator weighed 435 tonnes and the
maximum reach was 52.2 meters.
Location Jensen Beach, Florida, USA
Job Replacing reactor head and steam generators
Challenge First project for CWS; designing and building two gantries
Brand new
using CWS in confined space; transport with minimal clearances
Containerized Winch System
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Mammoet USA was contracted to replace one 110-tonne
reactor head and two 500-tonne steam generators in a plant in
Jensen Beach, Florida. The items had to be removed from the
reactor building and transported to designated storage areas.
The plant was originally not designed for changing all this major
equipment. Mammoet designed a temporary crane inside the
building, an elevated skid system through an opening cut in the
wall, and an overhead lifting gantry outside in order to be able
to perform the work. Both the temporary crane and outside
gantry were fitted with the new 650-tonne Containerized Winch
System (CWS). The CWS was specially designed for this type
of work and provided a fast operational solution. Another major
challenge was the transportation of the steam generators. The
only transportation route was located between two buildings,
and was only a few centimeters wider than the vessels. Besides
this, we negotiated a turn between the buildings and underneath
a large overhead crane.
The client and plant owners were very pleased with this
solution, which meant the overhead crane did not have to
be dismantled, saving time and costs.
More information about the CWS on page 6
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Salvage projects BTS projects

Mammoet Salvage is a division within Mammoet. The salvage division is manned by salvage experts BTS is a professional and flexible company with more than 20 years’ experience in the field of maritime
with proven records of success across the world. With the synergy of know-how, insight, daring and service on inland and coastal waters. By ongoing investment in people and material, BTS anticipate rapidly the
self-confidence, Mammoet Salvage is in a unique position to develop and implement smart solutions by using needs and developments in the market. This, along with close cooperation with the client, enables us to offer
innovative solutions and taking the responsibility for major salvage projects. This knowledge and expertise is a solution for all your maritime lifting and transport questions.
linked to the virtually unlimited heavy-lifting and transport capabilities of Mammoet, its staff and equipment.
That is the power of united experience and of Mammoet Salvage. When it comes to salvage at sea, the goal is
to be the best maritime service provider. Whatever the job. Wherever it takes us. We will succeed.

Having the ideal mix; Fokko Ringersma Location Ghent, Belgium

smart solutions, united experience
Mammoet Salvage was born in the spring of 2006.
One and a half years later the young salvage
company has already carried out a number of
orders and is now a full-fledged market player that
surprises both friends and foes with solutions that
have never been seen before. Yet again proof of the
united experience by which Mammoet manages to
distinguish itself in so many areas.
“Mammoet Salvage got off to a flying start last year with orders
from all corners of the world”, says Managing Director Fokko
Ringersma, with a really big order coming at the end of the year:
the salvaging of the Safmarine Agulhas in South Africa. “We have
already fulfilled the global ambition that we had envisaged for
Mammoet Salvage right from the start.
Our aim in the first year was to put our name on the map and
become known to the insurers in London so that we could com-
pete for tenders. Fortunately, we were not only allowed to tender,
but we also received the order. We have now successfully com-
pleted the salvage in South Africa, within the agreed time and
budget, and to the full satisfaction of the customer.”
Managing Director Mammoet Salvage
Ideal mix
The secret of the success lies in Mammoet’s special approach.
“We arrive at completely surprising new ideas and techniques
because we possess the ideal mix: the united experience of
specialists that think in terms of onshore, in terms of lifting,
together with the salvage specialists of Mammoet Salvage,
who often have a maritime background and also think from
that tradition. This means that we arrive at clever solutions
making optimum use of each other’s knowledge and techniques-
techniques that are already available, but that nobody in the
established world of salvaging applies because they are used
to thinking, among other things, in terms of diving. Diving is
always the weak link in such an operation. The human factor
gets involved and you are vulnerable to such factors as wind,
currents, temperature and visibility. We eliminate these risk
factors by looking for technical solutions that are usually quicker
and cheaper. Apart from this we already have a lot of equipment
in-house, while salvage companies have to rent equipment.
All this, together with our worldwide network of local
representatives, gives us an advantage over others.”
Own developments
Fine examples of innovative solutions that Mammoet has
developed specially for salvage orders are the chain pullers
for the salvage of the Safmarine Agulhas, and the Deep Water
Recovery System (DWRS),
remote controlled underwater
cranes, that were deployed
for salvaging the cargo of
aluminum on board the sunken
Runner 4. While developing
these solutions it was
apparent how fruitful the
interaction is between the wide range
of specialisms and specialists at Mammoet. “We thought up
a completely different solution for salvaging the cargo from the
aluminum ship with our remote controlled system, which did
not involve any divers, than would have been proposed by the
established salvage industry. That illustrates the different way
of thinking at Mammoet, which is possible due to the innovative
strength and the capacities in the fields of engineering and
equipment.” Thanks to the successful approach, Mammoet
Salvage is on course. It is now working hard to strengthen and
improve its position, including forming collaborative associations
with tug owners. The framework to be able to act immediately
is already in place at various strategic places around the world.
“If there is an emergency, we can sail out straightaway, without
first having to negotiate.” Ringersma would like to negotiate
more such agreements. “We do not have the ambition to
maintain a whole fleet of tugs ourselves.”
Job Salvage of sunken vessel
Unexpected help while
Challenge Offer a quick solution with a coordinated effort
scrapping the Seatrader
Together with third parties, BTS salvaged the wreck of the RoRo
ship, Seatrader, within a few weeks. The Seatrader was moored
alongside the quay in Ghent to be scrapped by a Belgium
demolition company. During the demolition work, the front of the
ship broke off the main body and a few hours later the ship had
sunk in about 12 meters of water.
During the combined operation, the salvage company first used
underwater metal-cutting torches to cut the bow section loose
from the main body. This was then raised by the floating derrick
Amsterdam and placed on the quay. The middle and stern
sections were then tackled. The remains of the ship were made
buoyant by pumping air into the top tanks. The middle and stern
sections of the ship were transported to the slipway belonging
to the demolition company with the help of a floating derrick and
some tugs, after which time the ship could be scrapped as planned.
Location River Seine, Paris, France
Job Lap of honor for prize-winning train
Challenge Provide the necessary equipment for transporting
a TGV in a very special manner

TGV over the Seine

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The French TGV, type V150, that had improved the rail speed (draft 2.65 meters) in order to be able to pass all the bridges
Location Gulf of Finland

A new dimension
record to 574.8 kilometers per hour, made a lap of honor over over the Seine. After loading the locomotive (110 tonnes) and the
Job Salvaging a load of aluminum
the Seine in Paris in the Whitsun weekend of 2007 to celebrate car (60 tonnes), the pontoon was ready to begin the lap of honor
Challenge Great depth, deployment of new technology,

weather conditions
Mammoet Salvage carried out a successful and unique salvage
operation in the Gulf of Finland, halfway between Finland and
Estonia. The insurers had placed an order for salvaging a
valuable cargo of alumina ingots from a depth of 90 meters
from the wreck of the Runner 4, a cargo boat that had sunk
after a collision. Making use of its many disciplines, Mammoet
developed an ingenious in-house Deep Water Recovery System
(DWRS) specially designed for this salvage operation.
The core of this system consists of remote operated underwater
excavators, using parts from standard excavators.
The excavating arm is mounted on a 12-meter high foot with
legs that rest on the seabed. The arm is fitted with a camera,
special suckers, and long cables connected to the cabin located
to salvage
at the surface. Two of these systems were deployed from
a specially equipped pontoon for the salvage operation. As well
as the cabins, the pontoon also had two control room containers
for controlling the underwater cranes, some forklift trucks, and
two MPC cranes used to lower the DWRS and lift up the
salvaged cargo. The salvage operation was carried out
completely using remote operated vehicle technology, without
the use of divers. After the deck cranes and the hatches of the
ship had been removed, the operators operated the arms from
the control rooms on the basis of sonar and camera images
that were displayed on computer screens. They picked up
ingot after ingot and placed these in baskets, which the MPC
cranes then lifted up. In this way the crew of 30 men, working
this achievement. BTS supplied the pontoon Zeevang for the over the Seine and in front of the head office of the SNCF.
French Railways because there was no pontoon of this size
(65 x 11.40 meters) to be found in France. BTS brought the The pontoon was moored right in front of the Eiffel tower, where
pontoon by sea from Schiedam, the Netherlands, to Le Havre, a second tug assisted in approaching the shore head on.
France where a subcontractor took over the pontoon and sailed The pontoon was then raised back to a height of 2.15 meters
it to Gennevilliers. There, the pontoon was ballasted with to allow all those interested in admiring the super train from
1,100 tonnes of river water to give a freeboard of 60 centimeters close by, to come on board safely during the next 10 days.
in shifts around the clock, was able to salvage 3,200 of the
5,300 tonnes of aluminum until the weather became too bad
to continue. Mammoet Salvage has added a new dimension Location Berlin, Germany
to salvage with this innovation: unloading ships at a depth of Job Installing a 150 meter bridge
more than eighty meters without using divers! Mammoet’s Challenge Tight clearances
innovative DWRS will undoubtedly prove its unique value many
more times in the future.
More information about the DWRS on page 6

Building a bridge in Berlin

Innovative salvage
Location East London, South Africa
A new bridge was built across the river Spree in the
Job Removal of a huge wreck
Oberschöneweide district of Berlin. The overall bridge

Challenge Difficult location and environmental aspects
Mammoet Salvage won the tender put out by the insurance com-
panies for the quick, safe, and especially environmentally-friendly
salvaging of the wreck weighing 17,000 tonnes. This 184-meter
long container ship had run aground off East London in South
Africa and lay in two parts against the harbor pier. It was the first
large order for the just set up Mammoet Salvage. The innovative
solution, the presence of our own heavy mobile cranes in South
Africa, and the ‘Black Empowered’ status of collaborating partner
Mammoet Southern Africa were contributory reasons for the
awarding of the contract. Mammoet also made use of a well-
known South African demolition company. Mammoet began by
laying a track on the pier, on which three self-propelled portal
cranes were installed. These cranes, with a capacity of
450 tonnes each, were used for various lifting jobs, including
salvaging part of the 100 containers that were still on board.
of stranded vessel
The cranes also lifted the accommodation section and parts
sticking out above the water ashore after these had been cut into
sections using cutting torches. Prior to this, the last of the oil had
been removed from the wreck with a skimmer.
Mammoet had developed a totally new solution for salvaging
both parts of the ship’s hull: a puller system, consisting of eight
300-tonne chain pullers that were set up on the pier. The remains
of the bow section of the ship weighing 2,000 tonnes were first
pulled out of the water using this puller system. After the bow
section had been dismantled on shore, the smaller but much
heavier stern section, containing 46 containers as well as the
ship’s engines, was pulled onto the pier. This section of the ship
weighing 8,000 tonnes had also been cleared up by the end of
May, so that Mammoet was able to complete this order before
the heavy autumn storms would have the coast in their grip.
span was approximately 150 meters and its central pylon
had a height of some 40 meters.
The bridge deck was delivered in two sections, one 67 meters
long and weighing 170 tonnes and one 80 meters long and
weighing 190 tonnes. The Mammoet IBIS (crane pontoon)
started by installing the pylon. After that it was changed over
to the Superlift configuration to install the two deck sections.
Installing the first deck section required moving it 15 meters
through the pylon with a clearance of only 26 millimeters on
each side. After this job the IBIS removed an old bridge in
Saint Omer, Northern France, together with the floating derrick
Phoenix. The Phoenix installed the new replacement bridge.