Mammoet News EMD: Striking investments Jan van Seumeren jr, CTO, oversees the EMD department and is technically responsible for Mammoet’s worldwide equipment fleet, including development, maintenance and availability through well-balanced logistics. Of course this equipment meets the corporate standards for safety and quality. A special domain of his tasks is the purchase of additional equipment, as well as trade of overhauled equipment.
Jan van Seumeren jr., CTO.
One of the most striking expansions of the Mammoet equipment fleet has to do with the SPMTs. What will be their first job? “The delivery of 258 new SPMT axle lines has almost been completed as this issue goes to press. This brings Mammoet’s SPMT fleet to a total of more than 900 axle lines. Although the new SPMTs are of the latest, third generation, they can be linked to existing equipment without any problems. A striking new feature is the increase of the maximum load per axle line to 40 tonnes. Immediately upon delivery and acceptance tests the new SPMTs head for the extreme conditions in Sakhalin, Russia, where they will perform various transports of modules on a 24 hrs / 7 days a week base. The SPMTs join other Mammoet equipment
already at work there, including a few dozen towvehicles and ground infrastructure preparation equipment.” A second example of fleet expansion is the order for a third Platform Twin Ring Containerized. When will this crane start its revenue business? “The market developments call for additional heavy lift capacity and we respond with this third PTC, to be commissioned in May 2005. The 1600 tonnes capacity crane is Mammoet’s seventh ring crane and one of the largest in the world. The main advantage in the PTC’s design it is its simple transport of all crane sections as standard 20 or 40 ft containers, with a maximum of 30.4 tonne per section. The containerized sections thus need no special transport arrangements, saving time and cost. The PTC is easy to handle and can operate in congested areas. The crane has been designed mainly to erect columns, for example in operational plants that have only limited space to rig and operate and for longer construction projects which require quick movements of heavy loads. The PTC’s rigid and sturdy ring construction enables such quick movements; the crane can be relocated within one day using its own
crawlers. The superlift configuration is unique and allows for heavier loads to be lifted. The ballast is connected to winches and positioned on the ring. The winches are used to lift the ballast and extend it behind the ring. Using the superlift, there is no need to dismantle ballast blocks once the load has been lifted and transferred to its new position. Load after load can be lifted and repositioned and after each lift the ballast is placed back on the ring before the crane moves on to a new position for the next lift. A perfect solution that fits our corporate ambitions: to be the best under any circumstance.”
Expansion Heavy Lift Terminal “When we look upon these huge and massive objects, we feel moved by Mammoet ourselves”
Mammoet Exhibits! Go-Expo Oil and Gas Exhibition June 7 - 9, 2005, Calgary, Alberta
Oil Sands Trade Show
Mammoet’s Heavy Lift Terminal near the headquarters in Schiedam is definitely a highly successful concept. It plays a pivot role in the worldwide logistics for heavy equipment in the Mammoet fleet. Currently, another 23,000 square meter of space is added for the storage and handling of this heavy equipment. Services are also available for third parties. An existing dock is filled and a harbor crane here will then be moved to a more efficient location. With such terminals, Mammoet increases its logistic versatility, aiming at the complete coverage of the chain from manufacturer to foundations.
September 14 & 15, 2005, Fort McMurray, Alberta
Southern African International Oil and Gas Exhibition September 26 - 29, 2005, Johannesburg, South Africa
Hadi Arabai Sales Manager, Middle East
QSE Acknowledgements On January 31 2005, Mammoet’s Terneuzen Branch had the honour of receiving the EH&S Contractor Award 2004 from Dow Benelux B.V., Terneuzen. Every year Dow Benelux B.V. presents two awards to its contractors: the EH&S Contractor Award, which purely relates to safety and the General Contractor Award which also addresses a wide variety of other issues. Mammoet won the latter award in 2003 and came second this year with a difference of just 0.1 point from the winner. Mammoet has often won a Dow award in the past: the Safety awards for 1989 and 1991 and the General awards for 1999 and 2003. Jan Karreman,Terneuzen Branch Manager, explains: “We are accustomed to high-level operations and we are very pleased with the results of the past years. Nevertheless, achieving a first or second place provides us that something extra. It is an acknowledgement of our constant striving to achieve further improvements in quality and safety. Issues we are not prepared to make any concessions whatsoever. In fact, these endeavors have become fully integrated in the daily work of all our staff. We are engaged in high-risk work. Consequently, we focus on as the improvement of our knowledge and skills, beneath aspects like conduct, attitude and, above all, mentality.”
-Mammoet World 2005
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Swift growth in Canada Mammoet Crane Inc. has just completed their second full year of operations in Alberta. Mammoet Crane Inc., has been widely accepted in the crane rental market in Western Canada and have enjoyed very exciting and busy times! As of December 31, 2004, Mammoet Crane Inc. was operating 46 hydraulic cranes ranging in size from 8 tonne to 500 tonne from two locations, Edmonton and Fort McMurray. But expansion was on the horizon and in late 2004, Mammoet Crane Inc. was awarded a 5-year maintenance contract. The contract involves the supply of cranes for maintenance, shutdowns and various capital projects for eight facilities throughout the province of Alberta. The award of this contract has spurred the opening of a new Mammoet branch in Calgary which opened its doors February 15, 2005. Because of this increased works throughout Alberta, our hydraulic crane fleet will be growing to over 100 cranes by June of this year. Our continuous and swift growth in the crane industry has been made possible by the huge support given to us by our ever increasing client base.