ALE has transported the clients’ heaviest Out of Gauge (OOG) units through Atyrau, Kazakhstan’s oil capital.
ALE was awarded the turnkey scope of delivering three spent catalyst hoppers from the fabrication yard to Atyrau Refinery in Atyrau. The hoppers comprised of five parts weighing 814t in total.
ALE provided the full engineering scope, including the stability checks, lashing and jacking calculations, saddles proposals, transport arrangements and all civil infrastructure works.
ALE jacked-up the cargo using four hydraulic 130t jacks and six man lifts from the ground to the suitable height for the 24 axle lines of SPMTs to drive underneath the saddles of the cargo.
The heavy pieces were transported in convoy through the city center of Atyrau on conventional trailers and SPMTs under police escort. In order to minimise disruption to the citizens, transportation was conducted only on Sundays and outside of peak hours.
