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Massive hydraulic pile driving hammer loaded in the Port of Hamburg
A MENCK MHU 3500S hydraulic pile driving hammer, weighing more than 580 tonnes, and bound for the Burbo Bank wind farm in the Irish Sea off Liverpool, was recently transshipped at the handling facilities of Hamburg-based Wallmann & Co's universal terminal.
The heavy lift equipment will drive monopiles into the seabed for the wind power units being erected off the coast of England. These act as the support structure ensuring that all units are firmly and securely lodged in the sea, according to a Port of Hamburg statement.
The main components of the hydraulic hammer were brought by land and sea to the Wallmann transshipment terminal in Hamburg for final assembly and loading onto the 3,900-dwt freighter Abis Belfast using the terminal's own special cranes.
Trained Menck staff assembled the equipment on board the vessel. Loading, stowing and securing the gigantic Menck pile driving hammer called for precise manoeuvring to the last millimetre. Including final assembly, the complete loading process lasted almost nine hours.
"Direct proximity to the Port of Hamburg, with all the storage and transshipment facilities, is of immense importance for us," said Menck logistics manager Thorsten Koch. "Wallmann also offers us excellent interim storage and assembly facilities, especially with the complex logistics involved in the transport processes for our particularly large and heavy pieces of equipment. This simplifies exports all over the world," he said.
The heavy lift equipment will drive monopiles into the seabed for the wind power units being erected off the coast of England. These act as the support structure ensuring that all units are firmly and securely lodged in the sea, according to a Port of Hamburg statement.
The main components of the hydraulic hammer were brought by land and sea to the Wallmann transshipment terminal in Hamburg for final assembly and loading onto the 3,900-dwt freighter Abis Belfast using the terminal's own special cranes.
Trained Menck staff assembled the equipment on board the vessel. Loading, stowing and securing the gigantic Menck pile driving hammer called for precise manoeuvring to the last millimetre. Including final assembly, the complete loading process lasted almost nine hours.
"Direct proximity to the Port of Hamburg, with all the storage and transshipment facilities, is of immense importance for us," said Menck logistics manager Thorsten Koch. "Wallmann also offers us excellent interim storage and assembly facilities, especially with the complex logistics involved in the transport processes for our particularly large and heavy pieces of equipment. This simplifies exports all over the world," he said.
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