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Sheerlegs Teamwork Combine on Precision Lift Operation

01 Jun 2004

Smit Heavy Lift has undertaken a series of lifts in the Port of Rotterdam discharging the Chinese cargo barge Sainty 1 , which was laden with 18 inland vessels and barges. This was the fourth such discharge of its type, performed on behalf of Chinese shipbuilders STIG .

A total of five sheerlegs were involved lifting inland vessels from the cargo barge on which they had been towed from China to Rotterdam.
A total of five sheerlegs were involved lifting inland vessels from the cargo barge on which they had been towed from China to Rotterdam.

The large ocean going tug SmitWijs Singapore hadtowed the cargo barge from China to Rotterdam. The discharge operation utilised sheerlegs with capacities of up to 1,500 tonnes, including the Taklift 3 . The largest of the inland vessels had a weight of 1,950 tonnes. The lift-off was a challenge due to the vessel's weight, the need to lift from multiple stations and to position pad-eyes at specific points to distribute forces. A total of five sheerlegs were involved in this lift. Extensive pre-engineering was required.

The vessel was 130m long and the multiple lift required precision working with very little room to manoeuvre.

MJ Information No: 19581

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A total of five sheerlegs were involved lifting inland vessels from the cargo barge on which they had been towed from China to Rotterdam.

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