Original news was published on 25 August, 2016

Project cargo firm ALE has transported three out-of-gauge catalyst hoppers to Atyrau Refinery in western Kazakhstan.

The turnkey project involved transport of 814 tonnes of cargo and included 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,” a spokesperson for ALE said.

The spent catalyst hoppers were each comprised of five parts and were transported in convoy through the center of Atyrau on conventional trailers and self propelled modular trailers under police escort.

ALE has completed a number of recent heavy cargo transports in Kazakhstan’s oil sector. The firm focuses on heavy-lift projects in oil and gas, civil, nuclear, offshore, renewables, petrochemical, ports, marine, minerals and metals and mining.

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