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The heavy lift vessel Anne-Sofie is seen here discharging a 350 ton unit. The cargo was loaded in Taragonna and is destined for the Total refinery. It is part of a 1 billion investment by Total in the Antwerp refinery which is the second largest refinery in Europe. The total project will involve 5 ship loads that will be brought in over the ABES Terminal of which this is the first.

 

Type 176 Heavy lift vessel

Length over all : 159,80m

Beam : 24.34m

Maximum draught : 9,00m

Gross registered tonnage : 12950

Nett tonnage : 4647

Built : 2008 (april)

Yard : JJ Sietas KG

Gear : 2 cranes eacht 700 tons SWL, 1 crane 350 tons SWL

Hold (LWH) : 107,10m x 17,00m x 13,29m

Engine : MAN B&W 9L58/64

Power output : 12600 kW

 

The cargo is being loaded on a Goldhofer 4 file unit self propelled modular Transporter (SPT) to get it to a temporary storage further up the terminal.

 

Details Goldhofer SPT :

 

Length : loading deck 16,50m (+4,00m for the engine)

Width : 6,29m

Height : 1,175m(+/- 0,3m)

Carrying capacity : 61,4 ton per axle (x 8 axles)

Each axle had 55° steering

 

 

Done