30 Scheuerle InterCombi axle lines used to transport ship

With the route passing through a tunnel with only centimetres to spare, the boat sections needed to be braced directly to the trailer, without the use of swivel bolsters.  In this long and rigid transport configuration, the journey took meticulous planning.

Kübler used two 9- and 11-axle Scheuerle InterCombi platform trailers. The special transport company also used mobile cranes equipped with the required lifting slings.

Initially, the top deck was carefully separated from the hull and then loaded onto the ten axles of the modular platform trailer at the Roth port. Then the hull was lifted out of the water and placed on the two precisely aligned modular platform trailers.

“Thanks to the conveniently placed lashing points, along with the load spreaders which had already been fitted in the shipyard, the hull was in a secure position and subsequent lashing operations took place very quickly,” said TII.

In the next stage of the transportation process, the convoy was set off with a police escort using roads closed off in advance by traffic engineers until it was possible to join the A9 motorway. At the Allersberg junction, precision work was once again required as a roundabout had to be to be driven over before accessing the motorway.

The following evening, the A 9, A 99 and A 96 motorways were completely closed for the second time. With a width of almost 10 metres, it was simply impossible to manoeuvre the heavy load to the right in order to allow the following traffic to overtake.

When negotiating a tunnel on route, things became extremely tight again. Only a few centimetres clearance to the concrete walls was available on the left and right as well as at the top. Kübler had previously dismantled all illuminated signs and had the tunnel ceiling lights measured to ensure a safe passage.

Around one o'clock in the morning, the vehicles reached the Inning am Ammersee junction. As the bend on the exit was too narrow, all road traffic regulations had to be temporarily suspended. After the central reservation crash barriers had been removed and the motorway maintenance authority had blocked the oncoming carriageway, the convoy changed to the opposite side and left the motorway on the wrong side of the road. After a final stage via the country roads and past countless dismantled signs and traffic lights, the convoy reached the Bavarian lake boat authority´s facility at Lake Ammer. Two powerful mobile cranes were already waiting and, at the crack of dawn, the hull was gently lowered into the water. After this, the upper deck was lifted from the trailer and set down in position a short time later.