The firm was commissioned to engineer and execute the job for one of the UK’s leading luxury yacht manufacturers. They had to lift the vessel from its moulding structure within the fabrication unit, and transport it for further build and furnishings.
To remove the 55t yacht from the fabrication unit ALE utilised a lift and lock system to carefully remove the vessel from its moulding structure. To enable the elevation the lift and lock system was skidded into position between the yacht and structure of the fabrication unit. Once in position the yacht was raised and the moulding tool was stripped away.
ALE removed the skid track and positioned 30 axles of SPMT in two parallel lines under the base of the yacht; the SPMT’s were fitted with bespoke saddles to support the hull during transportation. The vessel was then transported 200m through the restrictive site to a fit out bay for further build and furnishing.
Michael Mulvenna, project manager at ALE said "ALE was contracted to supply a heavy lift and transportation solution for the 155ft long yacht. Due to the size of the vessel and the fabrication building in which it was housed, there was no room for error when removing the yacht from its mouldings. The engineers worked to ensure the feasibility of the move while our fabricators got to work on the saddles that allowed the vessel to rest securely within the lines of SPMTs throughout the transportation."
