Mammoet’s contract to assist with receiving, inland transportation, onsite lifting and installation of refinery components started in 2018. The wide range of components for the project were delivered at the purpose-built Dangote Quay Leki in Lagos and transported to site.
Prior to installation, the components were stored temporarily on fresh-paved Enviro-Mat, Mammoet’s innovative and sustainable solution for native soil improvement.
A total of 239 items with a combined weight of 84,905t were moved from jetty to site and 154 items weighing a total of 68,415t were installed.
Mammoet deployed a diverse fleet of heavy lifting and transport equipment, including several trucks and trailers, self-propelled modular transporters (SPMTs) plus mobile and crawler cranes with capacities ranging from 250t to 1,600t.
The company also supplied two of its largest super-heavy lift ring cranes with lifting capacities up to 5,000t – the PTC 200 DS and PT 50. The long reach and small footprints of these enabled a more efficient approach to lifting and installation of components such as the 3,000t regenerator – the heaviest item ever transported over public roads in Africa – and a 2,000t column, which was also the largest crude column in the world.
