Mammoet has carried out its first ever heavy transport operation using HVO-powered SPMTs. It used 22 axle lines of converted Scheuerle SPMTs, taken from its regular fleet, to move two topsides weighing 900 tonnes and 1,150 tonnes respectively.

Why Mammoet is using HVO SPMTs

HVO is an alternative to traditional diesel, made primarily from waste and residues, such as waste cooking oil. Because it is derived from renewables and reduces waste Mammoet said it is considered 90% carbon free. It also gives off fewer direct exhaust emissions, including reduced nitrogen oxides.

Mammoet was commissioned by HSM Offshore, a Dutch construction yard serving the offshore oil and gas and renewables sectors, to transport the topsides – named Southwark and Blythe – as part of the installation of normally unmanned (NUI) platforms located in UK waters in the southern North Sea.

Mammoet started its switch to cleaner fuels in 2015 with its fleet in the Netherlands moving to GTL fuel which emits fewer particulates. It says this latest development is another big step towards more sustainable operations.