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The last 2 years were certainly a period of exciting development. ALE purchased a new 6 hectare site atHixon in Staffordshire, moved our head office and centralized the International Projects Division HQ. At the sametime we finalised the acquisition of the Brambles Heavy Contracting business, which included Econofreight withbranches in the UK, USA and Malaysia and Lastra with branches in Spain and The Netherlands. Last year weinvested further in heavy cranes for the UK and North European market.

Our management team of Naval Architects, Mechanical, Civil and Structural Engineers are supported by variedand highly experienced operational staff with the technical knowledge and experience to cover all aspects oftransporting and lifting on site and at sea.

The combination of ALE and BHC gives us the oppportunity to retain the company at the top of heavy liftcontractors for the offshore and load-out markets where traditionally Econofreight had an excellent record. Theinventory of over 1000 axle lines allows us to move the largest of structures “in house” and in several locationssimultaneously worldwide.

A fleet of cranes of up to 1,500 Tonnes capacity places us as a major contractor in the petrochemical, oil and gasdevelopments to capitalise on the significant growth in energy demand. Integration of marine activities, landtransportation, cranes and lifting systems are an essential requirement to provide seamless service using a singlecontractor.

The reputation of Lastra in the field of innovative solutions for lifting up to12,000 Tonnes and skidding systems with20,000 Tonnes capacity in the civil engineering and shipbuilding industries will be developed further to takeadvantage of new challenges and opportunities.

Our traditional roots in the power generation and electrical distribution sector will be further enhanced by thedevelopment of a new transporter frame construction to increase the global reach of the new business, togetherwith Lastra’s experience as the leading heavy lift contractor in nuclear power plants. This work demands specific,thoroughly engineered solutions for sensitive handling techniques.

Our strategic plan for the next five years rests on three main aims:

Firstly we will meet the needs of customers by getting the basics right, understanding their needs both explicit andimplicit then providing solutions and services that are technically innovative, commercially sound and bring to bearyears of experience.

Secondly we will develop the professionalism and expertise of our staff through training, retraining and carefulrecruitment to ensure that we do get the basics right, we do recognise requirements beyond those specified andthat we ensure that new development and technologies are applied.

Thirdly we will, by investing in new equipment and researching methods, stay at the forefront of heavy lift andheavy transport technologies and methodologies in integrated innovative solutions applied worldwide.

Overall we will provide an integrated ‘one stop’ service anywhere in the world that is characterised byclear analysis of requirements, the application of innovative techniques using new equipment and carriedout by experienced motivated staff who are aware that exceeding the expectations of our customers willform the bedrock of our success.

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Locations 1Health & Safety 2Projects 3-7Nuclear 8-10Civil 11-16Diversity 17-20Heavy Cranes 21-22Off-Shore 23-26Petro-Chemical 27-30Ports 31-32Power Generation 33-36Shipyards 37-38Speciality Lifting 39-40

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ALE Heavylift LP

Abnormal Load Engineering Limited& ALE Heavylift Limited

ALE Lastra S.A.

ALE Lastra B.V.

ALE Heavylift (M) Sdn. Bhd.

ALE Middle East LLC

ALE Heavylift Taiwan Limited

ALE Megatranz

I.T.E.C Limited

ALE Italia Limited

Our wide geographical locations and agency networks allow us to work alongside and closely with our clients tounderstand their needs in regions which are developing. We are able to propose the optimum technical andcommercial solution and execute the work safely and effectively.

The company has branch offices and operating centres in the USA, in Houston and in Latin America in Venezuelaand Brazil. In Europe we have operating centres in Italy, Spain, The Netherlands and the United Kingdom.

Our operating center in the Middle East is in Abu Dhabi, which covers, via a network of agency agreements, areasthroughout the Arabian Gulf and Saudi Arabia. The Far East and China is served from our operating centers inKuala Lumpur and Taiwan.

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Health & Safety

Abnormal Load Engineering Limited - Our Health, Safety, Environmental andQuality Commitment.

Abnormal Load Engineering Limited Board of Directors recognise the importance of achieving a safeplace of work and a healthy environment.

The Company accepts its responsibilities to all its employees and (contractors, customers and the widercommunity) others who are affected by the Company’s operations, for ensuring that safe, healthy andenvironmentally sound working conditions and practices exist.

The Company is committed to continual improvement, prevention of pollution and compliance withrelevant environmental legislation, regulations and the other requirements of organisations to which wesubscribe globally, through the continual improvement in our health, safety, environmental and qualitymanagement systems.

We recognise that by integrating sound health, safety and environmental management practices into allaspects of our business, we can offer quality, technologically innovative processes and services to allsectors of industry.

The Company has a nucleus of professionally qualified personnel worldwide whose responsibilitiesinclude developing, implementing and evaluating environmental, health and safety throughout thecompany. Together, these individuals and groups of employees, assess environmental health and safetyneeds and opportunities for improvement within product design, engineering, business operations anddeveloping a working partnership with our clients and customer base throughout the world.

It is Abnormal Load Engineering Limited’s policy to conduct its global operations in compliance with allapplicable environmental, health and safety laws and regualtions and to apply responsible standardswhere such laws or regulations do not exist. Thess laws, regulations, and standards are designed tosafeguard the environment, human health, wildlife, and natural resources.

The Company quality management system is externally assessed by the BSI to EN ISO 9000, to ensurethat we meet the requirements of our clients in an efficient, effective and safe manner.

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Projects

ALE Heavylift LP, barging a Fractionator Column weighing 266 tonnes and 48.5 metreslong to Valero site, Texas City, USA. Where Self Propelled Modular Transporters arepositioned ready for the roll off operation at site.

ALE Heavylift LP - Offloading first the pair of 320 tonnes Coke Drums at Valero site, TexasCity, USA. ALE Heavylift LP were responsible for the barging operation, rolling off theCoke Drums and delivery of them to their final position using Self Propelled ModularTransporters.

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ALE Heavylift’s Liebherr LR1800 crawler crane rigged on superliftusing a wheeled dolly to lift into place one of four 320 tonne CokeDrums at Valero site, Texas City, USA.

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Projects

The transport of a pre-built Nickel Mine to Katonic, Canada. The eleven items of plant weighing from800 tonnes to 1,100 tonnes were loaded out by ALE in Quebec, Canada and were barged toDeception Bay, Canada where the cargo was loaded in.

The items of plant were then transported using 52 axles of Self Propelled Modular Transporters overrough terrain 95 kms to their destination. This is the longest distance moved using Self PropelledModular Transporters to date. Once on site the equipment was offloaded by the trailers andpositioned onto a skid foundation to within 10mm tolerances.

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The Troll On-Shore Phase 1 Gas Plant, Norway. Over 150 PAUs, PARs, Columns and associatedequipment were loaded out by ALE in various european yards, shipped to Kollsnes, Norway, anddelivered to the plot where they were installed. The largest PAU was 24 x 20 x 18 metres weighing846 tonnes. The Pre-Assembled Racks (PARs) were installed by a jack up and trailer method toavoid project delays due to crane down time in a very wind sensitive location.

On the Sincor Downstream Project at Jose, Venezuela. Over 100 heavylifts were received fromocean going vessels trans-shipped onto a ro-ro barge and transported to site. The largest item wasa Vacuum Column weighing 1,000 tonnes and was transported using 48 axles of ALE’s SelfPropelled Modular Transporters, this was then installed by using AK192 and LR1800 1,200 tonnecapacity cranes.

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Projects

Offloading from ro-rovessel, localtransportation andoffloading ontofoundation of 5 No.3,600 tonneEvaporator Modulesfor a desalinationproject in UnitedArab Emirates.

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Propelled ModularTransporters.

Complete turnkey operation involving the loading and inland transportation of 3 No. 2,000 tonneEvaporator Modules on ALE’s Self Propelled Modular Transporters in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.ALE were responsible for the load-out and barge operation, including full marine management andsea fastening design of the Modules which were shipped to the Sultanate of Oman where ALE thencarried out the load-in operation, local transportation on site and the positioning onto foundations ofthe three modules.

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Nuclear

The replacement of Nuclear Steam Generators weighing 350 tonnes at C.N. Asco, Spain. TheSteam Generators were lifted from their position over the biowalls in the building onto an ALE Lastra500 tonne capacity tailing frame by means of a 500 tonne gantry placed on top of the polar craneframe.

The Steam Generators were then tailed to the horizontal position and skidded out of the building viathe skid track onto an externally built structure for loading onto transport.

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Nuclear

Nuclear Steam Generators weighing 350tonnes and Reactor Head with CRDMsweighing 80 tonnes being replaced atC.N Almaraz, Spain.

The lifting inside the building was carriedout utilising an ALE Lastra gantry on aPolar Crane and an external skiddingstructure was built for loading totransport by using four strand jack units.

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ALE Lastra has performed the replacement of a 75 tonne Nuclear Reactor Head duringa critical four day outage at C.N. Asco, Spain.

The new Head was hooked, tilted, skidded, jacked and transported from the FuelBuilding II to Containment I. Due to the small dimensions of the equipment hatch andto avoid the dismantling of any elements inside the Containment or any CDR in bars,the head was introduced and removed by means of ALE Lastra’s 3 No. 40 tonne aircushions with gaps less than 100 mm on three points at the same time.

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Civil

The lifting of a 1,200 tonne Megatruss, dimensions 192 x 20 x 80 metres, for the Istanbul OlympicStadium, Turkey, utilising 4 No. 500 tonne ALE Lastra strand lift units and the related computercontrolled operation system.

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Lifting 360 tonne roof section of a sports stadium at Vitoria, Spain. The lifting was executed bymeans of 12 No. ALE Lastra strand lifting units, synchronised by a computer controlled operatingsystem, to ensure a level lift within 1mm tolerance.

Lifting of the S34 hanger roof of AIRBUS at Toulouse, France. The dimensions of the roof were 110x 105 metres and the estimated weight was 2,500 tonne. The lifting was executed by means of 16No. ALE Lastra strand lifting units of 200 tonne capacity. The 28 metre lift was executed within a 6hour programme.

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Civil

Removal of a 44 metre long, 544 tonnepost - tensioned rail access bridge forthe Docklands Light Railway Project inBeckton, East London, UK. Carried ontwo, four file 6 axle Self PropelledModular Transporters, the bridge waslifted from its build location using theintegral jacking capabilities of ALE’sSelf Propelled Modular Transporters.

During removal it was supported usinga combination of trestling and steeldragline boards then offloaded totemporary supports for disposal.

Installation of a 450 tonne BasculeLift Bridge at Canary Wharf, London.

2 No. 8 axles of Self PropelledModular Transporters were used tooffload the bridge structure from thebarge and onto a temporarydischarge frame. A sequence ofjack-down operations was carriedout in order to lower the bridgestructure by 3.5 metres onto itsmechanical bearings.

The removal of 1,800 tonne accessbridge from over the M1 in Derbyshire,UK, to allow the addition of a newintersection.

Due to the structures shape a trailerarrangement of 6 file Self PropelledModular Transporters were required tocarry out the removal of the bridgeduring an 18 hour closure of themotorway. The bridge was cut free fromthe embankment and carouselled onthe trailers and moved southwardscrossing the reinforced centralreservation where it was jacked down inthe prepared laydown area to bedemolished.

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Launching of a railway bridge in Duisberg, Germany, utilising the ALE Lastra 500 tonne skidshoesystem and two flat top river barges. The bridge weighing 1,250 tonnes with a 125 metre span waslaunched using 500 tonne hydraulic skidshoes onto two barges which were equipped with masts,loadspreading and winches, the bridge was then manoeuvred into position.

Skidding of a 573 tonnetraffic bridge in the citycenter of Berlin, Germany.

Installation of the bridgewas carried out utilisingALE’s modular trailers atone end of the bridge andALE Lastra’s speciallydesigned skid launchsystem at the oppositeend.

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Civil

Launching of two bridges at Kings Cross, London, UK. Both bridges, one weighing 1,400 tonnesand one weighing 700 tonnes were handled simultaneously in a 24 hour continuous operationduring a Christmas possession. The job included a 50 metre straight launch over several major raillines.

Once the launch nose had reached the opposite embankment, on the nearside embankment thebridges were skidded transversely utilising an ALE Lastra skid system which allowed both tansverseand rotational movement of the bridges at the same time. The bridge was then lowered onto its finalposition using 500 tonne climbing jacks.

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Shaikh Khalifa Bin SalmanCauseway Bridge, Bahrain.

The main arch span of this steelbridge structure, 108 metres inlength, weighing 2,560 tonneswas loaded onto the oceangoing barge at Jebel Ali in theU.A.E. using ALE Lastra’s 24No. 150 tonne capacityskidshoes.

The barge was then towed fromthe UAE to the Mina SalmanCauseway in Bahrain, where itwas positioned between twopiers.

The bridge was then lifted fromthe barge using ALE Lastra’s 8No. 500 tonne capacitycomputer controlled strand jackunits and installed at a height of17 metres above the water levelto it’s required position.

All aspects of the operationincluding barge ballasting,mooring, seafastening designand the towing operation werethe responsibility of ALE inthis turnkey project.

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Diversity

Transport and installation of swivel connection for The Port de laCandamine enlargement at Monaco. The swivel components were installedutilising an ALE Lastra 22 metre high gantry into the concrete floating dock. The project included tilting, lifting and final positioning utilising 4 No. 200tonne capacity computer controlled strand lifting units over skiddingequipment to carry out the required horizontal movements.

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Dismantling and installation of a BlastFurnace in Setal, Brazil.

The project consisted of skidding eightrings varying from 11 metres to 17.8metres in diameter, weighing up to 250tonnes utilising ALE Lastra’s 4 No.push pull jacks of 150 tonne capacityand 4 No. 90 tonne skidshoes. Thelifting operations were carried out using4 No. 500 tonne lifting units.

The transverse loading of a Rotor by hydraulic gantry system at Manston Airport, Kent, UK. The 85tonne Rotor was delivered to the aircraft by an ALE hydraulic modular trailer then lifted off the trailerby the an ALE four point hydraulic gantry system and moved via skid track to the aircraft’s rollerramp and winched into the plane.

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Diversity

The relocation of two mine Crushers at a working mine in Antofagasta,Chile. The Crushers weighed 1,200 tonnes and had to be transported up a8% gradient at 3,000 metres above sea level. This is the first time such anoperation had ever been performed.

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All aspects of the operation including all engineering and weighing wereperformed by ALE. The crushers were transported in individual sectionsand not “piece small” to minimize the “down time” for the mine, by using 64axle lines of ALE’s Self Propelled Modular Transporters. This deliveredsignificant economic benefits to the owners of the mine.

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Heavy Cranes

This lift took place at the Valero Refinery, Texas,USA.

The erection of a 48 metre long FractionatorColumn weighing 266 tonnes was carried outusing ALE Heavylift’s 1,200 tonne capacityLR1800 crawler crane.

All rigging studies and equipment was designed byALE and approved by an independent third party.

Throughout the project ALE, in conjunction withthe client applied a rigourous inspectionprogramme. To increase flexibility throughout thelift ALE utilised a wheeled ballast trailer systemwhich minimised the amount of assistancerequired from auxiliary cranes during the liftingoperation.

As part of the Valero project 4 No. Coke Drumsweighing 265 tonnes each with a length of 53.7metres were lifted onto support steel work 57 metreshigh using ALE Heavylift’s LR1800 800 tonnecapacity crawler crane.

Throughout all lifting operations ground bearingpressures were below 10 tonne per square metre.

The wheeled ballast trailer system was utilised andtherefore there was no requirement to remove anysuper lift ballast for the repositioning of the cranebetween the Coke Drum lifts and the balance of otherheavy lifts. For the erection of the Coke Drums, ALEliaised at a very early stage with the client so thatdesign changes could be incorporated into thesteelwork design to ensure the safest and simplesterection method.

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ALE Heavylift’s 1,500 tonne capacity MK1500 crane and an LR1800 800 tonne capacity crawlercrane was used to erect a 74 metre long 390 tonne Dehydration Tower onto a 21 metre highfoundation at the Capco 6 PTA Plant in Taichung, Taiwan. An electronic monitoring system on themain lifting beam was used to overcome any load transfer between the cranes.

At the Zu Hai PTA Plant, China, ALE Heavylift’s1,500 tonne capacity MK1500 crane was usedto install an 80 metre long 350 tonneDehydration Tower onto an 18 metre highfoundation.

Zu Hai was a continuation of the successfulprojects that ALE having been carrying out onmainland China for over 10 years. Allengineering was carried out at the ALE UKHead Office, all local activities includingimportation, permitting and local supply werecarried out by ALE in collaboration with ourChinese partner.

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Off Shore

The installation of a 750 tonne Drilling Module for the Norsk Hydro Oseberg East Offshore Platformin Egersund, Norway. The installation of the Drilling Module on top of the production module wasexecuted utilising ALE Lastra’s specially designed gantry system, equipped with 6 No. 500 tonnestrandjack lifting units.

The load-out of the 145 x 40 x 40 metres, 4,870 tonne JNDR-A Jacket in Pasir, Gudong, Johor,Malaysia. The Jacket was jacked up and transported on site using 192 axles of ALE’s Self PropelledModular Transporters to the quayside, where it was loaded out onto the S45 barge by the trailers.This is the heaviest load-out using trailers ever to be performed in Malaysia to date.

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Load-out of Conoco Heidrum MO Module weighing 11,207 tonnes at Amec Offshore, Wallsend, UK.

The module was loaded out transversely using 436 axles of ALE’s Self Propelled ModularTransporters to allow installation by floating over rather than a more conventional lift method.

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Off Shore

Skidding from workshop tooutside assembly area, liftingand load-out of BP GydaTopside Module weighing 5,800tonne in Egersund, Norway.

The project utilised the ALELastra gantry system equippedwith a total of 8,000 tonnecapacity of computer controlledstrandjack systems to carry outthe 18 metre high lift. After thespacer frame was installedbelow the lifted deck the load-out was executed by means of16 No. 500 tonne ALE Lastrahydraulic skidshoes, utilisingthe 30 metre long gantry maingirders as a link beam betweenthe jetty and the barge.

Load-out of the 10,500 tonne Gas Process Module M12 for Sleipner TOffshore Development Project in Stord, Norway. The load-out onto the bargewas completed utilising the ALE Lastra 500 tonne hydraulic compensatedskidshoe system.

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The project involved the weighing, loading, local site transport and load-out to a ro-robarge of a 1,050 tonne Mooring Head Topside and a 1,000 tonne Jacket in the UnitedArab Emirates. ALE were responsible for the complete turnkey operation on thisproject.

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Petro-Chemical

The load-in from a flat top barge and inland transportation of a 100 metre long 1,420 tonneFractional Tower utilising ALE’s Self Propelled Modular Transporters and bolster system in TheKingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Transportation of a HeaterModule 25 metres high,weighing 300 tonnes on ALE’sSelf Propelled ModularTransporters from the port ofImmingham to a Clean FuelsProject site, UK.

The installation of the HeaterModule over the elevatedfoundation was carried oututilising a combination of SelfPropelled Modular Transportersand climbing jacks.

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The Valero Refinery Project, Texas City, USA, where ALE Heavylift LP were responsible for theturnkey operation of transportation utilising ALE’s Self Propelled Modular Transporters, bargeoperations and lifting into place of all heavy lift items of plant. The cranage supplied included ALEHeavylift’s LR1800, a CC2800 and a 300 tonne crawler crane.

Transportation of a Process Module weighing600 tonnes from the port of Immingham to aClean Fuels Project site, UK.

The project included weighing, load-out,seafastening, shipping, load-in, on carriageand on site installation of 14 No. heavy liftsincluding a Reactor weighing 450 tonne,Vessels weighing 250 tonnes and variousPipe Rack Modules weighing 350 tonnes.

On site lifting was carried out using anLR1800 crawler crane.

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Petro-Chemical

The exchange of a Reactor at Fawley Refinery, Hampshire, UK. Three Reactor Sections with amaximum weight of 355 tonnes each were transported into the centre of the refinery by acombination of ALE’s Self Propelled Modular Transporters and an ALE Lastra high level skidsystem, including a special elevator to lower the plant sections back to ground level.

Using a gantry system the three pieces were then assembled to form the new Reactor which wasthen dressed on site. During a shutdown at the refinery the old Reactor was exchanged with thenew 900 tonne Reactor. An example of a complicated Reactor transport, assembly and exchangeproject where ALE Lastra has developed a non conventional solution for an operation in areas withdifficult access.

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Ports

Complete relocation ofVelencia ContainerTerminal, the projectcomprised of load-out andsea transport and then theload-in of 7 No. ContainerCranes weighing up to850 tonne and measuringup to 30 metres betweenthe legs.

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Transport of two Portainer Cranesweighing 750 tonne at Algeciras Port,Spain. The Cranes were transportedutilising two 18 axle Self PropelledModular Transporters and transportbeams of 23.5 metres in length tosupport the structures.

Increasing the length of a ContainerCrane leg height by 6.1 metres in theCanary Islands, Spain. The procedureutilised an ALE Lastra self stable gantrywith four computer controlled lifting unitseach with a 200 tonne capacity, whichlifted the superstructure off the existinglegs. The legs were then supported bygantries to allow the leg extensions to beinserted. Once in place thesuperstructure was lowered back intoposition.

The repositioning of acompletely erected Crane inLa Habana Port, Cuba.

To erect the bridge, boomand machine housingweighing 520 tonnes, strandjack units werecantilevered from the top ofthe Crane legs. The ALELastra strandjack unitscomprising of 4 x 2 x 70tonne units attached to thebridge and 4 x 4 x 45 tonneunits attached to thecounter balance system.

The structure was lifted ontop of the Crane legs, aftererection, the Crane wasrelocated 250 metres to itsoperating position using anALE Lastra skid system.

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Power Generation

The off loading of a Gas Turbine weighing 294 tonnes into ALE’s frame trailer AL34 at the port ofSutton Bridge for the CCGT Power Project at Sutton Bridge, UK. The project consisted of thetransportation and installation of two Gas Turbines weighing 280 tonnes, two Generators weighing280 tonnes and one Steam Turbine Module weighing 120 tonnes, the installation was carried usingan ALE 800 tonne lift system and a 450 tonne strandjack gantry system.

As part of a major project to upgrade the power distribution system in the City of London, UK. ALEwere contracted to deliver a total of five 150 tonne Transformers to sites in Central London, utilisingALE’s 14 axle girder trailer, AL24. Three bridges on the main A1 into the city were found to beunsuitable to support abnormal loads of this weight. ALE designed bridge-rafting solutions toovercome these restrictions. Temporary bridging rafts were positioned to span over the structuresand used to transfer the loads from the the abnormal load to the abutments of the bridges. The firstbridge was at Upper Holloway, the second and third bridges at the entrance to Highbury Corner,one of the busiest junctions in the City of London.

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The installation of completecentre line equipment at apower station in Spain.

The installation includes thepositioning of a 280 tonne GasTurbine, a 260 tonne Generatorand 104 tonne Steam Turbine,using an ALE Lastra 450 tonnestrandjack gantry system.

The gantry system had a 70metre skid run at 11.5 metreabove ground level on whichthe power generatingequipment was skidded into itsfinal position in the building.

The lifting of Boiler Modules weighing 150 tonnesin Termocentro Thermal Power Plant, Columbia.

The lifting was by means of multiple hydrauliclifting units of 200 tonne capacity together with atransversal skidding and turning system.

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Power Generation

The transportation of a370 tonne Gas Turbineand a Generator fromPort Talbot Docks toBaglan Bay, UK, on oneof ALE’s 11 speciallydesigned frame trailers.

The transporter frameAL38, with 28 axle,(shown left) can beadapted to carry almostany item of electricalgenerating plant. Thetransporter frame allowsthe weight to bedistributed evenlybetween the front andrear trailers whichreduces the grossloading imposed onbridge structures.

It also has the ability tocarry loads at groundlevel to overcome theheight restrictions thatare often encountered onsuch routes.

A 450 tonne strandjack gantry system was usedto install this “new generation” of generatingequipment, including a Gas Turbine weighing 340tonnes and a Generator weighing 240 tonnes.

The foundation was at a 12 metre elevation andthe total length of the skid run was 60 metres.

One of the components was held in the gantry fora 14 day period whilst shipping attachments wereremoved prior to installation.

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The installation of a 310 tonne Gas Turbine using ALE’s 800 tonne 4 point hydraulic gantry systemin the United Arab Emirates. The project included the marine and land transportation together withthe installation of five Gas Turbines, five 280 tonne Generators, two 300 tonne Steam TurbineGenerators, seven 180 tonne Transformers and two 290 tonne Transformers.

The installation of aGas Plant in Bilbao,Spain. The projectwas executed bymeans of an ALELastra 350 tonnegantry with 32 metrespan and hydrauliccontrolled movementalong the three axis.

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Shipyards

Transport of a ship block weighing 2,500 tonne from its fabrication shop to the slipway in Barrow,UK. The modularisation of large sections of ships allows them to be substantially completed andaligned with other blocks on the slip for completion.

The transportation of one 900 tonne 100 metre long luxury yacht fromDurban, South Africa, to The Netherlands. The Yacht was loaded out inSouth Africa, utilising SPMTs onto a semi-submersable vessel and shippedto Alblasserdam in The Netherlands, for finishing.

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Ship lengthening of the Norwegian Passenger Ship, Princess Raghnild inCadiz, Spain, from 172 metres to 205 metres in length.

The process consisted of the skidding forward of the 6,000 tonne front peaksection utilising the ALE Lastra 300 tonne skid system, then transverselyinstalling the 1,100 tonne new central block using 500 tonne hydraulic skidshoes. After the new section was aligned the front peak section wasskidded backwards into the required welding position to complete thelengthening process.

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Speciality Lifting

The transport,assembly andinstallation offive 1,000tonne 30 x 12x 25 metreHeaterModules inKirishi, Russia,using gantrysystem andmodulartrailers.

Theinstallation ofa 300 tonneBoiler Modulesin Columbia byusing an ALELastra 200tonne capacityself stablegantry. Thegantry allowsmovement ofthe Modules inthree planesincludingrotation aboutthe verticalaxis.

The uprighting and installation of two SplitterReactors in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia.

The Reactors weighing 110 tonnes and 70 tonneswere uplifted by means of an “A” Shapedskidding gantry with a 200 tonne capacity liftingunit allowing transverse and rotational movement.

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The installation of a 140 tonne Windmill Turbine in La Coruna, Spain. The turbinewas lifted onto its support structure at a height of 45 metres by means of an ALELastra pivoting gantry, which was stabilized in two directions by strandjack systems.

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Worldwide Transportation & Lifting Engineers

Five 1,200 tonne 35 metre high HRSG Modules and five 250 tonne Inlet Ducts were received fromro-ro vessels by ALE in the United Arab Emirates. After on site transportation and alignment theModules were off loaded onto their foundations.

Worldwide Offices

Strategic Worldwide Sales, Operations and Engineering Offices

Europe

Abnormal Load Engineering LimitedNew RoadHixonStaffordshireST18 0PEUnited Kingdom

Tel: +44 (0) 1889 272500Fax: +44 (0) 1889 271750Email: [email protected]

Abnormal Load Engineering LimitedHaverton Hill RoadBillingham Reach Industrial EstateBillinghamTS23 1PX


ALE Lastra B.V.Eikdonk 13a4825 AZ BredaPO Box 21104800 CC BredaThe Netherlands

Tel: +31 (0) 76 571 5240Fax: +31 (0) 76 587 5084Email: [email protected]

ALE Lastra S.A.C/ San Romualdo26-6th planta28037 MadridSpain


ALE Italia LimitedNew RoadHixonStaffordshireST18 0PEUnited Kingdom


Norway

Econofreight LimitedHaverton Hill RoadBillingham Reach Industrial EstateBillinghamTS23 1PX


North America

ALE Heavylift LP4935 Timber Creek DriveHoustonTexas 77017USA


South America

ALE MegatranzC/ San Romualdo26-6th planta28037 MadridSpain


I.T.E.C LimitedC/ San Romualdo26-6th planta28037 MadridSpain


North Africa

ALE Lastra S.A.C/ San Romualdo26-6th planta28037 MadridSpain


Global Website Address: www.ale-heavylift.com

South Africa

ALE Lastra B.V.Eikdonk 13a4825 AZ BredaPO Box 21104800 CC BredaThe Netherlands


Middle East

ALE Middle East LLCPO Box 52875Abu DhabiUnited Arab Emirates

Tel: +971 (0) 2676 9504Fax: +971 (0) 2676 7603 Email: [email protected]

Far East & Australasia

ALE Heavylift (M) Sdn Bhd3-3 Jalan 26/70ADesa Sri Hartamas50480 Kuala LumpurMalaysia

Tel: +60 (3) 2300 1474/5Fax: +60 (3) 2300 1508Email: [email protected]

ALE Heavylift Taiwan LimitedA6 19F No25Chung Zen RoadNan KanTaoyuan CountyTaiwan ROCZIP Code: 338


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ALE Heavylift LimitedNew RoadHixonStaffordshireST18 0PEUnited Kingdom


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