Case study Project brief: A Herrenknecht TBM and ancilliaries totalling an enormous 6,000m3 for Barcelona’s metro expansion was transported from Germany to Spain using the expertise of project freight management specialists ALS Limited. The heaviest and one of the highest pieces in the consignment was a shield segment which measured over 7 metres long, 7.5 metres wide, almost 4 metres in height and more than 130 tonnes in weight. In addition a screw conveyor totalling 19 metres in length, 2 metres wide, almost 3 metres high and weighing 84 tonnes was the longest piece transported. Tunnel Boring Machine - Barcelona www.abnormal-loads.comThe movement involved local road transportation from Herrenknecht’s factory to a German river port and transhipment to a barge using Herre

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