Bok Seng Logistics Transports Gas Turbine for the Largest Seawater Desalination Plant in South-East Asia on SCHEUERLE SPMTs
Due to the recent installation of a new gas turbine power plant, the Tuaspring Desalination Plant in Tuas South, Singapore, can now produce the precious raw material of water with far greater efficiency than was previously possible. At the heart of the system is the 310 t gas turbine which TII customer, Bok Seng Logistics, transported on SCHEUERLE SPMTs (Self Propelled Modular Transporter) from the Bok Seng Logistics Marine Base to its place of operations in the desalination plant.
The daily desalination of 318,500 cubic metres of water requires enormous amounts of energy. In order to be able to efficiently generate this high level, the operating company decided in favour of a Siemens gas turbine with dimensions of 11 m x 5.2 m x 4.8 m and a total weight of 310 tonnes. Transportation by barge and onSCHEUERLE SPMTs was taken on by Bok Seng Logistics, a long-time satisfied customer of the TII Group, a globally operating enterprise which includes NICOLAS andKAMAG in addition to SCHEUERLE. Firstly, the gas turbine was lifted off a cargo ship by crane onto a barge and taken from the harbour in Tuas South to the Bok SengLogistics Marine Base. On arrival, it was loaded on the 28 axle lines of the SCHEUERLE SPMTs and driven along the coast to the Tuas South industrial area. “For challenging transportation assignments, transport companies around the world are very pleased to rely on our SPMT product groups. Its worldwide availability andtechnical reliability provide our customers with the opportunity and required safety to have a reliable means of transport available at any time and any place”, according toMatthieu Jannick, Area Sales Manager at TII Sales, the sales and distribution division of the TII Group.
SPMTs of the TII Group
In 1983, SCHEUERLE – now part of the TII Group – developed a vehicle that would fundamentally revolutionize the heavy haulage industry. The SPMT (Self Propelled Modular Transporter) began to conquer the industry and changed more than just the manner in which loads are transported. The entire system of modular construction of industrial plant, conveyor systems or infrastructure projects was radically turned upside down. Today, modules reach weights of up to 15,000 tonnes with the door left open for even more potential. They are handled through the use of SPMTs. The TII Group, which includes SCHEUERLE, NICOLAS and KAMAG together with TII Energy, is global leader in the manufacture of self-propelled modular vehicles and 70 per cent of all transports over 3,000 tonnes as well as 90 per cent of all transports over 5,000 tonnes are carried out on SPMTs from the TII Group. Customers of the TII Group benefit from the unmatched global coverage with modular vehicles. Depending on requirements, operators can rent additional axle lines (cross-hire rental) and hence flexibly manage new projects even if more axle lines are needed than is actually available in the company´s vehicle fleet. This allows handling profitable projects without any limitations and provides customers of the TII Group with a head start over the competition in terms of flexibility and planning certainty. SPMTs from the TII Group are coupleable amongst all generations and can be loaded onto container flat racks and thus easily transported. Today, the term SPMT which was first introduced to the market by SCHEUERLE in 1983 has developed from being purely a company product name into a generic term used for virtually all self-propelled modular vehicles. With 14,000 “classic” SPMT axle lines and a total of 30,000 driven axle lines on the market, the TII Group is the undisputed global market leader in the area of self-propelled transport solutions and regularly attracts attention through exciting innovations such as the SPMT Widening Solutions or the SPMT F with its increased top speed.
