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Abnormal Load Engineering Limited (ALE), formed in 1983, is headquartered in the UK and has offices around the world. New offices have recently been opened in Qatar and Brazil. A major development this year was the acquisition of UKbased John Gibson Projects (JGP), broadening ALE’s range of services. ALE’s latest fleet expansion is the recent addition of another 200 axles of self propelled modular transporter. ALE also owns one of the world’s largest fleet of specialized transport frames used for moving heavy electrical and distribution equipment

T50 matures The third IC Transport 50 reaches its milestone target of listing 50 of the world’s largest heavy and specialized transport companies. A total of 12 new entries and some major changes characterise this year’s list. IC reports

n its first three years the IC Transport 50 has reached maturity, at least in numerical terms. IC acknowledges that the list could be far from complete, meaning that there is room for further expansion and refinement. This takes time and relies on reader input. The ranking is based on information supplied by the companies in the table. The major criterion is the total transport capacity of a company’s fleet in metric tonnes. That is based on more detailed information with regard to the types and capacity of trailers in the fleet. In general a distinction is made between heavy and specialized transport by road and on jobsites.

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On-site movements generally require trailers and transporter systems with a substantially higher capacity than the trailers for highway use. In this segment loads

tend to weigh from hundreds, up to thousands, of tonnes. In many parts of the world modular trailers have become the standard for site transport, whereas those modular b

Recent additions to the Wagenborg fleet include new self propelled modular transporters

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trailers are also used for the heavier type of load moved by road. Mainly due to road regulations and weight restrictions on bridges, the US market applies, to some extent, socalled dollies for those top end road movements. In heavy and specialized transport by road the 100 tonne mark forms about the limit for day-to-day moves. Another, very important, criteria for

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road type trailers are their capabilities to load as long, high and wide a load as possible, within the road regulations and physical limitations of the route. The required information for the T50 , divided in the two main segments and further detailed as to the capacity per type of trailer and transporter, is collected on a standard entry form. As far as we can, we b

Rank Rank Company 2007 2006

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Total capacity of all modular trailers and dollies (tonnes)

Total capacity of all specialized trailers (tonnes)

Number of tractor units

1 1 2 2 3 3 4 6 5 7 6 14 7 9 8 8 9 11 10 10 11 4 12 19 13 12 14 16 15 36 16 13 17 n/a 18 23 19 5 20 20 21 n/a 22 17 23 18 24 21 25 24 26 n/a 27 30 28 15 29 28 30 n/a 31 25 32 31 33 n/a 34 n/a 35 27 36 29 37 26 38 n/a 39 n/a 40 32 41 38 42 33 43 34 44 35 45 n/a 46 n/a 47 n/a 48 22 49 n/a 50 37 * 2006 data

105,664 63,874 42,750 27,170 18,246* 16,549 16,352 14,562 12,435 9,839 9,035 8,658 8,550* 7,905 7,748 6,626 6,390 6,190 5,930 5,404 5,357 5,337* 5,185* 4,775* 4,609 4,406 4,398 4,335 4,255 3,990 3,837* 3,200 3,098 2,988 2,795* 2,720 2,420 2,316 2,268 1,899* 1,565 1,564 1,456* 1,390* 1,195 1,180 1,072 1,040 970 700

94,144 52,774 38,650 25,240 18,131 1,375 9,104 20,745 7,635 7,669 n/a 5,208 6,121 6,117 540 3,768 1,720 4,440 455 5,304 2020 1,777 3,248 1,780 440 1,586 2,593 n/a 2,180 1,060 3,837 n/a 2675 2,988 n/a n/a n/a 1,296 1,448 939 n/a 336 861 n/a n/a 1,080 372 n/a 420 400

11,520 11,100 4,100 1,930 115 15,174 7,248 2,285 4,800 2,170 9,035 3,450 2,429 1,788 7208 2,858 4,670 1750 5,475 100 3337 3,560 1,937 2,995 3,669 2820 1805 4,335 2,075 2930 n/a 3,200 423 n/a 2,795 2,720 2,420 1020 820 960 1565 1,228 595 1,390 1195 100 700 1,040 550 300

320 112 40 32 181 190 131 52 32 60 300 36 80 41 65 35 35 45 60 10 76 26 38 28 12 58 18 42 58 70 4 14 5 n/a 40 26 33 8 34 17 49 22 13 16 11 3 37 29 14 16

Mammoet Fagioli Abnormal Load Engineering (ALE) Sarens Locar Transportes Tecnicos e Guindastes Big Move Barnhart Bigge Crane and Rigging Al Jaber Heavy Lift & Transport Lampson International Keen Transport J Supor & Son Trucking & Rigging Irga Lupercio Torres Deep South Crane & Rigging Transport S.R.S. Burkhalter Rigging Allelys Havator DST Inc (Dawes Specialized Transport) Lift and Shift India Wagenborg Nedlift Erickson’s Anatolia Logistics Southwest Industrial Rigging Precision Heavy Haul Collett’s Perkins Specialized Transportation Contracting McTyre Trucking Nabros Transport Friderici Special Rigging International Diamond Heavy Haul Berard Transportation Freight Wings White Brothers Trucking Ainscough Crane Hire Jimmy T. Wood TTS International Kübler Spedition H Brown Cranes & Rigging Whitewood Transport Prangl George Young Group Grand Davo Crane Service STS (Specialized Transport Service) Vanguard Rigging MOF Company (Subic) Superior Transportation Gruas ABC Caribbean Heavy Lift & Transport Aruba

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Berard transported this 1,700 tonne barge from shop to dry dock using 72 lines of Goldhofer. The move, in Amelia, LA, US was done in 45 minutes

For the third year running Mammoet is at the top of the table

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Worldwide Worldwide Worldwide Worldwide South America Europe North America Worldwide Worldwide Worldwide North America USA South America USA USA North America, Caribbean UK & mainland Europe Northern Europe, Baltic, Russia USA India, Middle East, South East Asia Worldwide USA Worldwide Worldwide USA Worldwide North America USA India Europe Worldwide American continent USA Gulf Coast India North America UK & mainland Europe USA Middle East Europe USA USA Continental Europe US and Puerto Rico USA North America Worldwide Philippines USA Mexico Continental, Caribbean

2,400 500 400 1,275 1,000+ 400 550 600 802 275 585 96 194 360 112 120 120 55 40 150 358 65 94 100 24 68 30 63 n/a 180 50 30 15 50 60 940 100 80 97 55 20 506 66 35 20 150 n/a 45 145 25

Roderik van Seumeren, President and CEO Fabio Belli, Vice president (sales) Roger Harries, CEO Ludo Sarens, President Camilo Filho, Operations director Horst Wallek, CEO Alan Barnhart, President Weston Settlemier, President Alex Mullins, General manager William Lampson, President William Keen, President Valerio Colonna, Sales manager Lupercio Torres Neto, Vice president Mitch Landry, Vice president Daniel Provost Delynn Burkhalter, President and CEO David Allely, Director Timo Riiho, Managing director Wayne Kokta, Manager Sameer Parikh, Executive director Ton Klijn, Managing director Steve Ericksons Jan Peters, Managing partner Harry Baker, Owner Michael Poppe, President David Collett, Managing director Neil Perkins, President John McTyre, President Nilesh Patel, Managing director Andre Friderici, Director Vic Rollandi, Chairman Steve Engel, President and CEO Johnny Berard, President Vijay Papriwal, managing director James White, President Martin Ainscough, Managing director Daniel Hale, Operations manager RJW Knaap Heinz Rössler, Managing director / owner Maurice Brown, Operations manager John Hanson, Vice president / owner Christian Prangl, Managing director George Young, President James Chamness, President Darrell Hendrix, VP operations James Robinson, General manager Fernando Pena, President Patrick Barber, President Bernabe Cortez, president Marco van Daal, Operations director

www.mammoet.com www.fagioligroup.com www.ale-heavylift.com www.sarens.com www.locar.com.br www.bigmove.net www.barnhartcrane.com www.bigge.com www.aljaber.com www.lampsoncrane.com www.keentransport.com www.jsupor.com www.irga.com.br www.deepsouthcrane.com www.transportsrs.com www.burkhalter.net www.allelys.co.uk www.havator.com www.dawescrane.com www.liftandshift.co.in www.wagenborg.com n/a www.anatolialogistics.com.tr www.swirusa.com www.precisionheavyhaul.com www.collett.co.uk www.heavyhaul.com n/a www.nabrostransport.com www.friderici.com www.rigginginternational.com www.diamondheavyhaul.com www.berardtrans.com www.fwpl.in www.whitebrostrucking.com www.ainscough.co.uk www.jimmytwood.com www.ttsinternational.com www.kuebler-spedition.de www.hbrown.com www.whitewoodtransport.com www.prangl.at www.gyco.us n/a n/a www.vanguard.co.za www.mof-subic.com www.superiortransportation.us www.gruasabc.com www.atcoaruba.com

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Heavy Hauling company Specialized Transport Service, Inc., headquartered in Dallas, Texas in the US, transporting a Caterpillar 992G wheeled loader

verify the provided information to produce the most accurate listing, but we cannot guarantee it. The top three of the T50 remains unchanged in its ranking, led by Mammoet in the Netherlands, followed by Fagioli in Italy and then ALE in the UK. Remarkable is the fact that Mammoet has added around 10,000 tonnes of capacity since last year’s list. In doing that the worldwide operator has broken through the 100,000 tonnes mark. By reaching the unprecedented total capacity of 105,664 tonnes, it has also further widened the gap to the number two and three companies, although, ALE, for example, added a substantial 9,000 tonnes of modular transporter capacity. Big Move from Germany lived up to its name by entering the top 10 at 6. Compared to its previous listing the 13-strong group of family-owned heavy and specialized transport companies heavily invested in overthe-road trailers, adding a capacity

A recent fleet addition for Barnhart in the US was the first delivery of its order for 108 axle lines of Goldhofer PSTe. Fabrication shops are busy building modules to support refinery expansions in the US resulting in increased heavy transport activity

of some 8,700 tonnes. A second new entry in the top 10 is Al Jaber at 9. The UAE-based company also substantially boosted its road trailer capacity since last year. Other major top 10 changes see Sarens, Locar and Barnhart each climbing two places. In part this is due to Dawes Specialized Transport adapting its trailer capacity and subsequently leaving the top ten. Both Sarens and Barnhart added substantial SPMT capacity. Allelys is the highest new entry, at 17, with a total fleet capacity of 6,390 tonnes. The company is one of two new entries from the UK. Allelys is mainly active in heavy and specialized transport by road in the UK and to and from the mainland, but it also operates modular trailers both

Rapid expansion of the Dubai Marina, with its prestigious high rise buildings, also creates an additional market for TTS International in Dubai. The company is mainly active in the field of heavy transport and installation work related to the different industries in that area, in particular, the chemical and petrochemical companies. But the construction boom in the city created a special requirement for the transport and installation of prefabricated ornaments on the new buildings. The ornaments are manufactured in Sharjah, some 80 km from Dubai. The route in to the city requires special attention as the width of the prefabricated loads measure up to 14 m. Due to height restrictions on the route, TTS International used its Nicolas modular platform trailers providing a low running height and adjustment by the trailer hydraulics. Once on site, the ornaments were lifted in place on top of the 133 m building, using a 500 tonne capacity Liebherr LTM 1500 mobile crane.

for road and site transport. The second highest entry comes in at 21. Dutch company Wagenborg Nedlift has traditionally been strong in both road and site transport and also project-related cargoes. As part of the further development into projects, the company has invested

In heavy and specialized transport by road, dimensions are often decisive and, therefore, the transporters must be as long and low as possible, as can be seen in these moves by Kübler in Germany

in 28 lines of Scheuerle SPMT. At 26 in the table is the third highest entry, UK-based R. Collett & Sons. This also is a company that focuses mainly on heavy transport by road. Due to its substantial capacity in modular trailers, however, Collett is also specialized in project cargoes. The remaining nine new entries from around the world start at the 3,990 tonnes mark. Swiss company Friderici enters at 30, followed by Berard Transportation in the USA and Freight Wings in India, at 33 and 34, respectively. The latter two companies have new SPMTs in their fleets. Berard was the first to buy the new Goldhofer PST/SLE while Freight Wings recently bought the third generation Scheuerle. At 38 and 39 are another two newcomers – TTS International from the UAE and Kübler Spedition in Germany. In the under-2,000 tonnes sector three companies enter in b

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Members of BigMove in Europe teamed up to move a tunnel boring machine

landed at 48 from 22 in 2006. Closing the T50 list is Caribbean Heavy Lift & Transport in Aruba. By reaching the 50 companies mark in the T50 this year, a target is set for the next three years. In response to the fact that the current

list has room for improvement and growth, the aim is to reach the 100 listing mark by 2010. Readers of the T50 who either own, work on behalf of, or know about, a company entitled to enter the list, are encouraged to contact the editor at the usual address. We will be only too happy to provide you with a T50 application form. It is only with your help that IC can continue to expand and refine ■ the list.

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Expansion in the chemical and petrochemical industries in India also gives a boost to heavy transport companies like Nabros Transport PVT. Ltd

Allelys Heavy Haulage in the UK acquired a 200 tonne capacity girder bridge from Goldhofer. The bridge will be operated in combination with their Goldhofer hydraulic modular trailers. Although Allelys bought the girder bridge especially to enter in to the electrical market, such as for the movement of transformers by road, in the meantime, the bridge has also proven its worth on moving a paper cylinder

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consecutive positions: Specialized Transport Service (STS) from the USA at 45, Vanguard Rigging in South Africa at 46 and the MOF Company in the Philippines at 47. Gruas ABC from Mexico completes the new entries at 49 with a total capacity of 970 tonnes. Due to the many new entries, mainly in the capacity range from 1,000 to 4,000 tonnes, a number of companies dropped in the ranking. Most notably is Superior Transportation in the USA, which

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