Lifting and transportation company Al Jaber Heavy Lift & Transport has used three Modulift spreader beams in a ‘1-over-2’ lifting rig to safely lift and place a 150 tonne wooden boat with uneven weight distribution at a port in Qatar.
The hand crafted boat was lifted with three different Modulift spreader beams - the Mod 600XB/600, Mod 250, and Mod 110 - all of which were 40 metres long and 10 metres high.
The '1-over-2' lifting rig method in use
Different beams were used to help evenly distribute the weight of the boat, the ‘1-over-2’ system was also used as there was no headroom restrictions making it the most economical.
A Terex crawler lifting the boat
Al Jaber engineering manager Fasin Abubacker said: “The boat was handcrafted in Kerala, India, and brought to Qatar waters. It required lifting onto the jetty for further maintenance purposes. Our operations team were able to execute the lift safely and cost efficiently with this equipment.”
“We wouldn’t have been able to turn this lift around so quickly without the Mod spreader beam system. An uneven weight distribution during lifting can cause tilting or even catastrophic structural damage to the item being lifted. Using three different beams in a ‘1-over-2’ configuration helped to negate these challenges.”
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