12/01/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 12/01/2021 08:22
Mammoet has been awarded the contract for the transportation of an 1800-ton reactor for the new PC ORLEN Lietuva facility in North-west Lithuania. Come August 2023, the 100-meter-long, 6.5-meter-wide and 10-meter-tall (vehicle sizing) transport configuration will be transferred approximately 150-kilometers on public roads from the Port of Klaipėda to the Mažeikiai Refinery.
Once the unit arrives at the port, it will be lifted off the seagoing vessel and onto 88 axle lines of conventional trailers, which will then execute the operation from port to site. Therefore, with a piece of this size, the most challenging part is not selecting the equipment, but the preparing of route. For example, Mammoet requires tailored solutions to cross bridges and culverts or to manoeuvre a unit this long around tight corners - and it needs dozens of these custom solutions throughout the 150-kilometer route.Transportation of the reactor in 2008.
Mammoet Russia, Baltic and Finland Sales Director, Edvinas Ivanauskas, comments: "ORLEN Lietuva's decision to collaborate with us directly on both the study and the job demonstrates confidence in our local knowledge and relationships, along with our heavy lift and transport expertise. Preparing a 150-kilometer route is highly complex, and we take it as a big compliment that ORLEN trusts us with this responsibility." He continues: "At Mammoet, we expect this trust to grow further so that we can deliver even larger jobs for the company in the Baltics region."
Public Company ORLEN Lietuva is a petroleum refining company operating the only petroleum refinery in the Baltic States as well as crude oil and petroleum product network and marine terminal. Production and sales of petroleum products are the key areas of activity of the Company. Oil refinery processes approximately 10 million tons of crude oil a year.
Public Company ORLEN Lietuva is one of the most well-known companies whose impact on Lithuanian economy is considerable. It is the largest taxpayer in the state and one of the largest exporters of the country. The Company is the most important supplier of petrol and diesel fuel in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. Company' products are also exported to Western Europe, USA, Ukraine, and other countries.
ORLEN Lietuva inf.