Industrial Material Handler Heavy Maritime Transport Logistics

Partner Maritime Services transferred an intact SENNEBOGEN 895 E heavy-duty handler by sea to eliminate machinery disassembly and civil road restrictions.  www.sennebogen.com Partner Maritime Services and SENNEBOGEN completed the maritime transit and delivery of a fully assembled, 420-tonne SENNEBOGEN 895 E material handler from Tuzla to İskenderun, Turkey. The engineering project addressed heavy machinery relocation across 930 nautical miles for deployment in port scrap and bulk materials handling. Heavy Equipment Transport Logistics and Road Constraints Transferring a machine measuring over 20 metres in height and 420 tonnes typically requires dismantling the unit into modular components, necessitating 18 heavy-duty transport vehicles. Highway routing involves overhead clearance limits, axle weight regulations, bridge payload limitations, and civil road construction constraints. Mechanical dismantling and post-delivery reassembly additionally prolong machine downtime and increase operational labour costs. To eliminate these logistical constraints, the engineering team executed a single-unit maritime transport solution on a 60-metre by 19-metre pontoon, maintaining operational readiness directly upon arrival. Ballast Control and Marine Engineering Solution Loading commenced at Anadoluport in Tuzla, where the material handler tracked onto the pontoon via a roll-on/roll-off interface. Pontoon internal ballast tanks were actively drained during roll-on procedures to compensate for shifting ground pressure and ensure deck alignment with the quay. After positioning, crew secured the machine with heavy-duty lashing mechanisms based on hydrostatic stability calculations. A tugboat completed the 930-nautical-mile voyage across the Marmara and Mediterranean seas in ten days. At the destination port in İskenderun, infrastructure lacked a dedicated RoRo ramp, and the quay wall stood 5.40 metres above water level, exceeding the pontoon's maximum three-metre ballast compensation limit. Partner Maritime Services integrated an auxiliary floating dry dock. Engineers submerged the floating dock via controlled tank flooding, positioned the loaded pontoon inside the dock chamber, and initiated simultaneous deballasting. The rising dock elevated the pontoon deck to match the 5.40-metre quay elevation, allowing the machine to drive directly ashore. "By docking the loaded pontoon inside the floating dock and using controlled ballasting procedures, we created a customized solution that effectively bridged the gap between the water level and the quay," explained Sahin Aktan, founder and managing director of Partner Maritime Services. Industrial Applications and Operational Results The transported material handler was delivered directly to industrial steel producer Tosyali, joining an existing site fleet of 41 operational handling units. Transferring the unit intact bypassed the requirement for 18 transport trucks, avoided structural disassembly, and preserved factory assembly tolerances. The application verifies that floating dock elevation coupled with ballasted pontoons provides a viable transport method for oversized industrial automation and bulk-handling equipment when destination berths lack fixed roll-on/roll-off infrastructure. Edited by Evgeny Churilov, Induportals Media - Adapted by AI. www.sennebogen.com Powered by Induportals Media Publishing