Achievements
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Executing the salvage operation of the sunken ferry MV Sewol in the East China Sea in 2017, the
company ALE used SPMTs equivalent to a 600-axle line and a load weight of 17,000 t (18,739 short
tons; 16,732 long tons), exceeding two world records.[14][15]
In December 2022 Shell plc a London based oil company ordered decommission of their
20,300ton FPSO Curlew ship when it reached the end of its operational life. This operation was
assigned to AF Offshore Decom, a decommissioning specialist company based in Oslo which
partnered with Mammoet of Utrecht to load-in and set-down the structure in Norway with the help
of 748 SPMT axle line. This claimed to break two world records, one for the heaviest SPMT
movement and another for most SPMT axle lines used for transportation.[16]
In February 2023 Sinotrans Heavy-Lift a China based heavy transport company moved a hotel
building 500 meters in Sanya, Hainan using 254 axle lines of Scheuerle SPMT with the help of 15
power packs. This was claimed to be the world's heaviest building transportation ever. The building
in the subject was almost 300ft long, 115 ft wide, 65 ft high and weighed 7,500 tons. The relocation
was done to comply with the environmental regulations of the state.[17]
In December 2023 China Shipping Vastwin Project Logistic a China based logistics company a
subsidiary of China based multinational company COSCO Shipping moved five number of buildings at
the Ningxia Saishang Jiangnan Museum located in Ningxia based in Northern China. The relocation
was done to adhere with the environmental regulations. The buildings in subject were 11,450 tonnes
in total of five with the main building weighing 10,000 tonnes, 43 mtr high, 36.9 mtr long and 31.5
mtr wide which was moved on 300 lines of SPMT and ten powerpacks. This resulted in breaking
three records of most heights, heaviest building transportation over the longest distance.