Barge transportation again proved to be the best possible solution for a sophisticated heavy lift and assembling project within Europe. A Siemens gas turbine of 308 tons measuring 10,900 x 5,180 x 4,860 mm had to be shipped from Siemens works in Berlin onto foundations of Belgian power station at Vilvoorde near Antwerp.

The project team of the Rolf Riedl GmbH choosed pre-carriage of the turbine by a Scheuerle trailer combination of two 12-axle units coupled side by side from shipper's premises to the Westhafen inland port of Berlin. A stationary heavy lift crane of BEHALA handled the turbine into a river craft shipping it on inland waterways to Mülheim on the Ruhr river: In Mülheim inland port the shipment had been completed by loading a 281 tons generator measuring 10,200 x 4,360 x 4,870 mm also manufactured by Siemens destined for the same Belgian power station.
Originally it was planned to discharge both heavy pieces at the ro-ro facility of Vilvoorde harbour by a mobile crane. But since the ground near the quay wall proved to be too soft for a heavy mobile crane in addition to its outstanding load, the Riedl team had to change the procedure: The barge had been routed to Rotterdam for handling both pieces by a heavy lift crane from the barge onto a pontoon which was rerouted to Vilvoorde. At the inland harbour the turbine as well as the generator could smoothly be rolled-off from the pontoon and trucked to the 2 kms nearby power station.

The 281 tons generator before starting its final lag of the transport chain from the pontoon deck at the ro-ro facility in the Belgian inland port of Vilvoorde to the power station

At the destination site specialists of the Riedl company Riedl & Stöcker, also based in west German Hagen, arranged lifting-off both pieces from the hydraulic trailers by means of an 800 tons rigging device with attached shunting track on which the turbine was shifted on top of its foundation. After de-assembling and re-assembling of the rigging device the gas turbine has been lifted up onto stillages raising 3 m above the ground on top of a condenser. The rigging device had been contributed by a British partner of the Riedl group. Also the 281 tons generator had been lifted-off from its trailer by the rigging installation and shifted on the attached shunting bars into the hall onto its foundations. After putting onto foundations, the turbine and the generator had been set ready for operation. Execution of the entire transport and assembling order also enhancing the carriage of some 2,500 frts of auxiliaries from other supplier's works from one hand again proved efficiency and advantages in project logistics to the benefits of industrial shippers and their customers.

Sliding of the generator on a shunting track onto its foundations within the hall