An exceptional road transport operation began at West Welding\u2019s Teuva facility, as an LNG fuel tank designed and manufactured by West Welding was transported to the Port of Kaskinen. This was not a routine transport, but a carefully planned logistical operation in which scale and technical boundary conditions defined every detail.\u00a0 The LNG tank was designed and manufactured by West Welding for Meyer Turku\u2019s ICON 5 cruise ship.<\/p>\n
The transport assembly was exceptionally large. The combined width of the tank, special trailers and transport structures was approximately 15 metres, the height approximately 14 metres, and the total weight around 500 tonnes. The transfer was carried out using two parallel, remotely controlled special trailers with a total of 144 wheels. The transport proceeded at walking speed, and the approximately 30-kilometre journey from Teuva to Kaskinen took around 15 hours.<\/p>\n
A special transport of this scale is part of a broader whole that is taken into account already at the design stage. Transportability must be aligned with both manufacturing-related and logistical requirements. Route load-bearing capacity, curves, height restrictions and traffic arrangements determine how the transfer can be carried out safely. The transport route has been in the planning stages for about a year in collaboration with the Elinvoimakeskus and local municipalities. Due to the scale of the project, significant modifications have been made to the route, including widening roads and intersections, as well as burying power lines underground and laying submarine cables.<\/p>\n
For West Welding, the transport was a moment in which the company\u2019s core expertise \u2013 design, manufacturing, welding technology, and project management \u2013 became concretely visible to the public in an exceptional way.<\/p>\n