Six 158 Tonne Engines Transported Across Dublin
Collett has completed the delivery of six 158-tonne diesel engines from Dublin Port to Orion Business Park, North Dublin.
Each engine, measuring 13.4m L x 3.4m W x 4.7m H, was initially received at Dublin Port and shunted across to a secure storage location at the port until the scheduled delivery. To ensure efficiency through self-loading and to accommodate the challenging weight and dimensions of the cargo, our 250Te capacity Goldhofer girder bridge trailer was built around each engine at the port.
Following a carefully planned schedule, the engines were transported using the 20-axle Girder Bridge trailer. Every delivery adhered to a meticulously surveyed route, with Irish police escort, private escorts and night deliveries setting off at 11pm as stipulated by the local authorities to ensure safe passage of the oversized loads through Dublin.
TRANSPORT BY GIRDER BRIDGE TO TRANSHIPMENT AREA
The project was completed in two phases, with transporting three engines in Phase One and the remaining three in Phase Two. All six units were identical in weight and dimensions, following the same route during each delivery.
Route inspections identified several pinch points that required a combination of rerouting and contraflow manoeuvres to navigate tight turns and low-clearance areas, while reducing or, in some cases, avoiding the need to remove street furniture.
Completing the 15-mile route from port to site, each engine was steered into a transhipment area within Orion Business Park. For the final stage of the delivery, a 10-axle SPMT was utilised, a specialist trailer offering 360-degree steering and vertical lifting or lowering of the load. This made it ideal for the short-distance transfer, particularly given the narrow site access. Each engine was carefully positioned onto its final plinth using jacking equipment, carried out by a trusted subcontractor.
TRANSHIPMENT USING MODULAR TRAILERS & INSTALLATION
During the transhipment process, our Girder Bridge trailer was dismantled and returned to the port the following day. It was then rebuilt and loaded with the next engine, in line with the delivery schedule.
Preliminary works, including detailed route surveys and coordination with the Irish police escorts (Garda), local authorities and stakeholders, ensured the seamless execution of each transport phase. Requirements such as street furniture removal or modifications, preparing a site car park for transhipment, preparing the ground to support the load and building a new access gate for the engines to enter the site via SPMT from the transhipment area were identified during route surveys and carried out by the Collett team as part of the preliminary works.