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Benchmark Worldwide Transport
was asked to implement and coordinate the movement of 3 turbine generator sets
with their accessories from Pensacola, Florida to a peak power plant under construction,
located in New Albany, Mississippi. Benchmark
was told that they had to improve the delivery time of any carrier. The other
carriers delivery time was 31 days.
Benchmark trucked the accessories to the site. The
turbines and generators were loaded on stands on a barge. The barge was pulled
up the Tom Bigby Waterway to a point approximately 50 miles from where the barge
was unloaded. The location for unloading was chosen after surveying many sites.
The bank of the river was graded so that the barge could be positioned
to allow a hydraulic platform trailer to move on the barge and under the turbines
and generators. The turbines and generators were driven off of the barge and across
a road made of cribbing to a location approximately ¼ mile. At
this location, the turbines and generators were repositioned and secured to the
trailers. The equipment was driven to the site and offloaded onto the pads, over
the bolts. The entire transit time for all 3 units from Pensacola the New Albany
was 14 days. |