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vehicles with a height of up to 4.40 metres. Last but not least, this semi-low-loader with a span length of 23 metres maximum takes up to 160 tons of cargo. Worldwide, there are very few with a similar method of construction, mostly with a considerably lower payload.
For the locomotives, the special low-loader with a total of 14 axle lines is combined into a transporter that is in total 68 metres long, having a total weight of 230 tons. Transporting the engines by road involves a whole ran- ge of traffic routing measures along the way. For ex- ample, traffic signs have to be removed temporarily and concrete road supporting slabs positioned. Even road bends and traffic islands have to be permanently upgraded ahead of the project.
For all that, the highly skilled drivers have to proceed with extreme care. This means that it takes four full nights to cover the 360 kilometres to Hamburg from Kassel. From Hamburg, a Ro/Ro vessel will carry the locomotives to their port of destination in the USA,
where they will be discharged directly onto the tracks of the American rail operator. ■ Universal Transport/red
Despite everything, the well-trained drivers have to drive with great care. That is why they need four whole nights for the 360 km from Kassel to Hamburg.
Universal Transport
Universal Transport is an internationally active transport company with its headquarters in Pad- erborn. With 750 employees and a fleet of 350 vehicles for out-of-gauge and heavy-lift logis- tics, it is among the market leaders in the field: It is also the only project logistics provider with its own fleet in Germany. Its subsidiary, Züst & Bachmeier, specializing in project logistics, also operates its own heavy-lift logistics centre in the Port of Nuremberg in Bavaria. The Universal Transport Group operates a total of 28 branches in Germany, also including Hamburg, as well as in the Czech Republic, Poland, Rumania, Russia, Ukraine, Turkey, Egypt and Malaysia.
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