Transformer transported across India
22 December 2021
Express Global Logistics (EXG), member of the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC) in India, transported a 45 tonne transformer, 97 oil barrels and a nitrogen injection fire protection system 1,800 kilometres from Karjan, Gujarat to the Tyada station in Andhra Pradesh.
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The transformer was 4.8 metres long, 2.6 metres wide and 3.4 metres high, and was transported on 6 axles.
The final 25 kilometres was the most restricted and complicated part of the journey due to the ghats (mountain regions).
The main unit was halted at this stage for 3 days whilst accessories arrived and were offloaded to help facilitate rail movement through a 3.5 metre narrow approach road.
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The entire cargo was manually offloaded from the axles, trucks and trailers and a 40 metre dragging operation was put into place.
The cargo was then loaded onto a ramp, and then a wagon to its final destination.
Multiple railways were shut down to load and unload the wagon.
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