Eseasa significantly reduces transportation time for oil

Three Instead of 18

Transporting a fully disassembled oil platform onto a barge requires skill. The Mexican company Eseasa has for the first time employed a crawler crane, significantly reducing the project duration.

A Significant Contract for Eseasa

Eseasa has signed a substantial contract to build seven oil platforms for the state-owned oil company Pemex in the port city of Tampico on the Mexican coast. However, transporting these platforms to their destinations in the southern Gulf of Mexico requires considerable effort. Typically, the components, which can weigh up to 1,200 tons, are transported to a barge using self-propelled vehicles. The barge is positioned with its bow facing the shore, thereby blocking the Río Pánuco, where Eseasa’s facility is located. This process usually takes about 18 hours, during which other vessels cannot operate on the river, and several tugboats are required. To reduce the effort and lower costs, Eseasa opted for an alternative method.

The Largest Crawler Crane

The family-owned company is not only involved in production but also in project logistics for the petrochemical industry. It has several cranes used for lifting heavy loads. For the current loading operation of the oil platform components, a LR 13000 crawler crane from Liebherr was utilized. This crane is considered the most powerful conventional crawler crane in the world, reaching a maximum height of 248 meters. The crane took about three hours to load the parts onto the barge. Additionally, the river barge was able to dock along the shore without blocking the waterway.

Positive Feedback

The entire operation was met with great satisfaction from Aldo Santo, co-owner of Eseasa: “The loading process worked well and was significantly more cost-effective than before. The reduced duration of the work was also exceptional.”