International heavy lift and transport specialist Mammoet will transport an 1,800 tonne reactor to Orlen Lietuva鈥檚 refinery facility in the North West of Lithuiania.

Heavy transport project along a similar route in 2008

Planned to take place in mid-2023, the 100 metre long, 6.5 metre wide and 10 metre tall cargo will be transported 150 kilometres on public roads from the Port of Klaip臈da to the Ma啪eikiai Refinery. It will be the biggest cargo to be transported in Lithuanian history.

Navigation planning

At the port it will be lifted off the vessel and onto 88 axle lines of conventional trailers. Mammoet will have to consider how to navigate across bridges and culverts, and be able to manoeuvre the cargo around tight corners.

The two companies have worked together before, including a heavy transport project along a similar route in 2008. Mammoet also undertook a study in 2019 to evaluate potential routes for large cargo, which led to the company being offered this transport job.

Private investment

Orlen Lietuva鈥檚 general director, Michal Rudnicki, said, 鈥淎t EUR550 million ($619 million), the development of, and construction of a new facility, at the Ma啪eikiai Refinery marks one of the largest private Polish capital investments in Lithuanian history.

鈥淭he transportation of the reactor marks the largest milestone in the construction of the new hydrocracking facility, and this places great importance on the outcome of Mammoet鈥檚 work.鈥�

Edvinas Ivanauskas, sales director for Russia, Baltic and Finland at Mammoet, said, 鈥淥relen Lietuva鈥檚 decision to collaborate with us directly on both the study and the job demonstrates confidence in our local knowledge, along with our heavy lift and transport expertise.

鈥淧reparing a 150 kilometre route is highly complex.鈥�

Mammoet intends this job to serve as proof of capability for larger jobs in the Baltics region.