In a remarkable tandem lift with its onboard crane gear MV „Beluga Stavanger” loaded a huge barge destined for port-construction in Odessa
He is able to dig, pile, vibrate, swim and so much more. Because of his size of 50 meters length and 22 meters width, one thing Kurt had still to achieve was to master the art of flying. However since the 5th of September the working-platform of the Tiefbau GmbH Unterweser (TAGU) started its biggest voyage ever to Odessa. The day before Kurt learnt how to fly.
With almost 1,000 tons of weight the construction unit is anything but a light duty. Even for the extremely powerful two cranes of the multipurpose heavy lift project carrier MV „Beluga Stavanger”, which helped Kurt into the air, this was not at all a snap. It was one of the most interesting capability-tests to date for the on board loading gear of the new P-class ships of the Bremen based shipping company Beluga Shipping. Although both onboard cranes – each of them made for lifting 700 tons – as a tandem can lift without any problems even 1,400 tons, this lift was extreme: Due to Kurt´s dimensions the cranes were working almost to their furthest outreach and leverage effect during this load was huge.
Several people and experts on the waterfront watched this remarkable loading-procedure in the port of Brake. Meanwhile the team and equipment of the MV „Beluga Stavanger” demonstrated their proficiency. For being in the position to lift the bulky platform on board of the 20,000-tdw multipurpose-freighter some of Kurt´s superstructure had to be removed first. Then, in tandem, both cranes slowly lifted the bulky freight centimeter by centimeter out of the water of the river Weser. As Kurt was suspended by the onboard cranes, the “Beluga Stavanger” just heeled a tiny bit. The very strong pumps of its highly powerful ballast-water-system permanently secured the outbalancing of any changes of its barycentre.
