Special Transport (DVD) - Gertjan Houtman

Dutch transport companies have a  world-wide reputation for moving heavy and outsized loads. This  programme features the work of three specialists.         

We see the Sarens group  transporting the largest sections of a newly built cutter-suction  dredger as well as a port container crane.         

Mammoet’s skill with SPMTs is  demonstrated when they move three heavy Smit transformers over water,  road and use 2-stack work to cross a railway. We also see them place  two viaducts, one of which is over a hundred metres long.         

Saan’s special load is a  Hercules plane being taken from its museum to painting facilities in  Lelystad. This involved lifts to ‘hop’ over roads.         

Finally there are some trailer  transports, one with a houseboat and one with a steel vessel for a  refinery.         

Gertjan Houtman is a Dutch journalist  and film-maker who specialises in heavy transport.