Collett & Sons Cruises out of Dover with 335 Tonnes
Appointed by Daher Projects GmbH to undertake delivery of two 335 Tonne transformers destined for Sellindge Substation, Collett & Sons Ltd loaded up their specialist girder bridge and headed out of Cruise Terminal 1 at the Port of Dover. Arriving at the Port aboard the same vessel, Collett deftly discharged the first, lifting from the […]
Collett Offers 110 Tonne Straddle Carrier at Depot
At Collett’s portside Scottish headquarters in Grangemouth, they offer a 110 Tonne straddle carrier, a 45 Tonne straddle carrier and range of forklift trucks up to 15 Tonne. This heavy lift storage depot enables them to provide a fast and efficient Scottish hub for load handling, making the storage, consolidation and transhipment of components a […]
Crane Vehicle from Collett for Flood Damaged Dales
Utilising their crane vehicle fleet to provide a flexible transport and offloading solution, Collett deliver four giant steel tubes to the Yorkshire Dales. After a month’s worth of rain fell in just two hours, Cogden Beck bridge was completely destroyed by boulders and debris washed down in the early August floods. Collett have delivered the […]
Collett & Sons Have Delivered the World’s Largest Crane
Unveiled at the Port of Ghent in November 2018, Sarens SGC-250, the largest crane in the world, required a transport solution for delivery to the Hinkley Point C Nuclear Power Plant (HPC) site in Somerset and Collett & Sons were right for the job. Destined for its first UK project, the SGC-250 will play a […]
Clocaenog Wind Farm Deliveries Have Been Completed
The final component deliveries to Clocaenog Wind Farm have been completed. With the first of the deliveries taking place at the beginning of January, for the past six months Collett & Sons Ltd have been travelling the 70 mile route from Ellesmere Port to Clocaenog Forest Wind Farm, steadily delivering the turbine components to the […]
Collett Develops Solution for Bespoke Cargo Transport
Utilising Scheuerle clamp systems, with in-house designed transport brackets solution, Collett deliver the first of three cold box sections to the West Midlands. Due to the dimensions of the 4.4m high, 35m long cargo, Collett were required to engineer a bespoke solution to deliver the first, and largest, of the three cargoes. Flat trailers and […]
The Tunnel Boring Machine Mary Journey
Fracht UK Projects has worked in collaboration with Partners Collett & Sons on the £100 million contract to excavate a 5 km tunnel under the River Humber to carry a replacement gas pipeline. The two had to deliver the tunnel boring machine, named Mary, from Immingham docks to Goxhill and devise a cohesive plan for […]
