During the crane dismantling process at Refining NZ. Photo / Dan McGrath
New Zealand's largest crane is being dismantled and taken away from Te Mahi Hou project at Refining NZ's Marsden Point, where it has been for nearly a year.
It took two days to break down the boom on the 600 tonne crane, which was shipped in especially for heavy lifting
of key processing units. The crane has been loaded on to trucks before being shipped to its next job in Australia.
The $365 million Te Mahi Hou project started in 2012 and is building a continuous catalyst regeneration platformer (CCR) unit to replace an aging petrol making kit at the refinery. The project was due for completion in December, but thanks to excellent construction progress is now expected to be up and running in November, Refining NZ communications manager Greg McNeill said.
Breaking down the boom into eight separate sections and dismantling the rest of the crane was done using two 100 tonne cranes and four heavy haul trucks.
The boom is 96m long on dismantling although Te Mahi Hou team had it out to 114m on a number of lifts. Transporting the sections required 37 separate truck movements.
