Lift & Shift Middle East is a JV between Fastco and India’s Apurva Parikh Group
Lift & Shift Middle East (LSEME), a joint venture incorporated in Oman between Fastco, an OHI Group company and India’s Apurva Parikh Group Company known as Lift & Shift India Pvt, a specialist offshore engineering and transport company have revealed that it has completed the safe transport of heavy equipment from the L&T plant in Sohar to the Orpic site.
Formed to meet the growing ‘heavy lift’ demands of the local market through engineering and logistical support for moving heavy equipment and project based cargoes from different industries, the company has undertaken yet another project successfully.
The equipment comprising the main section of the Wet Gas Scrubber (Shell Assembly) weighing 95 tonnes and the (Cone Assembly) weighing 15 tonnes, fabricated by L&T at its Sohar Plant, was transported on special Self Propelled Remote Controlled Axles in a period of three hours.
The complexity of the project was also driven by the fact that the equipment had to be delivered to site, which had a pipe rack with a height restriction of 7mt.
This necessitated a special civil ramp to be created which was connected between Steinweg Port and Oman Refineries and Petrochemicals Co.
The operation was planned in collaboration with the Royal Oman Police, Sohar Industrial Port Company authorities, Steinweg port and Orpic.
It was scheduled on a public holiday owing to reduced traffic for safety and all traffic routes and diversions were planned well in advance by Royal Oman Police and Sohar Industrial Port Company to ensure smooth transportation.
LSEME said that it is proud to have undertaken such a project and is grateful to L&T, ROP (Royal Oman Police), SIPC (Sohar Industrial Port Company), Steinweg Port and ORPIC for their support in making this project a success.