Samsung Engineering selects Dutch transport firm for major Saudi project

Samsung Engineering has contracted Netherlands-based Mammoet to transport and install 49 modules for the construction of Jubail United Petrochemical Company’s Ethylene Oxide–Ethylene Glycol (EO/EG) plant in Saudi Arabia.

Following its completion in 2020, the plant is expected to produce 700,000 metric tons of ethylene oxide–ethylene glycol per annum, said a statement from the company.

Mammoet’s scope includes weighing, transporting and installing the various modules along with associated port handling and custom clearance activities.

“The transport phase was approached with careful planning and preparation to minimize any risk to the project’s schedule,” the statement said.

The modules include eight pipe rack modules, ranging in weight between 450 and 650 tons and a 2000-ton wash tower.

The pipe rack modules were transported from the client’s yard to the site using 56 axle-lines of SPMT. Once on site, they were carefully set onto foundations.