ISSUE 06

NEWS
Summer 2007

Overview
Dear Business colleagues,
It's my pleasure to introduce to you the 6th edition of
Fagioli Group Newsletter.

Fagioli is a growing and fast-moving company, always

ready to adapt itself to a more challenging and dynamic
market. A market, in which quality and HSE
requirements, globalisation, professionalism, know-how
and cost-effectiveness are the key fundamentals.

Over the last 6 months Fagioli has continued growing as

a group, has been recognised for its high level
performances, expertise and high profile engineering
capabilities within the Heavy Transport and Lifting
industry on a global basis. For all these reasons Fagioli
management thought that it was the right time to change
the name of all its international 100% group-owned
branches into one simple word: FAGIOLI. One Group,
One Name, One Brand.
The first six months of 2007 have gone in a flash with Fagioli group team
committed to execute several demanding projects. Among all, the Adriatic
LNG project in Spain. Thanks to the innovative engineering solutions
IN THIS ISSUE proposed to the client, Fagioli was awarded the heavy transport, lifting and
final installation of modules, tanks and ancillary pieces that compose a re-
z Overview gasification concrete Terminal under construction in Spain and
z Heavy Lifting and Transportation subsequently towed to Adriatic sea. (Above, a spectacular transport of a
Projects 1,600 tonne tank)

z Transport for the Nuclear Industry Also, in this issue we will take a deep look into Middle East activities
(Yanbu) with a 1,300 tonne column transport; an interesting substitution of
z Heavy Transport for the Shipyard 4 huge crane dischargers; load in and load out operations of modules for
Industries the off-shore industry; rail and sea transportation with group-owned
equipment, project logistics performances..…in few words a "juicy"
z Project Logistics summer EDITION !!!
z Fagioli Engineering Take a look inside and …. enjoy this 16-page edition!!!
z Breakbulk Conference, Antwerp
Rudy Corbetta,
z All Change for PSC Marketing & Publicity
 Heavy Lifting and Transportation

Adriatic LNG Plant

Above photo: ADRIATIC LNG Terminal

Fagioli is supporting the Adriatic LNG

project: an Off-Shore LNG Receiving
and Re-gasification Terminal to be
installed in the Adriatic sea 15 km far
from Po river in Italy, to be used as an
important gas supply for the whole
country.

This will be a concrete terminal, first of its

kind in the world with gigantic
dimensions (180m x 88m x 47m). Once
the construction has been completed the
casting basin will be flooded and the
terminal sea transported from Spain to
Italy.

The purpose of this terminal is to receive

natural gas in liquid form from tanker
vessels every three days, for storage
and subsequent re-gasification at its final
destination in the Adriatic Sea,
approximately 30 km from the city of
Rovigo (close to Venice), and distribution Above photo: Tanks arrival in Algeciras
via a gas pipeline to the Italian
consumers.

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The main Components of the Terminal are:
z Concrete Gravity Base Structure (GBS)
z Two storage Tanks (made of 6 sections
in all)
z Topside Modules (11 main modules,
almost 40 items)
Fagioli was awarded for the following
activities:
z Heavy transport and lifting Engineering
z Load-in modules from barges / ships to
Algeciras site
z Transport of modules to temporary storage
area or close to the installation area
z Final module installation by means of
towers and strand jacks (specially
made), skidding system and cranes.
Above photo: Tank transport inside GBS
PROJECT NUMBERS
Total Tonnage to be moved:
abt.16,000 tonne
Heaviest Module: ORV - 4,400 ton
Biggest Module: ORV 75 x 31.5 x 28.4m
Engineering hours (Phase 1):
planned more than 14,000
Operational hours (Phase 2):
planned more than 53,000
Duration:
Phase 1: Jan - Oct 2006
Phase 2: Oct 2006 - Dec 2007
Heavy Lifting and Transportation
Above photo: Tank transport by means of SPMTs
EQUIPMENT
z Up to 200 SPMT axle lines
z 2 X 750 ton crawler crane
z Auxiliary cranes
z Beam and skid tracks for skidding
operation for an overall capacity up to
7,200 tonne
z Tower Lifting/ Strand Jacks for Lifting
Operation / Steel plates for unloading
operations of the Modules from
Barges / PPU’S / Semi-Trailers /
Floating Platform / Fork-Lifts.
WORK IN PROGRESS
During these last months Fagioli
managed to perform the following
activities:
z tanks load-in by means of 96 and
128 axles and final positioning into
the GBS
z Strand jacks positioning on top of the
GBS
z Load-out and load-in of a living
quarter from Sweden to Spain (see
page 6)
z Huge beams construction for the lift
structure
z Lifting tower assembling
TANKS
Fagioli team unloaded 6 Tanks sections
weighing up to 1,600 tons each, from
marine vessel moored at site new quay.
Then, Fagioli successfully performed
the site transport from quay area to the
intermediate storage area and
subsequent transport from storage area
inside GBS.
Installation of 60 Strand Jacks and
assembling structures onto GBS roof;
Installation of n. 6 Tanks sections by
means of 60 Strand Jacks;
Lifting with Strand Jacks from SPMT
and removal of SPMT’s.
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 Heavy Lifting and Transportation

Ratchaburi Power Plant - Steam Turbine and Generator Installation

Above shows the lifting of a 290T GT Generator at the

Fagioli Asia were contracted by RMS Quality Co., Ltd of Thailand to
carry out the installation of a total of 10no. turbines and generators
for the Ratchaburi Power Plant in Thailand. The on-base operations
for 2 units of power train span over a duration of over 5months.
delivery bay prior to skidding to on-base location. Note
the deployment of a purpose-built screw-type connector
between the lifting wires and our D-rings; a very effective
and practical solution to overcome the problem of very
limited head-room clearance.

Above shows the on-base operation of a 160T Steam Turbine using

our EZ 600 telegantries complete with 4 units L100 strand jacks. The
unit was lifted about 14m and skidded over 50m to its final location.

Bugok phase II G/T Yanbu, Saudi Arabia

Fagioli PSC Korea carried out

the lift and installation of two,
175Ton, Gas Turbines for Bugok
Phase II CCPP in Korea.

The lift required four L100 jacks
& one L12/8E power pack, the
installation required two L15
jacks & a Hillman roller.
After lifting the Gas Turbine into
the steel structure, the whole
thing was then manouvered by
gantry to its foundation.
Fagioli recently performed a challenging transport in Saudi Arabia (Yanbu) for the
Yansab plant. Two 98m long splitters weighing 1,300 tonne and approximately 10m
diameter.
Fagioli performed the transport of the two vessels using 72 axle lines of SPMTs (2x36).
The vessel was unloaded onto SPMTs in Yanbu and than positioned onto temporary
stools. The second vessel was performed in the same way.
After a long trip of 14km from jetty to site the vessels were positioned onto stools. The
Fagioli team also carried out the transportation of all the accessory parts. This is a
typical job performed in the Middle East area, with group-owned equipment.

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 Heavy Lifting and Transportation

Heavy Rail Transport Young Hung 4 Chimney Erection

Railway transport is an important activity within
Fagioli’s portfolio of services. Thanks to a long
experience within this field Fagioli performed the
transport of a 210 tonne trafo from Cavatigozzi near
Cremona to Vasto S. Salvo (CH). A long trip from
North to Central Italy by means of group-owned 20
axles rail cars.

Fagioli PSC Korea carried out the lift and installation of Chimney
Steel Can sections weighing a total of 322Ton for Young Hung #4 in
Korea. The lift required four L100 jacks & one L4/14E power pack.

First stage - we lifted 1 - 16 sections of Steel Cans, a total 149 Ton,

Column Transport
Fagioli performed the transport of a 37m long column
destined to a refinery. The 141 tonne vessel was
3.2m wide and 4.1m height.
The 200km journey started in Varese in the North
West of Italy with destination to Mantua (Porto
Valdaro) over 3 nights avoiding all restrictions such as
bridges, underpasses, roundabouts.
using strand jacks.
Second stage - the 17th section of Steel Can was welded to16th
section. Then 1 - 29 sections of Steel Can was lifted, a total 262 Ton,
using strand jacks.
Finally, the 30th section of Elbow Can was welded together with the
29th section and then the complete steel can (sections 1 - 32) was
lifted, a total 322 Ton, using strand jacks.

The transport was successfully performed with a 2 x Transport to Vasto San Salvo
7 axles of modular trailers with turntables. One of the
most challenging points was an underpass in
Saronno (north west of Milan). 5.2m meters of
available height with a convoy that reached 5.35m.
The flexibility of the modular trailers allowed the
whole convoy to be lowered 15cm necessary to pass
without scratching or touching the concrete. The
column will be loaded and transported by means of
group-owned barge to Venice.
Fagioli performed the transport of a 210 tonne transformer from
Legnano to Chieti with final destination Termoli. Fagioli loaded the
heavy item and supports specially made for rail transport onto a 22
axles road convoy (11 + 11) and transported to Busto Arsizio.

After the transhipment of the transformer from road trailers to Fagioli

rail cars the item reached its destination to Vasto San Salvo.

This is another example of the integrated services which Fagioli have

to offer there clients, combining road and heavy rail transport.

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 Heavy Lifting and Transportation

1300 Tonne Living Quarter Jimah Power Project Culvert Lifting

Fagioli provides custom-made services to comply

with the heavy transport and lifting requirements of
the most relevant Off-shore companies in the world.

In this particular case, Fagioli transported a 1300

tonne living quarter. Dimensions of the modules
The discharge of cooling water from the Jimah Power Plant,
were 40m x 24m x 22m. The first step was the
Malaysia necessitate the construction of a cooling water out-fall in
load-out of the living quarter onto a sea barge in
the form of a tunnel running out far into the sea. The tunnel is
Goteborg, Sweden. Lashing, securing, sea
prefabricated in 92-segments at the onshore casting yard. Each
fastening and sea transport to Spain.
segment weighs around 270T.
In Spain, the module was unloaded, transported to a
Our contract with Kaiji Singapore Pte Ltd involves the design and
storage area and positioned onto supports.
provision of the lifting structures, skidding tracks and lifting jacks.
The living quarter is to be positioned on top of the We are required to synchronously lift each segment to facilitate the
ADRIATIC LNG concrete structure (please see transfer of same by transportation trailers to the barge and for
article on pages 2 & 3). subsequent lifting by crane for final positioning on the seabed.

Quayside Crane
Loadout at Marina Di Ravenna Port
Ravenna port , Italy.
On week 24 Fagioli
transported a 646 tonne
deck module onto a barge
by means of 2 x 18 SPMT
axles. After this operation
a peculiar jacket (1,172
tonne) was "escorted" on
the same barge by 42
SPMT axle lines using 3
lines of 14 axles as the
module was a huge
January 2007, Fagioli successfully performed the "tripod".
load-out, sea transport and final load-in operations of On week 25 Fagioli
a new quayside crane (700ton) from Vado Ligure performed the heaviest
(SV) to Genoa. load out, a 3,112 tonne
Fagioli provided all heavy transport equipment, living quarter by means of
Fagioli recently performed the load 136 axles lines and 4
operation engineering as well as the supply of sea-
out of 3 gigantic modules for the power packs.
fastening and grillage devices.
Offshore activities at Marina di

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 Heavy Lifting and Transportation

Bugok Phase II CCPP - S/G Wartsila Conselice

Fagioli PSC Korea
carried out the lift and
installation of two,
223Ton, Steam
Generators for Bugok
Phase II CCPP in
Korea. The lift required
four L100 jacks & one
L12/8E power pack, the
installation required two
L15 jacks & Hillman
roller and a turn table.

Once the Steam Generators had been lifted into the

steel structure, it was then placed on the turn table
by pulling jacks and then turned 90 degrees,
connected to the moving gantry which installed the
Steam Generators onto their foundations.
Transport of 3 engines 18V46, dimensions 13.5m x 4.1m x 5m,
weighing 278 tonnes each, from quay Trieste to Corsini port in
Ravenna, using Fagioli’s sea vessel Storman Asia.
They were then transported by road from port to Conselice plant by
means of a 14 + 14 axles convoy supported with a structure typically
used in heavy rail transports, and with coupled tows. The unloading
operation onto foundations was performed with a jack-in down system.

Fagioli also performed the transport of 3 generators dimension 5.5m

x 4.1m x 4.3m, weighing 72 tonne each from S. Vitale port to
Conselice by means of an 8 axles trailer. The unloading operations
were performed using Fagioli’s 400 tonne capacity gantry crane.
Once the transports had been completed Fagioli assembled the
engines with the generators using the 400 tonne capacity gantry
crane and carried out the final positioning onto foundations of the 3
assembled pieces weighing 350 tonnes each.

The flexibility of Fagioli equipment has helped to safely perform the

whole operations in restricted areas.

49m Reactor Transport

The transportation of an extremely long reactor was carried out by Fagioli
from Milan to Mantua. Dimensions were as follows: 49m long, 3.6m wide,
3.8m tall, weighing 145 tonne.

The transport was successfully performed with a 2 x 6 axles modular

trailers with turntables. Engineering department was well involved in
moving such a long piece for more than 150 km. The first obstacle was
how to get out of the client premises due to warehouses restrictions, walls
and gate. Thanks to an extraordinary flexibility of the trailers; the
engineering department choice for the most suitable configuration;
expertise of Fagioli drivers, the long reactor was safely "conducted"
outside the client factory with some very precise manoeuvring. On the
way to Mantua, road signs were removed, electric wires were raised and
repositioned, roundabout literally overtaken to allow this long "snake-
shaped convoy" to gently sneaking through the silent and lightless cities for 3 nights. The column will be loaded and transported
by means of group-owned barge to Venice.

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 Heavy Lifting and Transportation

Ratchuburi Power Plant T1400 Telegantries Boryung Power Plant #7

Fagioli PSC Korea carried out the lift and installation of
a 226 Ton Steam Generator for Boryung power plant
#7 in Korea. The lift required four L100 jacks & one
L4/14E power pack, the installation required two L15
jacks & Hillman roller and turn table.

Once the Steam Generators had been lifted into the

steel structure, it was then placed on the turn table by
pulling jacks and then turned 90 degrees, connected to
the moving gantry which installed the Steam
Generators onto their foundations.

Fagioli Asia were contracted by Yew Choon Pte Ltd to provide

the T1400 telegantries system for the handling of heavy plant for
the Ratchaburi Power Plant, Thailand.

The delivery of the heavy plant, via barges which received the
heavy plant from the ocean-going ship, is hindered by the low
height / clearance of some bridges enroute to the off-loading
jetty near Ratchaburi job-site. It become necessary to transfer
the heavy plant directly onto the deck of the barge, gaining more
than a metre in height tolerance in comparison with having the
plant being supported on steel stools. Upon arrival at the off-
loading jetty, the plant was lifted to enable the transportation
trailer to take them away.

the left photo shows the lifting of a ST Generator to facilitate

removal of transportation trailer prior to lowering it onto the deck
of the barge.

Boiler and Dismantled Crane Transport

Fagioli loaded a boiler onto their M/V Storm at Marghera port using a ro-ro
operation by means of SPMTs. The boiler weighed 380 tonne with
dimensions of 14.5m x 10.65m x 16.8m. Fagioli SPMTs rolled the boiler
onto the ship and placed the boiler onto stools where they performed the
sea-fastening, lashing and securing of the boiler. The boiler was destined
to Al Jubail (Saudi Arabia).

The M/V then sailed to Brindisi to load a dismantled crane which consisted
of a crawler and tower section, weighing 217 tonne, a jib (in 2 sections), 3
counterweights, 7 ancillary parts.

The total journey started in Marghera, then went onto Brindisi, Al Jubail and
final destination. Fagioli’s shipping department has been very active in the
Mediterranean, Gulf area and Indian Ocean this year.

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 Heavy Lifting and Transportation

Crane Discharger JGC Rabigh Project

Almajdouie PSC (MPSC) were sub-contracted to

transport two rectifiers weighing 2,007 tons with
dimensions: 74m x 12m x 12.2m, one stripper/absorber
unit weighing 978 tons, with dimensions: 99m x 8.4m x
8.5m and a caustic tower weighing 497 tons with
dimensions: 63m x 6.3m x 6.4m.

These items form part of a subcontract at the JGC

At Brindisi port Fagioli completed a spectacular transport
with the substitution of two old "CRANE Carbon
Dischargers" with two new units. The huge discharger had
a total length of 84m with a convoy that had a width of 20m.
PetroRabigh Project that has seen MPSC working on site
constantly since September 2006. So far MPSC has
received or delivered over 200 items, for clients including
Coordinidora, MHI, Sumitomo, MES and Tecnimont. MPSC
has moved many items up to 1000 tons, and was part of the
team that has undertaken three lifts with the Fagioli Towerlift
system..

Fagioli used 76 axles (4 lines: 2x22 2x16) SPMTs to perform

the load of the 1,600 tonnes crane discharger, the load-in
operation onto a barge, the load-out on another quay and
the final positioning. Operations above mentioned had been
repeated to substitute the old dischargers.

Fagioli took care of all the engineering processes, including

those concerning the barge activities (ballasting, weight
calculations…).

Transport operations of the 4 dischargers were performed in

12 days.

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 Heavy Lifting and Transportation

Transport to Livorno Ferraris Power Plant Esk Bridge Launch

Two of Fagioli L180 strand jacks were used to carry out
the launch of the new section of the Esk Bridge. The
project was undertaken in to stages, in mid May the
first two span sections arrived and the remaining two
sections came on 13th June to make up the 180m
length. Total weigh of the entire deck was 1,300 tonne.

The new bridge sits alongside the existing crossing and

will eventually take the southbound traffic lanes.

Transport of several items destined to a POWER PLANT located

in the north part of Italy including the transportation of HL
components up to 320 tonne. Scope of work covers the
transportation from various origins (North Europe) up to final
jobsite, including the positioning of the main components,
generator, turbines, transformers) on foundation by means of
gantry cranes. The transport operation in Italy was performed
with our own equipment, the heavy lift items were transported on
the Po river from the unloading port of Venice up to the river port
of Cremona for final delivery to site.

Transport of 320 Tonne Exchanger

In late June a combination of different
transport activities was performed by
Fagioli team in the North of Italy. The
scope of work was to move a 320
tonne exchanger by means of 14
axles SPMTs inside the factory. The
vessel was loaded and transported in
the inner courtyard and positioned in
a dedicated zone, ready for the
operations of sandblasting and
painting. After these "treatments" the
exchanger was lifted by group owned
gantry cranes and positioned onto
different trailers with a modified axle
configuration. The transport was than
executed from Ricengo (Crema) to
Cremona river port (about 65km). In
Cremona, the item was transhipped
onto barge and transported to Venice.

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 Transport For The Nuclear Industry

Transport of Four 350 Tonne Steam Generators from France to New Jersey
It looks as if summer 2007 will be a very challenging and "hot"
season for the Fagioli Nuclear Department, with the transport
of 4 Steam Generators from France to Salem (see below) and
the transport of 2 RGS's from France to USA (see article
above). Fagioli are also preparing for the execution of
generators to be transported from Mexico to Arizona which will
be documented in the next issue!!
The different types of transport used during the project were:
z Barges for internal navigation in France
z Heavy Lift Ship to USA
z Barge in USA
z Land transporters to the temporary storage facility inside
the Plant

The RSGs were loaded into 2 different hopper barges, headed

for the sea for 500km on navigable rivers in France. Upon the
arrival at the port, the barges were safely moored alongside
the ocean going ship. The ship was a geared vessel that lifted
the Cargo aboard. After the sea transport the H/L motor vessel
reached the Delaware state where the RSGs were transferred
onto a deck barge and fastened for the navigation to the plant.
The RSGs were then transported by 24 axle lines of Fagioli
SPMTs with a double wide configuration (12 + 12 axles side by
side).

This proved to be quite a challenging operation, as Fagioli

were only able to approach the quay for 2 hours every half day
This project Fagioli carried out the door to door transport of 4 due to low tide. Once Fagioli had carried out the transportation
x 350 tonnes Replacement Steam Generators from France to of the first 2 generators by performing a barge grounding
Salem Nuclear Plant in New Jersey, USA. operation, they would have to wait for the next tide to carry out
Dimensions were as follows: the transport of the remaining two generators, hence a strict
time schedule had to be adopted to perform the transportation
Length 21.5m of all four generators safely and avoiding any kind of delay!
Width 7.00m (with saddles)
Height 5.88m
Weight 346.5 tonne

Transport of Two 490 Tonne Steam Generators from France to Florida

Fagioli scope of work was the management of the transport
from the French factory to DDU (Delivery Duty Unpaid) on
stools onto the barge moored at the barge slip at St. Lucie NPP.

Dimensions of the items:

Length 19.5m
Width 7.00m (with saddles)
Height 7.40m
Weight 488 tonne

Fagioli performed the following activities:

z Issuing of Transportation Manual
z Hiring of barge and tugboat in France for river transport
z Fastening of generators on board of the barge; hiring of
ocean going H/L ship for the sea transport to USA;
z Hiring of deck barge and tugboat for inland water
Two heavy steam generators were transported from Chalon-St. navigation in the USA.
Marcel, France to St. Lucie Nuclear Power Plant , Florida, USA.

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 Heavy Transportation for the Shipyard Industry

Transportation of a Ferry Boat Sea transport of a ship section

Fagioli has a vast track record in heavy transportation of ship
sections and launching of new sea vessels. With a large fleet of
equipment Fagioli is able to help shipyards move large sections of
new and old ships, ferry boats and entire vessels within their
premises as well as participating in the load out operations onto
barges.

These huge transports in terms of dimensions and weight are ideal

for Fagioli to undertake, with sophisticated engineering capabilities
and a fleet of specially built equipment. All transports are safely
performed taking care of all the quality procedures and safety
requirements.

An example of this kind of activity was the transport and launching

of an entire ship from Riva Trigosa to Muggiano in the North-West
As well as overland transport Fagioli also provide
of Italy. Dimensions of the ship were: 103.6m long, 18m wide,
sea transport for ship sections. Using a group
weight 2,800 tonne. Fagioli executed the operations utilising 144
owned motor vessel Fagioli shipped 2 large ship
SPMT axle lines with different configuration in order to provide the
sections one with dimensions as big as 30m x 17m
correct stability to the vessel.
x 12m) from Monfalcone (North-East of Italy) to
Naples. The pieces were loaded by a bridge crane
directly onto the ship.

Transport of Heavy Modules

Fagioli was asked to transport, relocate and

position several modules which will outline the
skeleton of a ship built at a shipyard in Ancona
(Italy). Fagioli used SPMTs to transport the bottom
section of the vessel while a crawler crane, under
Fagioli supervision, was utilized to pick up the
heavy items, turn them upside down and relocate
them to the final position. The largest module
weighted 350 tonne.

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 Project Logistics

Freight Forwarding - Many Competitors.... More Satisfaction!

When we talk about freight forwarding, most of us would relate it to the delivery of small parcels. Whereas if we talk about heavy
transport and lifting we think of large spectacular engineering jobs. Traditionally this was the case but today Freight Forwarding
covers so much more, such as ro-ro traffics, break bulk shipments, containers, overland transportation, rail or airfreight
deliveries, loading and unloading, stuffing and un-stuffing as well as storage in close or open areas.

In the last issue of the News letter we mentioned that Fagioli is the only Project Logistics company with a full range of group
owned equipment (ships, barges, SPMTs, strand jacks, tower lift etc….) for heavy transport and lifting activities. Fagioli also
own equipment dedicated to Freight Forwarding projects such as containers, normal trucks and trailers, small and medium
range cranes as well as storage facilities at main ports. With a complete range of equipment Fagioli are able to cover every
possible kind of transport, lifting and logistical requirement with a high level of professionalism!!

During the construction of a plant, whether you are transporting by normal trailers, air transportation, ocean going vessels, carrying
out container deliveries or large reactors, every single activity involving the movement of any single item has its relevant importance!!

Fagioli know that the delay of an item, no matter what size could stop the entire plant development!! And this is the key we use
for supplying old Customers and acquiring new names competing with an
indefinite number of Competitors formed by the small Freight forwarder just
situated next door to the Customer as well as the international world wide Group
established everywhere on the territory. Most of them are dedicated to specific
trades and commodities while certain well known Companies handle huge
volumes of cargoes and attack the market from a strong position.

It doesn't make any difference if we are handling spare parts for automotive
production, components for the aerospace industry (which involves a complete
range of worldwide road, air, sea services) projects to/from the Maghreb area
using our ro/ro service or humanitarian / military cargo where we delivery
international aid to critical areas. "No difference, same target: safe and Above: A road and air transport of a
professional performances, timing and competitive rates". Satellite from Rome to USA

Notes From the Project Logistics Department

As outlined in previous issues of this news letter, Fagioli has taken
advantage of the present boom situation with in the Oil & Gas market,
particularly in the Middle East region.

As far as the future is concerned, we are constantly monitoring the

market and developing our synergies with our Clients. We expect our
market share to grow quite considerably in the next 4 to 6 years
through our long-term investments. Of course this is only a forecast
but the first indications are coming from the market itself.

As well as the various projects already under execution, we have the

opportunity to further develop ourselves internationally, with the
award of an important project in India. A Joint Venture with
Transoceanic company (Agility Group) which will involve all of
Fagioli's core business activities.
The set up of the project team is still under execution but it will
include three operational co-ordinators located at the client's offices
in Mumbai, as well as the involvement of our local partners and a
dedicated team from Italy for the transportation of the heavy items.
This will be another project where we will see the synergy between
heavy transport, lifting, engineering and Project Logistics activities.
There will be more details on this project in the next issue!!!
Above: The unloading of a 1,300 tonne splitter (see
article "Yanbu, Saudi Arabia” pg 4) This is another
example of the integration between project logistics and
heavy transport activities and recently Fagioli was
awarded the transport of 3 splitters from Korea to
Yanbu,Saudi Arabia by sea and then overland transport
to site. Fagioli’s project logistics department managed
the chartering of the H/L ocean vessel and, with the
support of the heavy transport team, supervised the
complete transport up to final destination!!!

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 Fagioli Engineering - The New Concept

It's a great pleasure to introduce our readers

to the engineering department.

Sometimes, this crucial in-house activity is not

as well-highlighted as it should be as it
represents the foundation to perform
transportation and lifting safely and on-time.

The Engineering Department, coordinated by

Andrea Massera and Paolo Cremonini in the
S.Ilario d'Enza head-office and Giovanni De
Paoli in the Milan branch is supported by a
team of 30 creative engineers, ready to find
new solutions for any kind of possible
transport and lifting activities. These activities
have become more and more challenging
over recent years with the ever-increasing
size of items to be moved.

Over the last 10 years, Fagioli S.p.A.

responded to the evolution in market
conditions, to enter into international markets
in heavy lifting, special installations, load-out of off-shore
structures, project logistics, on-shore and relevant civil
works.
The market offers long-term projects, more and more
demanding, in terms of technology, engineering and
schedule deadlines. These kind of jobs, to be performed
outside of Italy, require accurate planning and preparation
and for this reason the Management has been investing
significant economic resources and energy in upgrading the
Engineering department to become the "centre of gravity" of
transport and lifting activities.
choose for the most economical and effective technical
solution in terms of equipment and means of transports,
considering all the aspects of safety, quality and
environment, reliability of the service offered, budget and
activity planning. These choices, which are the result of new
ideas based on previous well-established company
experiences, must be supported by project planning,
engineering drawings, operative procedures, load-out
manuals, project quality plans. All Fagioli engineering
working methods are based on safety standards and
regulations. Upgrading the know-how of the engineering
department involves:

z Recruitment of new professional personnel

z Facing the most demanding requests by clients
z Studying the laws in force in foreign countries (BS, AISC,
DIN, Euro Codici, Det Norske Veritas,.)
z Making technical calculations (Ballasting, load-in load-out)
z Issuing Operative procedures to handle the job to be done
on site.

Being in contact with worldwide high-profile companies

helped us to obtain in 2006 the ISO 9001-2000 certification
for the "Design and Applied Engineering" by DNV
organisation.

Engineering is not only the capability to make complex

structural calculations. Facing a peculiar request by the
customer, the word "engineering" means also the ability to

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 Fagioli Engineering - The New Concept

The input data furnished by the Client (also during Bid phase) Recently, for the ADRIATIC LNG project in Spain, Fagioli
can be crucial for the awarding of the project and for the safe specially built 4 box girders comprising of modular
execution of it. Just to give a recent example, a customer components hinged and jointed together. Each of the box
asked us to study the assembly of a huge unit, consisting of girders is 40m long and can be hoisted up to 1,500 tonne.
5 different pieces weighing 500 tons each, to be pre- These box girders will be the main structure of the lifting
fabricated, to be separately transported and at the end, system that will be used to position large modules on top of
joined together on its foundations. Fagioli, after a careful and the GBS concrete structure.
detailed analysis of the project, suggested to build the
In-house engineering means also risk reduction. To achieve
complete unit in one piece (on a base frame designed by
this Fagioli uses the most sophisticated computer programs
Fagioli) in order to directly transport and install the whole
to perform accurate engineering studies in order to complete
piece by means of SPMTs. This technical solution avoided
safe transport and lifting thanks to the latest generation of
the problem of having other special equipment on site (e.g.
technical drawing software and 3d movie simulation
cranes, towers etc…) and the hook-up operations between
technology used to calculate all possible risks and replicate
the modules. This plan turned a win win situation for both the
the movement of the whole transport and lifting operation.
client and Fagioli. The structure in question was a Cold Box
weighing 2,600 tons, and a height of 60m. During the execution stage, the Engineering Department
supports the Operations Division, by issuing all the
During the bid stage, Fagioli Engineering Department
necessary documents for the preparation and the execution
supports the Commercial department to identify the most
of the job on site:
suitable means of equipment for the execution of the jobs,
issues method Statements and drawings, analyses the
z Equipment list
technical specifications of the Client and the technical
aspects of the offer/tender. Moreover, the Engineering z Transport and lifting drawings showing details of the all
Department prepares the technical specifications for the the equipment for the operation.
procurement and the construction of the equipment, z Calculations statement (stability, structural, ballasting…)
providing the fabrication and control plans. For instance, our
z Operational procedures explaining the safest way to
team supervised all the operations for the fabrication of two
execute the jobs; organisation charts; check list for the
80m high Towerlift System (with capacity up to 1.000 tonne
preparation and control of the equipment; step by step
each), checking the materials used for the fabrication and the
description of the operations; operational methods
welding, tolerances, painting, laboratory tests and final third
(tolerances, maximum speed, wind speed limitations,
party certification.
maximum reactions…) for safe execution.

We also need to emphasise the fact that all the

documents issued by Engineering Department are
"safety-oriented" for all the activities on site, actively
prepared in cooperation with the HSE department:
issuing of safety manual, method statement, HAZOP,
safety job analysis, risk analysis.

All the results obtained during these last years have

been encouraging but, as always, there are lots of
demanding and challenging things to do and
perform!!!

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Other News

Breakbulk Conference in Antwerp All Change for PSC - New Name, New Offices
In April 2007 it was decided to drop the PSC from Fagioli PSC
Limited and become Fagioli Limited, as such a new company
logo has been produced to coincide with our Group Company
Fagioli SpA.

Also the construction of the new Iver offices and workshop

facilities began. The new construction will consist of a
workshop area, ground and first floor offices.

Workshop - 14,531sq feet

Ground Floor Offices - 2,988 sq feet
Mezzanine Offices - 2,874 sq feet

Between the 22nd and the 24th of May the 2nd edition of
the European Breakbulk conference took place in
Antwerp with some of the most relevant ship-owners of
the global market. The trade fair has clearly grown-up in
terms of exhibitors, meetings and attendees.

Fagioli, as already mentioned in the last issue of the

Newsletter made a strategic alliance with two important
Belgian companies (Heavy and Partner) to create the
FHP, performing heavy transport and lifting, project
logistics and warehousing activities especially in the
Benelux and Western Central Europe area. FHP
Contributions and Comments
attended the Breakbulk conference with a small but very
cosy and elegant stand "decked out" with 4 TV screens Thank you to all those who contributed to this edition of the
and an alluring and exceptional "Belgian chocolate News Letter.
fountain" where guests and visitors were compelled by an We appreciate your comments please continue to send them
"Act of God" to make a stop over and taste strawberries to either of the persons named below:
covered by a shower of hot luxury chocolate.
Unforgettable moments at FHP stand !!! Nicola Mowatt Rudy Corbetta
Fagioli Limited Fagioli S.p.A
Special thanks to “Heavy” for the support and The Ridgeway, Iver Via Vigentina 2,
organisation! Bucks, SL0 9JE, UK 20090 OPERA, Italy
Tel: +44 1753 659 000 Tel: +39 02 576901
Fax: +44 1753 655998 Fax: +39 02 57690404
n.mowatt@fagioli.co.uk r.corbetta@fagioli.com
Someport Walon and Fagioli
Fagioli is a shareholder of one of the most important
Freight forwarding companies in France: Someport
Walon. Currently Someport Walon is performing an Fagioli World
important job in Yemen supported by Fagioli equipment
Abu Dhabi (U.A.E.) Atyrau (Kazakhstan), Bejing (China), Dammam
and operators. A fruitful collaboration which integrates the (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia), Durres (Albania), Hong Kong (China),
long experience as Freight forwarders by the French Houston (USA), Istanbul (Turkey), London (UK), Moscow (Russia),
company and Fagioli long standing engineering know- Mumbai (India), Nurnberg (Germany), Oran, (Algeria), Paris (France),
how on heavy transport and lifting activities. This mutual Seoul (Korea), Singapore (Singapore), Tehran (Iran), Tripoli (Libya),
synergy has Tubli (Bahrain), Tunis (Tunisia).
involved both
companies on
other projects in
the recent past.

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