SAL Heavy Lift has delivered twelve bridge sections for the Beitstadsundbrua bridge from China to Norway.
The bridge is part of the largest road construction project in northern Trøndelag, will measure 580 m in length and will connect the municipalities of Steinkjer and Malm, crossing the Beitstadfjorden. The bridge will make travelling between northern parts of Trøndelag county considerably safer, as well as faster.
MV Trina
SAL’s heavy lift vessel MV Trina (Type 176) was appointed to support the construction of the new bridge by shipping twelve bridge sections from Nantong, China, to Malm, Norway. All twelve sections weigh a total of 2800 t, with the heaviest unit weighing 426 t (73.8 x 9 x 5.8 m) and the longest unit measuring 75 x 5.9 x 5.8 m (327 t).
With a total of four single lifts and eight tandem lifts, SAL was able to stow all twelve bridge sections in two layers under deck, and another layer on deck of the vessel. In 35 days, the vessel travelled from China to Norway.
Discharge of Cargo
Sune Thorleifsson, Head of Projects at SAL explains, 'Despite the unique conditions in the port of Malm, with an only 20 m wide jetty and 2 m tidal range, it took just 6 days until we were able to successfully and smoothly deliver 20.668 m3 of cargo to our client.'
Due to local port regulations all twelve bridge sections were directly discharged onto SPMTs, 25 m away from alongside the vessel. A tailor-made mooring arrangement contributed to the success of the discharging operations.
Installation works for the bridge are planned to start around Easter. The entire road building project, which involves building new and improved roads between the towns of Sprova, Malm and Dyrstad will be finished and open to the public by the end of 2019.
