Tandem Italy (Iscotrans) coordinated heavy lift shipment which will help protect the environment

Two heavy-lift shipments to Rio de la Plata departed from Genoa.

Iscotrans oversaw the sending of a prototype of excavation machine that is going to be used for the completion of Riauchelo outfall tunnel under the Rio de la Plata.

At the end of October, an excavation machine left the port of Genoa to be used by the contractor for the construction of an emissary tunnel about 12 km long under the bottom of the Rio De La Plata, in Argentina.

The Machine - weighing 70 tons - has been loaded in two separate parts, onboard two different full container vessels.

To take care of the operation, Iscotrans - Italian freight forwarding company, designed and coordinated the transport, with the utmost care from the Lifting at production site up to the placement in position at the Riachuelo site yard.

The operation was made complex not only by the size of the items but also by the severe weather conditions and the strict road limitations on the Italian infrastructure.

"The complex operations of embarking and disembarking required the use of shore cranes with capacities up to about 600 tons due to the lifting position on board" explained Roberto Benvenuti, a member of the board of the Genoese company, saying they are proud of "being able to participate in one of the greatest projects to protect our environment"

Once installed, the Tunnel Boring Machine (or TBM) is going to be used in phase three of the Riachuleo megaproject, initiated by the Argentine government to reclaim the Matanza - Riachuelo catchment basin in Buenos Aires considered one of the most polluted in the world. Once the entire work is completed, the tunnel allows the wastewater discharged from a new treatment plant to be discharged through the Rio de la Plata, significantly improving the environmental conditions of the Riachuelo river".