DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight specialist of Deutsche Post DHL Group, has successfully completed the transport of a steel bridge from Poland to Denmark.
The unusual order was carried out by a Polish-Danish team of experts from the DHL GF Industrial Projects Department. It involved organizing road transport from Poland to Denmark for a component over 30 meters long, 4 meters wide, and weighing 30 tons. The bridge was transported in one piece and then placed directly from the trailer over a canal in Copenhagen.
This operation was not easy. The necessity of entering the city center with such a large load involved specific difficulties, and the permit for this operation was valid only for a specific day at a specific time. For the duration of the transit, it was necessary to close some of the streets through which the cargo was transported and to remove certain road signs and barriers.
At the delivery site, using a mobile crane with a special spreader beam, the bridge was “lifted” directly from the trailer across the canal and positioned in its planned location. The entire operation lasted 4 hours and was a success.