e-mosty September 2018 Vessels and Equipment Used for Bridge Construction | Page 3

Dear Reader
This Issue is dedicated to vessels and maritime equipment used for bridge construction.
First, we bring you a general overview of vessels and maritime equipment which are used in the
construction of bridges. The first part focuses mainly on sheerlegs, the second part gives examples of
vessels and equipment in bridge construction, and the third part comprises major equipment
specification tables. It is followed by technical specification and capacity diagrams of ´Taklift 4, 6, 7´,
´Svanen´ and ´Matadors´.
Second article is about Vessels for the Hålogaland Bridge with focus on the sheerleg ´Uglen´, with an
extensive photo gallery, diagram and the stowage plan of transportation vessels.
Transportation and lifting for The Constitution of 1812 Bridge (Cádiz Bridge) in Spain with drawings of
the equipment is described in the third article of this issue.
Finally comes the presentation of the Vessels and Maritime Equipment Used for Construction of The
Osmangazi Bridge in Turkey. The presentation comprises three parts: Introduction, Vessels for
Substructure, and Vessels for Superstructure. Both major articles are accompanied with vessel
specifications.
I am happy to announce that Mr Hans Tompot of Damen Netherlands has accepted my invitation and
becomes a member of our Editorial Board.
Hans has helped me with preparation of this Issue of our magazine e-mosty, he also wrote one of the
articles, and provided me with very useful comments, contacts and assistance. We agreed to
cooperate on special editions focused on Vessels and Equipment, with a plan to have one such
specialized edition every year (probably every September).
Our magazine also has another new partner - the company COWI. I welcome their support and at the
same time we will cooperate on articles especially on long-span bridges and significant bridge projects
in the world.
I have already started to work on our e-mosty December 2018: Asian and Australian Bridges. I very
much welcome information / your photos / videos / contacts regarding especially (but not solely) the
following projects: Matagarup Bridge, Bridges for Sydney Metro, and Tokyo Gate Bridge. I also
welcome your tips what we might include in next issues.
You can find our Editorial Plan on https://e-mosty.cz/editorial-plan/.
Magdaléna Sobotková
Chief Editor
3/2018