Logistics planning – Perfect preparation until start of tunnelling

Following factory acceptance, each machine needs to be transported to the site where it is assembled and commissioned. This involves coordinating various deadlines, specifications and process steps. What customs regulations apply in the respective country? What is the best transport route? In what order do parts and components need to arrive on site just in time? How many expert personnel is required for what aspect of assembly?

On request, Herrenknecht handles full logistics planning for you from transport, assembly personnel and processes from delivery ex works to commencement of tunnelling on site. On the basis of thousands of transport and assembly tasks already handled, we have the right solution for practically any requirement. Regardless of how your machine needs to get to the site and the conditions to be considered for assembly there.

Transport – On the right track and on time

Hamburg or Hong Kong, Ottawa or Oslo – with our trusted and competent logistics partners, we deliver your machine safely to its destination anywhere in the world. For small, large and gigantic machines and components, we find the optimal transport solution by road, sea or even air in special cases. And we coordinate all of the details such as packaging specifications, delivery deadlines or declarations exactly in line with your project-specific parameters and requests.

Special tools – Always the right equipment to hand

Tunnel boring machines are complex special machines. Assembly often demands special tools to facilitate certain work steps or even to make them possible in the first place. As many construction companies only seldom require such special tools, we offer them for temporary hire in an effort to save on investment costs. We make a wide variety of tools available to our customers all over the world and of course they are also for sale if necessary.

Service consulting & engineering – The right answer for special cases

Can the tight timeframe for delivery and the extremely tight launch shaft be coordinated with a clever logistics concept? How can on-schedule delivery of 21 machines by ship to Doha and in the right order be ensured? Is TBM assembly without heavy-duty cranes possible in the Brazilian jungle? How can we design construction for a “flying launch”? Special requirements always demand special solutions. On the basis of decades of experience, our service engineers collaborate with you to develop concepts for such individual challenges. Ensuring that all processes are designed as leanly and efficiently as possible, no valuable time is lost until commencement of tunnelling and the TBM can take off smoothly. Our motto: There is no such thing as impossible!

Training – Transferring knowledge to your site personnel

On request, our experienced service experts train your team perfectly for the challenges of your construction project. Even during site assembly, all of the relevant information concerning tunnelling technology is communicated practically right on the product. Accordingly, the site team benefits from growing expertise, enabling them to practically apply their experience in many situations and for all tunnelling tasks of the future. This significantly improves the safety and performance of your project as steep learning curves can often be achieved and errors avoided during operation of the machine.