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AN UNUSUAL OPERATION

10th July 2008, Page 45
10th July 2008
Page 45
Page 45, 10th July 2008 — AN UNUSUAL OPERATION
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One unusual application for the newcomer is the contract Carnaby has with shipper Cobelfreight. This involves unloading Volvo excavators from ships at Immingham Docks. To avoid potential damage to the ships' plates, the lowloader outfit is driven onto the ship and the excavator is loaded up before it is brought on shore. The excavators come semi-dismantled and the operation is often tricky and requires great care as they can be quite unstable. Once ashore, the Carnaby vehicle takes the excavator to a centre at the dockside for re-assembly, where it undergoes a pre-delivery inspection. That's usually the

end of the Carnaby involvement —the excavators are delivered to the end-users by other operators although the company sometimes completes delivery,

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