A client of ours, who is active within the transport & logistics sector, asked our support for the movement of 4 oversized Private Yachts. These Yachts needed to be moved from Dordrecht (NL) to the Boot 2020 Exhibition site in Düsseldorf (D).Boot 2020 is a popular exhibition which is visited by more than 250,000 watersports fans from 106 countries. The largest of the 4 Yachts was approximately 18 meter long and had a weight of 63 ton.  

 

Because of the size of the Yachts (especially the height) the best way to move them is by inland shipping. In this case our customer is a specialist in maritime & shipping and arranged the movement by water. For movement of the Yachts two 7-axle semi low-loaders and two 4-axle semi low-loaders were used. These trailers, without the load on it, were first secured to a pontoon in Dordrecht (NL). A pontoon is a flattish boat that relies on floats to remain floatable (stable). The pontoon was pulled by a ship (by inland shipping) and was brought to Rotterdam (NL).

 

In Rotterdam the Yachts were loaded on the trailers and fastened to the trailers. This way a stable situation was created for further transit. From here the pontoon was pulled by a ship and moved all the way to Düsseldorf in Germany, very close to the Exhibition site. There the Yachts had to be moved a small distance by road to their final (exhibition-) location.   

 

The transports went smoothly. A lot of spectators enjoyed the way the oversized Yachts were transported by road. Nice pictures were made (see pictures on the right).