Pictures: Fagioli helps lengthen cruise ship with skid shoes and SPMTs

Fagioli recently executed a heavy transport operation in Palermo, Italy, for the lengthening of a 135-m-long cruise ship. The ship was cut by the client, and Fagioli positioned 16 skid shoes (each with a capacity of 1,000 tonnes) under the ship to move the bow ahead by about 30 m. Fagioli SPMTs (34 axle lines) were used to insert the new section in between the bow and the stern. The bow of the ship weighed 3,600 tons and the new section about 1,100 ton. Once in position, the bow was brought back and centred in order to complete the final assembly of the ship.