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Zourite barge

Expertise works regarding ropes and hoisting system

Zourite barge expertise works. Customer: Nouvelle Route du Littoral (Vinci-Bouygues)

La Zourite is the barge ordered specifically for the gigantic construction site of the new coastal road. The barge was custom-built to install the 48 piers of the maritime section of this new expressway linking Saint-Denis to La Possession. 107 meters long and 44 meters wide, it is fitted with eight legs with a unit lifting capacity of 4,000 tonnes, and a 4,800-tonne overhead crane at a height of 33 meters.

Calculation note

Operation (assistance)

DEP was called in to assess a design mistake in the management of the winch's multilayer spooling.

It was also commissioned to carry out localized corrosion monitoring of the wire ropes using NDT electromagnetic tools.

See also

Industrial aerial ropeway
Space Mountain catapult
CAPTCHA protection