English - Nooteboom Giants on the Road Magazine English - Nr. 3 - 2016 | Page 27
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The Nooteboom trailers are used in Qatar for all kinds of different loads
QATAR INVESTS IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE
During recent years Qatar has shown strong industrial and economic
growth. This growth is accompanied by impressive investment in the
infrastructure. For Aertssen Transport the Orbital Highway Project is
a first. Sam Aertssen, Managing Director of Aertssen Transport: “Our
drivers will transport no less than 2,168 concrete bridge sections from
the production site to the location where they are to be installed. The
heaviest bridge section weighs 92 tonnes. Once they reach their destination, the crane division takes over. The thousands of bridge components
that are needed for the construction of 22 interchanges are put in place
with crawler cranes. Spread across the project AMS has six Hitachi
SCX2800-2 crawler cranes in operation and a few smaller cranes. The
smaller cranes will provide additional support during the later stages of
the project.”
AERTSSEN IN QATAR
Sam Aertssen: “We have been active in the Middle East for about ten
years already and at the beginning of 2016 we also started with abnormal
transport. At the moment we have eight combinations running. The
work is so extensive that our vehicles are often in use for most of the
day and night. The 7-axle semi low-loader of Nooteboom has already
proved itself to be up to the job. With this Nooteboom semi-trailer we
transport concrete bridge sections as well as machinery, steel structures,
ballast for our cranes and crane bodies. We also have a few local trailers
but then you can see the huge difference in quality compared with our
Nooteboom trailers. When it comes to quality the Nooteboom trailers
are market leaders. Therefore we have a wide range of Nooteboom
semi-trailers in our fleet, from 3-axle semi low-loaders to the Mega
Windmill Transporter.”
Various divisions of the Aertssen Group are active in Qatar. The
Construction & Infra branch has been operating under the name Gulf
Earth Moving (GEM) since 2006. GEM specialises in earthmoving. The
crane division (since 2011) and the transport division (since 2016) operate under the name Aertssen Machinery Services (AMS). The various
divisions of Aertssen are working on several projects in Qatar, including
the stadiums for the football World Cup in 2022, the new Metro, the
Hamad Port and other infrastructure and steel construction projects.
In 2006 Qatar was the first international branch for Aertssen, by now
the group is also active in the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Kuwait.
From those branches Aertssen operates in several other countries in the
Middle East.
The strength of Aertssen lies in ensuring there is good cooperation and
communication between the various divisions. This has helped the company to grow in Belgium and this formula seems to work in Qatar too.
It’s the workforce of Aertssen who, with their expertise and enthusiasm,
contribute to achieving excellent results. In order to support further
growth, in Belgium and several other countries, the Aertssen Group
is looking for new personnel. After all, the Aertssen motto is: People,
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Aertssen Transport moves all kinds of machinery for their sister companies in Qatar
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