English - Nooteboom Giants on the Road Magazine English - Nr. 4 - 2017 | Page 20

GIANTS ON THE ROAD by the fact that at least seven older drivers have a son who also works at our company. Because many of the drivers started out in the workshop they are able to carry out small repairs en route. But we do much more. We help young drivers to obtain their driving licence and if necessary we will arrange for them to take a course in German to improve their language skills. Our personnel have made Transannaberg a leading company.’ CHOOSING NOOTEBOOM ‘We always want to use the latest and most modern equipment. In recent years Nooteboom has always been the first to introduce new developments for the transport of windmills. Currently a large part of our fleet consists of Nooteboom trailers. We not only look at the most suitable specification of the trailer, but also at the service and residual value. There are only a handful of trailer manufacturers that can deliver trailers for the work we do and Nooteboom is the best when it comes to innovations, user-friendliness and low maintenance costs. And what’s more, we work together with the Polish representa- tive of Nooteboom in Wroclaw.’ PLANNED INVESTMENTS ‘We offer transport of all kinds of large and heavy loads over the road, but the main focus of our activities is on the transport of windmills. In most cases lengthy proce- dures have to be gone through before they can start on the actual construction of a wind park. Although in the long term we intend to continue investing in new equip- ment for the transport of windmills and other business activities. At the moment we are replacing the older Volvo tractors with the new type that have an improved drive train. We are not planning to add to our fleet, but this can change any time. We do not just invest in tractors and trailers. In the past few years we have bought a large storage yard and four telescopic cranes that are mainly used to load and unload tower sections and rotor blades.’ EUROPEAN EXEMPTIONS ‘The regulations for abnormal transport in Poland have already been much improved. We hope that in Poland we will soon be ■  20 Reversing for one kilometre on a narrow track through the woods