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
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Reversing for one kilometre on a narrow track through the woods