It has been announced that the fleet of the Finnish State Railways (VR) will receive further Locomotives. Trans-Trading Hamburg, the Lübeck Port Company (LHG) has recently refitted three Vectron locomotives, each one with a weight of 90 tons and dimensions of 19,044 x 3,046 x 4,400 mm. In total, eleven of those heavyweights will be shipped by rail and sea to Finland in 2018.

The three locomotives have travelled "on their own axles" from the Bavarian plant in Munich to the Seelandkai terminal, where they were prepared for the ocean transport to Hanko, Finland.  

The Trans-Trading lifting gear was fixed on the mobile cranes and the reloading of the locomotives from rail onto heavy duty roll trailers were handled with Trans-Trading transport beddings attached underneath the locomotives.

LHG and Trans-Trading were jointly executing the sophisticated security measures to meet all safety requirements. After the heavy package was tied properly, dockers pulled the roll trailers with the three locomotives aboard a Transfennica ship.

"Loading of these heavyweights is something very special," Uwe Wolter and Jens von Beuningen, Port Manager and Project Manager for general cargo / heavy cargo at Trans-Trading expressively point out. "The securing of the locomotives on the roll trailer is very demanding and ambitious, but due to many years of experience and know-how, all work can be carried out appropriately and according to the regulations."