2019. Transportation of reactor upper section
On September 24, a convoy of vessels of RTUE "Belarusian River Shipping Company" consisting of the tug boat BT-0701 (project 570V) and the non-self-propelled barge-platform R-0550 (project 775A) with large-sized equipment for the oil refinery - the upper part of the R-2001 reactor of the catalytic cracking unit assembled with a riser and transfer pipes arrived at the pier of JSC "Mozyr Oil Refinery" (area of the village of Strelsk, 14 kilometers southeast of the city of Mozyr, Gomel region). The cargo was loaded onto the shipping company's vessels in the port of Kherson (Ukraine) and covered 1,100 kilometers along the Dnieper and Pripyat rivers in 13 days.
The upper part of the R-2001 reactor was manufactured by Walter Tosto. The weight of the upper part of the reactor was 176.0 tons, its length - 22.8 meters, height - 5.4 meters, width - 5.0 meters.
The new upper part of the R-2001 reactor is planned to be installed on the reactor-regenerator unit of the catalytic cracking unit of JSC "Mozyr Oil Refinery" during the ongoing major overhaul. This equipment is designed to replace apparatus whose operation is inefficient and unsafe, since their physical wear is currently high.
Transportation of such massive equipment is a rather complex and lengthy process requiring high professionalism of personnel.
The cargo was delivered to the port of Kherson from the port of Ortona (Italy) on the vessel "STARLET" (port of registry - Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines).
Transshipment of the upper part of the reactor was carried out on September 11 at the Kherson Sea Trade Port by two floating cranes of the port with a lifting capacity of 170 and 70 tons.
Unloading of heavy cargo at the pier was carried out on September 26 using the Ro-Ro method. The term "Ro-Ro" comes from the English roll-on/roll-off and implies loading or unloading cargo without the help of lifting equipment.
This transportation once again emphasized an important advantage of water transport - the ability to transport oversized and heavy cargo.
