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qu art er s , project and


breakbulk have made a “strong volume rebound.”


Another Jewel


Now to Colorado, where another jewel is making a strong rebound: the historic Broadmoor Manitou and Pikes Peak Cog Railway, the world’s highest cog railroad at 14,115 feet. This spring,


Wallenius


Wilhelmsen transported three Swiss-built trains— transported in 13 units


Aſter Wallenius Wilhelmsen’s trans-Atlantic transport, a railcar is bound for Colorado’s Manitou and Pikes Peak Cog Railway, the highest cog railroad in the world at 14,115 feet. (Wallenius Wilhelmsen photo)


destination, the iron-hulled ship would take 70 days to sail to Chile with its loads of saltpeter. In 2017, the Combi Dock


III, operated by SAL Heavy Lift and Combi Lift, took considerably less time to transport The Peking across


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Wallenius Wilhelmsen uses roll trailers, whose low-slung profile allows them to move heavier, and higher, project- cargo pieces. (Wallenius Wilhelmsen photo)


consisting of locomotives and rail


cars spread over


three shipments. Delivered on wooden stanchions, the cargo was loaded onto 40-by- 62-foot roll trailers, wheeled onto a WW vessel and stowed below deck. In mid-May, Broadmoor


celebrates reopening the rail line that began climbing Pikes Peak in 1891—precisely 20 years before The Peking was built in Hamburg. Once used as a children’s home and a Manhattan tourist


the Atlantic in a highly technical float-on/float-off operation.


Into the Future


As for SAL, the German project cargo and breakbulk company is sailing into the future. More specifically and most recently, SAL on April 15 joined Jumbo Shipping in the Jumbo-SAL Alliance, according to Christian H o f f m a n n , S A L ’ s


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Port Houston handles tube bundles weighing 250,000 pounds to be used in oil and diesel refineries. (Port Houston photo)


Mexico made easy.


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