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A High Pressure Exchange
Posted: 08/09/2024
Assembling the 1,500T VersaCrane™ TC-24000 off site and moving it via SPMT saved this client 15 days of downtime and allowed the refinery unit to run at full capacity until unit shutdown. During the scheduled outage, Deep South was tasked to replace two coke drums, each weighed 452,800 lbs and were 19’-2” outside diameter and 96’-0” long and were comparable in size and weight to the old drums.
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Safety Source: Above Average Hurricane Season Predicted
Posted: 08/24/2017
The 2017 Atlantic hurricane season has already produced five tropical cyclones by the middle of July, a quick start for what is historically a slower time of the hurricane season. Now is the time to prepare should a storm head your way. Here are a few tips that can help you, your home, and your family stay safe.
Safety Starts With Planning - A Glimpse Into Our Roadmap to Safety
Posted: 07/26/2017
Looking through the lens of a 315,969-pound critical lift using the 1,000-ton VersaCrane CC-12000, Deep South highlights the importance of proper planning, good communication, and forming a partnership with clients to ensure safety on a jobsite.
15-Month Turnkey Transport and Erection Project at a Western Iowa Plant
Posted: 07/13/2017
Deep South was contracted to provide turnkey transportation and field erection services as part of a grassroots fertilizer project at a plant in Western Iowa. Over this 15-month period more than 150 pieces of plant equipment were successfully transported and erected.
Extreme Circumstances Call for Extreme Measures: A Narrow Canal Requires a Side Roll-Off
Posted: 07/13/2017
Deep South was contracted to deliver a 750,000-pound reactor to a refinery in northern Illinois. The navigable waterway, a highly-trafficked 125-foot wide canal, required a side roll-off.
Slow Ride: 330-Ton Reactor Makes Trek Through Riverbend to Refinery
Posted: 06/29/2017
The 90 foot-long, 24 foot-wide apparatus was secured to the platform of a self-propelled modular trailer and operated by Deep South Industrial Services to make the roughly five-hour trip from the Phoenix Terminal in Hartford to the refinery in Roxana.
Refinery Turnaround Requires All Hands On Deck
Posted: 06/09/2017
Refinery units undergoing a turnaround are taken apart – and components are inspected, repaired or replaced – before being put back together. Turnaround activity can either be confined to individual units or parts of a refinery at a time, or in the case of the recent Texas City turnaround, involve the entire plant.
Employee Spotlight: Kerry Hulse
Posted: 05/12/2017
Kerry Hulse, vice president of Deep South Crane & Rigging, has dedicated much of his career to improving safety for those in this unique and challenging line of business. His expertise and influence within the industry has allowed him to spearhead safety programs, resulting in the safety certification of over 100,000 crane operators.
