French company Sifa Projets has successfully moved an entire coating plant from the Indian Ocean island of Reunion to the European port of Antwerp. The job took 19 days, beginning on June 11 and ending on June 30.

The plant, operated by Appia, was located in Saint-Leu in the west of Réunion. Using specialized low-bed trucks, Sifa transported 32 loads from the jobsite to Réunion’s Pointe des Galets port., crossing many high bridges on the way through the island’s dramatic terrain.

The heaviest load was 71 tons in a volume of 330 cubic meters, while other major loads of 50 tons and 35 tons were also carried. Sifa chartered 4000 cubic meters on a roll-on roll-off vessel to ship the

plant from Pointe des Galets to Antwerp.