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Welcome to the 7th edition of the Fagiolinewsletter. It is a big honour for me to introducefor the first time, a 20 page edition.

Over the last six months, Fagioli havedemonstrated its know-how and expertise inseveral activities concerning transportation,lifting, engineering and logistics. Fagioli havealso had to face several challenging anddemanding projects which have all beensuccessfully completed.

The recent award of a major project in AbuDhabi, confirms once again, the important roleof our Group, in the Global market for the projectlogistics and forwarding business, combinedwith heavy transport and lifting activities.

� Overview� Heavy Lifting and

Transportation Projects� Project Logistics� Nuclear Industry� New Branches� New Investment and Acquisitions� Exhibitions� Fagioli Canada Ltd.� New Office and Workshop Facilities� New Corporate Brochure

IN THIS ISSUE

ISSUE 07 NEWSWinter 07/08

Overview

On the other side of the world, (better described in the article on page 14 “focus on theIndian Market”) the Kakinada project recently awarded, gave Fagioli the opportunity todevelop new synergies and new acquisition in the Indian Territory.

In this issue I would like to draw your attention to:

� Transportation and installation of the Calatrava Bridge, the fourth bridge to be constructed in the romantic town of Venice;

� Recent developments on the Adriatic LNG project with the installation of huge modules and the innovative solutions proposed by our engineering department;

� ”Taking off” of the air-freight department; � Incredible lifting operations in Saudi Arabia, Oman, Far East…,� Breaking of another Fagioli record in heavy transportation, a ship weighing

more than 6.000 tonnes;� New investments, such as two new crawler cranes, with a hoisting capacity of

more than 1,250 tonnes and new self-propelled modular transporters, just a coupleof examples of Fagioli’s continuous improvement and growth.

These are just a few of the news articles reported in this issue. Enjoy !!!! Davide SantiDirector, Project Division

Heavy Lifting and Transportation

Adriatic LNG, Lifting and Skidding of a 1280 Tonne Living Quarter

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Venice Bridge `Calatrava`


“An Incredible Journey along the CanalGrande" were the headlines in the Italiannewspapers throughout August last yearwhen Fagioli transported by barge a 400tonne `beast` of a bridge from a shipyard inMarghera to the Venice Canal Grandebetween Piazzale Roma and the railwaystation. The new bridge which is a long timecoming is the fourth bridge across the CanalGrande, it’s a wide curve of glass and steel.

Fagioli was awarded the door-to-door transportand installation of the bridge and wasresponsible for the management andengineering of the project, which includedsupplying all the materials and personnelrequired and liaising with the variousauthorities to obtain the relevant permits.Because of the narrow channels and sea tides,the ends of the sections were protected withbig rubber covers filled with polyurethane foam.

The two side sections (weighing 85 tonneseach, 7m wide and 15m long) of the bridgewere loaded on two self-propelled modulartransporters at the Fagioli storage area inPorto Marghera and rolled on to the group-owned barge Susanna. For each section,Fagioli used 2 x 4 axle trailers. The channel wasclosed during this spectacular transport, whichwas performed during the night.

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Sahara Vessel Lift


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Al-majdouie-PSC were awarded the installation of three vessels for theSAHARA BASELL PDH-PP Project in Al-Jubail / KSA by client DANEMEngineering & Construction Co. Ltd. The vessels were Propane Splitter (78metre, 883 tonne), Deethanizer (49 metre, 835 tonne) and Depropanizer(46 metre, 465 tonne).

The lifting is performed using a 3,000 tonne capacity Fagioli Towerliftsystem and a Manitowoc 18,000 crane for tailing. Following their liftswith strand jacks, the vessels were rotated to their final position via aswivel attached to the system.

One of the most challenging moments was the passage under the RialtoBridge. Fagioli studied the lowest tide possible and the necessary loweringoperation of the barge (about two metres and 60cm under sea level). As aresult it was decided to ballast the barge to take extra water in order to passunderneath (with only one metre between the section positioned on thebarge and the historic vault).

Fagioli rolled and mounted onto the barge, a telescopic boomcrane used to position and move the sections. The addeddifficulty was the limited space and manoeuvring possibilitiesof the crane while hoisting heavy items, but after four hours thetwo side sections were positioned and installed.

The second stage of the bridge assembly was the transport,lifting and installation of the central section, 55.2m long, 9.5mwide and weighing 270 tonne. Before this could be carriedout, two 600 tonne capacity Gantry Cranes were positionedunder the section on the barge.

When the barge arrived, ropes were connected from the bargewinches to the bollards on the bank. One of the most thrillingmoments was the rotation of the central and heavier section.This was raised a few centimetres at a time with gantry cranesand rotated 90 degrees to its final position, using SPMTsparallel to the channel. It was then lowered and fixed to theother two sections previously positioned. The use of gantrycranes and SPMTs (with its incredible manoeuvrability) wasthe perfect solution for a cost and time saving installation in themost romantic and famous city in the world.


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Launching of the Caio Duilio Military ShipIn October 2007 Fagioli was contracted by an Italian companyfor the transport of the new torpedo-boat destroyer Caio Duilio.A “jewel” commissioned by the Italian Marine Militarydepartment. The ship’s dimensions were 153m long, 20.3mwide, weighing 6,000 tonnes. Fagioli used 232 SPMT axles (4x40 / 2x 36 configuration) motored by 6 power packs to move thishuge ship.

Fagioli have previously carried out the transportation andlaunching of other impressive military ships, such as “AndreaDoria” and “Cavour”.

The ceremony of the official launch was attended by Ministry ofDefence and major Italian authorities.

Sohar Project

Aromatics Oman Ltd employed GS Construction & Engineering todesign and supervise construction of their new facility at Sohar inEastern Oman.The birthplace of Sinbad Sohar is fast becoming the industrialengine in Oman’s economy. With a history of successfulpartnerships on previous projects GS awarded the erection of thetwo major vessels on the plant to Fagioli through Chunjo CraneCompany. The larger rerun column shown, weighing in at 1,600tonnes and 102m tall.Rotation was performed with lifting trunnions 20 metres down thevessel, the rigging and swivel attachments underneath the four 600tonne strand jacks increased the tower height to 120m. For the lifting of the vessel, guys were required but unloaded thenew tower system was safe without guys up to a wind speed of24m/s. Therefore with very accurate weather forecasting which wasdouble checked with on site readings, we kept the guys on stand byand only installed them for the lift thus minimising the disruption toother disciplines.The column was lifted on schedule and set in place in a six houroperation on 20th January 2008.

Angel Load-out

Fagioli Asia was contracted by Shenzhen Chiwan SembawangEngineering to perform a 8,000 tonne “ Angel” jacket loadout.

The jacket was skidded out onto its transport barge over adistance of approximately 290 metres.

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Rescue of a Sunken Tugboat

Fagioli performed the rescue of a tugboat sunk in theport of Trieste. The tugboat weighed 460 tonnes, 35mlong, 9.45m wide, with a height of 6m.

The group owned H/L vessel Storman Asia, lifted thetugboat from the water using 2 x 400 tonne gears (withthe slings positioned under the hull and attached to thederricks) allowing the water to be pumped out of theengine cabin. The whole operation was co-ordinated byour Shipping Department.

Pont de Culoz

Fagioli is often called to carry out unique transportation and lifting works, notonly of extreme heavy items, but also where the project requires unusualcircumstances. In August last year our daring team went to France to performthe launch of a double track rail bridge.The structure was built in the 1900’s, made of two bridges with one trackeach. The operation required them to dismantle one of the tracks first, sothat the trains could still run one way. Then at the same time, Fagiolipositioned the new bridge while dismantling the other old section.The project had to be performed within two nights. Being unable to performthe job meant the postponement of the whole operation of one year!!Fagioli used 2 x L50 strand jacks for the dismantling of the first structure; 8 xL180 strand jacks for the launching of the bridge and the dismantling of thesecond old structure using a total of 8 power packs. The weight of the newbridge plus the old one dismantled was approximately 5,000 tonne.This project required 5 years of planning, no delays could be accepted, sothe pressure was huge, but it all ran smoothly, a perfect operation!

Shell Ursa Princess ModulesFagioli, Inc., was contracted for the transport and loadout of 3 topsidemodules for the Shell URSA/Princess. The three modules were:

� the Sulfate Reduction Module (SRM) at 635 tonnes;� the Water Filtration Module (WFM) at 428 tonnes;� the Water Injection Module (WIM) at 675 tonnes.

There were two stages of the transport in Amelia, Louisiana. The firsthalf of the transport was to move each of the three modules out of theirfabrication building and to a staging area at the bulkhead. Utilising theSPMTs, Fagioli were able to lower and lift the modules on and offweighing tables for the weighing operation performed by others. Onemonth later, Fagioli returned to the client’s facility to loadout the threemodules onto two barges. All three modules were safely loaded ontothe barge ahead of schedule.


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Sannazzaro Project

Fagioli transported and lifted two vessels in Italy, the first one 28m long,weighing 400 tonnes and the second 40m long weighing 600 tonnes.

The features of this lift were unguyed towers, temporary foundation,vessel rotation and tailing using transporters with a tailing frame.

Transport of Cranes to Istanbul

San Marco Shipping (group-ownedcompany) performed the transportation of 2port cranes from Monfalcone port (Italy) to

Istanbul (Turkey). The craneswere loaded ro-ro andpositioned onto group-ownedbarge “Mak”, powered by atugboat “Ringhio” .

As you can see from thepictures, the two cranes werevery high , 80m, and weighed1,220 tonne each with a boomrange of more than 100m.

Bangkok Telegantry On-Base

Fagioli Asia was again contracted by RMS Quality Co.,Ltd of Thailand to carry out the installation of another 6units of turbines and generators. The installation workwas identical to Ratchaburi Power plant which wasexecuted by Fagioli Asia in mid 2007.

The above operation shows the on base of a gas turbinegenerator weighing 280 tonnes using our T1400telegantries.

ITEF Transport from Italy to Austria

A combination of road and rail transport was the key for thetransportation of a 252 tonne generator from Sesto S.Giovanni, North of Italy to Linz, Austria. The transport wasdue to arrive in Germany but local strikes forced thecustomer to end the transport by barge on the river.

In Italy the piece was loaded onto two 11 axle SPMTs withthe help of specially made beams (Schnabel structure)which support huge weights and used to transship itemsfrom road trailers to heavy lift rail cars. At the manufacturer’spremises the generator was transhipped onto a 24 axlegroup-owned rail car and transported to Linz.

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Transport of Portainer Cranes

Transport of 4 harbour cranes (portainercranes weighing 1,200 tonnes each) weremoved in “record time” from the 1st to the 15thof December from different quays by meansof SPMTs and barge in Genoa port.

Fagioli provided 48 axle SPMTspowered with 2 power pack units,beams, metallic supports, andengineering. SPMTs were usedto lift and position the cranes onthe barge hoisting and loweringthe items with the hydraulicsystem provided by these specialtrailers.

The portainer crane dimensionswere 42m high, with a boomrange of 94m long. The portainercranes were positioned ontoSPMTs with specially madesupports and loaded ro-ro onto“Atlante” barge. The scope ofwork included the disconnectionand re-connection of all thecranes electric system, designand execution of the sea-fastening. Another impressiveand brilliant operation performedby our team, compelled to act ina short period of time.

QSM Cantilever

Fagioli carried out the transportation, weighingand installation of the Rig Thule Power –Cantilever in Dubai . This huge item had thefollowing dimensions: weight 1,100 tonne, length29m x Width 15.2m x height 71.4m.

Fagioli used 50 lines of SPMT axles (2 x 18 and 1x 14 axles) to complete the delicate operation.calibrated manometer pressure gauges located atopposing diagonal corners of each suspensionwere installed directly into the SPMT hydraulicsystem to check pressure and weight.

The trailers were positioned under the cantilevergradually taking the load. Once the load had beenfixed and connected to the trailers, it wastransported close to the RIG . The cantilever wasthen moved to the final position over the concretespreader box. The item was then correctlypositioned and gradually lowered onto its finalsupports.

PRT Project, Heathrow Terminal 5 Fagioli have recently completeda transportation project at thenew terminal at HeathrowAirport which is due to open inMarch this year.It involved the transportation ofbridge sections for the newmonorail which will transferpassengers around the terminal.The bridge sections areapproximately 27m long andweigh 30 tonnes each.Four steel columns weremounted onto the corners of theFagioli 2 x 8 axle SPMTs, eachsection was placed on top of thecolumns using a crane and theywere then manoeuvred intoposition and lowered ontoBridge supports.

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Leadenhall Street

East Area EPC IB Topside

Fagioli Korea was subcontracted by Hyundai HeavyIndustries to carry out the load out of 12,563 tonnes EastArea EPC IB Topside.

The deck was pulled over 120 metres by four L600 jacks.Two L4/50D Power packs were used to control the pullingat 15 metres an hour

A 400 tonne demolition platform was lifted to the 6th floor of abuilding using Strand Jacks. This construction methodallowed simultaneous demolition of the upper floors and pilingof new foundations for the replacement building.

Loadout of RGI Modules

Scope of work was the load out and launching of 2 process bargesweighing 4,350 tonne each. Dimensions were the following: 95 x 16 x 5.5m.

Fagioli had the overall responsibility for SPMT operations during landtransport of modules; RGI load-out on to barge and load-in onto drydock in La Spezia. Fagioli used 168 self propelled modular trailers(SPMT) axles for lift, transfer, load out/in of two RGI modules.

Transport of a Cutter Machine in Teramo

Another job performed under extreme road conditions by our Fagioliteam in Teramo, South of Italy. This time our guys were involved with atransport of sections for a cutter machine. It was dismantled in sixpieces and two of them were transported by a 6 axle SPMT (one at atime). The first one weighing 70 tonnes was loaded onto a speciallymodified Fagioli trailer. The difficulties came not from the weight butfrom the extreme road conditions. The distance to site wasapproximately 30km, most of the journey was to be performed on roadswith steep slopes. We started the transport on a road with a slope of14%. After a while we were forced to cover 600m on a road with a peakslope of 24% on dirt and non asphalted patches. In order to perform asafe transport Fagioli used a Caterpillar to precede the convoy in casethe wheels of the SPMT begun to slide due to the unstable and sandypaths. Another challenging operation executed with success!!!!!

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Charles De Gaulle

Fagioli supplied strand jacking equipment to Contruzioni CimolaiArmando SpA for the erection of the A380 maintenance hangar atCharles De Gaulle Airport, Paris. The dimensions of the hangar roofwere 105m x 100m.

The roof was initially lifted to 5 metres to allow the installation of the mainsupport girders. It was then lifted a further 25 metres which took place 3months later. The overall weight was 2,400 tonnes.

Catamaran Launching

Fagioli executed the launching of a innovative CatamaranRescue Boat from the assembling quay, weighingapproximately 270 tonne, by means of a geared vessel at aspecialised shipyard in Messina, Sicily.

Fagioli, thanks to the experience and know-how of its team,provided all the engineering and management of the projectin a safe working environment.

Transport to Switzerland

Another project by the Itef division team for the rail transport of a 167tonne transformer from Venice to Mendrisio in Switzerland. Fagioli useda 1 x 16 axle rail car.

Transport of Blast Furnace

Fagioli was called upon to execute the transport of 4sections of a new blast furnace in Fos Sur Mer, France. The4 sections weighed 191, 720, 773 and 796 tonnes.The diameters were between 10.5m and 15m with a heightof approximately 14m taking into consideration the wholeconvoy. Three SPMT trailers were used with a 3 x 14 axleconfiguration and three power pack units’s.

The scope of work consisted of the transport of the sectionswithin the refinery positioning onto tracks and then lifted toassemble the furnace.

The whole performance was recorded, a DVD is availableon request – contact Mr. Rudy Corbetta.


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Henderson BridgeThe bridge acrossHenderson Road,Singapore which standsat 37 metres aboveground, is Singapore'shighest pedestrianbridge. Fagioli Asia wascontracted by TTJDesign & Engineeringto lift into place thecentre portion of thebridge.

The centre portion was put together in around 2.5 months, and took about fivehours, at a speed of 6m per hour, for it to be lifted 37m above ground and fittedinto place. The cautious speed was due tothe bridge's tilt, which meant liftingoperations had to be done carefully, withengineers constantly monitoring the levelof the bridge.

Linking Mount Faber and Telok BlangahHill, the bridge is part of the Singaporegovernment's project to join the SouthernBridges.

MCC PTA HP Project HaldiaThe Fagioli Towerliftsystem was used for theerection of an oxidationreactor which wastransported to India fromKorea. The reactorweighed 380 tonneswith a 9.3m diameterand was 15m long.

The lift arrangementrequired a 24m squareformat tower with acapacity of 600 tonneswith two Fagioli StrandJacks on top of thetowers. Tailing of thereactor was carried outusing a 400 tonnecrane.

West E Drill

Fagioli Korea was subcontracted by SHI to carryout the loadout of 30,000 tonnes West E Drill. Therig was pulled over 105 metres by eight L750jacks. Two L4/50D Power packs were used tocontrol the pulling at 6 metres an hour

Transport of Gondola to the Pope

An ancient Gondola (typical Venice boat) owned bythe Admiralty of Venice Harbour-office, wasdonated to the Holy Pope. Fagioli performed thetransport of the precious vessel from Venice toRome. The Gondola, 8m long, was displayed inFiumicino and then in the famous S.Pietro Square.The photo above shows the trailer and gondola inthe holy square .


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Modugno Combined Cycle PlantThis project involved the transport and positioning of heavy items atModugno Combined Cycle Plant by means of SPMT (Self PropelledModular Trailers) and Gantry Cranes.

The heavy modules included:

Gas Turbine: dimensions 12.57 x 4.9 x 5.47m, weight 370 tonneGas Generator: dimensions 12.1 x 4.2 x 4.4m, weight 325 tonneSteam Generator: dimensions 7.7 x 4.9 x 4.5m, weight 250 tonneNo. 2 Transformer: dimensions 9.5 x 4.0 x 4.5m, weight 233 tonne

The modules were unloaded directly by ship gears onto 2 x 12 SPMTaxles. They were then transported to the storage area inside the port,where the Fagioli operators had installed the gantry system.The convoy was then positioned under the gantry system, theoperators connected the rigging hardware to the modules and theywere lifted. Whilst the items were hanging, the trailers were removedand transported to another area. At that point the gantry systemlowered the modules until they were positioned onto steel plates atground level. Then, the gantry cranes lifted and positioned the modules onto the trailers, ready for the transport.The distance from Bari port to site was about 10km. Four gantry cranes were positioned at site to offload the modules they were then liftedand transferred to the foundation.

Transport of 4 Ship Engines to Naples

A combination of transport and lifting activities demanded the co-ordination of several departments, within the Fagioli Group. Thistype of project is ideal for Fagioli with years of experience andexpertise in a number of different transportation and lifting activitiesas well as a vast number of different types of equipment.

The project required Fagioli to move and transport 4 engines fromTrieste port in the north of Italy to Naples in the south with the finaldestination in Acerra. The four engines weighing 265 tonne, 14mlong, 4.1m wide and 5m high were loaded in Trieste by means of

group-owned ro-ro vessel (Storm). They were then unloaded andstored in Naples by means of gantry cranes, support beams(Schnabel structure) and SPMTs. Once ready, the engines werethen loaded onto the trailers to begin the 30km journey to the finalsite in Acerra where the engines were jacked down (using thehydraulic Schnabel support beams) and unloaded onto stools.

Consideration to the length and height of the convoy, had to betaken in to account when calculating distances to allow the convoyto pass through narrow curves and under perilous bridges.

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Project Logistics

Focus on the Indian MarketBeing awarded the KG-D6 project in Kakinada, the IndianProvince of Andhra Pradesh, gave Fagioli the opportunity todevelop new synergies and acquisitions.

We mentioned briefly in the last edition of the Newsletter, theaward of the Kakinada project on the North East of the Indiancoast. This project includes the shipping and transport ofmaterial originating from all over the world. Fagioli will beutilising all Group owned equipment and resources to performthe activities for this project such as maritime transport(containers, general cargo, heavy-lift oversize items with theinvolvement of our chartering department for the booking of H/Lvessels), airfreight transport, overland transport with theprosecution on the Indian territory.

The heavy-lift items, due to road limitations from the port ofdischarge to site, will be unloaded from H/L vessel (inanchorage) onto barges (provided by our local organisation) andthen from barge, onto the “onshore terminal jetty” using a ro-rooperation and then final prosecution to site.

A special team has been put together to manage this wholeproject. Some of the personnel are local employees and Fagioliexpatriates. This team has a daily and direct contact with theclient, being positioned within their premises.

The local project team interfaces with the main operational centre inMilan, Italy. All the activities concerning the operational aspects, the co-ordination of the material from all over the world, the branches andagents involved are all under the handling and management of theFagioli Milan office.

Considering the complexity of this project, Fagioli was called to answerseveral challenging daily requests with promptness and reliability.

Fagioli was alsorequested to performairfreight transportation,which involved thebooking of cargo planes(Antonov AN124) fromNorth Europe toChennai. As well asexecuting other airlinercargo transports (MD-11,747 planes) at the sametime.

A project this big(approximately 150,000freight tonnes, over 2years) gave us theopportunity to progresswithin the Indian marketfor what concerns theforwarding and projectlogistics activities. As a matter of fact, thesame client awarded us

Project Logistics

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Airfreight Department is Taking OffAfter the official opening of the Airfreight department almost threeyears ago, and the acquirement of IATA (International Air TransportAssociation) registration, the Airfreight department is starting totake off!

At first, the department had to service the requirements of theproject logistics department, which meant having to complete theair-shipping of materials related to specific projects. However, overthe last few months they havestarted to become moreindependent, by concentratingon goods forwarded by air-cargo planes (not the charterplanes).

Over the last three yearsFagioli have practically trebledthe amount of tonnagetransported by air freight.

The airfreight department regularly operates with the maininternational air carriers, handling goods from manufacturing sitesto final destinations in every corner of the world and if requiredoverland prosecution.

with another important project for the transport of material destined tothe “East and West Pipeline Project”. This will involve the constructionof a pipeline that will cross India from North-East to North West. Theproject is about 100,000 freight tonnes to be shipped over a year anda half .

As well as these two projects, HLS (100%, group owned companyspecialising in medium range heavy lifting and heavy assembly) isperforming the transport and forwarding of heavy presses for the carindustry to Pune, India.

This project involved the assembling and dismantling of the heavyitems, an area of expertise for HLS, which has a team of in-househydraulics and electrician’s as well as packers, shipping and erectionspecialists to disassemble, pack, ship and erect heavy machinery.

Year Tonnes

2005 350

2006 560

2007 950

As demonstrated on two major projects, the KHURSANIYAHproject, Al Jubail, Saudi Arabia and the KAKINADA project(mentioned on page 14 “Focus on the Indian Market” article) theairfreight department is renowned for its speed and reliable service.When we talk about air transport, we need to think about differentsize goods compared to those handled by the overlanddepartment: for instance for the Rabigh project (Saudi Arabia)

Fagioli shipped full 747cargo planes (maximumcargo tonnage is 124tonnes, cargo volume 625cubic metres) with oversizepieces to Jeddah, including30 tonnes of heavy material(7m high and 2.5m wide).The picture taken in MilanMalpensa Airport showsmaterial loaded onto a 747freighter destined to India.The airfreight departmenttakes care of all kinds ofmaterials, including specialshipments such as thoseperformed for an importantItalian company within theaerospace industry.

In August last year, Fagioli was contracted to ship spores andexpensive space suits from the north of Italy to Cape Canaveral.Those spores were launched into space on the “Discovery” spaceshuttle.

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Focus on the Ro/Ro Department

Synergy Between Fagioli and Interporto Rivalta ScriviaFagioli SpA have teamed up with their “cousins” Interporto Rivalta Scrivia to perform a challenging job in Bandar Abbas, Iran.

The combination of these two companies not only brings Fagioli’s experience in forwarding and transport but also the logistics and materialhandling expertise of Interporto Rivalta Scrivia. With a large logistics centre they are able to propose integrated solutions for warehousing,customs clearance, terminal services for transport and distribution.

This project involves the transport of approximately 5,000 cubic metres destined to Iran. The first lot ofthe material (approximately 4,000 cbm.) originated from all over the world. and was stored (undercustoms regulations for more than three months) at Rivalta’s huge storage facility. The items werelabelled, marked, checked and reinforced with a further packing if required. The smaller material wasgathered into various containers and shipped via railway to the VTE terminal. Rivalta has a fourteen-kilometre internal railway system serviced by company-owned rail cars.

For this project Fagioli / Rivalta transferred general cargo to Genova which was loaded under Fagioli supervision. In Rivalta, Fagioli usedabout 2,500m² of outdoor and 500m² of indoor space. This took up only a small part of the facility at Rivalta with an total area of 1,250.000m².

The second lot of material (approximately 1,000 cubic metres will be executed in February 2008 with oversized transports by means ofFagioli equipment!

The ro-ro activity is another important activity within the forwarding and project logistics world!!! Through the main Italian ports Fagioli operates with group-owned equipment and offices strategicallypositioned at the harbour terminals. The ro-ro activities back and forwards from Italy and North Africa is a project that Fagioli started severalyears ago and is still active today. The picture shows a ro-ro operation at Genoa port!!

For this project Fagioli has hadto perform regular transports forone of the major Italianmanufacturers. This has entaileda continuous and meticulousactivity of daily transport, payingparticular attention to punctuality.The project is managed by aspecial team of operational guysand drivers that organise thedelivery of materials to and fromtheir premises. Flexibility, patience, experience,know-how are some of theessential ingredients that the Ro-Ro department require so thatdeliveries are carried out ontime, as well as being able toadapt to everyday occurrences /problems that may occur. The RO-RO departmentmanages all the activitiesinvolved, including the links withother offices, such as theshipping ports and the office inTunisia.

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Project Logistics

Habshan Project, Abu Dhabi

Transportation of two 327 tonne modules. Fagioli preparedsome special support beams to sustain the long pieces.

The picture shows the loading of the vessels in Venice. Fagioliwas responsible for the road and barge transportation bymeans of group equipment and sea transport by heavy lift shipto the Emirates.

Contract for Protezione CivileFagioli Rome is proud to announce the award of a three year contractfor all the transportation except emergency for the Protezione Civile(The Italian National Guard).The Organisation has 8 central offices and 43 sub-offices throughoutItaly. Fagioli have the huge task of co-ordinating the transportation andmanaging the vast range of equipment in order to satisfy the clientsrequests.

Transport of Satellite to French GuianaFagioli is use to performing transport projects for the aerospaceindustry. However, this is the first time Fagioli have participated in thecomplete transportation of a satellite in the French Guiana.

The photo shows a Fagioli trailer moving in the equatorialsurroundings to reach the aerospace centre after the unloading inPariacabo harbour. After a 13-day atlantic ocean crossing theAutomated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), Jules Verne, arrived at Kourou.

The satellite hadbeen previouslypacked into aspecial container/ case, that wascarefully movedto site by one ofour trailers underthe supervision ofour personnel!!!

Other Freight Forwarding ProjectsThe Fagioli freight forwarding department provides all their customers’ with thebest possible delivery service, arranging the best means of transport, the bestair/shipping lines, and subsequent storage and customer documentation. Some examples of these activities, are as follows:

� The shipping of material from Italy to Greece for the construction of a bridge.

� Transportation and shipping of sections of a dam that will be built in Ker Edir (Algeria). The picture shows the construction of the dam.

� The shipping of seven complete plants to process tomatoes from Italy to China, more than 150 cts.

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Transport For The Nuclear Industry

A Long Journey from Milan to ArizonaOver a period of nine years Fagioli have been awarded three major contracts for theinternational transport of a total of 6 x 750 tonne steam generators from Milan toPhoenix, Arizona. Five years of engineering and pre-planning studies and finally thetransports executed in three different periods of time: 2002/03, 2004/05 and 2006/07.

Thanks to a great team and a state-of-the art fleet of equipment Fagioli managed toperform one of the most binding projects in its history with great satisfaction,overcoming endless contingencies occurred during the three contracts. A few of themultitude of activities executed were:

� Transport with Schnabel structures, use of gantry cranes to lift the items and change the equipment and configuration for the 100 km road transport from the busy Milan to Cremona river port;

� Transport by means of group-owned barges on rivers due to the restrictions imposed by the road which did not allow our team to travel straight up to Venice;

� Building of an artificial temporary dam (due to the low water level for a dry summer), use of group-owned ship to transship the modules;

� Ocean transport with self-geared H/L vessels for the oceanic journey to Mexico, transshipments of generators onto local barges (low draft prevented the big shipto proceed further);

� Building of a quay to allow the barges to unload the items positioned onto SPMT’s;

� Road transport for 200 miles in the hot Mexican/Arizona desert.

It has been a real adventure over the two months it has taken these huge pieces toarrive at their destination. Thanks to the high level of professionalism, the team hasovercome many difficulties, adapting to situations and having to solve problemswhen dealing with the different environmental conditions (extreme hot, sandyground, dangerous tides… ).

Throughout the project Fagioli have utilised almost every piece of equipment at theirdisposal: self-propelled trailers, screw jacks and hydraulic gantry cranes, Schnabelstructures, barges, H/L ship for transshipment, normal trailers. It’s almost impossibleto name all the people who contributed to these three major contracts from theengineering, permits and project management and Fagioli personnel, not to mentionthe San Marco Shipping for all the fluvial and maritime activities and Fagioli USA...but please reader give us the opportunity to conclude this article with one abstract

from a letter sent to Fagioli by the client at the end ofthe project: “…. throughout the years we haveworked with different individuals within the companyand it should be noted that all individuals haveshown the remarkable core values of this company”.

Diablo Canyon ProjectFagioli performed the transport of four 327 tonne steam generators fromSantander (Spain) port to California. Due to the low draft the generators weretranshipped from H/L vessel onto two local ocean-barges by means of heavy-liftvessel gears. The generator was lifted using a “Screw-jack” system (thanks tothe tailor-made saddles) and was positioned onto 2 x 14 SPMT axles andunloaded ro-ro. The generator was than transported for about one kilometre andstored inside the client’s premises on stools. Once the 4 generators had beenpositioned inside the warehouse, the SPMT’s took the items one by one andlifted the generators using the “Screw–jack” system and positioned onto rollers.

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New Investments and New AcquisitionsFagioli is growing!!!! New investments have beenundertaken not only to increase the fleet of equipment(which is already one of the largest in the world) but tooffer a high-quality service which can be performed solelywith group-owned equipment.Fagioli recently purchased two new crawler cranes whichoffer excellent lifting capacities, the biggest one of thetwo is capable of hoisting over 1,000 tonnes. Fagioli have also bought new self propelled modulartransporters to add to the long list of hydraulic trailersalready available.

Opening of New BranchesFagioli is expanding into new territories, opening new officesin Poland and Algeria, as well as re-opening an office inGermany. These branches perform heavy transport andlifting, heavy assembly and project logistic activities.

FAGIOLI POLSKA sp. Z o. oOswiecimska 398a,43-150 Bierun, PolskaTel: + (48) 32 216 44 98Fax: + (48) 32 216 4598FAGIOLI GmbHRuhrallee, 185D-45135 Essen, GermanyTel: + (49) 2018945135Fax: + (49) 201 894545FAGIOLI ALGERIA 44, Lotis des 50 villas, Coopérative Hachmi, Ghazali,Point du Jour, Oran, ALGERIA.Tel: + 213 41 53 04 65Fax: + 213 41 53 04 64

Fagioli Canada Ltd.

ExhibitionsOver the last 6 months Fagioli have been very active in terms ofexhibitions and have taken part in three exhibitions within a couple ofmonths of each other, in Milan, Kuwait and London.Italy - Transpotec was a 4 day exhibition at the new Milan Exhibitionbuilding in Rho. Fagioli rented a 50m² space to make way for the 4 axleSPMT. The exhibition seemed to generate lots of interest in particularpeople seemed to be impressed by the videos shown of the Totisubmarine and the more recent project, the launching of the “Calatrava”bridge in Venice.

Kuwait - Fagioli attended the “World Energy & Chemicals Exhibition”with a 12m² stand, an interesting trade fair focusing on activities directlyor indirectly related to the oil, gas, power, chemical and transport sectorsin the rich country of Kuwait and its vast region.

London - Fagioli Limited tookpart in the Civils show which washeld at the huge exhibition hall atEarls Court. The 3 day exhibitionwhich focused on the civilindustry was a great showcasefor suppliers and contractorsinterested in the opportunities forthe 2012 Olympics.

We are proud to announce that Flint Energy Services Ltd. and Fagioli Spa havepartnered to form Fagioli Canada Ltd, an equally owned joint venture company. Flintis a first class service provider that specializes in fully integrated midstreamconstruction and production services for North America’s growing energy and resourceindustry. With more than 11,000 employees, Flint supports the oil and gas industry witha wide range of services. These services include: fabrication and installation of oilsands and heavy oil processing plants, plant maintenance, transportation services,pipeline construction and maintenance, and tubular management and fabrication.

Fagioli Canada will be headquartered in Calgary andwill have operating facilities in both Calgary andEdmonton. The shareholders agree that Fagioli’sexpertise in engineering, heavy transport and liftingcombined with the incredible range of servicesprovided by Flint will be the perfect answer to anyclient’s requirements in this wild, incredible, andcharming “Maple Leaf” country!

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Contributions and CommentsThank you to all those who contributed to this edition of the News Letter.

We appreciate your comments please continue to send them to either of the personsnamed below:

Nicola Mowatt Rudy CorbettaFagioli Limited Fagioli S.p.A

The Ridgeway, Iver Via Vigentina 2, Bucks, SL0 9JE, UK 20090 OPERA, Italy

Tel: +44 1753 659000 Tel: +39 02 576901Fax: +44 1753 655998 Fax: +39 02 [email protected] [email protected]

Visit our website at www.Fagioligroup.com

Fagioli WorldAbu Dhabi (U.A.E.) Atyrau (Kazakhstan), Bejing (China), Bierun (Poland), Calgary (Canada),

Dammam (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia), Durres (Albania), Essen (Germany), Hong Kong

(China), Houston (USA), Istanbul (Turkey), London (UK), Moscow (Russia), Mumbai (India),

Oran, (Algeria), Paris (France), Seoul (Korea), Singapore (Singapore), Tehran (Iran), Tripoli

(Libya), Tubli (Bahrain), Tunis (Tunisia).

New Office and Workshop Facilities

Our new offices and workshop facilities in Iver, UK finally opened in December 2007.The president, Mr Alessandro Fagioli did the honours of cutting the ribbon at our officialopening.

Corporate BrochureWe are finally getting round to updatingFagioli Group corporate brochure whichwill be available early March. This“booklet” has been conceived as ageneral introduction to the multitude ofactivities that represent the Fagioliworld!! The corporate brochure will alsoinclude the engineering section (akeystone activity performed in-house,certified by DNV), the new airtransportation activity, pages dedicatedto nuclear industry, heavy assembly,humanitarian aid, technical pages onthe new crawler cranes just bought byFagioli and strand jacks, tower lift andskidding system.

If you would like a copy of this corporatebrochure please contact Rudy Corbetta,who’s contact details are providedabove right.

The new offices provide a bright, modern workingenvironment for our dedicated staff and a clean,safe and spacious workshop for our hard workingfitters.

www.fagioligroup.com

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