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This expertise also meant that Zeppelin and Zeppelin logistic skills were called been intended as an exhibit at the
and Caterpillar could reassure the into action to ensure delivery, with SteinExpo Trade Fair, which had just
customers at every step of the way. For machines coming from Brazil, China, been cancelled due to the coronavirus.
example, would Cat machines work France, Indonesia and the USA. “We While the machines coming from the
at high altitudes? Yes, they’ve been were micro-managing every step of USA had to face the worse storm
used in the Andes in South America. the way. In constant contact with the Texas had seen in over 30 years.
Would the cold be an issue for them? factories in Batam and Decatur, talking
No problem, they’ve been working in with Cat Logistics, twice a day, every day, Once they had arrived in Austria there
colder conditions in mines in Russia. checking schedules to find the quickest was still the problem of ensuring
routes to Europe and the machines on machines of this size could make it
Finally, a buy-back option was the right vessels,” Simon explains. up the mountain. With only two roads
negotiated that would see the leading to the site, every load and
machines returned to Zeppelin at the Luck also played its part; two 140-ton truck combination had to be checked
end of the job, to be resold as used excavators had just passed through with the local authorities to ensure
machines, with an estimated 9,000 the Suez Canal when the Ever Given they could get through any tunnels.
operating hours on the clock. container ship got stuck and blocked the
waterway for weeks. A new Cat crawler
With 16 large Cat machines ordered at excavator 352 was found at short notice
the same time, the full might of Caterpillar and close to the site. Having originally

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