TORONTO – The Jumbo Vision, a heavy load cargo ship, left Dutch shores Nov. 26 and will make the approximately two-week trip across the Atlantic into the St. Lawrence Seaway, and eventually to Lake Ontario, to deliver the tunnel boring machine (TBM) for the Scarborough Subway Extension project.
But before the TBM began its 6,300-kilometre trek, a lot of planning and preparation had to take place.
In September, the machine was being tested at the Herreknecht facility in Germany. Then it was dismantled and packaged into shipping containers for its voyage, states a Metrolinx blog post.
The shipping containers were put on barges and moved up the Rhine River from the German towns of Schwanau and Kehl to the Dutch port of Westdorpe.
Now it rests on the cargo ship, which has a carrying capacity of almost 7,000 tonnes, meaning it can support the weight of almost 4,000 average cars, indicates the release, adding Scarborough’s TBM weighs around 2,000 tonnes.
Jumbo Vision is scheduled to arrive in the Port of Oshawa in mid-December. After clearing customs, the shipping containers carrying the TBM will then be moved by truck to the launch site at McCowan Road and Sheppard Avenue East, where it will be assembled and lowered into the ground in the spring.
In terms of the naming contest for the TBM, the submission period for the first phase of the contest closed Nov. 18 with over 200 entries submitted.
The second phase of the contest launches today (Nov. 29) with a shortlist of entries that will be voted on. The winning name will be announced in the new year when the TBM arrives at the launch shaft site.
Metrolinx is hosting a virtual open house for the project on Nov. 30 that will provide the latest construction updates and highlight upcoming work in the new year. Â
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