A strong steel base for a very different job
Shipping containers are designed to withstand substantial loads, be stacked and perform in demanding environments. At Windpark Langer Wald in Waldeck, those characteristics were used for something completely different from storage or transport.
CBOX shipping containers were positioned and stacked at several points along the work area, creating robust temporary support structures for the heavy lifting operation. By varying the number of stacked containers, the structures could be built up to the height required at different positions.
The result is clearly visible in the images: a large crane boom extends across the site, with stacks of containers positioned beneath it as temporary supporting structures.
Containers as temporary project infrastructure
This project shows what the structural properties of a shipping container can make possible. Their standardised dimensions, robust steel construction and stackability allow containers to become practical building blocks within temporary project infrastructure.
For a location such as a wind farm, where heavy equipment and large components are part of the operation, that flexibility can provide a useful solution when temporary support is required at different heights.
Once the operation is complete, the structures can be dismantled and the containers can return to another application. For this project, CBOX Germany supplied the containers as part of a heavy lifting operation involving Wagenborg Nedlift, demonstrating once again that sometimes the most interesting use of a shipping container has nothing to do with what goes inside it.
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