KEVIN MAYHEW THE HEAVIEST abnormal load to move via Zimbabwe arrived at Richards Bay for delivery to northern Zambia last month. According to the owner of Unidel Carriers in Pomona, Gauteng, Rick de Smidt, the auto clave copper processor from Getchell Mine in Salt Lake City in Utah, America, weighed 263 tons. Its delivery by road to Kansanshi Mine in the western Copperbelt will take about a month. Although such a load has never been undertaken on the route he did not expect any hiccups. The load is 27m long and 4.2m in diameter and was offloaded in Richards Bay by heavy lift crane.
