Mammoet
company
Mammoet (Dutch for mammoth) is a privately held Dutch company specializing in engineered heavy lifting and the transport of large objects. The company upfitted existing truck chassis for heavy-duty work with upfits such as custom gantry systems, modular transport equipment, jacking and skidding systems, and even made custom trailers and "shipping saddles."
They have also modified and customized cranes to do specialized work.
History
Mammoet was founded on the 13th of May 1807 in Utrecht, Netherlands, when Dutch entrepreneur Jan Goedkoop founded a maritime company with the purchase of a 140-tonne cargo vessel. The company, called 'Gebroeders Goedkoop' ('Goedkoop Brothers'), offered both maritime cargo and passenger transport. In 1862, the company acquired its first tugboat, and from 1920 onwards, the company focused on tug and salvage services.
In 1971, Goedkoop merged with Van Wezel from Hengelo (Netherlands): a company that specialized in heavy transport and cranes. The new company was called Mammoet Transport. In 1972, another company was acquired, Stoof Breda, which at that time was one of the market leaders in engineered heavy lifting and transport in the Netherlands.
In 1973, Mammoet Transport became a subsidiary of Koninklijke Nederlandse Stoomboot-Maatschappij (KNSM) located in Amsterdam. At the same time, the company name was changed to Mammoet.
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