Suncor – The Right Road to Travel

This integrated petrochemical company had a requirement for the safe, effective transportation of critical, heavy-lift, cargo for an Oil Sands upgrading project.  More specifically, the project entailed the shipment of hydrotreating unit reactors originating in two Japanese ports and culminating in Ft. McMurray, Alberta, via marine, rail and truck transportation.

Acuratek, in association with its sub-consultants, received a mandate to identify credible risk scenarios through the use of transit risk models and to evaluate and mitigate them to the satisfaction of Suncor’s project team. Such methods as route accident and exposure analysis, carrier surveys and vetting as well as major incident reviews were key to the correct assessment of the transportation risks involved.

Following the analysis, recommendations were made based on the priority risks identified by transportation mode. Thus, the best route options were identified and the length of each surface mode transit optimized. In addition, the client was presented with important safety recommendations, risk mitigation recommendations and specific marine, rail and  road mode guidelines. This ensured that the client could manage the important risks, keeping this project cargo move venture within acceptable risk levels, according to their pre-established risk matrix and ranking system.

Hauling project cargo in Northern Alberta