From ship to barge, directly
Once aligned, the load was lowered onto the barge deck and positioned on 16 stillage supports (also called "stools" or "elephant legs") under which the transport trailer was already in place. Small back and forth movements of the trailer allowed for the precise adjustment of the barge's centre of gravity.
Loaded with the vacuum vessel sector in its cabin-like housing plus the 176-tonne trailer, the barge docked at Port de la Pointe on the north shore of the inland sea the following day. Road transportation to ITER is scheduled from 28 March to 1 April 2022.
One final sector expected from Korea will be ready to sail in the first weeks of September. Five other sectors will be delivered to the ITER Organization by the European Domestic Agency.