On June 12, 2006 Boeing unveiled the first cargo loader to be used to transport large 787 Dreamliner assemblies. The loader, the longest in the world at 118 ft., 1 inch, was designed and built by TLD at its facility in Sherbrooke, Quebec. Boeing will use the equipment to load three specially modified 747-400s (Dreamlifters), that will transport major 787 Dreamliner components by air. An operator seated in a cab atop the giant loader will drive the machine to the parked Dreamlifter aircraft. Sensors will perfectly align it to the Dreamlifter's cargo-handling system to ensure safe loading and unloading. The Dreamlifter fleet will ferry 787 wings and fuselage parts from partners in Wichita, Kan.; Charleston, S.C.; Grottaglie, Italy; and Nagoya, Japan, to Boeing's Everett factory for final assembly. A cargo loader will be based at each facility. This first loader was disassembled and delivered by ship to Nagoya and Grottaglie for reassembly.