Demand for crawlers in the UK rising says Kobelco Cranes Europe Ltd as it reveals new orders Kobelco Cranes Europe Ltd has sold two new CKE800G crawler cranes to leading UK rental company GH Johnson Crane Hire. Purchasing the machines, which have an 80t capacity at 3m, will boost the hire firm’s growing fleet of […]
Author Archives: Maarten Zijlmans
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FibreMax is producing lightweight synthetic crane pendants with a length of over 55 meter; the pendants will have a breaking strength of 680 tonnes. The weight, including end terminations is only 395kg. The pendants will be used on a luffing-jib tower crane. Part of the order are also lightweight synthetic crane pendants with a length […]
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Palfinger Marine, known for its customized marine, offshore and windcranes has signed a service contract with E-Crane, making them a licensed service partner for the maintenance of Palfinger cranes. Specifically, this is for the wind turbines of the Thornton Bank. These cranes are managed by Senvion Benelux, the Belgian service hub of the German Senvion […]
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A new SENNEBOGEN 655 HD duty cycle crawler crane has recently been deployed by the Aschaffenburg Water and Shipping Authority. Positioned on a multi-purpose ferry, the machine lifts steel plates, several tons in weight, for maintenance of the Offenbach lock Chambers. The Aschaffenburg Water and Shipping Authority (WSA) as a federal authority is responsible for […]
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ALE’s Argentina branch have completed a major project by using the largest crane operating in Argentina, the Liebherr LR11350. ALE was contracted to transport and lift three coke drums, weighing 435t and measuring 42m, at the YPF refinery in Buenos Aires, Argentina. ALE also weighed, transported and lifted derricks and coke drum structures, as well […]
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Comansa Jie launched her new 11CJ132-6t flat-top tower crane at the Bauma China trade fair in Shanghai. It is the first model from the CJ1100 series. With six tons of maximum load, it is the smallest model from Comansa Jie to date. With which the Chinese manufacturer, the target is to gain market share in […]
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Terex Port Solutions (TPS) will supply ten eco-friendly Terex® rubber-tyred gantry cranes in the E-RTG variant to Ningbo Port Co. Ltd. (Ningbo), PR China. The cranes will be delivered in two batches to Ningbo’s Yuandong Terminal in the Port of Ningbo, situated some 100 km south of Shanghai. The first six units will be commissioned in […]
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“We are very pleased to have received the Special Mention in this competition,” -Johannes Tarkiainen, Industrial Design Manager at Konecranes. Konecranes’ CLX electric chain hoist has received Special Mention in the 2015 German Design Award competition. The award was given for the design quality of the chain hoist. The German Design Award is one of […]
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Aertssen and ALE to transport antwerp’s largest load on public roads in port’s history
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ALE will be working alongside Belgium-based Aertssen to transport the Port of Antwerp’s largest-ever cargo, weighing 1,050t and measuring 24m (length) 11m (width) 23m (height), on 2nd December, at 9.30pm. “Previous loads have never exceeded 800t so transporting the Port’s heaviest load ever weighing 1,000t is an historic moment we are proud to be a […]
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In the beginning of November 2014, a brand new heavy lift crawler crane was delivered to Belgium-based Aertssen. After delivery, The Terex SuperLift 3800 (650T class) was directly mobilized to the construction yard of a wind farm in the Port of Antwerp. The wind farm consists of 5 wind mills, of which 3 were erected […]