ALE was contracted to undertake a variety of services for the Wikinger project across two project sites, Cadiz and Ferrol in Spain. The scope in Ferrol was divided into three main parts: weighing 12 jackets, transporting 29 jackets within Navantia Fene Shipyard and loading-out the 29 jackets. ALE commenced the project in December 2015 and […]
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GGR was recently commissioned to help bring some Christmas cheer to Leeds Trinity Shopping Centre, whilst lifting a giant, 66ft Christmas tree into place. A UNIC URW-506 was central to the lift, where the Christmas tree had to be lifted in ten separate layers, with the heaviest weighing up to 100kg. Of course, this was […]
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Ehingen/ Donau (Germany), December 2016 – Fast, good quality service all over the world – this is one of the main factors behind Liebherr’s success. To further improve its services for customers in Saudi Arabia and neighbouring countries in the Middle East, Liebherr has built a new subsidiary in Dammam, the capital of the “Eastern […]
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Leading lifting solutions specialists GGR Group has recently appointed Kirsty Parkin as their first female AP, for some of their biggest projects across the UK. Kiwi Kirsty joined GGR in 2012, where previously she had worked as a nanny, where she then began her training at GGR’s Long Crendon depot. After just two months of […]
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ALE has successfully launched its latest innovation, the Lightweight Service Crane, at an exclusive client-only event in October. The event, held at ALE’s Breda office in the Netherlands, was attended by over 50 clients in the offshore and civils sectors. Harrie Smetsers, who manages the R&D team who designed the crane, gave a presentation and […]
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Mobile yard crane for logistics and handling: SENNEBOGEN 640 M for Pilon in St. Petersburg
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As one of the leading bridge construction and infrastructure companies in St. Petersburg, Russia, Pilon specializes in bridge and road transport infrastructure maintenance, as well as hydraulic engineering. The company is currently using a SENNEBOGEN 640 on its premises as a yard crane for handling and logistics. Founded in 1993, Pilon now has over 1,500 […]
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Ehingen / Donau (Germany) December 2016 – In October the 110 year-old sailing ship, the Alexander von Humboldt, was relocated from Bremen’s Europahafen to its final berth on the Schlachte, Bremen’s maritime district. The famous sailing ship had previously been converted into an event and hotel vessel. As a result of the limited clearance heights […]
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Wiesbauer’s Liebherr MK 140 mobile construction crane working in Frankfurt’s banking area
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Biberach / Riss (Germany), 05 December 2016 – The Liebherr MK 140 mobile construction crane operated by Wiesbauer GmbH & Co. KG was recently involved in roofing work in Frankfurt’s banking area. The area did not have to be cordoned off completely thanks to its small footprint. An office building with three lower and nine […]
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Ehingen / Donau (Germany) Dezember 2016 – A job carried out by an LTM 1500-8.1 operated by Hüffermann Krandienst in Northern Germany featured a high level of safety precautions. A refurbished gas flare had to be erected at a height of around 100 metres at the ExxonMobil natural gas treatment plant in Grossenkneten. In addition […]
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The Bauma China trade show was the perfect scenario for the launch of the first series of luffers from the Hangzhou manufacturer With more than 170.000 visitors, Shanghai’s Bauma China is Asia’s most important trade show for construction machinery. Therefore, Comansa CM chose it as the right place to launch its first luffing-jib tower crane, […]