“Coarse gravel track,” “articulation track,” and “corduroy road” – the names of the test tracks at the German armed forces’ proving grounds on the Grüneberg hill, close to Trier, make it all but obvious: No one should expect a quiet little stroll there. In fact, quite the opposite: That’s where the German armed forces test […]
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Spectacular Dredging Application of a New Liebherr Duty Cycle Crawler Crane in the Swiss Alps
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Nenzing (Austria) October 2016 – A 130-tonne duty cycle crawler crane from Liebherr is currently operating in the midst of an imposing mountain backdrop in the Swiss canton of Ticino. Its task is to free the reservoir’s drain of deposited sediment. For this purpose the machine, which is fitted on a barge, is equipped with […]
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GGR’s mini yet mighty Spider Crane recently teamed up with Coca Cola for a lift with a difference. When one of the most renowned brands around the world needed a helping hand to lift a giant Coca Cola bottle, GGR’s mini spider crane was more than up to the job. The UNIC URW 095 Spider […]
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Batam, Indonesia-based PT. Xtra Solusindo Sukses used 5t water bags and a 50t load cell from Straightpoint to complete a load test on a knuckle boom deck crane on a ship docked at a local shipyard owned by the Jan de Nul Group. The company, a specialist in load testing, completes annual inspection of the […]
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Sales and service partner Willing handed over a new SENNEBOGEN 630 HD duty cycle crane to Eberswalde Water and Shipping Authority. Positioned on a multi-purpose ferry, the machine will be used for all hoisting and hydraulic engineering activities along the river section under the authority’s responsibility. As a federal agency, the Eberswalde Water and Shipping […]
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ALE has completed its scope of work at the Ichthys Project Onshore LNG Facilities in Darwin, Australia, using the Hydro Deck for the first time. ALE was contracted by JKC Australia Ltd to load-out 178 pre-fabricated modules from a range of heavy lift vessels. The scope of work started in June 2014 and the modules […]
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Is it a UFO? Nope, it’s a GGR mini spider crane! AUNIC UWR 706 Spider Crane was recently commissioned to help build a space themed, state of the art, child’s playground at Heaton Park, Manchester. A bespoke UFO-style play frame was at the centre of GGRs latest lift for the mini, yet mighty 706 spider […]
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ALE has transported a transformer, weighing 249t, almost 6,000 miles, from Stafford, UK, to Gillem in Manitoba, Canada. ALE were contracted with the full turnkey scope of work, including the full project management, and engineering of each phase. The transformer first embarked on its extensive journey at the beginning of August and was transported and […]
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Oct
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The world’s largest capacity land based crane, the AL.SK350, has performed its inaugural lifts in Brazil, using its 4,000t winch system and high speed slew. ALE is currently using the AL.SK350 crane to lift and install approximately 40 modules, weighing up to 3,000t, onto the P-74 FPSO (Floating Production, Storage and Offloading) vessel in the […]
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Düsseldorf, Germany, 27 September 2016 – Terex Port Solutions (TPS) continues to set milestones in South America. TPS has received two orders for large cranes from Chile. In the third quarter of 2016, a diesel-electric Terex® Gottwald Model 8 mobile harbour crane in the G HMK 8410 two-rope variant has been delivered to Terminal Puerto Arica S.A. (TPA) in […]