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 […]
Category Archives: Crane Business
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Ehingen / Donau (Germany), October 2016 – Liebherr has extended its mobile crane product range with an additional series of rough-terrain cranes in the 90-tonne (100 USt) and 100-tonne (110 USt) classes. The Liebherr Rough-Terrain cranes LRT 1090-2.1 and LRT 1100-2.1 will be unveiled to the public at the Conexpo construction machinery trade show in […]
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Oct
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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Ehingen / Donau (Germany) October 2016 – During its customer days at its manufacturing plant in June 2012, Liebherr unveiled the 750-tonne LTM 1750-9.1 mobile crane. The 100th crane of this type left the plant in Ehingen in July this year. The new crane was handed over by Belgian Liebherr dealer Van Der Spek to […]
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Representatives from the GGR Group were officially presented with the Queens Award for International Trade at their Head Quarters in Oldham, Manchester. Lord Lieutenant, Mr Warren Smith, the Queens representative of Greater Manchester, was joined by Sales Director of GGR Group, Michael Heneghan and Marketing Manager Daniel Ezzatvar, to receive the formal exchange of the accolade on Wednesday […]
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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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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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ALE’s UK branch has jointly won the ‘Best Energy Project’ award for its collaboration when undertaking jack-up and roll-up operations in Suffolk, UK, by the East of England Energy Group (EEEG) Awards 2016. As part of the Dudgeon offshore wind farm project, ALE were given the scope of lifting components, performing multiple site moves, rolling-up […]
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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 […]
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Liebherr LG 1750 mobile lattice boom crane operated by Wiesbauer has plenty in reserve
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Ehingen / Donau (Germany) September 2016 – As part of the Stuttgart 21 infrastructure project, a pedestrian bridge had to be removed to be replaced by a new railway bridge in Baden-Württemberg’s state capital. Crane contractor Wiesbauer assembled its Liebherr LG 1750 lattice boom crane on the banks of the River Neckar to remove the […]