ALE has lifted the biggest and heaviest bridge sections as part of the final stages of the Cadiz Bridge construction project in Spain. At 3,082m long and 31-34m wide, the new bridge is being built over the bay of Cadiz with the aim of connecting Cadiz with Puerto Real, the North area of old town […]
Category Archives: Crane Business
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Feb
Feb
The installation of a massive railway bridge in extremely constricted conditions on a precipitous site presents a whole series of challenges. A difficult crane job, fiddly and complex – just the job for Uwe Langer. The boss of Riga-Mainz completed precisely this job in Bad Wimpfen, Baden-Württemberg with his team and a Liebherr LR 1600/2 […]
11
Feb
Feb
TweWe-Bau is making good use of a SENNEBOGEN 673 telescopic crane crawler in the construction of a new slipway. Up to 21 m long sheet pile walls are first placed with the crane in order to later be driven into the ground by a vibrator. This is where the robust telescopic crane showcases its strengths. […]
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Feb
Feb
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 […]
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Dec
Dec
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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Dec
Dec
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 […]
02
Dec
Dec
Hamburg-based Krandienst Schulz has taken another major step in its history – the company’s investment in a Liebherr LR 1600/2 crawler crane marks its first step into the crawler crane hire market. Krandienst Schulz decided on the new SL13 boom system which is designed for the erection of the latest generation of wind turbines with […]
02
Dec
Dec
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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Aertssen and ALE to transport antwerp’s largest load on public roads in port’s history
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Nov
Nov
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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Nov
Nov
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 […]