ALE has used the 354,000te/m high capacity and long outreach of the worlds largest capacity land based crane to lift the first of three modules on top of the offshore topside for an oil and gas project in Texas, USA. The three modules, weighing a combined total up to 6,614t (7,290 US t with block […]
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Ale quickly mobilises the largest-ever capacity cranes in Iraq to optimise the Karbala refinfery project schedule.
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Sep
Sep
ALE has utilised the largest-ever capacity cranes in Iraq while performing the heavy lifting works at the Karbala Refinery Project. The quick mobilisation of the cranes has also enabled ALE to optimise the overall project schedule. As part of a bigger scope involving several contracts for heavylifting, the global heavylifting contractor has been tasked to […]
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Jul
Jul
ALE has demonstrated its multi-service and wind-specific capabilities whilst performing the electro-mechanical installation for the Garayalde wind farm project, Argentina. The global heavylifting contractor was contracted to perform the electro-mechanical installation of seven wind turbine generators (WTGs). Commencing in January, the components were received at Puerto Madryn. Once on-site 260km away, ALE worked with the […]
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Nurol Construction puts five new Raimondi cranes to work across two Dubai jobsites
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Jul
Jul
July 4, 2018 (Legnano, Milan, Italy)- Nurol Construction Co., part of the Nurol Group of Companies (Nurol), has taken delivery of five new Raimondi cranes in the United Arab Emirates to add to its existing fleet. The cranes, two LR213s and three MRT294s, are already at work across two of the contractor’s jobsites. As part […]
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Jul
Jul
As part of a strategic move to enter the USA civils market, ALE has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with American crane service business Specialized Hoisting Solutions (SHS) to optimise ALE’s Lightweight Service Crane’s capabilities. SHS is a division of Rebel Trucking and Rigging, based in New Jersey and Georgia, with 30 years of […]
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ALE uses unique skidding techniques for korchagin topside in Russia
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Jun
Jun
ALE has used a unique offshore skidding technique for the first time to assist with the offshore installation of the satellite platform (SP) topside, weighing 2,565t, for the Korchagin oil field development project in Russia. ALE was contracted to perform the engineering, weighing, jacking and load-out of the SP topside, as well as the mooring […]
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May
May
ALE has broken another industry record when performing the heaviest ever land based crane lift using a jib whilst working on Total’s Egina FPSO module integration project in Nigeria. The FPSO module ‘S2’ weighed a total load of 2,810t and was lifted using ALE’s unique AL.SK350 crane and heavy duty jib for the project in […]
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A decade of continued innovation with the AL.SK crane anniversary
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Apr
Apr
ALE is celebrating the 10-year anniversary since the launch of the AL.SK crane series, which have performed some exceptional and record-breaking lifts previously thought impossible. In 2006, ALE’s Research and Development (R&D) division, based in Breda, the Netherlands, began developing concepts for a new crane. ALE wanted the new design to have the highest capacity […]
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Apr
Apr
ALE has completed a landmark crane lift of the historic HM Bark Endeavour ship, weighing 274t, in Stockton-on-Tees, UK. HM Bark Endeavour, one of only two full-scale replicas in the world of the ship commanded by explorer Captain James Cook for his voyage to Australia and New Zealand, needed to be moved from its current […]
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Mar
Mar
ALE has used its innovative heavy duty jib for the first with the the AL.SK350 crane whilst performing the inaugural lift, weighing 1,276t, of an FPSO module integration project in Nigeria. The world’s largest capacity land based crane, the AL.SK350, has been rigged in its current biggest configuration with a 124m a-frame main boom, 49m […]