ALE has added three new tower cranes to their extensive global fleet that are expected to make cost and time savings for clients in the wind sector. The innovative K1650L crane has lifting capabilities like no other free-standing tower crane on the wind energy market, with an increased lifting height, and the ability to work […]
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ALE utilises innovative barge for wind component load-out
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Mar
Mar
ALE’s latest marine investment, the SARAH S barge, has been deployed on its inaugural job to transport transition pieces (TPs) as part an offshore wind project in the UK. ALE was contracted to provide the specialist offshore engineering as well as the marine transportation, sea-fastening, load-out and ballasting of over 100 TPs for Ørsted’s Hornsea […]
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Mar
Mar
ALE has completed the roof installation of the Olympic Parque Roca swimming pool in Buenos Aries, Argentina. The lifts were performed in December and finished in January. ALE installed six sections, weighing up to 50t, as well as a springboard and steel structure, using a 600t crawler crane with a luffing jib and 30.5m mast. […]
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Feb
Feb
ALE has loaded-out two modules weighing a combined weight of over 20,000t for the Martin Linge platform project in South Korea. The global heavylifting provider was contracted to perform both the weighing and load-out operations for the utility and process modules of the platform. ALE’s specialist division, ALE-Offshore Services, executed the weighings using ALE’s centrally-controlled […]
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Feb
Feb
ALE has increased its jacking capacity to over 100,000t with the introduction of new jacking systems and enhancements to existing technologies. In order to fill a gap in the market and satisfy client demand to perform the jacking operations on three jobs at the same time, ALE has built four new towers for the Mega […]
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ALE’s innovative mega jack 800 scores hat-trick with STS crane jack-ups in Barcelona
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Feb
Feb
ALE has used its award-winning Mega Jack 800 system to heighten and jack-up three STS crane, weighing 1,390t each, in Barcelona, Spain. ALE was sub-contracted by ZPMC to jack-up the cranes almost 6m high, so the cranes could be extended at the Barcelona Europe South Terminal (BEST). Due to the ongoing activities on-site and the […]
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Dec
Dec
ALE has been awarded the Golden Bridge Trade & Investment Award for Best Innovation in Export. The British Ambassador to Belgium, Alison Rose, presented the award to ALE at a ceremony hosted at the British Residence in Brussels, Belgium, in November. ALE gained the award for their work as part of a joint venture responsible […]
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Nov
Nov
ALE has completed their heavylifting operations for the Earls Court project in London, UK. ALE was contracted by Keltbray to use its innovative heavylifting crane, the AL.SK190, to lift 61 portal beams, weighing between 100t – 1,500t, out from the London Underground and over the District Line. During the project ALE performed the largest single […]
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Oct
Oct
ALE has completed the marine and offshore operations they are undertaking as part of a major offshore platform project in Azerbaijan. ALE was contracted for a complex scope of work, involving the load-out of two jackets, weighing and jack-up of the topsides, strand jack skidding load-outs, ballasting and mooring as well as the offshore floatovers […]
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ALE’S LARGEST AND SMALLEST CRANES OPERATE IN LONDON AT THE SAME TIME
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Sep
Sep
Recently, both ALE’s largest and smallest cranes were working in London at the same time. As part of ALE’s largest crane fleet, the AL.SK190 was working for specialist contractor Keltbray on the Earls Court project, whilst the company’s most compact crane, the Lightweight Service Crane, was working in Stratford to lift building maintenance unit (BMU) […]