A newly-formed Netherlands-based company, Cranes For You B.V., has landed a Benelux dealership agreement with the Chinese Xuzhou Construction Machinery Group Co., Ltd. – XCMG. Cranes For You B.V., based in Houten the Netherlands, will sell the full XCMG range of cranes and foundation equipment throughout the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. In addition it will […]
Tag Archives: Heavy lifting crane
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Dec
Dec
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 […]
Companies, Crane Business, Crane News, General
conAgro marks appointment as official Raimondi Cranes agent of Cyprus with sale of three new topless tower cranes
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Dec
Dec
December 17, 2018 (Legnano, Milan, Italy)- Raimondi Cranes has today announced the agency appointment of conAgro Ltd as the sole official Cypriot dealer of its tower and luffing cranes and its range of crane accessories in the country. The new agency appointment, effective immediately, is launched in tandem with conAgro’s sale of three Raimondi MRT111 […]
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Dec
Dec
Ehingen / Donau (Germany) December 2018 – Construction work on rail tracks which require railway traffic to be postponed for a limited time generally have one thing in common – massive time pressure. The essential thing is that the trains start moving again on schedule after the end of the planned track closure. The installation […]
Crane News, General
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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Aug
Aug
Icelandic crane rental company DS Lausnir provided lifting and rigging gear, including a frame made of Modulift beams, to lift a 45t boat into water for the first time at a harbour in Hafnarfjörður on the southwest coast of the country, about 10km south of Reykjavík. Lausnir chose a 250t capacity Grove GMK 5250 (a 2016 model) from […]
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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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May
May
Two luffing-jib cranes build the residential towers of the Iconsiam project, one of them the highest in Thailand. Next to the Chao Praya River, which runs through the city of Bangkok, Iconsiam is under construction. This is a highly anticipated mixed-use project, featuring two residential towers, which are being built by construction company ITD (Italian-Thai […]
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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 […]
Companies, Crane Business, New cranes
Strictly Cranes sells new Raimondi cranes to various clients across Sydney
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May
May
May 14, 2018 (Legnano, Milan, Italy)- Strictly Cranes of Australia, official Raimondi agent based in New South Wales, has sold four new Raimondi models to various fleet rental companies and developers. In addition, two new cranes have been ordered by Strictly Cranes to add to their existing fleet. “The six new cranes, four 10-tonne MRT152s […]