Continue reading "Konecranes delivers 39 reach stackers to Germany"
The BwFuhrparkService GmbH, the fleet service company especially for the German Bundeswehr (Federal Armed Forces), ordered 39 Konecranes reach stackers in March last year. Specially adapted for harsh conditions, they will be used to handle containers in military locations around the country. Since the beginning of September 2020, Konecranes has been modernizing the fleet with …
Grove GRT655L for shipbuilder Albwardy Damen
Albwardy Damen, a specialist shipbuilding and ship repair company in the Middle East, has added a GRT655L to its fleet of Grove rough-terrain cranes used at its facilities across the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Shara Igor Balin, facility manager at Albwardy Damen, said: “The new GRT655L is a really versatile unit for us. We can …
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1,285 kilometers through Africa with Faymonville
Ghanaian heavy haulage specialist MONPE Heavy Haulage has successfully transported six power engines from Ghana port to Niger over a total distance of about 1,285 km. “Special transports are our daily business, but this mission was really exceptional within the exceptional. It’s a prestigious project and sets a benchmark”, declared Peter Everett from MONPE Heavy …
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First Tadano all terrain crane in England
Tadano has handed over the first all terrain crane in England to crane service provider Sangwin Plant Hire. The new ATF-100-4.1 with an 18-meter boom extension, full 30.4t of counterweight, 18.3 tonnes of this roadworthy within STGO regulations, and an AMOT engine shutdown system is designed for a wide variety of industries and in particular …
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Hareket achieves new haulage record with Goldhofer
Hareket Heavy Lifting & Project Transportation was awarded a contract to move two 6,200 t passenger ships over a distance of 250 m to a floating dock at the Tersan Shipyard, Turkey. To handle the heaviest load in the company’s history, Hareket employed a total of 200 heavy-duty axle lines with 1,600 wheels. The equipment …
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Jumbo delivers from Europe to USA
Jumbo Vision, loaded with multiple cargoes for multiple clients from ports in Spain, Italy and Greece, has recently arrived in the USA with loads bound for Florida, Louisiana and Texas. One of Jumbo’s H-800 class vessels, the 110-metre Jumbo Vision carried five separate cargoes. The first load consisted of three 173-tonne transformers, the second load …
Abidjan Terminal takes delivery of two fully electric APM 75T HE tractors
Abidjan Terminal, the operator of the container terminal at the Port of Abidjan, has taken delivery of two fully electric APM 75T HE tractors as part of the “Green Terminal” environmental certification programme initiated by Bolloré Ports. These machines are the product of the synergy between the Bolloré Group, via Bolloré Ports and Blue Solutions, …
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First assembly carried out using Liebherr’s Remote Service App
The LHM 420 is the first mobile harbour crane ever to be fully assembled with the aid of Liebherr’s new Remote Service tool. The crane was delivered to Euroamérica S.A. in Campana, as the first of this type delivered to Argentina, fully disassembled and due for handover in June 2020 but due to the current …
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Double delivery to Algeria for Faymonville
Faymonville has recently delivered two MultiMAX low-loaders to its Algerian customer DTR. They have been driven to Marseille from where they were shipped to Mostaganem. The semi-trailers with a basic width of 3,000 mm are equipped with air suspension, friction steered axles and interchangeable hydraulic single and double ramps that have been dismantled for the …
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AAL delivers giant cable carousel for a US$2 billion offshore clean energy project
AAL Shipping has recently delivered a cable carousel measuring 23m in diameter (73m circumference) to Jan De Nul Group, for the Formosa 2 offshore wind farm project, 9.5 km off the coast of north-west Taiwan. The cargo was loaded in Jebel Ali and transported on deck of the 19,000 dwt heavy lift (HL) multipurpose vessel AAL Nanjing to the …