Heavy lift – Move it magazine

4th June 20214th June 2021

Express Global Logistics handles 182 railway coaches

Express Global Logistics (EXG) have secured a contract to handle 182 Railway Coaches and 4 Driving Power Cars (DPCs) for a India-Sri Lanka Railway Project. The cargo will total 45,000frt with the coaches ranging from 36-80mt each and dimensions of 20.30 x 2.95 x 4.00m. They are to be exported to Sri Lanka for a …

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27th May 202127th May 2021

Nine Tadano cranes for Hovago

In the year of its 75th anniversary, Dutch crane service provider Hovago has ordered no fewer than nine cranes from Tadano: three AC 5.220-1 and two AC 5.250-1 all terrain cranes, two GTC-1800EX telescopic crawler cranes and two CC 38.650-1 lattice boom crawler cranes. The first models will be delivered in the fourth quarter of …

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25th May 202125th May 2021

Boosting sustainability by reusing lifting equipment

Saipem, a service provider in the oil and gas industry, has been commissioned with an offshore project in the Baltic Sea. The project involves using ships to lay an underwater gas pipeline of around 275 kilometres in length. Hendrik Veder Group is helping Saipem to refurbish lifting equipment that it already owns, so that it …

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21st May 202121st May 2021

Mammoet purchases Land & Marine’s linear winch equipment

Mammoet has announced the formal purchase of the linear winch Fleet and associated pipe pulling equipment. The purchase of the winches by Mammoet includes two state-of-the-art 800t capacity linear winches, which are unique to the industry, their design is patented and allows socket passing under load as well as utilizing advanced hydraulic controls for accurate …

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20th May 202120th May 2021

Enerpac lifts in Hungary

Hungarian heavy lifting and machine assembly specialist, Megakran Plc, relied upon their Enerpac SL400N hydraulic gantry to move an 85-tonne sheet metal press between factories located in Somogy County in southwest Hungary. The SL400N gantry provided easier access to the press than using a mobile crane. With a large vehicle production industry, Hungary is one …

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20th May 202120th May 2021

Modulift Team Up With Mocean Energy

A custom-made 50 WLL lifting frame designed by Modulift ensured that the Mocean Energy’s new Blue X wave energy prototype could take it’s first ever dip in to the cold waters of the North Sea. Mocean Energy, one of the key players in the wave energy industry, have been working on turning their concept in …

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28th April 202128th April 2021

Boeing 747 flight simulator takes off

One of the leading Middle East heavy lift, heavy transport and energy solutions company, Al Faris, has lifted a Boeing 747 pilot training simulator using Enerpac SCJ-50 self-locking cube jacks. Previously Al Faris may have used either a crane or climbing jacks to install the 11T, 4.3(l) x 3.7(d) x 7.6(h)m flight simulator for aviation …

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28th April 202128th April 2021

Largest items ever moved on Polish roads

Tasked by Polish company Grupa Azoty, one of the main players on the European fertilizer and chemical market, Mammoet recently completed the first scope of work that will lead to the construction of the propane dehydrogenation and polypropylene (PDH/PP) blocks of its client’s chemical facility. The project took place in the town of Police, in …

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22nd April 202122nd April 2021

Offshore International joins forces with Mammoet

Abu Dhabi Ports’ offshore logistics service provider, Offshore Support and Logistics Services Company (OFCO – Offshore International), has announced the start of a collaboration with Mammoet United Arab Emirates as part of a newly signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the two organisations. OFCO, will work closely with the heavy lift and transport specialist to …

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22nd April 202122nd April 2021

Challenging power plant expansion

As part of a power plant expansion, Al Faris installed 16 double-wall heat recovery steam generators using its own Demag CC 3800-1 lattice boom crawler crane. “After considering the load weights and the required performance characteristics, it became clear that only a crane in the 650 tonne class would be able to get the job …

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