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- 1000 tonne crawler crane from XCMG
- Franz Bracht crane hire in Porta Westfalica
- Barnhart takes over Powell's crane rental division
- LTM 1350-6.1 - New 350 tons Telescopic crane from Liebherr
- Grove GSK 55: Trailer mounted mobile crane
- Enercon gets telescopic crawler cranes
- Tadano buys Spandeck Mantis
- Kobelco SL 6000 for China
- XXL-Crawlercrane from Liebherr
- 500 t crawler crane from Hitachi Sumitomo
Vertikal.net
- Sterling buys B&G
- The latest K&B is online
- Another outrigger accident
- Losses mount at Harsco Infrastructure
- Palfinger appoints large platform specialist
- Mother makes plea for crane safety
- Dutch Elm Death Wish
- New 4,000 tonne crane for Heerema
- Dallas Johnson 1944 – 2010
- New US crane rules will save 22 lives
- Haulotte to pull out of APEX?
- Strong pick up at Wacker Neuson
- Beware of easy orders
- RT crane rolls
- Margins improve at Manitowoc Crane
KHL.com - International
- Signs of stability in Manitowoc's second quarter
- OSHA publishes new crane & derricks rule
- Natural power
- Order books up at Terex but crane sales cool
- Multi-purpose handling from Potain
- Overload testing completed for new Manitowoc 31000
- Talbert introduces new double Schnabel trailer
- DeCleene is a new Talbert dealer
- Felbermayr tunnel crawl
- Ritchie Bros 900 cranes auction record
Cranes Today News
- OSHA to launch, discuss, new rule today
- Manitex signs 'transformative' deal to run EU manufacturer
- Judge acquits Rapetti
- Pace to sell Sennebogen cranes in Australia
- Palfinger buys into marine crane business
- Kobelco to build crawlers in India
- Slim Terex boosts sales, but cranes still drag
- Ainscough picks up historic steamer
- Hanoi tightens crane rules
- Nooteboom builds carrier for 60m blades
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ALEs Gottwald AK 912 burned out
The Gottwald AK 912 run by Abnormal Load Engineering has burned out. During a transfer to a new jobsite near Gabes in Tunisia the lattice boom crane caught fire and burned out in the front part. If this monument of crane construction will be refurbished is not yet known.
Tags: Abnormal Load Engineering - AK 912 - ALE - Crane construction - Jobsite - Lattice boom crane - Tunisia
ALE shows 4,300 tons lifting giant
Abnormal Load Engineering, based in the Netherlands, has launched a new lifting machine called SK 90. The maximum lifting capacity of the new giant is 4,300 tonnes. With a wider base, called SK 120, the capacitiy can be increased up to 5,000 tonnes. These high end lifts are made with a strand jack lifting system. Smaller lifts up to 600 tonnes can be made with a winching system. The design of the SK-series begun in December 2006 when major crane manufacturers refused its development. The main purpose for the SK's are lifts for a petro chemical contract in Saudi Arabia.
Tags: Abnormal Load Engineering - ALE - Crane manufacturers - Lifting machine - Petro chemical - Saudi Arabia - SK 120 - SK 90 - Strand jacks
ALE takes over Alstom's UK heavy lifting operations
Abnormal Load Engineering has taken over the heavy lifting and transport operations of Alstom Power Service UK. The deal concluded on 1 December. Alstom's Distribution Services Division (DSD) provides general and heavy transportation, heavy lifting, shipping and forwarding services for the power, electricity transmission, manufacturing and related industries. It operates a fleet of heavy installation equipment, conventional modular axles, heavy-duty trucks and transporter frame trailers.
The DSD business will be integrated into ALE's operations at its offices in Hixon, UK. The combined equipment fleet includes more than 10 heavy lifting gantries, including 600t hydraulic Lift N Lock gantries, crawler and pedestal cranes up to 1,500t capacity, 10 transporter frame trailers, ranging up to 450 tonnes capacity and 32 axles, and more than 900 lines of modular conventional and self-propelled axles.
Source: Connectingcranes.com
Tags: Abnormal Load Engineering - ALE - Alstom - Equipment fleet - Gantries - Heavy lifting - Pedestal cranes
