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Business-News
- 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
- Road collapse dumps crane
- A shaggy goat story
- New director for Ashtead
- First Bronto S38XDT for UK/Ireland
- Spain in September?
- JLG withdraws from Ag market
- United wins lawsuit
- New GM for Snorkel Australia
- Roger Thorington joins Lifterz
- Fatal crane accident in Oklahoma
- Manitou up 8.3%
- Haulotte jumps 15%
- UpRight is no more – its official
- Vertikal.Net upgrade
- Over 90 cranes go at Ritchies auction
KHL.com - International
- Big Krøll tower crane to USA
- Wolff takes central role
- Tower crane conference announced
- Q&A with Terex Cranes' Rick Nichols
- US$9 million in cranes at Ritchie auction
- Bardonaro steps down at AmQuip
- Tiong Woon positive despite profit drop
- Special Report: Wind Power now available
- New tilt cab from Altec
- New 3,000 tonner from Lampson
Cranes Today News
- Accreditation for new UK trainer
- Frank Bardonaro to step down as AmQuip CEO
- Custom built cranes for Dulles Metrorail project
- PaR Crane System for Chernobyl Regeneration Project
- Huisman to build 4,000-tonner for Heerema
- Atlas buys Kaelble, completes UK takeover
- Brazilian hire firm expands to serve market demand
- Another Manitowoc 16000 set for wind power work
- CICA Conference draws closer
- Crane firm issues statement following HSE fine
Abnormal Load Engineering
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
