April 2014 | CranesBlog

Mammoet crawler installs legs on ship

Mammoet has used its LR13000 to install four platform legs on Van Oord’s newest wind turbine installation vessel, the Aeolus.

The crane was assembled at Lloyd Werft in Bremerhaven, Germany. Four 87m long steel platform legs each weighing 920t already settled into their jacking position on the 139m long and 38m wide vessel.

For the job Mammoet designed, fabricated and delivered tailor-made top lifting tools and a tailing frame to ensure that the legs, that have no lifting points could be hoisted securely.

In addition to the platform legs, Mammoet also installed four spudcans, using a special engineering method. The method involved placing the partly rigged spudcans on the seabed, moving the Aeolus over it and connecting the spudcan with the leg with the use of cranes and divers.

Yongmao sells 10 cranes to Myanmar

Chinese tower crane manufacturer Yongmao has sold ten cranes to Singapore crane sales and rental house Erect Group, for an end user in Myanmar.

The SGD3m (USD2.39m) deal will see Yongmao deliver 10 of its STT cranes through 2014-2015. It follows the manufacturer’s first sale in the country (also commonly known as Burma) at the start of this year.

As Myanmar democratises and its economy opens up from years of sanctions and restriction, companies like Yongmao are seeing new opportunities. Yongmao executive director and group general manager Sun Tian says deals like this are an important part of his company’s export strategy: “Following our first foray into the Myanmar market, we are expanding our foothold in this region. We foresee that urbanization and economic development will drive higher construction activities to support this progression.

“Eyeing the potential demand for infrastructure across Asia, we hope to continue to promote the Yongmao brand, quality and service in order to cater to the need for quality tower cranes. We believe our competitive edge lies in our product and service: our tower cranes have obtained the relevant product safety and design approval of various countries and we provide premium after-sales service.

“Moving ahead, we hope to continue our push into Myanmar by securing more contract wins with well-established tower crane rental firms there.”

Revenue from Asia, besides China, contributes 25.1% of Yongmao’s turnover for its nine months ended 31 December 2013 (“9M2014”). Revenue from this geographical segment has increased 11.6% from RMB155.0 million for its nine months ended 31 December 2012 (“9MFY2013”) to RMB173.0 million for 9MFY2014.

Yongmao is on the lookout for collaborations with existing customers who have plans to enter the Southeast Asia market. Such partnerships include working with Singapore rental companies and contractors to provide towercranes in Myanmar, Vietnam and Indonesia. Besides this, Yongmao hopes to participate actively in various trade fair and exhibition in Southeast Asia.

First Terex Explorer in Czech Republic

Malina Crane Hire from Ostrava, in the Czech Republic has taken delivery of the first Terex Explorer 5800 all terrain crane in the country. The firms owner and president, Radek Malina, visited the Terex Zweibrücken facility to pick up the crane and drive it 1,020 km himself to Ostrava.

The Explorer 5800 crane uses a one-engine concept. Commenting on this, Malina said: “It’s the future, and at Malina we invest for the future. With how far engine technology has come, the advantages of having one engine are evident, and it’s a matter of time until it gets widely implemented throughout the industry. I am happy to be one of the early adopters, as this perfectly embodies Malina Crane’s forward thinking mentality.”

The Explorer has a five-axle, all wheel steer carrier that is 13.2m long and 3m wide with a 70m five-section boom. The crane was sold via ISOS Trade, Terex Cranes’ distributor in the Czech Republic.

ThermaPrime takes eight Tadano cranes

Tadano Asia has delivered an order of eight new cranes to ThermaPrime, a geothermal drilling company in the Philippines.

The cranes, a mix of all-terrain and rough-terrain units, were delivered through local heavy equipment dealer Monark Equipment. ThermaPrime bought three 50t Tadano GR-500EX rough terrain cranes, four 70t ATF 70G-4 all terrain cranes and an 180t ATF 180G-5 all terrain.

ThermaPrime Well Services is a geothermal drilling company that operates land-based rotary drilling rigs in five geothermal fields across the Philippines and in Papua New Guinea. The firm said that the eight new cranes would improve the efficiency of its operations.