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10 Terex E-RTGs for China

Chinese port operator Ningbo Port has ordered 10 Terex E-RTG rubber tyred gantry cranes for its Yuandong Terminal.

Manufactured at Terex Port Solution’s facility in Xiamen, China, the 40 tonne electric E-RTG variant cranes have an under spreader lift height of 18 metres and are able to stack containers one over five. They have a span of 23.47 metres allowing them to cover six rows of containers as well as a truck lane.

Ningbo took delivery of its first 12 Terex rubber tyred gantry cranes in 1999, back when it only operated two terminals. Today it has a fleet of 167 RTG cranes operating from seven terminals. There is also a Terex Port Solutions service centre located in the Port of Ningbo.

Ningbo Port president Jinkun Wu, said: “RTG cranes from TPS are highly productive, and the first 12 units are still working reliably in our Port Beilun terminal. The fact that we have permanent and exclusive access to the proactive and efficient TPS service team, as well as to spare parts, has helped us to keep the availability of our cranes as high as possible.”

Terex CC 2800 crawler used for erecting wind turbine

A Terex CC 2800-1 crawler crane purchased by German crane company Mobi-Hub was taken directly from the manufacturing facility to a wind turbine erection site in a forest in Koblenz.

The crane was taken from Terex’s manufacturing facility at Zweibrücken to the Koblenz site, where the wind turbine was erected for Enercon.

The turbine had a hub height of 130m and required three main lifts, covering the 48t nacelle, 71t generator and finally the 68t rotor.

The CC 2800-1 was set up with a 138m S7 boom with 12m fixed jib, and 180t of counterweight.

Challenges included navigating a narrow access path to the site, which was located in a forest, and assembling the boom on sloping terrain which limited the positioning of the assist crane.

Frank Strempel, head of large cranes at Berlin-based Mobi-Hub, said: “On top of that, we had to use the suspended superlift tray with a weight of 325t when erecting the boom.”

The team of six assembly technicians from Mobi-Hub, assisted by Terex service technicians, completed the assembly of the crane in two days.

Liebherr supplies Krandienst’s first crawler

Hamburg-based crane company Autokranvermietung Krandienst Schulz has entered the crawler crane hire market with the purchase of a Liebherr LR 1600/2.

The crane features Liebherr’s new SL13 boom system, designed to assist with the erection of the latest generation of wind turbines with hub heights of more than 150m.

Krandienst has already hired the crane to a wind turbine project, with the LR 1600/2 erecting 2.5MW-class turbines at Neiler, in the Swabian Alps. The project involved lifting 63t loads to a hub height of 138m.

Company owners Günther Sichward and Michael Schmidt-Pöpping said: “We continue to see plenty of demand for cranes in the wind industry. But our large telescopic cranes are no longer suitable for erecting the latest generation of wind turbines.”

Krandienst operates 24 telescopic mobile cranes, with load capacities from 30-750t.

Argentina’s largest crane assists coke project

ALE has completed the lift of three coke drums at a Buenos Aires refinery, using what is said to be the largest crane in Argentina.

The Argentina branch of ALE completed the project, which involved the transport and lift of the three 435t, 42m-long drums, using a 1,350t Liebherr LR11350 crane.

The job was undertaken as part of YPF’s Nuevo Coke A project, and also involved weighing, transporting and lifting derricks and coke drum structures, as well as transporting and installing columns and heavy components.

ALE’s project manager Hernán Asensio said: “We faced several challenges; working to install such large, heavy coke drums in a small working area filled with obstacles such as trees and buildings. Because of the client’s schedule, the heaviest pieces needed to be lifted during the windy season, which posed another challenge.

“By using the LR11350 crane with P boom and four configurations, we were able to optimise the manoeuvres in the limited space we had available and minimise the removal of any obstacles.”

Liebherr supplies tower cranes to Kingdom Tower

Liebherr has won the contract to supply four HC-L series tower cranes to the Kingdom Tower project in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Three 280 HC-L 16/28 cranes and one 357 HC-L 18/32 Litronic will be supplied to the project, with jib lengths of 40 – 45 m and lifting capacities of 11 – 12 tonnes at a radius of 35 m. The 280 HC‑L luffing cranes will be used to build the side wings of the Kingdom Tower, with hook heights reaching some 400 m. The 357 HC-L will be on the main tower, with a hook height of some 1,000 m.

To reach these heights the cranes will move upwards in several climbing stages. They will be positioned on the sky terrace of the building or on various cantilever platforms mounted on the outside of the building.

According to Liebherr, the positive experience contractor Saudi Bin Laden Group has had with its cranes on other projects were one of the main reasons for their use on the Kingdom Tower. For example, two 280 HC‑L cranes were used on the CMA Tower in the King Abdullah Financial District project in the Saudi capital, Riyadh.

The Kingdom Tower will be the first structure in the world to be over 1,000 m high. It will also have the highest ever visitor viewing platform at a height of 630 m. The skyscraper with 170 storeys is part of the “Kingdom City” urban development project in the north of Jeddah in Saudi Arabia.

Ale and Aertssen will oversee largest lift Antwerp

More details have been revealed on the heavy lift project being undertaken at Total’s Antwerp petrochemical complex by ALE and Aertssen.
First announced in mid-November, the project will be undertaken by ALE and Belgian company Aertssen, the first job to be performed by the joint venture.

A load of 1,050t, measuring 24m long, 11m wide and 23m high, will be transported 5km along Scheldelaan, from a quay to the refinery. Set for delivery on December 2, it will represent the largest-ever cargo to pass through the Port of Antwerp.

The job is one part of a six-month project which ALE and Aertssen began in October for Total. The joint venture has been transporting modules using 80 axle lines of SPMTs, and installing the modules using telescopic and crawler cranes.