WORLD NEWS
INTERNATIONAL AND SPECIALIZED TRANSPORT
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AUGUST 2013
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TAIYUAN HEAVY'S
6,400 TONNER
Largest rough terrain
launched by Tadano
Tadano has launched a 3-axle
160 US ton (145 tonne)
capacity rough terrain crane
for sale worldwide.
Its 61 metre six
section formed boom
will be the longest
in its class, the
Japanese manufacturer said.
Two versions will be available:
the 160 US ton (145 tonne)
capacity GR-1600XL-2 will be
sold in the Americas, while
in all other markets it will be
known as the 145 metric tonne
capacity GR-1450EX-2.
Target markets outside
Japan are the energy sector in
North America and the Middle
East, plus mining sites in
South America and Australia.
The new crane is a big step
up from the 100 tonne
capacity existing range-
topping model. It
was developed
in response to
customer
demand for more capacity and
a longer boom, Tadano said.
Extra reach is available
with a two stage (10.3/18
m) bi-folding lattice jib with
hydraulic angle adjustment to
give a total boom and
jib combination length of
78.3 metres. The jib extends
the maximum working
radius from 56 m on the main
boom to 64.9 m with the jib.
A tilting cab helps the
operator get a better view for
safer operation.
Overall length is 16 m
and the carrier is 10 m long.
The crane is 3.3 m wide and
stands 3.8 m tall. Maximum
counterweight is 29 tonnes.
The new Tadano
GR-1600XL-2
HIGHLIGHT
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Cargotec’s MacGregor
maritime crane division has
bought Hatlapa Group, a
privately-owned merchant
ship and offshore deck
equipment provider, for €160
million (US$ 213 million).
Hatlapa, headquartered in
Uetersen, Germany, produces
multi-deck-handler cranes,
winches, steering gear and
compressors. The acquisition
is subject to regulatory
approvals from competition
authorities, which are expected
to be received during the
second half of 2013.
In China Taiyuan Heavy
Machinery Group has built and
tested a 6,400 tonne capacity
super heavy lifting gantry with
hydraulic hoisting.
The 6,400 tonne maximum
load can be lifted to a height of
120 metres, the manufacturer
said. Another feature is that
the lifting device, consisting of
four interconnected steel lattice
towers, can be divided into two
3,200 tonne capacity units.
The super heavy lift gantry
was jointly developed by the
Shanxi Province-based Taiyuan
Heavy Machinery Group with
the Sinochem Group and
Synfuels Technology. The
primary application is in the
petrochemical industry to erect
4,000 tonne and larger refinery
vessels, which is an emerging
trend in China.
IC will provide more details
as they become available.
Nooteboom starts
deliveries for ALE
International heavy transport
and lifting provider ALE, based
in the UK, has started taking
delivery of an order for 16
Nooteboom trailers.
The order includes 8-axle
extendible semi low-loaders
and 4-axle Quatro extendible
Telesteps. Most of the
equipment will be used for the
transportation and erection of
more than 200 wind turbines
in the Eastern Cape and West
Coast regions of South Africa.
Jan Yntema, ALE director,
South Africa, said, “We can
see important long-term
opportunities in South Africa
for wind energy and, therefore,
we made sure to choose the
best trailers there are for
this application.
"For us this meant
Nooteboom trailers because
they are widely known to
set the trend in innovative
solutions for the transport of
wind turbines.”
ALE with 4-axle Nooteboom Telestep
Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has
been chosen to refurbish and
upgrade two 15 year old NDC
ship-to-shore (STS) cranes in
Hong Kong.
The cranes belong to waste
management firm SITA Waste
Services Ltd. They will be
refurbished by Kalmar’s Crane
Services team at SITA’s West
Kowloon transfer station. Work
will include the replacement
of the electrical control system
(PLC and AC Drives), hoisting
motors and wire rope drum, a
company spokesperson said.
The cranes will also require
new gantry motors, equaliser
beams and bogies along with
all cables and festoons.
Sunny Kwong, SITA project
engineering manager at West
Kowloon Transfer Station, said,
“With original spare parts hard
to come by and the cranes
approaching their 16th year
of service, we needed to
take action.”
The project is expected to
cost around €2 million (US$
2.7 million). Work will begin
in December 2013, a company
spokesperson said.
KALMAR FOR STS
REFURBISHMENT
