WORLD NEWS
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INTERNATIONAL AND SPECIALIZED TRANSPORT
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NOVEMBER 2013
HIGHLIGHTS
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Australian heavy lift and
transport company Universal
Cranes used a 600 tonne
capacity Terex CC 2800-1 lattice
boom crawler crane to install
a communications antenna
at Canberra station, a NASA
(National Aeronautics and
Space Administration) facility
in Tidbinbilla. The antenna is
one of three to be installed
for Canberra Deep Space
Communication Complex
(CDSCC). It is part of the Deep
Space Station 35 (DSS35), a
AU$ 50 million (US$ 48 million)
34 metre diameter beam wave
guide (BWG) antenna. To lift
the 114 tonne satellite dish,
the CC 2800-1 was configured
with a 36 m boom and a 36 m
luffing jib. Including a 160 tonne
capacity hook and 5 tonnes
of slings and shackles, the
lift weighed 126.5 tonnes. The
dish was lifted at a radius of
26 m and slewed 300 degrees
before being installed on top of
a pedestal structure. Following
this, the crawler lifted the upper
quadripod antenna structure,
which was placed at the centre
of the dish.
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Heavy transport company
Laninco, based in Costa Rica,
has moved cargo weighing
a total of 2,800 tonnes from
Port Caldera to Las Pailas
in Guanacaste Province, in
North-Western Costa Rica. The
cargo consisted of 75 tonne
condensers, which measured
17 metres long, and 65 tonne
separators, measuring
12.5 m long. Other cargo units
weighed up to 60 tonnes
each. The units were moved
for the Geothermal Binary
Power Plant. The charter
shipment handled weighed
1,600 tonnes. Including several
other container cargo, the total
weight moved by Laninco for
the project was 2,800 tonnes.
For the transportation from
Port Caldera to the site in Las
Pailas, Laninco used low-bed
trailers. Despite challenges
along the route, such as weak
and low bridges, the cargo was
delivered on time.
LIEBHERR IN THE BLACK SEA
A Liebherr TCC 14000-400 D Litronic lattice boom crane has been
assembled in the port of Baku, Azerbaijan.
It can be configured for offshore and mobile harbour applications
and was designed by Liebherr-Werk Nenzing. It has a dead weight of
approximately 1,100 tonnes. When set up as an offshore crane it has a
capacity of 400 tonnes at 21 metres. Its maximum under hook height
is 68 m. In addition to this set up for offshore operation, it can operate
onshore as a mobile harbour crane. Its undercarriage design includes
four outriggers in a 22 x 22 m cross type configuration onto which are
mounted 48 wheel sets. The crane uses tugger winches and has an
obstruction area of 12.5 m.
Enterprise makes final
journey with Bay Crane
Heavy lift and transport
provider Bay Crane in the
USA helped the Space Shuttle
Enterprise
complete its final
journey from JFK International
Airport to the Intrepid Sea,
Air and Space Museum in
New York, a retired aircraft
carrier
USS Intrepid
.
Enterprise
was delivered
to JFK International Airport
on the back of a Boeing 747
aircraft carrier and then loaded
onto Goldhofer THP/SL heavy
duty modular trailer systems
using a specially developed
lift frame. Once loading was
complete, the shuttle was
transported on the Goldhofer
axle lines by road to the
Hudson River to the museum.
Kenny Bernardo, Bay Crane
vice president operations, said,
“In the last thirty years, space
shuttles have frequently been
loaded with the help of cranes.
We were the first to handle the
loading and offloading with just
a single crane. That’s something
we are very proud of.”
Enterprise
has a deadweight
of 70 US tons (63 tonnes) and
is 37.24 metres long with a
wingspan of 24 m. In total 24
THP/SL axle lines and a
230 ton (208 tonne) low
profile deck were used to move
the shuttle from the airport to
the river.
Stefan Fuchs, Goldhofer
CEO, said, “For us, the Space
Shuttle assignment is the
crowning moment in our
successful history.”
Loading the space shuttle onto a
barge on the Hudson River
PHOTO BY: Bay Crane
Phoenix Terex in the pink
Atlanta, USA-based Phoenix
Crane Rental is flying the flag
for breast cancer awareness,
after taking delivery of its
second pink-liveried crane
from Terex.
The Terex T 340-1 hydraulic
truck crane has a fresh paint
paint job, donated by Terex,
in time for the Breast Cancer
Awareness month of October.
Operating the new pink crane
will be Jessica Ives, Phoenix
Crane’s first female crane
operator.
As part of its commitment
to It’s The Journey, Phoenix
Crane plans to donate a
portion of the hourly rental
revenues from both pink
cranes to the organisation. “We
have every intention to keep
both Terex pink cranes
in operation for the lifetime
of the equipment,” confirmed
Karen Barton, Phoenix Crane
chief financial officer and
vice president. “Every dollar
we can contribute yields
a far greater personal and
organisational return than
anything else we could have
gotten involved in.”
