Author: Lieven Bauwens

Newly commissioned 1500 Series E-Crane indicates growing partnership

Tampa, FL:  A brand new 1500 Series E-Crane has successfully offloaded its first vessel for Kinder Morgan Terminals location at Port Sutton; a second machine for Kinder Morgan who commissioned a rail mounted 1500 Series E-Crane in Columbus, MS, back in 2008. Installation of the new pedestal mounted E-Crane in Tampa began in early December 2010 under the direction of Steve Suter, E-Crane Service Manager. Using water based support equipment, Suter and crew erected the crane in one week. One week of hydraulic and electrical installation followed by a third week of testing, tuning and touch-up...

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Blockbuster in beeld in het boek “Hidden Harbour” van Hans Wilschut

Voor het laatste beeld in het boek “Hidden Harbour” bezocht fotograaf Hans Wilschut de Blockbuster op de Maasvlakte 2.Resultaat is een mooi beeld vanop de kraan.(Click here for printer friendly version) zondag 1 augustus 2010 Hidden Harbour   Ik bezocht de boekhandel Selexyz Donner en zag tot mijn vreugde dat het boek ‘Still Motion’ was gepromoveerd tot de boekenplank in het midden van de winkel, pal naast het nieuwe boek van Thomas Struth. Niet alleen dat, ook het nieuwe boek ‘Hidden Harbour’ werd er al aangekondigd. Dit verschijnt op 3 september...

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New Power Plant Adds Barge Tonnage To Red River

Navigation interests and customers of Cleco Corporation appear to be the big winners in the investor-owned utility’s decision to build a $1 billion circulating fluidized bed (CFB) power plant with the ability to burn multiple fuels. Cleco has 277,000 customers and was looking to diversify its fuels for its third power plant near Boyce, La., in central Louisiana in 2004. It chose to use petroleum coke, known as pet coke, for its new 600 megawatt Madison III plant. Pet coke is a byproduct of petroleum refineries that is available nearby in large quantities. The facility, called the Brame...

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Festive inauguration of “NORA”, a 2000 Series E-Crane Model 17359 GA-E

On Thursday December 2nd, the Port of Kokkola officially put into service the new 17359 GA-E E-Crane. The E-Crane was successfully installed in November and has since been working smoothly for about 400 hours. All cargo handling machines owned by the Port of Kokkola receive a name, and on the day of commissioning it was time for their 14th new machine, the E-Crane, to be “baptized”. At 11h30 all invitees gathered at Kokkola’s city hall from where a bus drove them to the harbour. Once they arrived at the E-Crane in the harbour, Mr. Torbjörn Witting, Director of the Port of Kokkola, held a...

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5000th grab J&B Grijpers delivered to E-Crane Worldwide

Since 1990, J&B Grijpers B.V. is one of E-Crane’s main grab suppliers. Each E-Crane can be delivered to the customer with one or more grabs, each grab being custom designed for a specific job or commodity. We offer clamshell grabs for loading and offloading ships with bulk goods such as grain (sometimes there’s a separate grab for each density of grain), sugar, coal, limestone,… and orange peel grabs for the handling of scrap goods. Thanks to E-Crane’s quick change device, our clients can quickly switch grabs which allows them to handle many different types of goods. This...

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Come wind, rain, sleet, or snow no E-Crane shall go unerected!

Despite adverse weather conditions the E-Crane on-site erection and installation team successfully completed the mechanical assembly of the second E-Crane for Kinder Morgan by 16:00 hrs. According to Service Manager Steve Suter the installation is still perfectly on track and first test-runs are scheduled for the end of this week/early next week.

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Bashundhara Group Visits E-Crane Workshop

On December 13th, 2010 Mr. Engr. A.K.M. Mahbub Uz Zaman, Senior Executive Director of Bashundhara Group, visited the E-Crane workshop in Adegem, Belgium. Mr. Zaman got a tour around the factory, where two 1000 Series E-Cranes were being tested for our client Bashundhara. From left to right: Mrs. Esther Hendrickx-d’Ancona (Director E-Crane International Europe), Mr. A.K.M. Zaman (Sr. Executive Director Bashundhara Group), Mr. Lieven Bauwens (Executive Director E-Crane Worldwide), Mr. Enamul Huq (Managing Director Maple Leaf International), Mr. Bas Tolhuizen (International Sales Manager...

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Blockbuster beschermt het nieuwe land

Bouwen aan de harde zeewering (Uittreksel Nieuwsbrief MV2 Nr 4, December 2010, jaargang 6)  Nieuw opgespoten land beschermen tegen de winterstormen. Dat is waar de Blockbuster mee aan de slag is. Na het stormseizoen gaat het plaatsen van stenen en blokken in de nieuwe bescherming van Maasvlakte 2 gestaag door. (Klik hier voor een printervriendelijke versie van deze pagina) (Klik hier voor de volledige nieuwsbrief) BOUWEN AAN DE HARDE ZEEWERING Nieuw opgespoten land beschermen tegen de winterstormen. Dat is waar de Blockbuster mee aan de slag is. Na het stormseizoen gaat het...

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IWB Show 2001 Press Release

The International Workboat Show 2001 November 28-30Ernest N. Morial Convention CenterNew Orleans, Louisiana E-Crane International USA participated again this year in the annual Workboat Show in New Orleans. The booth was Co-exhibited by our Regional Servicing Dealers; Crane & Machinery, ERS Industries, Cornell Equipment and Crescent Machinery. A new promotional video was aired for the first time at the show with the title “The Search for Perfect Balance”. The International WorkBoat Show is one of only 28 U.S. events selected this year for the International Buyer Program...

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Press Release Earthmovers: “Block booking”

A massive 1200-tonne mobile crane dominates the skyline at a major port expansion project in Rotterdam Steven Vale takes a sneak preview of the metal monster before it starts work building a new hard sea defence. (Click here for printer friendly version) Source: S. Vale, Earthmovers, November issue

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“Blockbuster is aan zijn klus op Maasvlakte 2 begonnen”

Zoals verschenen op Cobouw.nl:   Hij weegt 1200 ton en is zo’n 30 meter hoog, de unieke reuzenkraan die op de Tweede Maasvlakte (MV2) vele duizenden betonblokken van elk circa 40 ton in de harde zeewering gaat plaatsen.Eenmaal vol in productie kan de Blockbuster – zoals hij door de bouwers is genoemd – per uur zo’n vijftien betonblokken grotendeels onderwater positioneren.(Klik hier voor een printervriendelijke versie) MAASVLAKTE – Hij weegt 1200 ton en is zo’n 30 meter hoog, de unieke reuzenkraan die op de Tweede Maasvlakte (MV2) vele duizenden betonblokken...

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