Author: Lieven Bauwens

Sowarec, specialist in het recupereren en recycleren van metalen / spécialiste de la récupération et du recyclage de métaux, fait appel au rail SOWAREC (of Société Wallonne de Récupération), een dochter van de firma Galloo, gespecialiseerd in het recycleren van ferro- en non-ferrometalen, verwijdert milieuonvriendelijke stoffen uit afgedankte voertuigen. Zodra de wrakken schoon zijn, gaan ze via het spoor naar Menen waar ze worden vermalen. Daarna is het metaal bruikbaar in de staalindustrie. “De firma SOWAREC is een jaar geleden opgestart in Ghislenghien”, zegt Claudio Rodeghiero,...

New Barge Unloading Facility for Progress Energy CarolinasFeatures E-Crane® Photo Captions: Aerial: As the E-Crane at the Progress Energy Sutton Plant offloads coal from barges in the shallow water along the Cape Fear River onto an 855-ft. conveyor system for the final leg of the trip to the plant’s coal yards, it routinely outpaces the takeaway conveyor Opportunity was waiting for Progress Energy Carolinas’ Sutton Plant in Wilmington, N.C. The plant was fueled exclusively by domestic coal brought in by rail car, and the rapidly increasing cost of U.S. coal and escalating rail freight...

Another impressive 2000-series E-Crane leaves our assembly workshop for South-America ! — Carefull planning and perfect cooperation between our shipping department, the workshop and the trucking company are required. Total shipping weight of boom and link is 50 tons (110.000 lbs.). — Workshop Manager Luc and Service Engineer Hendrik just completed the final checks befor this 2000-series E-Crane left our facility. Another on-time delivery… Congratulations to all for their contribution… Click the image(s) to enlarge

The Atlantic Diving crane is running flawlessly. The second coal ship arrived on Wednesday morning. The conveyor belt is running at maximum speed and the hopper chute wide open… even with this the E-Crane™ can keep the hopper full. The operator fills the hopper and then has time to work cleaning sides of the barge while it discharges. According to Frank Hargreaves on site, is that the “E-Crane™ is discharging 4 grabs in 80 seconds” !! That’s 1000 ton per hour with a 1000 Series machine! Wow! The coal is being transloaded from the ship to the barges...

Another 700 Series E-Crane™, Model 4248 PD-E succesfully erected and commisioned in Rennes, France. **

The new Calvert City Terminal, developed by Southern Coal Handling Company, an established coal handling, engineering, and operations organization, in conjunction with Ashley Capital, LLC, a national financing and development company, provides a new gateway for receiving, blending, and transloading western coals and Illinois Basin coals. The new partnership, known as SCH Services, LLC, has made the Calvert City Terminal the first of what is expected to be several large-scale bulk material handling facilities. The Terminal, to be known as Calvert City Terminal, is located at Mile 14 on the...