Category: Newsflashes
Shah Cement Ltd. Bangladesh: not just a pioneer in Cement Industry!
Shah Cement Ltd., already a pioneer in the Cement Industry as Shah also just recently has installed one of the first 1000-Series E-Cranes in Bangladesh. At E-Crane we have the greatest respect for all our visionary customers. This is certainly the case for Shah Cement Ltd., one of the larger cement producing companies in Bangladesh.
Recently a 1000 B-Series E-Crane, model 7264, was successfully installed and put into service. Replacing older cable cranes with poor availability and high maintenance cost, Shah Cement has clearly recognized the importance of having state-of-the-art equipment...
E-Crane International USA participated in the COAL-GEN 2011 tradeshow
COAL-GEN is an important industry conference covering the latest topics affecting design, development, upgrades, operation and maintenance of coal-fueled power plants.
This year, the tradeshow and conference was at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio. American Electric Power (AEP), headquartered in Columbus, was a major sponsor of the event. As an important client for E-Crane with seven (7) E-Cranes in operation and one more under contract, many AEP employees stopped by our booth to see photos of their E-Crane and chat about plant operations.
This is E-Crane’s third...
Erection of two E-Cranes in full swing at the ArcelorMittal Bremen steel mill
The erection of 2 new E-Cranes at the ArcelorMittal Bremen steel mill is progressing as planned. A brief message from our erection team on-site.
After only 3 weeks of assembly and erection in the pre-assembly area, 2 new 1000 Series for the new state-of-the-art scrap yard at the ArcelorMittal steel mill are ready to be lifted onto the crane rails. As always when important infrastructure has to be updated or renewed it takes a lot of careful planning, a knowledgeable crew and perfect teamwork with our client and other contracting parties to safely install two new giant scrap handling cranes.
Our...
“E-Crane Next Generation Scrap Logistics” DVD now available!
E-Crane has proven track record when it comes to scrap handling. This video shows the advantages of the E-Crane in every phase of the scrap lifecycle. E-Crane provides custom engineered bulk material handling solutions for projects worldwide.
E-Crane cuts unloading time 50% with floating terminal at PowerSouth’s Lowman Power Plant
PowerSouth Energy Cooperative has upgraded its Lowman Power Plant on the Tombigbee River near Leroy, Alabama for flue gas desulfurization (FGD) and other quality improvements, including a new barge unloader.
The company used an old gantry rope crane to unload coal from barges for many years. But since the new FGD process requires limestone, now the company has to handle coal and limestone, creating the need for a faster, more efficient and more versatile barge unloading capacity.
In addition, the Tombigbee River level at the Lowman plant fluctuates up to about 35 feet, depending on the...
E-Crane MTB-team finishes the Transrockies Mountainbike Race for the second time
This year Jan De Smet and Lieven Bauwens defended for the second time the E-Crane colors during the Transrockies MTB-race. This year the TransRockies MTB-race rolled out of Fernie, BC (Canada) bound for Canmore, Alberta (Canada) 7 long and hard riding days away.
The spectacular 400km route through the high Canadian Rockies includes mainly single track and crosses the biggest mountains. This is a very serious undertaking for all who is participating as this is the toughest MTB-race on earth!
Despite the fact that the preparation for this race was difficult and full of unforeseen obstacles...
ECI-USA 1 Assembly Complete in Galion, OH USA
The assembly of ECI-USA 1 E-Crane is now complete outside of the workshop in Galion, OH. Steve Suter and crew completed the assembly in 2.5 days.
Congratulations to the E-Crane USA Service & Parts Departments:
Steve SuterDan ShawBryan BoydJosh MullinsAdam EndersJohn ShutyMark McFannAlex Slandzicki
Thanks to Jackie LaRue for all the photos. Thanks to Indusign for the giving us the opportunity to have this crane… we will make the most of it. Thanks to the rest of the ECI-USA staff for all your hard work. This crane is a result of 10+ years of hard work by ECI-USA and we now...
Scrap Metal Giants DVD: Steven Vale takes us to see Europe’s newest and largest cranes at work
The high value of scrap metal has supported a prosperous international recycling industry with large sites specialising in metals handling and distribution. The major ports and plants employ dedicated machines that year by year become larger and more powerful. At the same time their energy and capital costs have to be minimised. The electrically powered handling machines stand high above the assorted heaps of metal turning 360 degrees to make up loads from different classes of scrap including compressed cans, white goods, cars and heavy girders. They have to be able to work continuously without...
E-Crane® Training for İÇDAŞ Engineers
E-Crane organized in cooperation with our customer İÇDAŞ (Turkey) a one week technical training program. Four experienced and motivated İÇDAŞ engineers with different technical background came to E-Crane for the Advanced Training Program. E-Crane instructors created a well-balanced program with the necessary variation in training content.
A brief overview of the different training modules that were given during this training week is found herewith.
Day 1
We started with some general information about the E-Crane concept and different benefits of the product. The second part of the training was...
Global Materials Services Venezuela on bulk-online.com
It takes Two to Tango at Global materials Services Venezuela
You would not expect to find a 24/7 attitude in a Latin American Country like Venezuela, but this is the working environment for two all hydraulic material handling E-Cranes installed on a floating platform at mile 182 on the Orinoco River in Puerto Ordaz Venezuela.
The Bauxilum Company mines Bauxite from their mines in Central Venezuela.
The Bauxite is loaded into barges and shipped 350 miles downstream to Puerto Ordaz, where the material is offloaded by 2 E-Cranes. The Bauxilum Company uses the raw material and processes...
Amos Plant Trip
E-Crane staff and guests visit AEP Amos Plant to see and experience the 1500 Series E-Crane in action and meet with plant personnel.
On May 24 the entire E-Crane/Galion staff plus several guests visited American Electric Power’s Amos Plant on the Kanawha River at Charleston, WV to see the new 1500 Series E-Crane being installed there. The Galion visitors plus the E-Crane installation crew totaled 15 people. The Galion group also had lunch with plant executives and operations personnel, who were lavish in their praise of E-Crane quality and professionalism.
The new E-Crane was operational...
E-Crane, the backbone of the scrapyard at the ArcelorMittal stainless steel mill
Ever since 2005 E-Cranes have been the backbone of the state-of-the-art scrapyard at the ArcelorMittal stainless steel mill in Châtelet (near Charleroi), Belgium. The scrapyard at this facility was built and is operated by Harsco Metals, one of the leading steel mill service providers in the world. It is also one of the last steel mill greenfield projects of its kind in Europe.
Balanced design for scrap handling
When Harsco received the contract to build and operate, among other things, the scrapyard, it set out to look for a reliable partner who could deliver the same quality Harsco...
İÇDAŞ3, E-Crane model 26478 PD-E Commissioning
As of today a new E-Crane scrap giant is put into operation at the state-of-the-art İÇDAŞ steel mill in Turkey. This impressive 3000 Series E-Crane has changed the skyline of the steel mill and is now the heart of the scrap-logistics between the port and the steel mill.
The total weight of this fixed pedestal E-Crane is 647 tons. A duty cycle capacity of 33 tons combined with an outreach of 47,8 meters is required for a very special job: transferring all scrap from the harbor to the scrap loading station that is located over 43 (!!!) meters higher.
As a result of the excellent cooperation...
Maintaining Perfect Balance
Floating cranes have been around forsome time now and have proved their critics wrong.World Port Development reports on the latest developments in this challenging technology.
Over the years, we have looked at the developments in the container industry and on occasion have reported on the development of floating container cranes. After all, floating cranes have proved their worth in the bulk industry. So it poses the question of why they would not be successful in the loading and unloading of containers. This particular subject matter struck a chord when World Port Development attended a...
Succesful E-Crane conversion of American Model 1200 crane
E-Crane has successfully completed the conversion of an American Model 1200 crane from the original mechanical driven diesel engine crane into a completely electric/hydraulic driven machine.
Conversion American 1200
For dozens of years, scrap and finished products at Çolakoğlu Metalurji in Gebze (Turkey) have been handled by 3 American 1200 cranes. These AM-1200’s are diesel driven, mechanically powered draglines. The cranes did not have “power load lowering” or other important security features found on modern cranes. Moreover, because of the “free fall hoist mechanism”, there was little...
E-Dredger at work in Port of Antwerp
The E-Dredger “Albatros”, owned by our client Herbosch-Kiere is currently working in the Port of Antwerp, Belgium. We found some nice pictures on the website of Herbosch Kiere:
Albatros in the port Antwerp
Training sessions future E-Crane operators for AEP Amos plant
E-Crane International USA just completed 3 training sessions with AEP operators from the Amos Plant. The 1500B Series E-Crane for the Amos plant is the 7th E-Crane in a row ordered by AEP. And the 8th E-Crane for AEP, again a 1500B Series, is being built as we speak for AEP’s Clifty Creek plant.
Don, Jack
Amos used to work with a Metso crane, but needed to tear that one down after a failure, and to the operators’ benefit they purchased an E-Crane equilibrium crane. One of the services E-Crane International USA provides is a full in-house training in their offices in Ohio for...
Installation completed of the two 3000 Series for Loreto Maritime
An E-Crane erection team consisting of Michael Hamerlinck, Paul Hebberecht and Sven De Schepper has completed the installation of two E-Crane models 26317 PD-E for Loreto Maritime, a subsidiary of CITIC Pacific
These two E-Cranes, the first of 2 sets, will be used on a 132 meter long self propelled transshipper to unload 16.000 DWT flatdeck barges with magnetite concentrate and iron ore pellets into dedicated hoppers. From the hopper the material will be transported by means of conveyor belt to a rotating boom loader designed to load the magnetite into Capesize vessels. Each crane has a...
E-Crane Cuts Unloading Time At Lowman Power Plant
PowerSouth Energy Cooperative has upgraded its Lowman Power Plant on the Tombigbee River near Leroy, Ala., for flue gas desulfurization (FGD) and other quality improvements, including a new barge unloader.
For many years, the company used an old gantry rope crane to unload coal from barges. But since the new FGD process requires limestone, the company now has to handle coal and limestone, requiring a faster, more efficient and more versatile barge unloading capacity.
In addition, the Tombigbee River level at the Lowman plant fluctuates up to 35 feet, depending on the season and weather....
Multifunctional crane improves unloading efficiency
E-Crane is listed in Pit&Quarry’s “Loaders & loading equipment” feature in their latest November issue.
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...
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...
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...
In November Mr. Hafiz Sikander of Shah Cement visited the E-Crane workshop
During their tour through our Belgian workshop, Mr. Sikander from Shah Cement and Mr. Huq from Bangladesh E-Crane dealer Maple Leaf International inspected the 1000 Series E-Crane, Model 7264 PD-E for Shah Cement.
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...
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.
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...
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...
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.
Source: S. Vale, Earthmovers, November issue
Int’l WorkBoat Show
2010 Int’l WorkBoat Show
DATE: December 1-3, 2010TIME: 10:00am – 5:30pmLOCATION: Morial Convention CenterNew Orleans, LA
Come and see us @ booth # 3032!
DCi reports: E-Crane Worldwide, a Belgium based company with customers worldwide
E-Crane Worldwide is a Belgian based engineering and manufacturing company with subsidiary companies in The Netherlands (E-Crane International Europe) and the USA (E-Crane International USA) to support their worldwide clientele. E-Crane Worldwide offers custom made material handling solutions, with the E-Crane balance crane as core product.
New 2000-Series E-Crane for Port of Kokkola completes cargo handling facilities
Off to a quick start…
Advanced Training Program for Port of Kokkola (POK) E-Crane operators and service engineers successfully completed by 15 operators and 7 service engineers.
Having successfully completed the advanced training program, all E-Crane certified crane operators familiarized themselves within an hour with the new E-Crane’s systems. After this brief introduction operators assisted with the soft loading of dark bulk material (iron ore oxide) into a large handy class vessel (shore-to-ship operation). This first job was completed swiftly and with great comfort so it was time...
Mobile harbour cranes: E-Crane reports on latest developments and contracts
E-Crane Worldwide is continuously expanding its client and project inventory worldwide, with succesfully installed E-Cranes for bulk and scrap handling purposes, some mobile harbour cranes on low or high gantry portal or crawler-mounted, others on fixed or free standing pedestal or even floating.
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ECI-USA Accepting Credit Card Purchases
Our Parts Manager, Dan Shaw has been asked several times…”Does E-Crane USA accept credit cards for payment?”
In the past, Dan had to reply….”Sorry, we don’t.” Now, for the convenience of our valued clients:
E-Crane International USA is accepting credit card purchase from: Visa, MasterCard and Discover!
ECI-USA is pleased to offer a new payment option. In addition to traditional payments by check or bank transfer we now accept credit card purchases as well.
There is:
No minimum purchase!No surcharge!No convenience charge for our valued...
Barge Handling Systems Tackle New Frontiers
The huge waterways of Europe and North America are familiar territory for the world’s leading makers of barge loading and unloading systems as Ray Dykes discovers…
The highly developed inland waterways of Europe, for example, offer a 37,000km network connecting cities in a congestion-free, less polluting system that requires far less energy per tonne carried than rail or mad. Over 50% of the sea tonnage from Antwerp in Belgium and Rotterdam in Holland is carried inland by barge. Most of the European barge systems are well established and new development is not common. In the...
E-Crane ad in World Cement October issue
E-Crane Worldwide participates in INTERCEM Asia Conference 2010 in Singapore next month. Visit us at booth #20 at the INTERCEM Asia Conference 2010 at the Pan Pacific Hotel in Singapore from 25th to 27th October 2010.
E-Crane Worldwide ad in World Cement October Issue
E-Cranes for Bangladesh
On the 4th of August 2010 the MV ATLANT REGINE left the port of Antwerp with on board 3 700 Series E-Cranes with final destination the Port of Chittagong.
The REGINE’s voyage will take it through the Mediterranean on to the Black Sea, Suez Canal, Saudi Arabia and ultimately India and Bangladesh. When the 7.912 DWT reaches Chittagong according to schedule on 27 September 2010 the 3 E-Cranes will be transferred to 3 locations around Dhaka by local vessels.
These 3 E-Cranes will be installed at facilities all owned and operated by existing E-Crane clients: City Group, Meghna Group and Akij...
E-Dredger Shows Great Balance
The new E-Dredger features the E-Crane super-balanced equilibrium principle for smooth, efficient, energy saving operation in dredging and related applications. These includes operations such as piling, ship salvaging, heavy construction with dynamiting, classic dike works, construction of breakwaters, land reclamation, and beach and embankment preservations.
The balanced counterweight design keeps the boom, stick and grab in near perfect balance in all positions, according to the manufacturer. This minimizes tipping so the unit can be mounted on virtually any type of barge, with or without...
Dry Cargo International May 2010 Issue “E-Crane® installed at recycling plant”
The new E-Crane® installed at Van Heyghen Recycling is one of seven in the Group Galloo system spanning three countries.
A new 2000 Series E-Crane at Group Galloo’s Van Heyghen Recycling yard in Ghent, Belgium, is the third E-Crane installed at this location and the seventh at Galloo scrap handling operations at four sites in Belgium, France and the Çolakoglu Metalurji steel mill in Turkey. The new 2000 Series E-Crane has greatly reduced operating time and costs in loading scrap into Handymax vessels and in receiving, handling and stocking scrap in the yard.
The 2000 Series E-Crane has...
Successful E-Crane installation at PPG Natrium
Located approximately 30 miles south of Wheeling WV is the PPG facility. This plant produces industrial chemicals using steam and electricity from their own power station. For nearly 70 years PPG has used a Bucyrus Monighan wire rope clamshell crane to unload coal from the Ohio River. This crane was built just before World War II and has been in continuous service ever since. Bucyrus International believes this is the oldest working crane of this type in operation. (The original company was founded in Bucyrus Ohio in 1880 as Bucyrus Foundry and Manufacturing but outgrew the facility and moved...
Successful installation second E-Crane® at Icdas, Turkey
End 2009 the final testing and tuning of the second E-Crane at İÇDAŞ took place, succesfully completing the E-Crane’s installation.
In 2008 the first E-Crane was installed at İÇDAŞ, to be followed a year later, beginning November 2009, by an identical 1500B Series type 9317B-CRD E-Crane on high gantry.
İÇDAŞ: performing an overload test
End November the testing and tuning of the E-Crane took place. After completion of several hydraulic and electrical settings, the testing and tuning part of the installation was finished by performing an overload test. A 14 tons test weight was...
As read in IBJ Ports & Logistics: France feels the pinch
As read in IBJ, Issue 6 – 2009: “Ports & Logistics – France feels the pinch”. E-Crane features in the part about GPMM (Grand Port Maritime de Marseille)
International Bulk Journal: GPMM
… for the grain terminal at Tellines-Gloria (FOS). Tellines is also receiving new investment that will enable it to handle one million tonnes in 2011. New conveyor belts, a new unloader and new crane are being installed. The 1500B Series E-Crane will unload peat and grain for silo storage or for transfer from inland waterway vessels to sea-going ships. The crane was delivered...
Finding balance despite the downturn
Ray dikes reports on how the world’s leading makers of balanced cranes appear to have weathered the worst of the economic downturn and are talking of recovery in 2010 and 2011.
Recovery might be too strong a word as some have already found new strenght amid the stress and strains of a world in an economic tailspin. But, at least one has shrugged off bankruptcy rumours caused by the scrap market collapse and is trying to bounce back. Balanced cranes get their name from a design which features a parallelogram style boom configuration that allows the machine to be in near perfect balance...
World Port Development reports: Climbing out of depression
World Port Development reports on how the bulk industry is climbing out of the depression faster than expected, thereby creating a lot of opportunities for cargo handling equipment manufacturers.
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In the meantime, we report on soe of the cargo handling equipment manufactureres and their achievements in 2009.
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Europe
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Despite the global economic situation, E-Crane’s activities have not been slowed down in any way. Orders keep on coming, lots of ports and terminals need to invest in reliable, durable new material handling equipment to replace one or...
E-Crane focuses on efficiency & dredging at Int WBS
E-Crane International USA (Galion, OH, USA), a wholly-owned subsidiary of E-Crane Worldwide / Indusign (Adegem, Belgium), was an exhibitor at this year’s International Workboat Show (WBS).
E-Crane booth at the International Workboat Show 2009
The 30th annual WBS held in New Orleans, Louisiana, features a collection of industries related to inland waterways, ports, offshore, and many other maritime industries. Over 1,000 companies participated as exhibitors, more than 10,000 attendees were expected. E-Crane USA participated as an exhibitor for the ninth consecutive year.
The E-Crane...
Successful installation of new 2000-Series E-Crane at Van Heyghen Recycling
Successful installation of new 2000-Series E-Crane at Van Heyghen Recycling (Galloo Group)
This E-Crane with lifting capacity of 30 ton in grab mode (40 ton in hook mode) and reach of 38,2 meters will be used for loading scrap into mainly Handymax ships and lending assistance for the receiving, handling and stockpiling of the scrap on the yard.
This E-Crane really completes the cycle! In each phase of the scrap’s journey, an E-Crane is now involved:
The scrap is offloaded from trucks, fed to shears and later loaded into smaller ships by a 700 Series E-Crane (model 6317 on crawlers)...
E-Crane nominated for ‘Crane of the Year’-Award
The E-Crane is nominated for the IBJ (International Bulk Journal) ‘Crane of the Year’-Award. Fellow nominees for this IBJ-award are Liebherr (Austria) and NKM Noell (The Netherlands). On November 23rd it will be announced which nominee can walk away with the award.
A modified version of the E-Crane (a 3000 Series E-Crane® model 5045S-CRD) will start work next spring, 2010 for the construction of the Maasvlakte 2 Seawall. Contracters combination PUMA will deploy the specialist E-Crane for placing heavy concrete blocks, weighing over 40 ton each, from the existing block...
Read in Brazil: MultiServ Brochure featuring 1000Series E-Crane®
Focus on the management of scrap
Multiserv provides a fully integrated systems for managing and optimizing the process through which the scrap is received, stored and delivered to the furnace. Each scrap management system is designed to meet the specific requirements of the customer and tests with simulation models ensure optimum efficiency. The system can be adapted to the specific demands of both producers of carbon steel and stainless steel.
Scrap Management Fully Integrated
MultiServ is capable of unloading scrap brought in by road, rail or river and also collect internal...
E-Crane: well-balanced in the bulk market
E-Crane International USA Inc. (ECI-USA) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Indusign N.V., a Belgian engineering company. ECI-USA is the exclusive provider of marketing, sales, engineering, product support, and spare parts for the E-Craneproduct line in North and South America.
Product Line
The standard E-Crane product line consists of five series of balanced hydraulic cranes (E-Cranes): 700 Series, 1000 Series, 1500 Series, 2000 Series, and 3000 Series. E-Crane also offers a line of material handling machines: MH900 and MH1200. The E-Crane is a truly revolutionary material handling...
E-Crane® nominated for IBJ “Crane of the Year” Award
IBJ Awards 2009
The E-Crane equilibrium crane is on the shortlist of 3 nominees for the IBJ “Crane of the Year” Award that will be announced November 23 in Amsterdam.
The IBJ Awards are dedicated exclusively to the maritime dry bulk industry, and recognise achievements by individuals and companies improving and enhancing efficiency, safety and environment protection in this vital global market.
IBJ, International Bulk Journal, is the magazine of the international maritime bulk industry. There are 15 awards and the winners will be announced November 23 in Amsterdam. The...
E-Dredger” Albatros operational
Found on the world wide web: picture of the Albatros with E-Dredger®, on its way to the port of Rotterdam for its first assignment.
The Albatros now already 3 weeks at work in the Port of Rotterdam.
Source: www.herbosch-kiere.eu
Bas Tolhuizen takes up his new function as International Sales Manager at E-Crane Worldwide
Bas Tolhuizen, International Sales Manager
In order to coordinate and strengthen the different tasks of the commercial divisions in The Netherlands and the US, Mr. Tolhuizen will combine his current responsibilities in the Near and Far East with the task of supporting the commercial activities of the different E-Crane divisions, and further developing the Asian / Australian markets, among others through creating strategic alliances.
Mr. Tolhuizen has already built a career of many years with E-Crane®. First as a Service Engineer with American Crane Europe, then as Parts & Service...
Another E-Crane® working along the borders of the the Mediterranean Sea
First pictures of the barge unloading operation at Marseille (Fos-sur-Mer) @ approx. 500 tons/hour
Complete system — layout, basic and detailed design, E-Crane®, tow bars, traveling hopper with telescopic chute, communications and crane monitoring systems, turn-key installation, training for drivers/maintenance crew and start-up assistance — by E-Crane®
E-Crane International USA attends Coal-Gen Trade Show in Charlotte, NC (USA)
E-Crane International USA (ECI-USA) was one of the exhibitors at this year’s Coal-Gen Trade Show. This show is specifically marketed to coal fired power plants in the US.
Since half of all E-Cranes in operation today in North and South America are in the power sector, this trade show was a perfect fit for ECI-USA. Many of the firms ECI-USA works with attended the exhibition (clients, terminal management firms, …)..
The E-Crane® is a perfect solution for power plants because of the versatility to handle both the fuel for the plant and the other materials needed for air quality...
E-Crane delegation visits m/v Rickmers Jakarta
Boschmans & Co and Rickmers-Linie invited E-Crane® for a tour on board the m/v Rickmers, the ship that will transport a 1000 Series E-Crane® to China.
This E-Crane® is the second E-Crane® purchased by TISCO, the Taiyuan Iron & Steel Company for work on their scrap yard in the Shanxi Province, China.
Boschmans & Co is an Antwerp based Forwarder, regularly used by E-Crane® for the seafreight of their E-Cranes to all continents of the world. Through Mr. Jean Aernaudts, we received the invitation to see with our own eyes how this works and what is involved in this whole loading...
Bulk – Floating crane – Evolution or revolution?
With landside operations becoming increasingly congested and land for expansion limited one solution is for terminal operators to move their operations to the water.
Peter van Schie reports
Moving terminal operations to the water might seem a silly idea but there are a lot of benefts to be gained.A case in point was the’battle’ that was raging in the port of Rotterdam, the Netherlands around 18 years ago, where two terminai operators -one was operating land-side bulk handling equipment while the other was operating floating grab cranes – were vying for the business of...
Terminal operators’ flexible friends
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Of course the bulk handling market has changed over the past year, with less demand from the scrap metal market and more demand from those moving dry bulk.
Belgian manufacturer E-Crane® says this shift has not affected sales due to the multipurpose nature of its equipment.
Bas Tolhuizen, Sales Manager, E-Crane International Europe, says that 18 months ago half of all cranes sold were used for handling scrap but he has seen a shift towards the handling of dry bulk. “The slowdown in the recycling industry means that there is less scrap around and now we are seeing more...
E-Crane Training for Allegheny Ft. Martin Station Operators
On Wednesday May 20 2009 6 personnel from the Allegheny Ft. Martin station arrived in Galion Ohio at the E-Crane headquarters for training.
Arriving was: Shawn Nuzum, Ralph Beerbower, Doug Born, Tony Altieri, Rick Michael and Mike Kridle. Mark Osborne greeted them and gave a tour of the ECI-USA offices. Mark introduced them to the different departments at E-Crane®.
Mark also showed the guys the shop/inventory space that allows ECI-USA to keep essentially every off the shelf item used for the E-Crane®. Here we have all of the spare parts (ie: Hydraulic Cylinders, Seal Kits, Main Bearings,etc.)...
Barge unloading made easier with E-Crane equipment
E-Crane International USA Inc (ECI-USA), the renowned manufacturer of equilibrium cranes, has recently completed a turnkey system on the Tombigbee River near Leroy, Alabama, USA (see picture above). Power South’s Lowman Power Plant now operates a brand new floating barge offloading station. The centrepiece is a 2000 Series E-Crane rated for 1,500tph (tonnes per hour) for offloading coal or limestone.
ECI-USA also provided the crane barge, a conveyor support barge, the hopper, and the barge position system. E-Crane also supplied a recent turnkey system for Ohio Valley Electric Corp’s...
E-Crane featured in Maritime Reporter
10 years ago E-Crane® delivered the first barge and ship mounted E-Cranes to offload barges and small ships. E-Crane® has adapted this concept for the offloading of ships up to Panamax-class and has more than 15 units successfully operating world-wide.
Floating transloading terminals address a host of material handling needs that are present in today’s rapidly changing environment.
This concept offers the following benefits:
the complete terminal can be built and tested and then floated to its final destinationthe terminal can be located at the closest possible location to the mineat...
E-Crane Floating Bulk Handling Terminals
Ten years ago E-Crane® delivered the first barge and ship mounted E-Cranes to offload barges and small ships. E-Crane® has adapted this concept for the offloading of ships up to Panamax-class and has more than 15 units successfully operating world-wide.
These barge or ship mounted E-Cranes have been developed in close cooperation with the clients. The concept of a floating bulk handling terminal is well suited for both port operations (ship-to-shore) as well as midstream transfer (barge-to-ship and ship-to-barge).
Floating transloading terminals address a host of material handling needs...
Deck Machinery & Cargo Handling Equipment Review
This month MN looks at the deck machinery and cargo handling equipment market, the tools of the trade for the workboat workforce. We’ve highlighted a few innovative products including cranes, winches and capstans …
E-Crane Aims to Up Productivity
In order to upgrade its Carmeuse Black River lime facility in Butler, Ky., Massey Energy Company, the largest producer of coal in the Central Appalachian region, turned to E-Crane International USA. Massey Energy Company installed E-Crane’s Floating Offloading Terminal for coal barge unloading with a 700 series E-Crane as its...
Alabamians Survive Treacherous Winter Storm for E-Crane® Training
Last week seven operator and maintenance workers form PowerSouth, an Alabama electric cooperative, flew through a treacherous winter storm to come to Galion, Ohio in order to begin their training with the E-Crane®.
The E-Crane® is a modern, state of the art balanced bulk material handler. PowerSouth purchased a 2000 Series E-Crane® that was recently installed as part of a floating bulk materials unloading platform that included two barges, a hopper, a jib-crane, and a barge haul and breasting system on site at the Charles R. Lowman power plant in Leroy, Alabama. This system is the first...
E-Crane announces new dealer Bulktech Solution Engineering Service Co., Ltd.
Under this agreement Bulktech will act as a dealer for the E-Crane product line in China. The dealership signing ceremony was officiated by Lieven Bauwens and Bas Tolhuizen on behalf of E-Crane® and Tom Zeng and Frank Lee from Bulktech.
The agreement clearly shows both E-Crane’s and Bulktech’s strong commitment to provide comprehensive and innovative bulk and scrap handling solutions to Chinese customers.
E-Crane’s Mr. Bauwens and Mr. Tolhuizen shaking hands with Mr. Zeng and Mr. Lee from Bulktech Solution Engineering Service Co., Ltd, China.
E-Crane’s Executive President Lieven...
Grappling with a choice of grab unloaders
All grab-type ship unloading systems have differing strenghts and weaknesses. Dockside grab discharge of dry bulk cargo can either be carried out by high-capacity, purpose-built grab gantry unloaders or by lower-capacity (generally), but more versatile slewing cranes, whether fixed, rail-mounted, rubber-tyred or pontoon-mounted.
Mobile harbour cranes have long played an important role in mainstream bulk handling. For smaller ships and barges, the “new generation” of mobile (or rail-mounted) hydraulic unloaders, featuring a grabber device attached via a flexible link directly...
Annual Bulk Review: E-Crane featured twice
Africa
E-Crane has recently delivered a mid-stream transfer station for Seaboard Corp (US), for their Midema (Minoterie De Matadi, flour mill) ship unloading project in Matadi, Democratic Republic of Congo. In Matadi, the farthest inland harbour on the Congo River, Seaboard was faced with major port congestion problems and outdated, neglected port infrastructure.
Seaboard Midema
North America
E-Crane International is currently installing barge handling systems for AEP Kyger Creek, AEP Clifty Creek and Power South (AEC Lowman) providing a complete solution to their material handling...
Balance Cranes: Testing Times
The perilous economic times gripping the globe are testing thestability and even keel of the worldof balanced cranes as Ray Dykes discovers…
Two major equilibrium crane makers report that while they are still busy, the first signs of the economic tough times are being felt as projects already past the contract signing stage have been put on hold. The slow down hasn’t brought layoffs to either of the big two — the Seram Group of France and E-Crane Worldwide of Belgium — but there are signs of furrowed and worried brows just the same. Luckily equilibrium or balanced...
E-Crane Offers Alternative to Offloading Bulk Materials
In small ports around the world, the ever increasing need to offload bulk materials such as coal and limestone at rates from 300 to 2,000 tons (272 to 1,814 t) per hour and do it as economically as possible calls for modern equipment with greater efficiency than can be provided by many of the older cranes still in operation today.
Most of these older cranes are at or near the end of their life cycle; cable replacement is a never ending ordeal; and highly skilled operators are required. Modern cable cranes have hydraulic winches, but are still cable operated. This means there is still cable...
5S method implemented by E-Crane Worldwide
5S method implemented by Indusign / E-Crane Worldwide organization as an additional tool to reach World Class Manufacturing and Business Excellence
5S is a method aiming to improve the organization, starting with the workplace. By optimizing the workplace we eliminate waste and lay the foundation for quality. The 5 steps of 5S: sort, stabilize, shine, standardize, sustain.At Indusign / E-Crane Worldwide continuous education is paramount. The management firmly believes in the benefits of the 5S method, and all employees received the theoretical formation during 2008. In December we will...
"Mama Mobokoli" arrives in the Congo, ready to revolutionize unloading
After a 39-day, 4915 nautical mile journey across the Atlantic Ocean, from the port of Zeebrugge, Belgium, plus a three-day trip up the Congo River, the E-Crane Mama Mobokoli (mother that takes care) midstream transfer station arrived on 20 August at its final destination at Matadi, Democratic Republic of Congo.
The new, state-of-the-art E-Crane is designed to provide greatly improved production and operational efficiency and economy for Seaboard Corporation’s Midema grain unloading and flour mill operations.“By 2007 the unloading procedures for Handy and Handymax vessels at our Midema...
Cargill, Argentina installs two 1500 Series E-Cranes
Cargill operates worldwide and has several plants in Argentina. The Cargill PGG ( Puerto Gobernador Galvez ) Plant is located about 10 KM south of Rosario, Provincia de Santa Fe. This plant processes soya bean oil form Soya beans via milling and solvent extraction. The Cargill plant adjacent to PGG processes all other types or grains and ships them worldwide.
Cargill PGG decided to update their logistics system and install a barge handling system in addition to their receiving docks fro trucks and Rail. This makes it the only plant in Argentina that has 3 different modes to receive grains....
Successful commissioning of 2nd E-Crane for City Sugar
The first E-Crane® for City Group in Bangladesh was successfully commissioned in April 2006. Because this crane fulfilled all expectations and more, and because of the strong growth of the company, it didn’t took long before the customer decided to place their order for a second E-Crane®.
The first E-Crane®, a 700 Series E-Crane® type 4264 on pedestal, meanwhile already has performed 6750 working hours. 2 years after the commissioning of the first E-Crane®, the second E-Crane®, again a 700-Series E-Crane® type 4264 on pedestal, was successfully installed and commissioned on November...
Marks of honor for A Belgian soldier
A soldier of the Belgian army was honored for his courage, strength of character and bravery. On 23 July, 2006, Master-Commander Van Cauwenberghe (brother of our E-Crane/Indusign colleague Filip) and his Italian colleague, Captain Punzo were under sniper fire in Lebanon.Captain Punzo suffered serious injuries. Master-Commander Van Cauwenberghe brought his observer colleague to safety despite heavy fighting in the region. On September 12, 2008 a sign (medal) for courage and dedication will be granted to Master-Commander Marc Van Cauwenberghe. We are extremely thankful for the courage and...
E-Crane® adds hopper and barge handling equipment to its sixth project with AEP
On August 20th, 2008, E-Crane technicians completed the mechanical assembly of a 1500B Series machine at Ohio Valley Electric Corporation’s (OVEC) Kyger Creek plant in Cheshire, Ohio.
The completion of this project marks a significant milestone in the progression of E-Crane International USA as a provider of “turnkey” engineering services in the bulk material handling sector. Along with the model 10290 pedestal mounted bulk material handling machine, E-Crane USA was the general contractor for providing the receiving hopper as well as the barge handling system. E-Crane International USA also...
E-Crane® expands into barge handling
The logistics chain of bulk materials often begins with a barge. Transportation by barge is one of the most cost-effective ways to move bulk materials from the point of production to market.
With today’s energy cost, this method of transportation is increasing in popularity. E-Crane International USA is the provider of the E-Crane® material handler in North and South America.This unloading method is applicable to any facility handling bulk materials with barges up to and including Panamax class vessels.Barge handling has its own peculiarities: the speed of the river current, water...
Arrival of the "Mama Mobokoli” at his berth
On 21st August, the Mama Mobokoli safely arrived at its final destination in Matadi, DRC. The journey took 39 days and was 4915 nautical miles long. This is 5.652,25 miles or 9.102,58 km. The Mama Mobokoli started its voyage on 12th July, when it left the harbour of Zeebrugge at 11h50.
The journey went from Zeebrugge, through the Gulf of Biskaye, across the North Atlantic ocean in front of Gibraltar in the direction of the Canary Islands, alongside the coastline of Western Africa (Senegal, Guinea Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast), across the Gulf of Guinea (while crossing...
Successful installation E-Crane® for project CLECO Rodemacher Power Station
Report by our E-Crane® team on site.Last month a 2000 Series E-Crane® bulk material handler was installed at the Rodemacher Power Station in Lena, Louisiana. This plant is owned and operated by CLECO. The E-Crane® will be unloading limestone and petcoke received by jumbo barges on the Red River to the new Unit 3 CFB (Circulating Fluidized-Bed) Project that is currently under construction. The pedestal mounted 15317 model has a clamshell attachment for each material along with a Quick Disconnect system. The E-Crane®, rated for 1300 tons per hour free digging, is capable of unloading a barge...
Departure of the Floating Bulk Handling Terminal “Mama Mobokoli” Zeebrugge
The watertight gates from the Zeebrugge Sea Lock have just been opened for the tug Leopard and his precious cargo. This is the starting point for a 4915 nautical mile (!!!) long journey.E-Crane wishes captain Janusz of the tug Leopard and his crew a safe trip with fair weather and calm seas!
E-Crane® Product Offering Expands to Barge Handling
The logistics chain of bulk materials often begins with a barge. Transportation by barge is one of the most cost-effective ways to move bulk materials from the point of production to market. With today’s energy cost, this method of transportation is increasing in popularity.E-Crane International USA, Inc. (ECI) is the provider of the E-Crane® material handler in North and South America. This unloading method is applicable to any facility handling bulk materials with barges up to and including Panamax class vessels.Barge handling has its own peculiarities:
The speed of the river currentWater...
"Mama Mobokoli" to unload vessels in the Congo
Belgium-based E-Crane International Europe is currently towing a floating terminal to the Democratic Republic of the Congo where it will be used to unload vessels in the port of Matadi.According to the company, this is a cost-effective and flexible solution that could offer benefits to a wide range of users.The “Mama Mobokoli” moored in the Belgian port of Zeebrugge. It is now being towed to its destination – the inland port of Matadi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.The floating terminal currently making its way to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is called...
Bulk Materials International March/April 2008: New Floating crane for Congo
E-Crane® in Belgium has consigned a floating transhipment station – a 1000m2 pontoon fitted with a series 1500B balance crane designed and built by Indusign/E-Crane Worldwide, for mid-stream operations in the Port of Matadi in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The equipment will be used to discharge grain for US-based Seaboard Corp’s Minoterie de Matadi (Midema) flour mill in Matadi where, as in many ports in Africa, there are major congestion problems and a shortage of dockside equipment.The floating transhipment station, MAMA MOBOKOLI, is fitted with a 13.7t-39.5m outreach...
Lower 1500B Series E-Crane® fully and successfully assembled outside workshop
In merely a day’s time the complete lower was pre-assembled. All crane parts were carefully transported out of our workshops, and safely and precisely pre-assembled in front of the E-Crane Worldwide headquarters in Adegem, Belgium.
The E-Crane® parts are transported out of the workshop to be assembled on the outer grounds.
Since then, our E-Crane® engineers have been finishing, fine tuning and testing the lower and its function in detail so everything will be in excellent working order in time for the customer’s visit later this month.
A precisely and carefully executed...
Maysville, Ohio: From our E-Crane® erection team on site
After violent June storms earlier this week, since Wednesday night all Southern Ohio counties were under Flood Warnings. Despite these flood warnings the assembly of the second E-Crane® for Dayton Power and Light continued until Friday, June 6th..
The Ohio River came up faster than expected and our erection crew had to de-mobilize fast, real fast! When the river was rising above the 38.5 feet, the dock was suddenly flooded. Within hours the river crest went up to almost 42 feet. Time was of the essence and our experienced team was able to put the remaining E-Crane® parts on the barge, haled...
E-Crane® company trip to Poland was huge success!
From 1st to 4th May 2008 over 30 Indusign / E-Crane Worldwide employees and their partners travelled from our Adegem offices (Belgium) to Glogow, home to Famaba / Smulders Group in Poland.
Everybody agreed: this was a highly successful trip, and hopefully to be repeated! Although it will be a tough job to top this one.The E-Crane® management offered their employees an all-in three day trip to Poland. Main goal and highlight of the journey was a visit to Famaba, part of the Smulders Group, which produces the main steel constructions for our E-Cranes.
Welcome evening in Glogow on 1st May
The...
Rise of the Machines – Balancing Act
After years of being down in the doldrums the bulk industry seems to be climbing out of a black hole.With more investments made in cargo handling equipment, the floating crane market grabs a share of the action. Peter van Schie reports.
Balancing Act
Another type of design that is being applied to floating grab cranes or loading platforms is that of equilibrium or balance crane. One company that is successfully applying this knowledge is Belgium-based lndusign trading under the well-known E-Crane brand (see article in December issue, page 25). Balance cranes are rapidly replacing...
A Brilliant Outlook
For this milestone project, Siemens VAI was responsible for the overall engineering, erection,and commissioning of the steel works. This included the turnkey supply of a 160-ton electric arc furnace, a 180-ton AOD converter, a twin-180-ton-standladle-treatment station with a common furnace, a single-strand slab caster in addition to auxiliary plants and the dedusting and automation systems. The plant was compactly designed with totally optimized logistics and offers the possibility for future expansion.
Electric arc furnace
Raw materials are transported to the site by either rail...
Mobile Harbour Cranes – The Hills are Alive with Innovation
The ‘Mama Mobokoli’ was inaugurated in the port of Zeebrugge on 22nd February 2008. This floating trans-loading station, designed and built by E-Crane Worldwide, was moored in Zeebrugge, ready to be towed to its final destination in Matadi, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Mama Mobokoli is a 1000 m² barge, equipped with a 1500B Series E-Crane with reach of 39,5 metres and lift capacity of 13.5 tonnes. ‘Mama Mobokoli’ is Lingala (one of Congo’s official languages) for ‘the mother that takes care of you’, the nourishing / feeding mother. The barge is...
Our Base of U.S. Operations is Moving
Galion, Ohio USA – E-Crane International USA (ECI-USA) officially moved from the Bucyrus, Ohio base to their new offices in Galion, Ohio. E-Crane International USA Inc. is upgrading its U.S., North and South American headquarters for sales, engineering and service of the E-Crane Equilibrium Crane.
The new and modern 24,000 sq. ft. facility includes 4,000 sq. ft. of office space, overhead lift cranes and plenty of storage space for a complete inventory of Genuine E-Crane Parts. ECI-USA reported: “This is a big step for ECI-USA as we strive to provide Efficient, Economical and...
ECI-EUR announces new office address
E-Crane International EUROPE (ECI-EUR) announced that they have moved to new offices in Oud Gastel, The Netherlands:Argon 15G4751XC Oud GastelThe NetherlandsPhone and Fax numbers will remain !
The New and Proven Concept in Unloading
E-Crane® is providing the solution to difficult problems in offloading bulk materials in seaports and river ports throughout the world. Dedicated systems for offloading coal, limestone and other bulk materials are costly, inflexible and require a dedicated infrastructure that is expensive to buy and maintain.Modified excavators converted to material handlers are another approach. But offloading facilities at seaports and river ports can be seriously hampered by fluctuations in water level due to tides, river flooding and other seasonal water level ups and downs. Thus, a long range of motion...
New floating barge by E-Crane®
Tailor Made Solutions
The Seaboard Corporation needed a ship-to-shore solution for the discharging of Handy and Handymax vessels with ship-toship and midstream transloading capabilities of breakbulk commmodities on the Congo river in Matadi, Democratic Republic of Congo.As in many ports in Africa there are major port congestion problems. This, combined with the lack of new and reliable dockside equipment, was a major bottleneck in MIDEMA’s grain supply chain.E-Crane promptly started working on the problem and came up with the solution: The Mama Mobokoli (which means “mother that takes...
Jim Gutsch Comments at Inauguration of Mama Mobokoli in Zeebrugge
Jim Gutsch comments at Inauguration of Mama Mobokoli — Zeebrugge
Jim Gutsch
Mr. Jim Gutsch is a Senior Vice President of Engineering at Seaboard Corporation in Kansas City, Kansas. The E-Crane team worked closely with Mr. Gutsch and his project Engineer Rick Mohr during the development of the Seaboard’s Midema Midstream Transfer Facility on the Congo River in Matadi, Democratic Republic of Congo.
The E-Crane Managers and their guests
During the inauguration celebration in Zeebrugge on February 22, 2008, Mr. Gutsch was asked to say a few words about the project. “In all my years...
Ship-Hunters reports: Special visitor in Zeebrugge
At this moment there is a special visitor in the port of Zeebrugge (B). The “Mama Mobokoli” is a special pontoon with a very large crane on it. The pontoon/crane are special built for the handling of bulk carriers with a max. tonnage of 25-30.000 tons. The pontoon is a second hand (built in 1981) but the crane is brand new and is installed on the pontoon in Zeebrugge by E-Crane.
Mama Mobokoli
The final destination is the port of Matadi in Congo (Africa). There the pontoon will be used for discharging bulk carriers loaded with flour. The voyage to Matadi will take about 40...
E-Crane — big in Belgium and abroad
E-Crane Worldwide/Indusign is a modern, state-of-the-art engineering and heavy equipment construction company, based in Adegem, Belgium. E-Crane Worldwide provides design services as well as complete machine production, installation, support and training with on-going service for the heavy equipment industry. The E-Crane series offers models with up to 49 tonnes duty cycle capacity due to their movable counterweight and fixed parallelogram linkage as well as up to 150ft/50m of horizontal and up to 100ft/30m reach below grade. Its modular design allows each E-Crane to be tailor-made to the client’s...
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