Work Category: Barge

KMJ first started to operate their E-Crane in 2019 at Muara Berau outer anchorage in East Kalimantan close to Samarinda. As a result of the successful operation during the first couple of years, in early 2022 the decision was taken to invest in a second identical floating E-Crane.  Both crane barges were built in Batam, after which the cranes were installed in the same shipyard and towed to Kalimantan.  Experience shows that the floating E-Cranes can comfortably be used in wave heights of up to 2.5m while rope cranes in the same area need to cease operation at wave heights of 1.5...

  DESCRIPTION OF E-CRANE Magdragon II (130 X 28 X 6.5m) is a Floating Transfer Station owned and operated by Citic Pacific Mining and is part of the Sino Iron Ore Project, the largest magnetite mining and processing operation in Australia. Operations take place 100km south west of Karratha in Western Australia’s resource rich Pilbara region.  Two 3000 Series E-Cranes unload magnetite from ocean going barges shuttling between the port and outer anchorage where there is enough draft to load Baby Cape vessels (112,000 DWT). The FTS operates 24/7 and has recorded a monthly loading...

DESCRIPTION OF E-CRANE  Two 2000 Series E-Cranes are operating at Balikpapan Coal Terminal, owned by Bayan Resources. At this terminal barges from Bayan’s different mine sites are unloaded and transported to stockpile after which coal is loaded by dedicated ship loaders into large ocean going vessels.  The E-Cranes typically unload coal from 8,000 DWT deck barges into two hoppers (selection of hopper depends on swing angle ). Design capacity of each crane is 1,500 tons per hour and up to 400,000 tons per month is being unloaded with one E-Crane.  Both cranes are also...