Year: 2005

Shamrock Materials finds an environmentally sound solution

Preamble: Shamrock Materials Is the premier supplier of ready-mix concrete, concrete stone and landscaping products for northern California. Shamrock receives PCC ( Portland Concrete Concentrate ) and Aggregate from suppliers in British Columbia, Canada. Problem Freight cost and environmental impact by moving large quantities of bulk materials with trucks. Solution In order to meet the increasing demand for Shamrock’s products, Shamrock decided to change their operations drastically by expanding their Petaluma River terminal, constructing 6 custom made barges on site and...

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Goldkist needs more chicken feed

Preamble Goldkist is the second largest poultry producer in the country. Goldkist markets 14 million birds per week that need to be fed! Problem Demand from Goldkists, Guntersville, AL. feed mill was outstripping supply. The existing, high maintenance “marine leg” bucket unloader took up to 15 hours to unload a barge. Solution In order to meet the increasing demand for chicken feed, Goldkist decided to replace the “marine leg” with a more modern, productive material handler. Specs 700 series E-Crane®, Model 4264. This E-crane features an outreach of 86 ft a maximum duty...

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AT Massey Installs E-Crane® at Carmeuse Lime

Carmeuse Lime in Maysville KY mines limestone for the production of lime and construction aggregate. Lime is used by electric power utilities and other consumers; it is produced in a coal fired kiln and is used as part of the combustion flue gas cleaning in today’s modern power plants. With the goal of reducing fuel transportation and handling costs, Carmeuse Lime contracted with AT Massey Energy / Roadfork Development for a long term coal supply contract for the Maysville facility. The agreement also included significant upgrades to peripheral equipment, coal storage and barge unloading. AT...

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Denolf Recycling in Brugse haven gecounterd door B-Cargo

Onlangs werd bij Denolf Recycling langs de Louis Coiseaukaai in Brugge, in de volksmond nog steeds gekend als de Brugse Scheepssloperij, een nieuwe verwerkings en havenkraan in gebruik genomen. Eind vorig jaar kreeg Denolf Recycling, in Brugge goed voor de verwerking van zo’n 40.000 ton schroot per jaar, vanwege B-Cargo, de spoorvrachtafdeling van onze nationale spoorwegen, het bericht dat, gezien zij in de Brugse achterhaven nog de enige spoorklant waren, met ingang van 1 januari 2005 de tarieven voor het spoortransport drastisch omhoog zouden gaan. De volledige kostprijs voor...

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E-Crane® solves Nova Scotia Power’s unloading conundrum

Nova Scotia Power (NSPI) seeks economy and flexibility from their offloading equipment. As a result of the recent changes in the fuel availability for the Province of Nova Scotia NSPI, decided to construct the Point Tupper Terminal to import low sulfur coal for their Lingan, Point Aconi, Tupper and Trenton plants. Point Tupper is located in the Strait of Canso. This Area has been free of ice since 1955 and is located on the “Great Circle Atlantic Shipping Route” which places it directly in the path of international shippers. NSPI searched for the optimum offloading solution...

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ECI-USA succesfully commissioned impressive 2000 Series E-Crane

Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia (August, 2005) – ECI-USA and Nova Scotia Power (NSPI), together with Montreal-based Savage CANAC Corporation (Savage) and CBCL have succesfully commissioned the impressive 2000-series E-Crane on the dock at the Point Tupper Marine Terminal. The final commissioning and acceptance tests for this E-Crane were done during the unloading of 80.000 tons of coal out of the the Panamax vessel ‘Salvatore Caffiero’. NSPI (Phillip, Graeme and their team), CBCL (Dan and Randy with their team), Savage (Rick and his team)… thanks very much for all the efforts and...

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Carinox – A team works

MultiServ lands a major role at Arcelor’s new stainless steel mill being built in Belgium MultiServ will start a major new 10-year contract next September working at a brand new Arcelor stainless steel mill in Belgium. Currently under construction, the Carinox site will have the capacity to produce one million tons of stainless steel. MultiServ will provide scrap yard management, slag pot carrying, and slab logistics services. MultiServ will also be responsible for operating and maintaining the customer’s four slab grinding machines. Arcelor, the world’s largest steelmaker,...

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E-Crane at Denolf Recycling just commissioned in the port of Bruges.

Brugge, Belgium (October 28th, 2005): When operations at a scrap yard reach a certain level of sophistication, acquiring a material handling machine that can handle high volumes and provide significant reach becomes a necessity. E-Crane Worldwide/Indusign is committed to provide scrap material handling solutions that are more efficient, faster and more secure than ever before. In addition to this, E-Crane® solutions are developed for quality and durability. Customers can be sure that our equipment will last and last. In January 2005 the decision was taken by the Belgium based Galloo Group...

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Carinox site will have the capacity to produce one million tons of stainless steel

Multiserv will start a new 10 year contract this month working at a brand new Arcelor stainless steel mill in Belgium. Currently under construction, the Carinox site will have the capacity to produce one million tons of stainless steel. Multiserv will provide scrap yard management, slag pot carrying, and slab logistics services. Multiserv will also be responsible for operating and maintaining the customer’s four slab grinding machines. At the heart of the scrap management operation are two 1000 Series 7382 E-Cranes. The two cranes will work simultaneously offloading and sorting scrap...

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Another succesfull on-site installation

After a succesfull on-site installation, start-up and tuning of the 2000-series E-Crane® during the month of june, the Point Tupper Marine Terminal is now ready to provide greater access to vessel optionality!

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E-Crane® arrived and is being installed on the Nova Scotia Power site

A massive crane which will allow Nova Scotia Power’s new coal-handling terminal to accomodate much larger vessels arrived at the Point Tupper Marine Terminal, Sunday. The E-Crane®, valued at about $5 million, was designed and fabricated in Belgium by Indusign and was loaded on the transportation vessel Jumbo Fairpartner at the port of Flushing, the Netherlands. It will allow for the offloading of bulker-type vessels rather than just the belted self unloaders the terminal currently handles. The E-Crane® can handle up to 800 tonnes of product per hour. The coal terminal went into...

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