Year: 2006

After the initial start-up at the end of September 2005 and the official inauguration on 23th February 2006, the new Carinox stainless steel plant at Charleroi, Belgium is now well underway to achieve a production of 1 million tonnes of stainless steel per year. The stainless steel scrapyard feeding the steelmill and run by MultiServ, the single largest provider of outsourced on-site mill services, is now fully operational. For loading the huge 150 m3 scrap baskets MultiServ is using the reliable and well proven E-Crane® technology. Currently 2 E-Cranes® with an outreach of more then 38...

Indusign/E-Crane Worldwide recognises that factory acceptance testing (FAT) is another important phase in our quality assurance program. We strongly believe that intensive factory acceptance tests: reduce the time for the erection of the crane at its final destinationreduce the costs for assemblyinstallation and tuningimprove the overall quality of our products After the intensive factory tests are completed the crane will be disassembled into major components for shipment to China. Furthermore all major points of attachment will be match-marked to facilitate final assembly and all exposed...

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 sulphur 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 and decided to purchase a 2000 Series, Model 21382 from E-Crane, USA, equipped with a 30yd3 bucket and...

Landing Way Depot, Inc. recently redeveloped its Petaluma River terminal to accept barges carrying construction aggregates mined in British Columbia. These aggregates are moved from bulk carriers in the San Francisco Bay onto six custom-designed 4000 ton barges, and then moved to the Landing way side on the Petaluma river during the incoming tide. As the centerpiece of terminal operations, Landing Way Depot selected a pedestal-mounted series 1500, model 11264, E-Crane with a reach of 86 feet and equipped with an 8 cubic yard bucket. Limited river depths and a tidal range of 8 feet demands...