Year: 2020

E-Crane is proud to announce that recently we successfully conducted our first E-Crane shipped via a container vessel! This shipment option results in a substantial freight cost reduction for the customer, as well as great flexibility in the boarding schedule with almost weekly departures from worldwide ports. It’s important to note that the container shipment for the E-Crane is not the standard type (with 10’, 20’, or 40’ containers), but uses “Flat Rack” (FR) and “High Cube” (HC) type containers.  The larger E-Crane components were accommodated on several FR containers put together (called...

Warner Bau-und Industriemaschinen (WBI) has become the dealer for E-Crane in the region Nordrhein- Westfalen, Germany. WBI is the dealer for this region for Liebherr and Takaeuchi, hydraulic excavators and material handler, E-Crane is a manufacturer of hydraulic balance cranes and therefore E-Crane is a perfect complement for the WBI program. The new dealer in Germany fits in the growth strategy of E-Crane to extend its number of dealers worldwide. WBI has an established name in the recycling and port business and with the experienced sales and service team, E-Crane is convinced that this cooperation...

Amaggi, the biggest Brazilian grain and fertilizer trading company, has purchased their second E-Crane. This new E-Crane will operate in Porto Velho, RO in Brazil. The demand for fertilizer has grown a lot over the last few years, which is why the customer has just completed construction of a brand new private port, which will be integrated logistically with their Itacoatiara, PA facilities. E-Crane has supported the customer in designing an optimal layout, especially considering that the port suffers significant water level variation over the course of a year. The operation combines many modes...

A 4000C Series E-Crane with 42 meter outreach and 52 ton capacity has been successfully commissioned in the port of Ust-Luga in the Gulf of Finland, about 110 kilometres west of St. Petersburg. This 600 tons weighing giant crane will be mainly used for loading containerized bulk such as fertilizer, iron ore and HBI into ocean going vessels up to Panamax size. Containerized Bulk Handling (CBH) technology is found in specialized bulk export ports. Using containers bulk can be transported by rail from a remote mine or production facility, then temporarily stored at the export terminal without having...

E-Crane has recently sold two new E-Cranes to operate in Santos Port in Brazil. After several months supporting the customer with different analyses, the hydraulic E-Cranes were selected over multiple cable crane options. Santos Port is the most important port in Latin America, and is currently going through a modernization phase. This was the first bid that the government promoted, and others are expected to follow. For this operation, two 1800C Series Model EH12421 GA-E E-Cranes have been selected to unload fertilizer and salt from vessels up to Panamax size.  The E-Cranes are rail mounted,...

1800C Series E-Crane is featured on the cover page of DCi Dry Cargo International Source: http://www.drycargomag.com/threedmags/Magazine-Editions/July-2020-Issue/index.html If you are interested in seeing this crane in action, click here!

The correctness of its installation was checked by a specialist from Belgium. This is a unique technique – there are such cranes in only two cities of Russia. Now he will work in our area. Specialists call this crane an E-Crane. Here he was just brought to Novodvinsk, experts are preparing for installation. The technique is unique – it is designed for unloading and loading wood and works faster than domestic counterparts. By the way, such cranes are a rarity for Russia. Similar cranes cana only be found in St. Petersburg and Kazan. This crane is located on a floating...

Assembling an E-Crane usually takes anywhere from three to four weeks. But in a record-setting display of teamwork and virtuosity, a team of 10 people with members from both E-Crane and Weeks Marine took only 6 days to assemble two of them. The mechanical assembly was completed at North American Aggregates, a division of Weeks Marine that has a permit to dredge sand off the lower New York Bay. The assembly team included 4 team members from E-Crane, 4 from Weeks Marine, a crane operator and supervisor. It benefitted from the use of Weeks Marine’s #533 floating crane, the largest on the East coast....

Even in challenging times E-Crane is there to serve clients! On May 26 & 27, E-Crane Indonesia’s service team consisting of Michaël Hamerlinck & Ari Anggodo completed a scheduled 2,000 hours service call for PT Cemindo Gemilang. Our local service manager Michaël made the following comment: ‘It was a pleasure to do maintenance on this machine, we congratulate the PT Cemindo team for taking good care of their E-Crane in the past year.’