Tag: Łukasz-done

Going White for Green Savings

2019-12-20

Going green is all the rage these days. Manufactures of everything from cars and trucks to lawnmowers and bicycles are releasing ‘Electric’ models in the fast-growing segment, as public pressure mounts to preserve the environment and move away from fossil fuels. But not everyone is new to the “Green Machine” format. E-Crane Worldwide, a Belgian-based supplier of cranes for heavy duty bulk and scrap handling applications, has been producing all-electric E-Cranes since the 1990’s. The Equilibrium Crane or “E-Crane” is not just any electric crane. It is the most energy...

E-Crane Asia Welcomes Harriet To The Family!

2019-12-11

When cute furry cuddlies are too mainstream, E-Crane takes a furry friendship & adoption to the next level…. Rehabilitation Centre: Samboja LestariArrival Date: August 16, 2014Current Age: 7 yearsGender: FemaleCurrent Location: Forest School – Group 1 Background On 16 August 2014, Harriet – a timid young female Orangutan, aged 2, was rescued and handed over to Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOS) Foundation – an Indonesian non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation of the Bornean orangutan and their habitat, in cooperation with local...

Next Generation Coal Logistics

2019-10-23

Next generation coal logistics Optimizing the coal supply chain is something E-Crane’s engineers and experts excel at. Solutions are offered for coal miners, (floating) terminals as well as power plants and other end users around the world. The main objective is always to provide high-end coal handling solutions built around the E-Crane, which offer a reliable and long-term operation with the lowest possible OPEX combined with the highest crane availability in the industry. This is accomplished by offering a high level of customization while, at the same, offering in depth training for operators...

E-Cranes in Coal Handling

2019-05-24

With multiple successful operations throughout the world, E-Crane has proven to be a trusted, all-in-one solution for the coal handling industry. E-Crane has been the ideal solution at many ports and terminals for barge loading and unloading, ship loading and unloading, and stockpiling. While each project is different, the modular and flexible design of the E-Crane makes it ideal for any coal handling operation. USA Operations The history of E-Cranes in the coal handling industry began in Ruhr area in Germany around 30 years ago, but really took off in the United States market. ...

E-Crane gives the Green Advantage

2019-03-25

Energy consumption and environmental impact are key when it comes to investment in new port equipment – in other words, the environmental impact of a port crane needs to be minimized. On the other hand, the cost associated with handling one ton of bulk material also has great importance, as this shows the economic feasibility. When handling difficult dry bulk materials as well as steel scrap, hydraulic material handlers have become standard and are considered the most suitable solution for the job. Wherever you look, traditional rope cranes are being replaced by hydraulic units that...

Stationary E-Crane takes on over half a million tons of scrap

2019-03-12

1000C Series equilibrium crane central to MetalX’ new mega-shredder operation, to move more than 500,000 tons of materials yearly MetalX, headquartered in Waterloo, Indiana, has begun operation of a new 5,000-hp mega-shredder at the company’s recently established greenfield site in Delta, Ohio. In December, 2018, MetalX also installed a new E-Crane 1000C Series Model EC7317 PD-E stationary equilibrium crane, equipped with a 3.5 cubic metre (4.6 cubic yard) scrap grapple. Since installation, the E-Crane has been used to move and stockpile material in preparation for the shredder startup....

2000C Series E-Crane erection underway

2018-05-25

REPLACING ROPE CRANES A few years ago the first E-Crane was installed in Desa Muara Kaman, Kota Bangun (situated where the Kedang Kepala and Mahakam River meet). Fast forward to May 2018, and another E-Crane installation is underway near Balikpapan on the Indonesian island of Kalimantan. To see this first E-Crane in operation please check out the following link: https://youtu.be/xYJuoDe4RMs The past week was used to meticulously prepare the different components for the erection process. Shipping brackets were removed, hoses connected, pins installed and all major components were loaded...

29 m outreach E-Handler for Perdue

2018-05-25

NEW E-CRANE COMMOSSIONED FOR PERDUE AGRIBUSINESS A new 700 Series E-Crane went into service on May 11, 2018 for Perdue AgriBusiness at their Seaford Delaware river terminal. The model EH 4290 PD-E will unload soybeans and corn from barges arriving on the north bank of the Nanticoke River. The barge unloading facility is a brand new investment consisting of the dock, new receiving hopper, conveyor and supporting equipment. The products offloaded by the E-Crane are siloed and distributed to local Customers or an in-house feed mill blending facility by truck. The final commission and training...

Unloading Biomass in Denmark

2018-02-26

HOFOR: 1500C Series HOFOR Copenhagen has recently installed a new E-Crane for handling biofuels. Hofor A/S power plant Amagerværket, located near the city center of Copenhagen, Denmark, is renewing and upgrading their facilities in order to phase out coal by 2020, replacing it completely with bio mass. As part of this upgrade, Hofor is also replacing an existing 4-rope grab crane with a new E-Crane. The new crane, an 1500C Series model EH9359 GA-E will handle coal and biofuels for the power and heating generating plant. Following a mandatory tendering process, HOFOR...

Found in the Magazine Recycling Product News: ‘700 Series equilibrium crane at Stelimet, Belgium improves efficiency, emissions and safety’

2017-10-17

Stelimet is a Belgium-based, family owned company with over 80 years’ experience in ferrous and nonferrous scrap. The company, which has a long tradition of reducing CO2 emissions, through initiatives such as using waterways as much as possible, says with their new electric-powered, environmentally friendly E-Crane, they are now reducing their footprint even further. At the end of December 2016, E-Crane commissioned a new 700 Series, Model E4290 PD-E at Stelimet, Genk, Belgium. The company was looking for a crane to feed their shear and for stockpiling scrap, and says they prefer to stockpile...

The Three lives of One 2000 Series E-Crane

2017-02-24

Our first 2000 Series E-Crane began as a large capacity crawler ship unloader in the USA, was transformed into the high precision Block Buster in the Netherlands, and is now working as an E-Dredger in the Caspian Sea. [/one_half_last] As this E-Crane is now entering it’s third life, it remains in very good condition. The E-Crane underwent some preventative overhaul work in order to get it ready for work in the Caspian Sea. Despite the harsh winter conditions in the Caspian region, the job was safely finished in a week. [one_half] [/one_half] [one_half_last] [/one_half_last] This...

Found in the Magazine DCI: ‘E-Crane launches myE-Crane application’

2017-02-22

Source: Dry Cargo International, January 2017

Impressive E-Crane in ECI-USA’s backyard !

2017-02-22

Murray Energy, the largest underground coal mining company in the United States, has recently installed a new E-Crane for handling fly ash at their facility near Moundsville, WV. Murray Energy produces about 65 million tons of coal annually, providing reliable electric power to many customers. The new E-Crane is barge mounted, and unloads barges of fly ash, a coal combustion byproduct. The fly ash is loaded into a specialized hopper, also mounted on the barge alongside the E-Crane. The material is then conveyed to a truck loading station. Murray Energy chose...

E-Crane Academy in Full Swing at the Start of 2017

2017-02-20

Training, Teaching, and Developing Oneself and Others… It has been a busy week at the E-Crane Academy with two groups of new students! The first group of four were future operators who came from the company Herbosch-Kiere for their self-propelled barge, the Albatros, equipped with a 1500 Series E-Crane. The core activities for Herbosch-Kiere include maritime construction, demolition and heavy lifting. The second group consisted of two service engineers from Port-Trade Denmark. Port-Trade is a Danish company that provides material and cargo handling solutions and service...

E-Crane launches the ‘myE-Crane’ app

2017-02-20

Next Generation Service Logistics E-Crane International USA, Inc. is proud to announce the roll out of the “myE-Crane Application”. This simple to use application works with a smartphone and keeps the equipment operator, maintenance technicians and management staff up to date and informed IN REAL TIME. The goal is to allow direct communication from the E-Crane operator to the E-Crane company service group. All communication and actions are data based, preventing miscommunication. A secure iPad located in the operator cab lets the operator report a problem with the...

Gevonden in het magazine RMB: “E-Crane voorziet groei voor balanskraan”

2016-12-01

Kenmerk balanskraan: lage operationele kosten Voor overslag van bulkgoederen, voornamelijk in havens, worden hoofdzakelijk overslagkranen toegepast. Op plaatsen waar veel schroot wordt overgeslagen verschijnen ze ook steeds vaker. Voorbeelden zijn staalfabrieken waar smeltkroezen moeten worden gevuld of grote schrootwerven, bijvoorbeeld voor het laden en lossen van zee- en binnenvaartschepen. E-Crane, producent van balanskranen, ziet de markt voor haar kranen nog steeds toenemen ondanks de magere economische groei. Een gevolg van het principe dat zorgt voor lage operationele kosten. ‘’Vroeger...

Argentine Government Officials Visit the New E-Crane for Cofco in Timbúes

2016-11-17

The Chief of Ministers (Marcos Pena), Infrastructure and Transport Minister (Guillermo Dietrich) and Santa Fe Governor (Miguel Lifschtiz) attended the event, along with E-Crane agent German Bertolo. The E-Crane is located on a new barge dock, and will unload grain from material barges into a hopper located on the dock. The E-Crane is a 1500 Series / Model 10290 PD-E with an outreach of 29 meters and a maximum duty cycle capacity of 14t. Source: SL24.com

Found on the Web: Beelman River Terminals

2016-11-10

In the spring of 2001, Beelman River Terminals began offloading operations at their new terminal in Venice, IL. which is situated on the east bank of the Mississippi River just north of St. Louis. The crane was engineered specifically for the Beelman facility and is mounted on a 4-legged pedestal directly to 4 piles. The receiving hopper is barge mounted and captive between dolphins. This design allows for a full range of river levels without effecting the unloading cycle time. The E-Crane is working every day offloading direct to trucks – and even with 5 trucks making round trips...

Found in the new Blue Fuchs brochure: E-Crane the Original Balanced Crane

2016-11-10

E-Crane the Original balanced crane, built to optimise your logistics Lower energy consumption means lower costs. E-Crane’s balanced design drastically reduces horsepower requirements and saves energy. With traditional hoisting machinery, the payload, working tool and steel construction have to be raised. But the E-Crane’s balance compensates for all but the payload resulting in important energy savings. E-Crane have been doing things quite differently for the last 25 years. Utilising the principle of equilibrium, where the stick is connected to the rotating counterweight...

E-Crane Team Building Event: ‘Safety is the Target we Aim For’

2016-11-10

Earlier this month, E-Crane USA held its first annual Team Building Outing. This was the first ever event which brought together every single E-Crane USA employee at the same time. Team members from the Columbus (Ohio) Solutions Center, Texas Service Center and Gulf Coast Service Center all met at the company headquarters in Galion, Ohio for several days full of activities. The theme of the week was safety. At E-Crane, safety is the number one priority. It is important that all employees understand how to act safely, not only while in a work environment, but also in their daily lives outside...

E-Crane Service Center Team in Texas

2016-11-10

Left to right: Jason Reilly, Neil Fortney, Chris Paragas, Jeremy Scribner, Joe Biglin, Josiah Justice, Hayden Decker, and Dixie Hanley

SETTING THINGS STRAIGHT: Why Swing Bearing Selection is CRUCIAL for Long Life

2016-09-27

It has been mentioned that E-Crane® uses “Single Row Ball Slewing Rings” by our friendly competition. Let us set the record straight and give you some genuine information on “Slewing Rings” used by E-Crane®. The single row ball configuration with four point contact raceways is a commonly employed slew bearing for cranes and some material handlers. This design does not meet the E-Crane® standards! Therefore E-Crane® only uses ‘Roller Slewing Rings’ with a line contact between roller and raceway. First of all, the slew bearing is the most fundamental mechanical element of a crane, excavator...

Picture of the Month – June 2016

2016-06-30

Recently, E-Crane technicians were supporting our products on a floating transfer station in the Indian Ocean. “Working at E-Crane brings something new every day and even stormy weather cannot keep us from providing services to our customers worldwide.” – Bart De Vrieze – E-Crane Engineer

Successful Training Week in Texas

2016-06-28

Last week, E-Crane USA hosted a hands-on training program at the Texas Service Center facility in Rockport, Texas. The week long program was held for E-Crane representatives to learn more about E-Crane equipment, and was attended by Mr. Germán Bertolo, Mr. Alejandro Garcia, and Mr. Jerry Hoffman. Mr. Germán Bertolo (Ingeber), Mr. Alejandro Garcia (Simehsa), Mr. Steve Osborne (E-Crane), Mr. Jerry Hoffman (E-Crane) Mr. Germán Bertolo is an E-Crane customer service representative for sales and service in Argentina. (See ‘Partnership between E-Crane International and Ingeber’.) Mr. Alejandro...

When E-Crane Texas is Talking Maintenance They Really go ‘ALL-IN’

2016-06-28

Contrary to what the title suggests, having a service contract like the one E-Crane Texas has with Sherwin Alumina certainly isn’t like playing poker as no chances have to be taken. It all depends on the flexibility of the organization, careful planning and coordination with the client as well as having a good inventory of spare parts and tools to allow for all eventualities. In a mission critical application like the one at Sherwin Alumina, keeping downtime to a minimum is an absolute must. Handymax and Panamax vessels are unloaded on a regular basis at the port belonging to the...

Found in the Magazine DCI: ‘Another E-Crane Milestone in Latin America’

2016-04-19

On 22 March, E-Crane USA announced a sales and service agreement with SIMEHSA Sa de CV (Sistemas Mecanicos e Hidraulicos, SA de CV ) located in Santa Catarina, Nuevo Leon, Mexico (Greater Monterrey area). Alejandro Garcia Senior and Junior as well as Federico Santillana and Alberto Reyes are excited to be able to offer E-Crane products and services to their clients in the steel and maritime Industries. E-Crane looks forward to a fruitful and prosperous relationship. Federico Santillana (Sales Department), Alberto Reyes (Sales Department), Alejandro Garcia Suarez (Founder of Simesha),...

Last Week was a Busy One for E-Crane USA

2016-04-19

During the week of April 4th, E-Crane USA was present at multiple tradeshows around the world. From April 4 – 6, E-Crane attended the ISRI Convention and Exposition in Las Vegas, Nevada. ISRI, the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, is the largest tradeshow in the USA for the scrap recycling industry. Mark W. Osborne @ the ISRI Convention and Exposition. Kelly Carl & Mark W. Osborne @ the ISRI Convention and Exposition. From April 5 – 7, E-Crane also attended the Intermodal Show in São Paulo, Brazil. This was E-Crane’s first time attending...

E-Crane Hosts Students from Pioneer Career and Technology Center

2016-03-22

On March 18, E-Crane was happy to host a small group of students with high functioning autism at our facility in Galion, OH for a workshop tour and presentations about our company. A group of 5 students as well as 3 teachers attended. The students sat down in the conference room to hear a presentation about the E-Crane company, who we are, what we do, and where our E-Cranes are located. They were also given a shop tour where they were shown around the grabs that we have in the shop, as well as the test bench simulator followed by a demonstration on our hose making capabilities. The students...

“Another Milestone to Improve E-Crane Sales and Service in Latin America”

2016-03-22

ENGLISH VERSION E-Crane USA is pleased to announce a sales and service agreement with SIMEHSA Sa de CV (Sistemas Mecanicos e Hidraulicos, SA de CV ) located in Santa Catarina, Nuevo Leon, Mexico (Greater Monterrey area). Alejandro Garcia Senior and Junior as well as Federico Santillana and Alberto Reyes are excited to be able to offer E-Crane products and services to their clients in the steel and maritime Industries. We look forward to a fruitful and prosperous relationship. Photo: Federico Santillana (Sales Department), Alberto Reyes (Sales Department), Alejandro Garcia Suarez...

Partnership between E-Crane International and Ingeber

2016-03-14

E-Crane International is pleased to announce a commercial representative agreement for Latin America with Ingeber SRL in Rosario, Argentina. After receiving training at the E-Crane facilities in the USA, Ingeber will also be able to offer our existing and future clients technical support. Ingeber will be responsible for the marketing and support of E-Crane products in Argentina and the region of influence. The contract was signed by Steve Osborne and Steve Suter on behalf of E-Crane ® and Germán Bertolo of Ingeber SRL. This agreement clearly reflects E-Crane’s desire to have a greater...

Picture of the Month – January 2016

2016-02-01

Van Oord’s E-Crane while operating in Kazachstan (Caspian Sea)

E-Crane: Een onderneming met een hart !

2015-12-29

Sinds kort stellen we een magazijnruimte kosteloos ter beschikking van de Werkgroep ‘Kinderkankerfonds Maldegem’. Drie enthousiaste dames, Magda Vandermeersch, Linda De Croock en Marita Coddens en begeleider Geert bezochten recent E-Crane® om nadere afspraken te maken. Ondertussen is de verhuis reeds verleden tijd en hebben hun materialen een nieuw onderkomen gevonden. E-Crane® is blij op deze manier de vrijwilligers van ‘Kinderkankerfonds Maldegem’ een duwtje in de rug te kunnen geven. Ook wij brachten een kort bezoekje aan de dames terwijl ze volop aan het werk waren....

E-Crane: A Company With a Heart!

2015-12-29

Recently, we set up a warehouse space free of charge for the working group ‘Children’s Cancer Fund’. Three enthusiastic ladies, Magda Vandermeersch, Linda De Croock and Marita Coddens along with their companion Geert, visited E-Crane® recently to make further arrangements. The move has already taken place, and their materials have found a new home. E-Crane® is happy to give the volunteers at ‘Children’s Cancer Fund’ a helping hand. We paid a brief visit to the ladies while they were hard at work. One of the volunteers, Marita Coddens, told us that this initiative...

Gevonden in het magazine ‘Haven op- en overslag’: Wit is het nieuwe groen

2015-12-29

E-Crane: Wit is het nieuwe groen De Belgische producent E-Crane ontwerpt haar overslagkranen op basis van het energiezuinige balansprincipe. De machines, die standaard in het wit worden geleverd, staan dan ook voor een groene oplossing. Bij de overslag van grondstoffen wordt het energieverbruik steeds belangrijker. De impact van een overslagkraan op het milieu dient namelijk zo laag mogelijk te zijn. Tegelijk drukt een energiezuinige installatie de kosten per overgeslagen ton, wat voor een economische haalbaarheid van het proces van essentieel belang is. E-Crane merkt de afgelopen jaren...

Blue Fuchs Appointed Dealer for E-Crane in the United Kingdom

2015-10-12

The Blue Group is a specialist provider of materials processing equipment for the quarrying, waste recycling, scrap, port and wood handling industries in the UK & Ireland and E-Crane is happy to announce Blue Group Company, Blue Fuchs, as the dealer for E-Crane in the UK. Blue offers complete solutions from single equipment specification and supply, to the bespoke design and installation of complete integrated processing systems. With an extensive but focused portfolio of world leading brands in the materials processing sector, Blue is able to combine the very best in proven equipment...

Picture of the Month – July 2015

2015-07-30

E-Crane Sponsors Maggi Football Team/E-Crane patrocina equipe de futebol da Maggi

2015-07-30

In early 2015, E-Crane successfully installed a massive 3000 Series E-Crane for midstream transfer operations on the Amazon river near Itacoatiara, Brazil for Grupo André Maggi. The floating, barge mounted E-Crane will be used to transfer soybeans directly from barges to Panamax sized vessels. In continuation of a great relationship with this client, E-Crane has sponsored a local football team made up of barge operators and maintenance personnel who work with the E-Crane. The team has two sets of uniforms, both bearing the E-Crane logo. The uniforms are the colors of Maggi which also...

Gevonden in lokaal weekblad ‘Vrij Maldegem’: ZILVEREN E-CRANE STELDE ZIJN E-HANDLER VOOR

2015-07-03

Bron: Vrij Maldegem 5 juni (week 23) pagina 10

E-Crane Represented by Pac Machinery at the Annual Congress FER

2015-07-02

Pac Machinery at the annual congress FER (Federación Española de Recuperación y Reciclaje) in the city of Valencia on 11th and 12th June

Picture of the Month – June 2015

2015-06-30

E-HANDLER: ‘Top Quality, Short Delivery Time & Attractive Pricing’

Speech Mr. Geert Moerman (Managing Director VOKA)

2015-06-29

Good evening, My name is Geert Moerman, I am the Managing Director of the Chamber of Commerce East-Flanders. I am very glad to express my greatest respect and joy on this 25th anniversary of E-Crane, one of the beautiful hidden pearls of our Flemish industry. E-Crane sounds like an app, but produces in fact one of the most robust cranes I ever saw. On top of this – and speaking as non-technician- I am always touched by the beauty of these cranes. In the port of Ghent, an important European port for those who wouldn’t know, the scrap cranes of Galloo/Van Heyghen recycling, played...

E-Crane Returns to METEC in Düsseldorf

2015-06-29

This June, E-Crane participated in the METEC exhibition for the second time. The event focusses on all aspects of the steel making industry and takes place every four years in Düsseldorf. E-Crane showcased the state-of-the-art scrap logistics solutions we have to offer and like in 2011, a lot of people visited our stand. The two main attractions were the scale model of the scrap yard at the Carinox stainless steel mill near Charleroi, Belgium, and our own artisanal E-Crane beer ‘Pittig Blondje’, or ‘Spicy Blonde’ as it is called in English. Many...

E-Crane Training for Service Engineers Maple Leaf International and AES

2015-06-26

E-Crane organized at the end of May a two week training for Maple Leaf International from Bangladesh and for the American Equipment Services (AES), based in Singapore. During their visit five E-Crane engineers received an extensive theoretical and practical training. The trainees worked together with E-Crane personnel during the Factory Acceptance and Testing process. A lot of attention was given to the EMM (Electronic Machine Management), maintenance tasks, repair jobs and several fine-tuning procedures. From left to right: Mr. Lieven Bauwens (Managing Director E-Crane),...

Burning it Up in Texas

2015-06-26

The E-Crane Texas Service Center crew worked hard last week laying stone around the building to give it a new, updated look. They celebrated by having a bonfire with the old materials and cooking out with the new team. You know what they say…everything is bigger in Texas!

E-CRANE INTERNATIONAL USA ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF NEW CEO

2015-06-25

(Galion, OH – June 24th, 2015) – E-Crane International USA (ECI-USA), a market leader in material handling solutions for the bulk and scrap handling industry, today announced that the Board of Directors has unanimously elected Steven M. Osborne as Chief Executive Officer effective June 24th, 2015. Steven Osborne succeeds his father and ECI-USA’s current President and CEO Mark W. Osborne who has been successfully leading the company since it was founded in 1999. Mark Osborne will continue to serve the company as a member of the management team responsible for sales & marketing. “The Board...

Found in the magazin “Infrabuild”

2015-06-24

E-Crane Opens Service Center in Texas

2015-03-19

Within the past year, E-Crane has opened a new service center and warehouse in Rockport, Texas to service the E-Cranes in the area. This service center has six on-site technicians, ready to handle any 24/7 service and maintenance needs, as well as its own parts inventory and warehouse. The warehouse provides an ideal amount of space for parts storage and daily crane related projects that take place. It is also equipped with a built in office, sleeping quarters, kitchen, and lounge/classroom. The sleeping quarters allow for a comfortable environment for technicians who are on call day and...

“Demo Days 2015” : INVITATION

2015-03-09

*** VISIT THE E-CRANE DEMO DAYS 2015 ! *** We hereby invite you to visit the E-CRANE DEMO DAYS 2015 from May 26th until May 30th at our European Headquarters, Adegem, Belgium. Our eye-catcher, a crawler mounted E-Handler with 29 meters outreach, will be on display. The E-Handlers have proven themselves for over 10 years now. Just one more reason why you should come and see for yourself how E-Crane is setting a new benchmark for material handling equipment. Interested ? Make your appointment now !Mr. Bas Tolhuizen (EUR+ASIA) +31-620 44 71...

Picture of the Month – January 2015

2015-01-15

E-Crane was well represented at the WorkBoat Show

ECI-USA: Field Service Milestone

2015-01-15

E-Crane International USA has reached a new milestone with the help of our Field Service Team. After a recent service trip to Kyger Creek, our Field Service Team has reached a total of 1000 completed field service trips. The E-Crane service department has been consistently growing and improving over the past several years to continually meet our customer’s needs. The ECI-USA service team has grown to 14 team members with two additional service centers added in the past two years. In 2013, the E-Crane USA Service Group opened a new satellite service center based...

E-Crane and Rexroth: Long-term and Pleasant Collaboration

2014-12-01

‘Bosch Rexroth supplier of the month’ Erik Staes, Branch Manager of Mobile Applications at Bosch Rexroth NV says: ‘Since the establishment of Indusign in the 1990s, there has been a collaboration with Bosch Rexroth. Currently, I visit them for business on a monthly basis, and if there are new projects or special adjustments required by customer specifications, then I discuss these directly and naturally solve them as quickly as possible.’ Products from the high pressure spectrum Bosch Rexroth supplies many products from the high pressure spectrum to E-Crane. Among these are pumps...

Picture of the Month – October 2014

2014-10-29

2000 Series, Rail Mounted E-Crane loads a Panamax vessel at the Port of Kokkola in Finland

E-Crane and ING: A Long Lasting Client Relationship

2014-10-29

The international network of ING has proven to be a benefit to E-Crane. E-Crane is a major client of ING, working directly with Patrick Roegiers, the relationship manager of ING. E-Crane, is primarily a manufacturer of cranes for bulk material handling, but has also recently become a leading manufacturer of windmills with the acquisition of a company called Famaba. Famaba, located in Poland, has had a long standing partnership with E-Crane, making all of the steel construction for the main E-Crane components. In addition to this Famaba is also producing the circular...

E-Crane floating solutions

2014-10-29

MH900 Series – Up to 500tph! 1500 Series – Up to 1000tph! Many ports are faced with problems such as congestion, no land for expansion, and costly outdated infrastructure. E-Crane has the ideal solution to solve these problems by moving bulk handling operations to the water. The balanced design of the E-Crane results in significant energy savings, and it also makes the E-Crane ideal for mounting on a floating barge. Because of the E-Crane’s excellent stability, the movement of the E-Crane causes very minimal listing and movement of the barge and smaller barge...

Breaking News: E-Towers Famaba receives bronze medal in Vestas’ ‘Supplier of the Year’-contest.

2014-10-02

It was an exciting experience last week when E-Towers Famaba was informed by Vestas management to be one of the six nominated companies for the ‘Supplier of the year Award 2014’. This prestigious Vestas award is based on criteria such as Delivery & Quality Performance, Development Ability, Continuous Improvement and Showing Extraordinary Effort and over 15.000 suppliers in Vestas’ worldwide supply chain are evaluated. Last Thursday evening it was Mr. Piotr Małagocki and Mr. Dennis Thomsen who participated in the final event where the award winning suppliers were...

E-Crane Technology Showcase 2014

2014-08-13

We are pleased to announce plans for a E-Crane Technology Showcase to be held December 3rd – December 5th, 2014 in New Orleans Louisiana USA. This will take place alongside the International Workboat Show (IWBS) held during the same week at the New Orleans Convention Center. The Workboat Show is the largest Marine trade show in North America serving the people and businesses working on both inland and coastal waterways. Over the course of three days, 1000 vendors will exhibit their products and services to more than 7000 expected attendees. This week will be an opportunity to learn more...

E-Crane opens new training facility at Adegem

2014-06-26

Operating worldwide, E-Crane’s approach to learning and training of employees and customers is an essential part of the E-Crane business model. The all-new training facility will be branded as “E-Crane Academy”. E-Crane is dedicated to create a strong learning experience for both customers and E-Crane co-workers. All training courses will focus on the skills of the people participating in order to meet the expectations of the participants. Located just next to our assembly shop it will also provide possibilities to combine class-room training with some hands-on experience. This will...

The ORIGINAL balanced crane

2014-06-18

Source: Dry Cargo International edition March/April/May 2014

E-Crane: The future starts today, not tomorrow

2014-05-19

Picture by:Piotr MałagockiProject Manager – E-Towers® Famaba Construction works for new assembly plant for towers and cranes are making good progress. Runways for overhead travelling cranes are under construction. Very soon heavy components upto 100 tons will be handled safely and efficiently on the workfloor.

E-Crane received as ‘Fast Growing Large Company’ a prestigious ‘Trends Gazelle’ award.

2014-03-04

On Wednesday February 26th ‘Trends Gazellen Oost-Vlaanderen’ awards were announced in Ghent. For the third year, E-Crane/Indusign has been mentioned in the prestigious list of the top 200 fastest growing East-Flemish companies! E-Crane/Indusign was placed in the top 40 among the 100 large-sized award winning companies. This classification is based on the company’s results obtained over a 5 year time span, meaning that E-Crane/Indusign’s “fast growth” was not simply based on a period of short-term success. We are very proud of this award and...

Ghent Port Company pleased with second E-Crane at Van Heyghen Recycling

2014-02-10

Since November 16, 2012 the Van Heyghen Recycling company (part of the Galloo Group) has been utilizing two E-Cranes. This second E-Crane was installed and commissioned three years after the first one was put into use. This second, identical crane is used for the loading of large seagoing vessels. The Ghent Port Company is pleased with this, as Van Heyghen Recycling is able to help to develop economic growth in the port of Ghent. In the past, the loading of large seagoing vessels was carried out by means of rented mobile port cranes. The first E-Crane at the Van Heyghen Recycling facility...

Working at E-Crane according to Steve Suter, E-Crane Service Manager

2013-10-20

San Lorenzo, October 19th: Steve Suter, E-Crane’s International Service Manager currently installing the all-new T6 E-Crane reports: “The worldwide contacts with our clientele, the international coop between installation teams that comes with it, is something that I never want to give up! It’s an amazing thing when 1-2 people from Belgium & 1-2 people from the US can meet in another country and we can all work together barely speaking!, get a lot of work done safely, and we all look out for each other! And have fun doing it, I Love It! All which impresses the customers!”

Visit us at the CARI Convention

2013-06-14

June 20-22Marriott Harbourfront HotelHalifax, N.S. CanadaTABLE #6 This year marks the 72nd annual convention for the Canadian Association of Recycling Industries (CARI), a branch of the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI). The convention focuses on scrap recycling and is aimed at improving and promoting the scrap industry. The theme of the convention this year is the “Sea of Opportunity”. Canada has always relied on the United States for export and imports and has never been a completely self-contained scrap industry. Therefore Canada must look...

Picture of the Month – December 2012

2013-01-02

Blokje om met Filemon

2012-12-28

Kijk mee met BNN-presentator Filemon Wesselink hoe de harde zeewering aangelegd wordt op Maasvlakte 2. Tweedehands zijn ze, de beschermende betonblokken die Maasvlakte 2 in de noordwesthoek behoeden voor woeste golfaanvallen. Sinds de jaren zeventig hebben ze de Maasvlakte beschermd. Anno 2011 heeft megakraan Blockbuster de reuzendobbelstenen opnieuw in zee gezet. Van de 20.000 bruikbare betonblokken is een dam gemaakt van 3,5 kilometer. BNN-presentator Filemon Wesselink kon de aantrekkingskracht van blokken en Blockbuster in Amsterdam voelen. Op naar de nieuwste Nederlandse buitengrens....

Mark Osborne Re-elected as ASME Chairman

2012-04-12

Last week, Mark Osborne, President of E-Crane International USA was re-elected as the chairman of ASME Subcommittee B30.25. ASME, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, writes codes and safety standards that are followed by the engineering community by law. Mark was a founding member of the subcommittee which was started over 15 years ago. He has been its chairman for the past three years and has been re-elected for the next three. Subcommittee B30.25 is specifically focused on the “scrap and material handlers” sect. Standards set within this group are relevant...

Featured Customer: Shamrock Materials

2012-04-04

Robert McIntosh was the President of Shamrock’s Landing Way Depot for this start-up project and ran the operations for several years. “We started with a self-unloading barge, but that was a slow, inefficient, low capacity operation. We needed something much better for full scale operations.” During the investigation process, Shamrock became aware of E-Crane’s uncomplicated equilibrium design with its high capacity, simple maintenance, long service life and ease of operation—all the things the Shamrock transloading operation absolutely needed. “We explained our situation,...

It’s Full Steam Ahead…

2012-02-01

During the second half of 2011 E-Crane Worldwide shipped another 700 series E-Crane to S Alam Sugar Refinery. It is the first machine to be used in the City of Chittagong (the largest seaport in Bangladesh) as well as the first floating E-Crane in Bangladesh. After completion of the construction of the barge by our client the E-Crane was installed and commissioned by the E-Crane erection team, assisted by Maple Leaf International’s service engineers, during the 4th quarter of 2011. After a short period of testing and training actual production started on the 29th of December 2011 when...

E-Crane receives repeat order from Van Heyghen Recycling (Group Galloo)

2012-01-12

Ghent, Belgium: Two years after the installation of the first BIG E-Crane to offload Panamax-size vessels at the Van Heyghen Recycling export terminal in the harbor of Ghent, Belgium, E-Crane is proud to announce that they have now received the order for a second identical unit. In the past, the scrap loading, unloading and stockpiling operations on the dock were carried out by contracted large rubber tired mobile harbor cranes. Now that the first E-Crane has proven itself for several years and has passed numerous tests verifying reliability and hourly production rates with flying...

E-Crane Open House Well Attended

2011-10-28

E-Crane International USA Inc. held an Open House October 20-21 at their headquarters in Galion, Ohio. More than 200 people attended the event, which included a tour of the facility, a banquet, and opportunities to see and experience a 700 Series E-Crane in action. A product demonstration of scrap handling was conducted every half hour, and attendees could board the E-Crane to see it working from the operator’s perspective. “We held this Open House to show our very sincere appreciation to our staff, friends, their families and others who do such a great job of helping us engineer,...

E-Dredger “Albatros” owned by Herbosch-Kiere at work in the port of Ostend

2011-09-21

The top layer of the sea defense consists of so-called Haro blocks, each weighing in at 15 tons. The longitudinal dikes are needed to increase the accessibility of the port for larger sea going vessels and at the same time protect the city against flooding. Recently, the construction of these dams in the Port of Ostend has taken off. The eastern part is already taking shape nicely while the western part still needs more work. In the meantime, the complete area is being dredged. For this, the dredging vessel ‘Pinocchio’ – especially brought in from South-Africa – is being used. These impressive...

Scrap Metal Giants DVD: Steven Vale takes us to see Europe’s newest and largest cranes at work

2011-07-23

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...

Global Materials Services Venezuela on bulk-online.com

2011-06-29

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...

E-Crane, the backbone of the scrapyard at the ArcelorMittal stainless steel mill

2011-06-06

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...

Maintaining Perfect Balance

2011-04-26

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...

Multifunctional crane improves unloading efficiency

2011-02-22

E-Crane is listed in Pit&Quarry’s “Loaders & loading equipment” feature in their latest November issue.

Festive inauguration of “NORA”, a 2000 Series E-Crane Model 17359 GA-E

2010-12-21

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...

Press Release Earthmovers: “Block booking”

2010-11-26

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

2010-11-15

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

2010-11-04

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

2010-10-29

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...

ECI-USA Accepting Credit Card Purchases

2010-10-05

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

2010-09-27

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

2010-09-27

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

Rotterdam: Construction of Maasvlakte 2 enters new phase

2010-05-31

Port of Rotterdam in The Netherlands says construction of Maasvlakte 2 project is proceeding well. This month, the 120 millionth m3 of sand was sprayed onto the site, which means that half of all the sand needed for the first phase of Maasvlakte 2 up to 2013 has been reclaimed and the project is therefore well on schedule. The construction of the first quay wall began in February and the contractors’ consortium, called PUMA, has started building the hard sea defences along the northwest side of the new land. Over the last few months, a peninsula stretching approximately 3km was reclaimed...

Tweede Maasvlakte krijgt stilaan vorm

2010-05-31

Source: Le Lloyd – De Lloyd dd 30/04/2010

Maasvlakte klaar voor enorme blockbuster

2010-05-24

De beweegbare onderarm moet nog worden gemonteerd net als de grijper die de grote betonnen blokken vastpakt en op hun plek legt. Maar dan kan de reusachtige “blockbuster” – die de harde zeewering voor Maasvlakte 2 gaat bouwen – aan de slag. De één heeft het over het hunnebed van Rotterdam; de ander noemt het Stonehenge aan de Maas. PUMA heeft tijdelijk 1000 grote betonnen blokken geparkeerd op een hoekje van Maasvlakte 2. Bron: Cobouw 19-05-2010

Bestand tegen een superstorm

2010-04-13

De zeewering van de Maasvlakte 2 moet bestand zijn tegen een storm die eens in de 10.000 jaar voorkomt. De bouw ervan is begonnen. Hoe gaat dit in zijn werk? Bron: HAVENKRANT, Port of Rotterdam, NR. 5 JAAR 2 – MAART 2010

Successful E-Crane installation at PPG Natrium

2010-03-12

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...

World Port Development reports: Climbing out of depression

2010-01-07

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. … In the meantime, we report on soe of the cargo handling equipment manufactureres and their achievements in 2009. … Europe … 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

2009-12-09

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...

Read in Brazil: MultiServ Brochure featuring 1000Series E-Crane®

2009-10-12

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® nominated for IBJ “Crane of the Year” Award

2009-10-05

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...

Bas Tolhuizen takes up his new function as International Sales Manager at E-Crane Worldwide

2009-09-10

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

2009-09-04

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)

2009-08-20

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

2009-07-27

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?

2009-07-03

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

2009-07-02

… 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

2009-06-26

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.)...

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