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New GustoMSC jack-up for wind turbines
GustoMSC has developed a self-propelled jack-up system designed to install the next generation of wind turbines offshore
Copper producer increases efficiency with Kamag lift transporter
A Kamag industrial lift transporter has been bought to help with maintenance operations by German copper producer Aurubis
CES launches 150 tonne reachstacker
Manufacturer CES is launching a 150 tonne capacity reachstacker that it describes as an alternative to crawler cranes and self propelled modular transporter
RSS supplies port modernisation project
A huge military infrastructure development project is being carried out in the Falkland Islands. UK company RSS has supplied lifting and rigging equipment for one of the early stages
Offshore deaeration vessel successfully weighed
Global brands unite on equipment project
Turning heavy: Enerpac's new gantry lift system
Installation of turbines and other heavy components in power plants is a major challenge. Enerpac's new system can lift and rotate the load to make the job easier, safer and quicker
Mammoet in 14,273 tonne Jangkrik load out
Time saved in FPU construction by Mammoet with load out of 14,273 tonne integrated topside module for Indonesia's Jangkrik Complex project
Mammoet completes Chernobyl confinement
Mammoet has finished skidding the new safe confinement arch – the largest land-based movable structure in the world – over the reactor building of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine
Hydraulic skidding system aids US power plant
A failed transformer was moved out of an electricity generating facility and replaced with a new one by Missouri, USA-based HWP Rigging using a Hydra-Slide HT500 skidding system
RRS at LiftEx
Crane and equipment contractor Rapid Resonse Solutions in the United Kingdom will show its new Hydra-Slide AS500 alignment shoes for final positioning of loads at LiftEx
ALE jack up wins energy award
ALE’s UK branch has jointly won the ‘Best Energy Project’ award at the East of England Energy Group Awards 2016
Rapid bridge replacement with Engineered Rigging
Engineered Rigging in the USA has announced the Rapid Bridge Replacement System which allows a railway bridge span to be exchanged for a new one in one day
Yu Sin moves 240 tonne boring machine
Tunnel boring specialist Yu Sing Engineering Work, based in Singapore, skidded a tunnel boring machine using a Hydra-Slide HT300
RRS to distribute Hydra-Slide
Rapid Response Solutions (RRS) has become the first distributor of Hydra-Slide’s hydraulically powered skidding systems and other related products in the UK and Ireland
First job in Europe for ALE’s Mega Jack
ALE has used its Mega Jack lifting system for the first time in Europe as part of the Albert Kanaal Project in Belgium
Hansa Meyer completes transformer installation
Hansa Meyer Heavy Haul & Rigging used a 500 US ton (454 tonnes) capacity, heavy track skidding system to position two transformers
DraxPower uses Collett to move abnormal loads
Power generation business DraxPower used UK-based specialized transport company Collett & Sons for the relocation of nine 185 tonne transformers
30,000 tonne load out for ALE
ALE completed the load out of the first 30,000 tonne CAT-J jack up rig in July, using a skidding system that was designed for the project in South Korea
Holtec chooses Enerpac for cask transporter
Nuclear equipment and handling systems supplier to the energy industry, Holtec International, has chosen Enerpac to design, fabricate and commission a 170 tonne cask transporter
Ball mill installation for ALE
ALE, the international heavy lift and transport company, has performed the unique installation of a new ball mill on the Mafuta diamond mining vessel
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