Mammoet's Kobelco order reaches 29 units

Mammoet has completed an order for 29 Kobelco crawler cranes for use in a range of applications worldwide.

The order includes six 180 tonne capacity CKE1800 and 23 250 tonne CKE2500-2 crawler cranes, of which seven are destined for the Gorgon LNG (liquified natural gas) Project in Western Australia.

Since placing an initial order for five CKE2500-2s t Bauma 2010 for operations in Brazil, Sakhalin and Middle East, the Netherland's-based heavy-lift specialist increased its order to 23 units.

Apart from the forementioned countries, the cranes are also destined for Russia, Europe, Australia and other parts of South America.

Three of the CKE2500-2s will be supplied to the Netherlands complete with tilt cab, 64 m crane boom, 91 m long boom, 61 m luffing tower boom and 61 m luffing jib. The machines will be used on a range of industrial, petrochemical and maritime projects including Tata steel works, a new hospital in Utrecht and at Mammoet's own port terminal in Terneuzen.

Commenting on the orders for the 250 tonne model, Jan van Seumeren Jr., Mammoet chief technical officer, said, "The reliability and capacity in the 250 tonnes class were the key factors for Mammoet in deciding to buy another 23 units of the CKE2500-2 for our worldwide operations."