The 'Mama Mobokoli' was inaugurated in the port of Zeebrugge on 22nd February 2008. This floating trans-loading station, designed and built by E-Crane Worldwide, was moored in Zeebrugge, ready to be towed to its final destination in Matadi, Democratic Republic of Congo. Mama Mobokoli is a 1000 m² barge, equipped with a 1500B Series E-Crane with reach of 39,5 metres and lift capacity of 13.5 tonnes. ...
For this milestone project, Siemens VAI was responsible for the overall engineering, erection,and commissioning of the steel works. This included the turnkey supply of a 160-ton electric arc furnace, a 180-ton AOD converter, a twin-180-ton-standladle-treatment station with a common furnace, a single-strand slab caster in addition to auxiliary plants and the dedusting and automation systems. The plant was compactly designed with totally optimized logistics and offers ...
After years of being down in the doldrums the bulk industry seems to be climbing out of a black hole.With more investments made in cargo handling equipment, the floating crane market grabs a share of the action. Peter van Schie reports. Balancing Act Another type of design that is being applied to floating grab cranes or loading platforms is that of equilibrium or balance crane. One ...
In merely a day's time the complete lower was pre-assembled. All crane parts were carefully transported out of our workshops, and safely and precisely pre-assembled in front of the E-Crane Worldwide headquarters in Adegem, Belgium. The E-Crane® parts are transported out of the workshop to be assembled on the outer grounds. Since then, our E-Crane® engineers have been finishing, fine tuning and testing the lower and ...
From 1st to 4th May 2008 over 30 Indusign / E-Crane Worldwide employees and their partners travelled from our Adegem offices (Belgium) to Glogow, home to Famaba / Smulders Group in Poland. Everybody agreed: this was a highly successful trip, and hopefully to be repeated! Although it will be a tough job to top this one.The E-Crane® management offered their employees an all-in three day trip ...
After violent June storms earlier this week, since Wednesday night all Southern Ohio counties were under Flood Warnings. Despite these flood warnings the assembly of the second E-Crane® for Dayton Power and Light continued until Friday, June 6th.. The Ohio River came up faster than expected and our erection crew had to de-mobilize fast, real fast! When the river was rising above the 38.5 feet, the ...
E-Crane® in Belgium has consigned a floating transhipment station - a 1000m2 pontoon fitted with a series 1500B balance crane designed and built by Indusign/E-Crane Worldwide, for mid-stream operations in the Port of Matadi in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The equipment will be used to discharge grain for US-based Seaboard Corp's Minoterie de Matadi (Midema) flour mill in Matadi where, as in many ports in ...
Belgium-based E-Crane International Europe is currently towing a floating terminal to the Democratic Republic of the Congo where it will be used to unload vessels in the port of Matadi.According to the company, this is a cost-effective and flexible solution that could offer benefits to a wide range of users.The "Mama Mobokoli" moored in the Belgian port of Zeebrugge. It is now being towed to its ...
The logistics chain of bulk materials often begins with a barge. Transportation by barge is one of the most cost-effective ways to move bulk materials from the point of production to market. With today’s energy cost, this method of transportation is increasing in popularity.E-Crane International USA, Inc. (ECI) is the provider of the E-Crane® material handler in North and South America. This unloading method is applicable ...
The watertight gates from the Zeebrugge Sea Lock have just been opened for the tug Leopard and his precious cargo. This is the starting point for a 4915 nautical mile (!!!) long journey.E-Crane wishes captain Janusz of the tug Leopard and his crew a safe trip with fair weather and calm seas!
