WORLDWIDE HEAVY TRANSPORTATION AND LIFTING Company News WORLD’S LARGEST LAND BASED CRANE PERFORMS INAUGURAL LIFTS IN BRAZIL The world’s largest capacity land based crane, the AL.SK350, has performed its inaugural lifts in Brazil, using its 4,000t winch system and high speed slew. ALE is currently using the AL.SK350 crane to lift and install approximately 40 modules, weighing up to 3,000t, onto the P-74 FPSO (Floating Production, Storage and Offloading) vessel in the south of Brazil. The crane was selected by the client as, due to its large capacity, it was the only crane capable of installing the modules complete and without additional relocation of the ship’s hull. This has saved the client considerable construction time and money in the construction schedule. The heaviest module on the project will weigh 3,000t, making it the heaviest commercial load ever lifted by a land based mobile crane. Ronnie Adams, Senior Project Manager on site, commented: “The crane is performing well and exceeding expectations with its high slew speed, in combination with the 4,000t winch system. Despite challenges due to the weather, we have successfully completed the first campaign ahead of schedule, recognising the engineering achievements this milestone brings.” ALE’s AL.SK350 crane has been rigged in its current biggest configuration with 49m ballast radius and 4,000t ballast. The main boom is a 130m long A-frame design on a very stable 18m wide base. The crane is equipped with a 4,000t main winch system and 600t auxiliary quick winch system. For heavier loads up to 5000t a strand jack lifting system can be installed. The AL.SK350 crane was launched in 2013 with a lifting capacity of 5,000t and a load moment of 354,000tm. The AL.SK cranes are also available in AL.SK190 and AL.SK700 configurations, achieving capacities up to 4,300t and 8,000t respectively. With its 354,000tm load moment capacity, it is the largest capacity crane in the market by a significant margin and it’s huge lifting capabilities enables clients to construct equipment for lifting weighing heavier than ever before. WORLD RECORD JACK-UP: MALIKAI PROJECT WINS BEST INNOVATIVE PROJECT AWARD ALE has won the ‘Best Innovative Project/Concept’ award for their performance during the Malikai Project in 2015. Announced at the Dusit Thani Hotel Dubai on 29 May 2016, the 7th ‘ShipTek International Maritime’ awards were attended by 150 professionals from across different sectors. This was one of 18 categories honouring organisations and individuals for industrial contributions and excellence. ALE beat stiff competition from three other nominees in the category to win the ‘Best Innovative Project’ award for jack-up, skidding and load-out operations during the Malikai Project in Johor Darul Takzim, Malaysia. During the project, ALE jacked-up the Topside, weighing 13,600t, 40m high, before skidding the Topside a distance of 90m whilst at this elevation – making these the world’s highest jack-up and skidding operations performed on this scale. ALE mated the Topside with the Hull, then loaded-out the TLP (Tension Leg Platform). Taco Vissers, Project Manager/Engineer, said: “We are delighted for the project to have won this award. This is the first time an operation like this has ever been attempted. It not only broke the world record for the highest ever jack-up on this scale, but then to skid the Topside 90m whilst in the air at 40m, is a major feat of engineering and sets the bar for heavylifting capabilities across all sectors. All of the team involved are proud of what has been achieved.” Shiptek 2016 Awards Committee said: “The Mega Jack system stood out amongst the entries received and the possibilities that the system would pose in the industry impressed the judging panel.” A video of this project can be viewed at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J94-o3BIDFI ALE DOUBLE WINNERS AT THE ESTA AWARDS ALE has won two ESTA awards, one for ‘Cranes, Lattice Boom’ and another for ‘Combined Techniques’. Announced at the Hotel Bayerischer Hof on 14 April 2016, the annual ‘ESTA Awards of Excellence’ were attended by all ESTA members, affiliated companies, end users and manufacturers working in heavy haulage, transport and the lifting industry. ALE beat stiff competition to win the ‘Cranes, Lattice Boom’ award for the multi-crane lift during the roll-up operations of the jacket frames for the Solan Oilfield Development Project in Methil, UK. ALE also won the ‘Combined Techniques’ award for the installation of Nacka Bridge in Sweden, using a combination of strand jacks, SPMTs and barges to transport and install the bridge over several phases. This brings ALE’s total ESTA award count to ten and the total award count for 2016 to four, after ALE won the ‘Job of the Year (BE16)’ award, for the Highbury transformer move in London, and the ‘Project of the Year’ award, for the Western Link Project, at The Heavies in March 2016. 2. WWW.ALE-HEAVYLIFT.COM 3.