Dutch international heavy lift specialist Mammoet has completed the acquisition of fellow international heavy lifting and transport specialist ALE, effective January 8, 2020. The businesses will now operate as one company under the Mammoet brand. Mammoet said it will now roll out an integration plan that will bring the two organisations together while maintaining safe … Read more
ALE has loaded out an 18,000-tonne topside in Zhuhai, China. ALE’s hydraulic skidding equipment was installed underneath the topside, with the skid tracks installed on a foundation of concrete blocks, before the skid shoes were positioned. This was followed by the installation of the strand jacks. The topside was subsequently loaded onto a heavy lift … Read more
Rotterdam based crane heightening specialist ZPMC Netherlands commissioned heavy lift and transportation specialist ALE to assist with the heightening of ten cranes at the Port of Felixstowe, the busiest container port in the UK. Five of the cranes weighed 1,530 tonnes and five weighed 1,650 tonnes. It was not possible to perform the heightening procedure … Read more
ALE has completed a first record-breaking lift for the construction of a La Luna Hotel in Baku, Azerbaijan. The huge, curved steel bridge, weighing 2,100 tonnes was installed between the hotel’s two towers, at a height of 120 metres to link them together. It was the greatest weight ever lifted so high by far. As … Read more
ALE has assisted to replace two girder frame bridges built in early 1920s and install a new bridge at Duisberg Hauptbahnhof which is a busy interchange point. The current bridge serves approximately 110,000 passengers daily and lies at the meeting point of many important national and international railway lines. Just north of this station, seven … Read more
ALE has lifted and transported a sulphur storage facility for the Lindsey Oil Refinery in the UK. The storage system consisted of a concrete pit, weighing 304 tonnes, and a 90-tonne lid. To lift the units ALE mobilised a gantry system, which includes jacking points that can operate in unison for optimum control and safety. Once the … Read more
Ale has announced the award of a major Steel Catenary Riser (SCR) and umbilical Pull-In contract by Subsea 7 USA. The scope of work included in this contract is for engineering, procurement, fabrication and offshore pull-in operations. ALE will start the engineering phase of this project immediately with offshore operations to follow in the first … Read more
ALE’s Lightweight Service Crane was used to install new covers over the hanging sheds of a high-rise building in the Netherlands as a large heavy lift crane could not be used for the operation due to the compactness of other buildings in the area. ALE worked with the client’s individual requirements and engineered a specialised … Read more
Heavy lifting and transport specialist ALE used a bespoke solution in Spain to install a 42-metre bridge for improved traffic flow and safety. In central Spain, the N-403 highway runs 178 km from Adanero in the north to Toledo in the south. Close to Ávila in the north where it crosses over the Burguillo reservoir … Read more
Netherlands-based Mammoet Holding B.V. confirmed it is negotiating with UK-headquartered ALE in a bid to acquire it. Mammoet said talks were at an advanced stage. Should agreement be reached, approval will be sought from the relevant authorities, Mammoet continued. Mammoet is owned by SHV, a privately held Dutch investment company. SHV was founded in 1896 … Read more
ALE has utilised its AL.SK350 crane and heavy-duty jib to lift Total’s Egina floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) module in Lagos, Nigeria. [quads id=1] The FPSO module S2 weighed 2,810 tonnes, which ALE claims is the heaviest ever land-based crane lift. The AL.SK350 heavy lift crane was rigged in its biggest configuration, with a 124 m … Read more
Heavy lift and transportation specialist ALE has used its heavy-duty jib for the first time. It was used on its AL.SK350 crane, which ALE said is the world’s largest capacity land based crane, to lift a 1,276 tonne floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit in in Lagos, Nigeria. The AL.SK350 was rigged in its … Read more