ROUGH TERRAINS Ӏ SECTOR REPORT
Karun Makina, and customers know they’ll get all the service and support they need to keep their cranes working on the jobsite.”
Middle East. “It’s a very tough workplace, but the GRT8120 is right at home. There is already a strong reputation for Grove rough terrain cranes in Turkey, and several GRT880 and GRT8100 cranes are at work.” The crane offers, says
Manitowoc, some of the most impressive characteristics of any two-axle rough terrain on the market. As well as a lifting capability of 120 tonnes the crane has a seven-section, 60 metre Megaform boom which gives up to 80.8m of tip height when using the optional jib. It also has the option of the Grove’s MAXbase system, allowing greater flexibility with a variable outrigger positioning system for congested jobsites (and mines generally count as congested). A wide, full-vision cab with 20-degree tilt is designed to maximise comfort and visibility, while Manitowoc’s Crane Control System (CCS) includes the Boom Configurator mode for simpler set- up and on-board lift planning. “This is the first GRT8120
in Turkey and we expect its performance to generate further interest,” says Costa. “Manitowoc has a strong partner in Turkey with
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SANDS OF TIME Moving clockwise round the Mediterranean we come to Egypt. Egypt, as we know, has antiquities. It also has an antique Grove. It is not quite as aged as the 4,000-year-old pyramids, but it is owned by Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities and has been working for them since 2009 – which makes it at least a veteran. As you might imagine, it has operated on some impressive historical projects in its time. It is a Grove RT600E and it is currently assisting the preservation of Egypt's famous Karnak Temple in Luxor.
Ahmed Marey is commercial
director at Orascom Services – the sole distributor for Grove in Egypt since 1995. “Our portfolio covers a wide range of industries, including construction, infrastructure, industrial manufacturing, and agriculture,” he says. “We support many of those industries with Grove RT cranes. “They are being used in a large
This Grove
RT restores antiquities...
variety of infrastructure projects taking place in Egypt, including the development of the New Suez Canal [the southern section has been widened and expanded to increase its capacity] and the construction of New Alamein City and New Administrative Capital, which will become a new centre for government and more. “We’ve had several recent
deliveries during the last period. The latest was a 30 tonne (30 ton) Grove RT530-2 which was designated for one of the leading construction and infrastructure companies in Egypt.” Karnak is some 3000 years old;
the 15-year-old Grove RT working there is, of course, a mere youngster in comparison. Marey, however, knows of a Grove crane currently operating with one of his largest customers that has been there since the 1980s. “This is the oldest one on our books,” he says, “but it’s possible there may be even older Grove RT cranes working in Egypt.” Cranes only last that long if they were built ruggedly to start with.
...such as the
Temple of Karnak (credit: Diego Delso, Wikimedia Commons)
CATCH OF THE DAY A couple of thousand miles southeast takes us to Namibia
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