ELECTRIC CRANES Ӏ MAMMOET INTERVIEW
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Mammoet, the Netherlands-headquartered global specialist in heavy lifting and transportation, has long been a champion of sustainability. As one of the world’s largest
buyers of new cranes its perspective on hybrid and electric cranes is of particular interest. We ask Pascal Eeken, improvement and innovation manager at Mammoet Europe, about the company’s electric fleet with an eye towards what the future might hold…
How many electric cranes and hybrid cranes do you have in your fleet and what crane types do they include? Our electric fleet is growing at
pace, from small spider cranes to the strongest land-based crane, the SK6000. Fully electric cranes are usually the smaller cranes like spider cranes and electric pick and carry
cranes. These come in various capacities up to 11t. And, perhaps surprisingly, our strongest land- based crane can operate fully electric as well. Also, we have a fleet of hybrid cranes. This means the crane travels to the job site using its normal combustion engine. When on site, the lifting can be done using an electric motor and therefore can operate with zero emissions on the jobsite. We have mobile and city cranes up to 100t capacity, Mobile tower-cranes with a capacity up to 132t/m, and truck mounted cranes up to 200t/m. Our hybrids comprise city,
mobile, truck mounted and tower cranes.
The size of our electric equipment fleet grows week by week, and we are in constant discussion with our suppliers regarding the provision of sustainable heavy lifting and transport equipment. Years ago, Mammoet decided that size does matter and sometimes you just want the size to be small. Like the Hoeflon cranes, which can easily enter a building through the front door. With a wide range of smaller cranes and transport
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equipment we can basically remove or install every heavy object indoors. Besides these activities, we have expanded our electric capabilities also to the heavier cranes and transport means, such as the SPMT. And larger cranes. This enables us to transport heavy objects without emissions - indoors and outdoors.
Hoeflon mini cranes and
carriers undertake work in indoor environments, where it is desirable to reduce carbon emissions and noise. We also have a growing fleet of hybrid cranes – in the sense that driving to the site is fuelled conventionally – or via HVO in the Netherlands, UK and Canada – and lifting is done on site with zero emissions. Besides these, we have a selection of pick and carry cranes that are electric-operated, and some mobile tower cranes that are also electric for lifting operations. We have proven that electric lifting is possible on any scale – from the very smallest to the very largest jobs. Away from lifting, we have a growing fleet of electric SPMTs, including both technology developed in-house and in partnership with our suppliers –
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