05.04.2017

Two Groves for Egypt

Egyptian shipbuilder Suez Shipyard Company has taken delivery of two Grove All Terrain cranes, an 80 tonne GMK4080-1 and a 130 tonne GMK5130-2.

The four axle GMK4080-1 has a 51 metre, six section boom with a maximum tip height of 82 metres with extensions in place. The five axle GMK5130-2 has a 60 metre main boom and an 18 metre bi-fold swingaway plus two straight extension sections, providing a maximum tip height of 92 metres. The cranes were delivered by Orascom Trading, the Grove dealer for Egypt, and brings the company's fleet to seven All Terrain cranes.
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The Groves will be used for general maintenance around the docks and warehouses

Suez Shipyard chairman Essam Dabash said: “The tour of Wilhelmshaven and the Product Verification Centre was eye opening and we could understand the capabilities of the company’s determination to build first-class machines. Efficiency is essential to our own operations so we wanted to buy cranes that have excellent customer support and to which our operators will easily adapt. With these new Grove cranes we are confident on both these points.”

Regional sales manager Waleed Raouf added: “Suez Shipyard Company is a world-class operation, so we are very proud to supply the first Grove cranes to the company. We hope these are the first of many, and I’m sure these two additions will bring tremendous efficiency to its maintenance operations and day-to-day activities.”