19.08.2020

Nine Groves for Crane Norway

Heavy lift and transport company Crane Norway Group - parent of Nordic crane and Alta Logistics - has taken delivery of nine Grove All Terrain cranes, including eight five axle models, from local distributor UN Mobilkraner.

The order includes five of the recently launched 250 tonne GMK5250XL-1 which features a 78.5 metre main boom - 8.5 metres longer than the standard GMK5250L - as well as an 18 metre bi-fold swingaway extension that can be extended to 34 metres with additional inserts. The other cranes in the order include two 300 tonne GMK6300L-1s, a 150 tonne GMK5150L and a 60 tonne GMK3060L.

In order to meet Norwegian axle load regulations, all the new cranes except for the GMK3060L have been equipped with a boom removal kit and a trailer hitch for a boom dolly. The two GMK6300L-1 cranes have also been supplied with a self-rigging, removable outrigger box and quick connections for the front outriggers to help reduce the weight.
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One of five new GMK5250XL-1s purchased by Crane Norway Group

The company has said the new order will look to meet increased demand for higher capacity applications, with the cranes used for a variety of jobs from smaller construction sites to the installation of wind farms and major oil and gas construction projects – including offshore platforms for the North Sea.
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(L-R) Birger Lea of Nordic Crane Vest with Trond Helge Skretting of Crane Norway Group and Rune Dybvik of UN Mobilkraner

Chief operating officer Trond Helge Skretting said: “We already own 15 Grove cranes and were looking for new models with outstanding lifting capacities to add to our fleet. We purchased our first Grove crane – a Grove TM760EN – in 1986 and have added different GMK models to our fleet in recent years. We have always been extremely satisfied with their consistent performance and reliability as have our customers. We also know that if there is ever an issue, the team at UN Mobilkraner and Manitowoc will be quick to help solve it and provide outstanding service.”

Crane Norway is based in Sola on the west side of Stavanger and is part of major contractor Stangeland. The crane group is made up of six operating companies - Nordic Crane Sør, Nordic Crane Vest, Nordic Crane Midt-Norge, Nordic Crane Nord, Nordic Crane Engineering and Nordic Crane Oslo. It runs a fleet of more than 300 cranes including All Terrains to 500 tonnes and lattice crawlers to 650 tonnes.

Strangeland established its own crane operation - Stangeland Kran - in 1979 and expanded on the back of the oil boom along Norway’s west coast during the 1980s. It merged its crane operations with Kynningsrud in 2008 to create the Nordic Crane Group with each owning 50 percent of the combined business. Then in 2016 the two split up (see: Nordic Crane splits with Stangeland taking the Nordic crane locations in southern, western, central and northern Norway, initially becoming Nordic Crane Stangeland – and then Crane Norway Group. Seabrokers Kran og transport was acquired and added in 2017.