Mammoet USA Plans Big Fleet Expansion for 2016
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Mammoet infusing its regional fleet
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December 17, 2015 - Mammoet USA is currently undergoing substantial growth in terms of qualified personnel and asset acquisition. For 2016, the company is making a $100 million investment in miscellaneous transport and lifting equipment, the vast majority being crawler cranes between 100- and 600-ton capacity.
Mammoet reports this expansion will allow it to better serve the demands of customers on a number of major projects along the Gulf Coast. In a statement, the company says it will also be able to widen its range of services and in turn enter new business areas, such as plant maintenance and full service turn-arounds. With a global shift in project work to the Gulf Coast, additional personnel will be available to provide more manpower to these projects and new ventures.
In addition to these small and medium-size cranes, Mammoet USA is also bringing in a state-of-the-art, 1,763-ton crawler crane to tackle several upcoming Gulf Coast projects. The Terex CC 8800-1 arrived in December of 2015 to start on a cat cracker turnaround project at a Texas Gulf Coast refinery. When this project is finished the crane will continue on to several additional projects along the coast, according to Mammoet.
The CC 8800-1 will be the largest crawler crane in the company’s regional fleet. It will also be available with a Boom Booster kit which will provide additional lifting capacity. “We are excited to introduce this brand new CC 8800-1 to the U.S. market. Its large capacity and unmatched flexibility make it possible to be used in confined spaces without compromising its lifting abilities,” said Pierre Mille, sales director for Mammoet USA. “The Boom Booster kit will also give the crane even greater capacity, specifically for tall vertical lifts.”
The new cranes will expand Mammoet USA’s total regional crane fleet to 75 units which will vary in capacity from 100 to 1600 tons.
