Global major crane rental, heavy lift and engineered transport services group Sarens has announced that it is undertaking a major fleet renewal programme for its Southern African operations. This involves the bulk acquisition of machinery from respected leading Chinese manufacturer XCMG. This is part of a wider global renewal programme.
The first crane acquired for this initiative is already on the way to South Africa. It is a 1 300 t capacity XLC18000M crawler crane, which will be immediately deployed at a wind farm near Cape Town. Thereafter it will be employed on mining and petrochemical projects across Africa. It will be followed by a range of other crawler cranes, which will have capacities ranging from 400 t to 1 300 t.
Also coming were XCA260H, XCA160H, XCA100H, QY85KH, XCR55LSH and XCR90 cranes.
The XCA260H is a wheeled all-terrain high-capacity crane that offers maximum lifting power and reach for large-scale bridge and infrastructure construction, heavy industrial assembly and major equipment and energy installation projects. The XCA160H is also a wheeled all-terrain crane, for rapid transfer and precision work at ground level, aimed at road infrastructure and other transport projects as well as industrial assembly for civil construction and gas and petrochemical works. The XCA100H is a compact wheeled multi-axle all-terrain crane, built to provide rapid mobility and great efficiency for structural steel erection, urban civil construction, and mid-scale infrastructure work in restricted spaces.
