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Cranes and Dredging: a Clean Fit

Environmental Solutions Firm turns to Sennebogen for new dock application.

hen Waste Management, a North American Due Diligence: provider of integrated environmental solutions, SENNEBOGEN 875 R-HD Wins the Day

W got involved with an ongoing environmental Sennebogen LLC has long been a ? xture on the inland dredging and remediation project initiated by Boeing in Se- waterfront, providing specialized equipment solutions for attle’s Lower Duwamish Waterway, it was the ? rst step in a recycling and scrap metal yards, demolition, barge and port new direction for the company. Eventually, they discovered operations, and log-handling, from coast to coast. A grow- that the right crane for the job at hand was just the ticket. ing network of distributors supports Sennebogen sales and “The Duwamish River dock site is a new type of facility service across the Americas, ensuring a high standard of for Waste Management,” says Nick Harbert, District Man- professional machine support and parts availability.

ager for Waste Management. “The long-term plan for the Nevertheless, it pays to do your homework. To that end, 16-acre site is to unload contaminated sediment from the “Sennebogen arranged a trip to Sennebogen headquarters river off barges, de-water it, and then load the solid mate- in Germany for Waste Management of? cials to see various rial onto waiting railcars for transport to land? lls.” models of the purpose-built green machines in operation

Waste Management of? cials knew they would need the doing similar type applications,” says Harbert. “They liked right kind of equipment for the new dock application to what they saw and came back to North America convinced meet the high productivity levels they had set for them- that Sennebogen was the right machine for the Duwamish selves. A purpose-built Sennebogen material handler was site.” Harbert also says seeing a SENNEBOGEN 875 deemed the solution, but company of? cials debated the R-HD at a 2014 trade show with John Meese, Senior Di- merits of SENNEBOGEN 880 and 870 models and were rector of Heavy Equipment, and having the opportunity torn between either a diesel or an electric-powered machine. to have that conversation with him and Erich Sennebogen,

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