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Heavy Marine Operations Get a Lift with SENNEBOGEN ‘Green Machines’

By Ryan Kolb, SENNEBOGEN

Assisted by GPS guidance inside the cab of an 880 EQ equilibrium handler, BGT operators can accurately place 7-ton rocks within ¼” of specs in as little as 40 seconds.

All images: SENNEBOGEN he towering green booms of SENNEBOGEN GEN 860 R-HD was a compelling feature. “It lets you get material handlers have become an increasingly fa- all the way over to the other side of the barge, to the out- miliar site on U.S. waterways in recent years. The side wall and move the material directly to truck or con-

T machines are most commonly deployed in barge- veyor. Given the cycle times and the ? exibility we have, we loading applications. More recently, they are also seen in can shave off 20% of our unloading time.” Moving loads shoreline construction, dredging and remediation projects. of more than eight tons at its full 70-foot reach, its capabil-

Traditionally, such operations are assigned to excavators, ity saves logistic time at the docks, too. “Often times, you often with conversions to help them lift loads instead of either have to move your material handler along the dock digging. However, owners have learned that the SENNE- wall or move the barge. If our push boats are busy, we have

BOGENs offer multiple advantages as machines that are to wait on that movement before we continue production. purpose-built to lift and swing large loads quickly. With this SENNEBOGEN, we don’t have to move any- where near the frequency that we did before.”

On the Gulf Coast of Louisiana, Chip Broussard says

The long arm of heavy lifters

At the Guntersville terminal on the Tennessee River, his giant 875 R-HD allowed his ? rm to become a top owner Mike Leuken says the long reach of his SENNEBO- competitor for shoreline restoration projects. “On some 38 | MN May 2022