Palfinger Marine, known for its reliable, innovative and customized marine, offshore and windcranes, has signed a service contract with E-Crane making them a licensed service partner for the maintenance of Palfinger cranes. Specifically, this is for the wind turbines of the Thornton Bank. These cranes are managed by Senvion Benelux. The Belgian service hub of the German group Senvion was looking for a local partner that offers service at a good price.

Expertise and Customer focus

The first experiences of the cooperation, for example the repair of a platform crane during phase 1 of the Thornton Bank project, were defined by Senvion as goal driven. Senvion immediately acknowledged the expertise and the customer focus of E-Crane. Thanks to Senvion, E-Crane was brought into contact with Palfinger, and after a thorough audit, E-Crane was certified as a licensed service partner. E-Crane Offshore Services will cover repair and maintenance of the Palfinger windcranes. In the future, this partnership can be extended to installation and commissioning, and to other countries.

Ideal Partner

This partnership originated thanks to E-Crane's extensive know-how about the design and construction of hydraulic cranes as well as their professional service. E-Crane's location in Adegem lends itself to speed and flexibility, but also to service to other offshore clients with Palfinger installations. The combination of professionalism and expertise, a stable market position and the favorable location was more than enough reasons for Palfinger to choose E-Crane as a partner.

Martin Zauner, head of Business Unit Wind, likes to state it this way: "Their philosophy to only deliver the best available service at a competitive price matches Palfinger Marine's philosophy very well."

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