12.10.2010

ALE launches new marine engineering division

Global heavy transport and lifting company, ALE has formed a new marine engineering and operational services division. ALE – Marine Engineering has been created to bring together its skills within its worldwide business into one centre accessible to ALE clients on a global scale.

“This is a very exciting time in ALE’s development,” said Ronald Hoefmans, executive director, ALE. “By creating an umbrella division for marine services we will be better able to meet our clients’ needs worldwide, with a dedicated specialist team managing the complex calculations and operations these projects require.”

Bernard Monge, regional engineering manager for the Middle East, has been appointed general manager of the new division with immediate effect.

“Headquartered in the Middle East, the Marine Engineering team will be based in strategic locations around the world, continuing ALE’s emphasis on developing in-house personnel within the business,” said Monge.

Clients will retain their existing points of contact in terms of commissioning ALE’s marine engineering services, with project managers bringing in the relevant marine specialists according to requirements.

Headquartered in Staffordshire, UK, ALE has more than 20 offices across Europe, the Far East, Africa, America, South America and the Middle East, delivering strategic heavy-lift services to a wide range of sectors, including civil, oil and gas, energy, nuclear, offshore, renewables, petrochemical, ports, marine, minerals and metals and mining. In 2008 the company launched the 4,300 tonne AL.SK190, the world’s largest land-based crane.