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On the 24th of December 1994, a Russian cruiser sank outside of a small village on the north coast of Norway, while broke free when being towed.

In short, the AF strategy consists of the dry dock demolition and removal of the wreck where it lies. This will be done by establishing breakwaters and constructing a dry dock around the “Murmansk” wreck. The water will then be pumped out of the dry dock so the wreck will be dry. Then construction machinery will then break down the cruiser, and sort different demolition materials to be shipped out to waste and recycling facilities.

APE Holland supplied an APE Model 200 vibratory hammer, to drive down the sheet piles around the wreck.

Follow the link below to see the project to remove the Russian ” Murmansk” Cruiser from the sea off Norway which ran a ground back in 1994 and was unable to be re-floated.
This is a live web cam site with time-lapse pictures. A documentary is being made by the residence of the village and the demolition company.
Webcam pictures: http://murmansk.livecam360.com/flash/main2.php

(Information used from website of AF Decom: www.afgruppen.com)

APE Holland will be present at the BAUMA exhibition in Munich, Germany this year with its sister company Hillcon Piling Equipment. We will be showing a range of our vibratory drivers/extractors, diesel hammers and power units.
Hillcon will be showing the newest piling rig, the Hillcon HCX900GLS, a hydraulic piling rig with integrated leader system of 51 meter (167 ft). More information about the Hillcon equipment can be found on www.hillcon.eu.

BAUMA is the largest International Trade Fair for Construction Machinery, Building Material Machines, Construction vehicles and construction equipment,
Bauma features more than a half million square meters (5,382,131 sq ft) of exhibition space, making it by far the largest and certainly the most impressive exhibition ever. No other industry event features a wider range of products and services. No other exhibition is more international. This is where all of the market’s leading manufacturers and key players are represented. This is where innovations are presented for all sectors.

APE Holland delivered the third APE Model 250VM to St. Petersburg within one year. For the firm Sevzapmorgidrostroj this is the first APE vibratory hammer.
This APE vibratory hammer replaced old JV50 and JV100 vibratory hammers which were owned by the company for several years already.
The choice for APE vibratory hammers was a combination of powerful equipment, with low own weight, combined with a positive price level. All of this gave the APE Model 250V a number of operational and technical advantages to the out of date JV 50 and JV 100 vibrators.

Personel of Sevzapmorgidrostroj were very postive when operating the APE Model 250V, because of its productivity and simplicity in operation.

APE Holland recently provided the first hydraulic operated vibratory driver / extracter to Belarus.

After years of working with Russian electrical vibros, the company Spetcinzstroi from Minsk, Belarus, received their first APE Model 120V vibro. With this vibro, Spetcinzstroi will be able to make more production on a jobsite per day, with this more powerfull equipment.

With this delivery Spetcinzstroi and APE Holland will start a revolution in the pile driving business in Belarus.

In the Chinese Sea in Vietnam, APE Holland is working with an APE Model 200-6 with a quad clamp, for mooring pile installation.

For the mooring pile installation for the Su Tu Vang FSO installation project, the APE 200-6 has to drive 60” piles. The piles have to be driven under water, with a maximum pile penetration below seabed level of 30 meters (98 ft).
The water depth is 54 meters (175 ft.) max.

The patented two-stage suppressor technology as well as the possibility of driving under water without any special features added to the vibro, were just a few reasons why chosing the APE vibro.

With the chosen vibro, the expected penetration was ± 10 meters (32 ft), though the APE vibro drives the piles to a depth of 14 meters (45 ft) easily.

The job is carried out in close cooperation with the CAPE Group, whereas CAPE Holland also sent an operator for driving the piles with the vibro.

A Dutch contractor recently received the second APE diesel hammer in one year. After working with an APE D46 diesel hammer for some months, a bigger hammer was needed for this contractor. Delivery of an APE D62 diesel hammer took place at the end of August.

The hammer is currently working in the south of The Netherlands, where it has to drive pre-casted concrete piles of 25 meters.

APE Holland delivered two APE Model 170V and one Model 250V variable moment vibratory hammers to a customer in St. Petersburg, Russia.
For driving a kingpile wall, both hammers were needed. The hammers are powered from an APE Model 700V power unit. By supplying one type of power unit for all vibratory hammers, makes it easier to switch hammers between piling rigs.
APE Holland also supplied special leader guiding for the hammers. Our sister company CAPE Holland will supply a Hitachi KH 150-2 GLS piling rig, which will be used with one of the Model 170V hammers.

APE Holland has successfully delivered a new APE D62 into Holland.
Photos tell the story.

An APE Model 200 was delivered to a customer in Greece, for driving wick drain under water at Thessaloniki. The drain of 15 meter length has to be driven up to 10 meters under water. The APE Model 200 performed very well, without adaptations made to the machine.

In front of the airport a piece of land has to be reclaimed for the extension of the runway. The project completion is scheduled by 2012.

APE Holland is sending an APE D62 diesel hammer to an offshore project in the Caspian Sea, where piles of 1067 mm will be driven. The piles are part of the construction of Block 2 Riser Platform at Djeytun (LAM) Oil Field offshore Turkmenistan, carried out by an Ukraine based company.

An operator and a mechanic of APE Holland acompanied the set, and operated the diesel hammer on site. Even in the extreme hot conditions (± 50°C/120°F outside temperature), and with extreme hard soil conditions the APE Diesel hammer proved itsselve.