Hitachi Sumitomo cranes are first choice in Indonesia

Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe) NV (HCME) has beaten the competition to supply three Hitachi Sumitomo crawler cranes for use on an oil and gas drilling and installation in Indonesia. It was able to assemble and ship the SCX400Ts to PT Petro Papua in seven-and-a-half weeks - a faster delivery time than any other manufacturer - which was crucial to securing the lucrative sales agreement.

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PT Petro Papua supplies drilling services, including the operation of land rigs, to the oil and gas industry. The Jakarta-based company is a sub-contractor for Chevron Indonesian - the country's largest producer of crude oil. It will use the three new Hitachi Sumitomo cranes for the installation of new equipment.

Mark Burghoorn, HCME Special Equipment and Crawler Sales commented: "We took over this project from Indonesian dealer, PT Traktor Nusantar, because we already had these machines in stock at our Oosterhout factory in The Netherlands.

"We were in competition with other manufacturers to win the order, but our guaranteed delivery time meant that we were successful. The challenge was to assemble, add bespoke customer requirements and then repaint and test the machines, before the shipment left Antwerp for Jakarta - all within the timescale!

"The successful delivery of this project is a good example of the close cooperation between HCME, Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. (HCM) and Hitachi Sumitomo. It would not have been possible to deliver the three SCX400Ts on time without excellent communication throughout the project."

The SCX400T cranes were modified with an auxiliary jib for a five-tonne hook. The 40-tonne machines have a telescopic boom with a full length of 32 metres and maximum line pull of 85kN.