Derbyshire-based Street Crane (www.streetcrane.co.uk) has won a £3.3 million contract from Siemens Wind Power to supply overhead cranes for the latter’s £310 million wind-turbine production and logistics facilities in Hull.

It will install 32 cranes in the blade-manufacturing factory, three in the service and logistics building and two in a training facility for the blade-factory workforce at Alexandra Dock.

The company was awarded the contract following a “competitive and rigorous” tender process, which included members of the Siemens team visiting Street’s manufacturing facility in Chapel-en-le-Frith to assess its operations.

Siemens’ Hull project director Finbarr Dowling said: “The overhead cranes have a huge impact on productivity, so it is essential that the products and the team behind them are of the highest standard. Throughout the tender process, Street proved that it had the expertise, resources and flexibility to meet our demands and deliver a solution that maximises efficiency, safety and production output.”

Street Cranes operations director Gus Zona said: “We are proud to be working with Siemens on such a significant project. We worked closely with the architect at the concept stage to design the cranes, ensuring that they could operate effectively within the proposed structure and also meet Siemens’ stringent technical requirements, which replicate those at its wind-turbine blade factory in Denmark. Offering the latest technology, the cranes are the most advanced of their kind.”

The 10-acre blade factory in Hull is part of a 133-acre development that includes manufacturing and servicing facilities plus a pre-assembly harbour. The factory is due to open in September, with the first batch of turbines scheduled to be produced by early 2017.