Ban Soon Huat Transport Trading Becomes the First in Singapore to Own a Scania Super Lorry Crane Combined with Largest PALFINGER Truck-Mounted Crane

Scania, in partnership with Wong Fong Engineering, today delivered the first-ever Scania Super lorry crane in Singapore combined with the largest PALFINGER truck-mounted crane, to Ban Soon Huat Transport Trading. Mr Heng Bak Song, Director of Ban Soon Huat Transport Trading, officially received the keys to the new lorry crane from Mr Oscar Wyckman, Country Manager of Scania Singapore, at the PALFINGER APAC Owners Club luncheon, witnessed by 70 industry guests.

“We decided the Scania Super was the best choice to be combined with this top-of-the range PALFINGER crane as it is the most durable and stable chassis in the industry,” said Mr Heng. “From our experience operating Scania lorry cranes for over 10 years, we also find them to be very reliable with less downtime, which is important to our business.”

The lorry crane comprises the Scania P460B8x4HZ Super truck mounted with the PALFINGER PK200002 L SH, the largest crane in PALFINGER’s range of truck-mounted cranes. The crane is equipped with a fly-jib, which can reach up to 50.7 metres, equivalent to 15 storeys, for complex lifting applications requiring extensive outreaches.

The Scania Super truck – built with the latest Modular Architecture Chassis (MACH), with 9.5mm outer thickness and 8mm inner reinforcement – is the thickest chassis frame in the industry that provides greater reinforcement to withstand heavy usage for different type of operations and applications with more flexibility as well in superstructure mounting.

While the Scania Super model provides a chassis frame that is highly robust it also offers the most advanced and efficient combustion-engine powertrain that delivers up to 8% fuel savings over the previous model, due in part to the in-built Scania fuel optimiser unit that improves fuel pick-up and fuel utilisation.

The new truck for Ban Soon Huat Transport Trading features a 460hp engine capable of 2500Nm torque, and an efficient gearbox for smoother gear changes to support operational requirements. To enhance workplace safety and health, the Scania Super truck is equipped with the Anti-lock Braking System (ABS), Traction Control, as well as a spacious, comfortable and ergonomically designed driver area.

“The new lorry crane for Ban Soon Huat Trading is a marriage of two powerful systems, with the Scania Super chassis delivering the flexibility, reliability and safety for one of the largest truck-mounted cranes in the market,” said Mr Wyckman. “This momentous handover is, thus, truly a testament to the power of partnership Scania has long enjoyed with Wong Fong Engineering and PALFINGER here in Singapore.”

The PALFINGER APAC Owners Club comprises a network of customers who own and operate the latest cutting-edge and high technology series of PALFINGER cranes. At the lunch event today, Mr Wyckman delivered a speech on how Scania’s Data-Driven Services could provide direct business value, such as lowering fuel consumption, reducing wear and maintenance needs, and monitoring fleet performance. Services such as Monitoring Report which are a part of the Fleet Management System could provide Ban Soon Huat Transport Trading with weekly updates and operational trends of their vehicle to help them better identify potential vehicle usage improvements for their fleet, while services like Digital Vehicle Health Check could help businesses to avoid unplanned downtime that affects operational cost and efficiency to ensure maximised uptime for their fleet.

Established in 1992, Ban Soon Huat Transport Trading has over 30 years of experience in providing lorry crane transportation services in Singapore. Its services also include warehousing and storage, unstuffing of containers, forklift rental and various lifting works. With the latest acquisition, the company now operates a fleet of eight Scania lorry cranes, five of which with PALFINGER truck-mounted cranes.

Wong Fong Engineering, with 60 years of land transport engineering experience, has been the sole distributor of PALFINGER lorry cranes in Singapore since 1995. The company carries a comprehensive range of products including load handling systems, lorry tailgates and waste compactors to serve the logistics, construction, military and waste management sectors.