The ports and shipping industry of Australia is no stranger to top-notch cleaning facilities and high-grade equipment. Wharf sweepers and container terminal sweepers are being used by forces that patrol the country’s air and seaports. For the past 28 years, ASC has been serving the shipping and ports industry, providing high-grade cleaning equipment to wash down dust, rubbish, and other contaminations. Townsville and Port Kembla’s ports were the first ones to use ASC sweepers, including the very famous ASC Eureka M6 Sweeper on their premises.
The Eureka M6 Sweeper is a powerful, heavy-duty wharf sweeper made of steel. It is designed to clean dust from congested areas as well as large floor spaces. It has a potent engine that offers better endurance and provides maximum reliability along with enhanced performance. The Eureka M6 sweeper is a compact machine, and yet, it gives the same level of productivity as many larger machines, making it fit for diverse use!
Please take a look at our exclusive port facility cleaning case study material to learn about our clients that use ASC scrubbers and sweepers to clean roadways, dust containers, eliminate airborne particles, keep births clean between the loading and unloading of air and sea cargo and scrub away any leakages. However, our machines do more than just sweep, scrub and clean! They increase the ports’ aesthetic appearance, control dust emissions, and therefore protect and environment and reduce labor costs since most of them are automated!
Posted on Wednesday, September 6, 2023
The Boat Works Gold Coast
The Client The Boat Works is a boatyard, superyacht yard and marina services company, servicing the Gold Coast and surrounding areas. Boasting the cleanest and greenest Australian owned premium Boatyard and Superyacht facility, the company was looking to add to its sweeper fleet and again, asked long term partner, ASC, for sweeper advice. The Challenge Having already purchased two ASC M6 sweepers in the past 15 years, The Boat Works inquired with ASC, looking for a single sweeper that could sweep clean their entire facility. Covering almost 19 acres, the Boat Works were debating the concept of whether to invest
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Posted on Monday, May 22, 2023
Geelong Port ASC M8
The Client Geelong Port is Victoria’s second largest port, located within Victoria’s largest regional city, Geelong. Managing close to 12 million tonnes of cargo and 600 vessel visits per year, Geelong Port supports the agriculture, construction, energy and tourism sectors. Situated on Corio Bay, Geelong Port is located 75 kilometres south west of Melbourne in Geelong, Victoria. Operating over 90 hectares of land and comprising of 15 berths over two primary precincts, Corio Quay and Lascelles, Geelong Port provides land, infrastructure and services to facilitate trade for some of Victoria’s largest businesses. The Challenge Due to the variety of products
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Posted on Monday, March 20, 2023
Qube Port – Bunbury WA
The Client: Qube Port Bunbury is the pre-eminent provider of wharf-side port logistics and port management services in Australia. The Challenge The challenge was put to ASC’s Ross Sheehan, to help Qube find a solution for their port cleaning. They wanted a walk behind sweeper that could be used 24 hours a day and be capable of sweeping narrow areas. The main area of concern was their Coal loading ramp. The Solution Ross suggested the ASC Eureka petrol, heavy duty M1 sweeper, as their requirements were ad hoc. A battery option was not a good alternative, as it was a
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Posted on Sunday, August 7, 2022
Edencraft Boats Fibreglass Clean Floor Challenge
The Client Edencraft Boats International is a prestige fibreglass boat builder in Moolap (Geelong ). Edencraft boats are custom built boats for offshore fishermen and divers. The Challenge Grant from Edencraft recently contacted ASC’s Ken Pepyat. The company were users of a 10-year-old ASC Eureka M2 and were very happy with it. They were after an additional sweeper to help pick up fibreglass off their floors. The Result The company decided to invest in a new ASC Eureka Mach 2 and an ASC Eureka MEP walk behind sweeper. They would be used to clean their production areas, to reduce their
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Posted on Tuesday, January 25, 2022
Oceania Container Services Clean Up With a New ASC M6 Diesel
The Client Oceania Container Service is located in Pipe Road, Laverton North, VIC. The company is essentially a clearing hub for unloading and storing containers. The facility is the sole Melbourne site for Oceania in Melbourne. The Challenge Bob Ivanovski, (Site Manager of Oceania Container Services) went to market to source a heavy duty and reliable sweeper that was capable of sweeping a large container yard. Bob was having huge problems keeping the site’s dust control down to a minimum, which was compounded by small bits of rubbish blowing in to his yard from neighbouring sites. Bob sought the expertise
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Posted on Thursday, January 13, 2022
SGS Subsea Global Solutions
The Client For over 70 years, SGS Sydney (formerly Gray Diving Services) has been providing underwater engineering and construction solutions to major construction companies and government departments, in the demanding marine and submarine industry. SGS Diving provides services including inspection, consultancy, specialist fabrication, underwater welding and non-destructive testing in marine, sub-marine, offshore and inland locations throughout Australia, South East Asia and the Pacific Rim. The Challenge SGS has a large stores facility located in Caringbah NSW. This houses its specialised diving equipment. The challenge was to sweep up their dusty floors before the air laden dust got a chance to
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Posted on Wednesday, December 22, 2021
Kent Removals WA Invest In an ASC M1
Client introduction Kent Removals are in Welshpool (WA). They are part of a national removal business which is still a family-owned company, the largest in the moving sector. They have been moving, storing, and packing homes and businesses across Australia and beyond, since 1946. The Challenge Kent Removals use a contract sweeping company to keep their outside concrete areas clean but needed a new sweeper, to help keep their internal warehouses clean and dust free. Their Welshpool facility has a large warehouse which has a smooth concrete floor. Their roller doors face directly into the south westerly winds that Perth
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Posted on Friday, December 17, 2021
The Mighty ASC M8 Arrives At Aurizon Port Services Townsville
The Client Aurizon Port Services is based in Townsville North Queensland. The company has a strong reputation as one of North Queensland’s most trusted providers of stevedoring, transport and warehousing solutions. Based at the Port of Townsville, Aurizon Port Services offers tailored end-to-end supply chain management services throughout North Queensland. The Challenge Running a Port faces many challenges. Swirling winds, dust and debris build up and constantly moving mobile plant 24 /7, leaves the grounds in need of hourly sweeping. The Port had an ongoing debris problem both sweeping large storage sheds, open concreted yard areas and roadways. The Solution
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Posted on Wednesday, November 10, 2021
Royal Wolf Containers Say Farewell To Metal shavings, Off Cuts & Tyre Dust
The Client Royal Wolf is proud to be Australasia’s largest provider of shipping container hire, sales or specialised modification. The Challenge Royal Wolf Container Services in Sunshine West Victoria, have a large workshop facility. Their main issue was the amount of dust that was being created in the process of shipping and repairing containers. Metal shavings, off cuts of material and tyre dust was a big housekeeping issue at the facility. ASC’s Ken Pepyat recommended the heavy duty, ASC M2 Rider sweeper with an optional vacuum cleaner on board, as a fast solution to eliminate those issues. The Result An
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Posted on Tuesday, November 9, 2021
Conroy Removals Distribution Centre Cleans Up
The Client Conroy Removals is a nationwide Removalist Company, who offer local, interstate, Trans-Tasman and international removal services, to private, corporate, government and trade clients. The Challenge The company had a requirement to keep their large Sydney Distribution Centre clean and free of forklift and wood dust. The company rotates full 20 and 40 foot containers daily, in and out of their facility, as well as housing their arsenal of large removalist trucks . With debris entering their warehouse from the vast array of mobile plant movements, Conroy sough a long term, dust free solution to aid in their housekeeping,
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Posted on Wednesday, August 25, 2021
Riviera Australia Sails In With ASC M6
Client Introduction Riviera Australia Pty Ltd is one of the world’s premier luxury motor yacht builders based in the Gold Coast – QLD. The Challenge Riviera were looking for a wholesome cleaning solution to maintain their site. The site is very large and encompasses concrete roadways, workshops, and boat storage areas. They were already using a sweeper from a competitive brand but were having issues with it, ranging from the machine blowing dust to never-ending high-cost maintenance. Hence, they were now looking to invest in a low-hour ex-fleet ASC sweeper that would meet their budget restraints. The ASC M6 machine
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Posted on Wednesday, August 4, 2021
Arrow Transport Invests with ASC
Client Introduction Arrow Transport brings an array of transport and distribution options across a broad range of industry segments. They have fully licensed wash bays and quarantine facilities catering to the mining, agricultural and commercial sectors. They enable the quarantining of vehicles, trucks, plants and any type of equipment from importers. The Challenge Quarantine freight stations need state of the art equipment to operate efficiently. Moreover, high-quality cleaning is considered essential. Arrow Transport has locations beside the largest harbors in Australia. The high winds in the region bring rubbish, sea salt water and dust into their facilities, which make the
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Posted on Tuesday, May 25, 2021
Eptec WA Sweeps Up Dust Particles
Client Introduction Eptec is an Australian based company with over 20 years of experience with Asset Lift Extension and is involved with the Defence Forces, Transport, Public Utilities, Mining, Oil and Gas. The WA branch is based in the Australian Marine Complex in Henderson, WA. This branch is predominately engaged with the Australian Navy and sandblasting and painting the naval equipment. The Challenge Epic's site consists of two sections, sandblasting and painting. Serena and Ahmad (Eptec’s Managers) were looking for a simple sweeping machine for keeping the front area of the production facility clean and clear of any sandblasting material.
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Posted on Monday, April 19, 2021
Visa Global Logistics Welcome Their ASC Eureka M6
Client Introduction Mondiale VGL delivers fully integrated solutions, including forwarding, clearance, warehouse, distribution, and value-added services. They have become one of the largest privately-owned international freight forwarding companies in Australia. In 2021, VISA Global Logistics merged with Mondiale Freight Services. The Challenge Mondiale has a very large distribution Centre in Sydney’s freight hub of Banks meadow. Their facility is very large, with continuous truck and forklifts movement throughout the day. The depot suffers from all the normal pollutants, including pollution, diesel, and aviation sediment, as well as tire dust and general debris that blows into the facility from surrounding warehouses.
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Posted on Wednesday, January 20, 2021
AAT Port Kembla Sweeps up with new ASC M6
Client Introduction Australian Amalgamated Terminals Pty. Ltd. (AAT) operates terminals with facilities for importing and exporting motor vehicles and general cargo at its various facilities. They offer facilities and access to stevedores holding licenses for its terminals. They also provide approved Australian customs systems and procedures for stevedores and their contracted shipping lines and information technology for cargo loading. Recently, they invested in a new ASC Eureka M6 Diesel sweeper to keep their Port Kembla facility in NSW clean. The Challenge Cleaning as well as maintaining a port is a tough job as ships are loaded and unloaded 24/7. Roadways
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Posted on Saturday, December 5, 2020
MHAS Sterling Naval base 10 Year Old ASC MEP Trade In’s
Client Introduction Thales, WA, is based in Garden Island and part of the HMAS Stirling naval base. Thales in Australia is part of a leading international electronics and systems group serving the defense, aerospace, and space, security, and transport markets in Australia and throughout the world. The Challenge Stephanie (HMAS administration department) had placed an inquiry asking for spare parts for their two 10-year-old ASC Eureka MEP sweepers. After an amazing 10 years of not spending a cent on these high-quality push sweepers, they decided to have them looked at. After inspection, the sweepers needed only a set of rubber
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Posted on Tuesday, December 1, 2020
Border Force Takes On The ASC M6
Client Introduction Border Force (Formerly Australian Customs) patrols Australia’s air and seaports. They have specialist facilities around Australia, which examine inbound cargo. The Challenge The Border Force Facility in Adelaide, South Australia, recently started exploring the market in order to upgrade their sweeper. Their directive was to get a large capacity sweeper capable of sweeping their 8,000 Square Metre facility. They needed the sweeper to efficiently eliminate the issue of airborne dust that built up in their facility. The Solution Border Force South Australia chose the new ASC Eureka M6 Electric sweeper. The sweeper has a new generation drive system
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Posted on Wednesday, August 28, 2019
ASC D5000 Will Keep The Port Of Townsville Neat & Clean
Port of Townsville recently took delivery of a fully reconditioned ASC D5000 street sweeper to help keep their Port clean. The ASC sweeper will predominantly be used to keep the births clean between loading and unloading of ships. The material to be swept will include copper, zinc concentrate, lead bullion and copper cathode which is shipped in from Glencore’s Copper Refinery Ltd (CRL). Recently ASC’s Tony Bilos spent the day on site training operators on how to properly use the sweeper and its (SOP) washdown procedures. This is the now the second ASC street sweeper to be used at the
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