Bregenz (Austria), 08 June 2017 – Liebherr is a construction partner to the Bregenz Festival: Two Liebherr tower cranes constructed the lake platform. The 154 EC-H 6 Litronic was specially anchored to the bed of Lake Constance for the opera “Carmen”, while the 71 K has been owned by the Festival since 2000. The construction […]
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Jun
Jun
ALE has started a long-distance transportation project to Oman. So far, ALE has transported two heavylift (HL) and 20 over-dimensional cargo (ODCs) as part of the new IBRI IPP power plant project in Ibri, Oman. The global heavy-lifting contractors secured the scope to receive and transport 110 ODC and HL cargo 640km on a challenging […]
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Jun
Jun
GGR Group announced today that construction work has started on a new, state of the Head Quarters. Located in Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire, the site is just a five minute walk from Hadeenham Rail Station, with direct links to and from the capital, London. The build is expected to be completed November 2017. The new head […]
Crane Business, Jobsite reports
Liebherr LR 11350 and LR 1750 crawler cranes complete tandem hoist to position a bridge in Manchester
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Jun
Jun
Ehingen / Donau (Germany) June 2017 – As part of a major railway construction project in the North of England, the Scottish contractor Weldex uses two Liebherr crawler cranes to complete a central construction phase. In February both crawler cranes performed a tandem hoist for a 560-tonne arched bridge over the River Irwell in Manchester. […]
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Jun
Jun
Tower crane manufacturer used Vertikal Days show in the UK to display for the first time its new cabin, to be launched this summer. “The squared shape is new and ideal”; “It’s very spacious and bright”; “Uses flat glass, to avoid distortion and be able to easily replace it if necessary”… These were some of […]
Companies, Crane Business, New cranes
Indonesian port operator places order for eight Konecranes Gottwald Mobile Harbor Cranes
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May
May
Konecranes has won its hitherto biggest order for Konecranes Gottwald Mobile Harbor Cranes in the Asia-Pacific region. In the course of 2017 and at the beginning of 2018, Java-based port operator PT Berlian Jasa Terminal Indonesia (PT BJTI) will add eight more cranes to its existing fleet of eight Konecranes Gottwald machines. For particularly eco-efficient […]
Crane Business, Jobsite reports
Precise sea wall positioning down to the nearest millimeter: SENNEBOGEN 880 EQ for land reclamation in Dubai
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May
May
Everything in equilibrium – it’s easy with the SENNEBOGEN 880 EQ: Dubai is growing and growing, so every meter counts as potential new building ground – land reclamation is an important objective. Bilal Transport uses a SENNEBOGEN 880 EQ to position stone blocks weighing up to 7 metric tons for coastal fortifications. Bilal General Transport […]
Companies, Crane Business, Jobsite reports, New cranes
TOPKRAN takes delivery of the first Liebherr LTM 1750-9.1 mobile crane in Russia
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May
May
Ehingen / Donau (Germany) May 2017 – Moscow crane rental company TOPKRAN took delivery of a Liebherr LTM 1750-9.1 mobile crane in April. This is the first crane of this type in Russia. TOPKRAN will primarily use the new crane in the construction of underground railways. The Liebherr 750-tonne machine can lift tunnel drilling machines […]
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May
May
The Spanish football team is completing the expansion of the “Benito Villamarin” stadium with the support of three Linden Comansa cranes model 21LC290 from rental company Eleva Grúas Torre. Real Betis Balompié, a football (soccer) club from the Spanish First Division (La Liga), is close to finishing the reconstruction works of its home ground, in […]
Crane Business, Jobsite reports
Liebherr LTC 1050-3.1 mobile crane for transporting marker buoys in action
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May
May
Ehingen / Donau (Germany) May 2017 – Bremerhaven Waterways & Shipping Office (WSA) took delivery of a Liebherr compact crane of type LTC 1050-3.1 in November 2016. The WSA will primarily use the crane for transporting so-called marker buoys. Loads weighing over six tonnes and up to eleven metres in length must be transported. These […]