Ehingen/ Donau (Germany) April 2017 – Liebherr has developed a completely new boom system with the designation SX for its 750-tonne lattice boom cranes LR 1750/2 and LG 1750 for erecting the latest generation of wind turbines. Turbines with a hub height of up to 165 metres and component weights of up to 120 tonnes […]
Author Archives: wiesjaal
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ALE completed the ballasting load-outs of two jackets for the Shah Deniz 2 project in Baku, Azerbaijan in July 2016 and in February 2017. ALE was contracted by the jacket constructor BOS Shelf for the load-out ballasting of the Production and Riser (PR) and the Living Quarters and Utilities (QU) platform jackets. This is part […]
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Ehingen / Donau (Germany) April 2017 – Crane, heavy haulage and aerial platform contractor LOCAR from Brazil took delivery of four new Liebherr LTM 1250-5.1 mobile cranes at a stroke. New technical developments such as VarioBase®, VarioBallast® and the single-engine concept were important criteria for the purchase. LOCAR has updated its crane fleet with these […]
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ALE is currently contributing to the trans-shipment operations of the Yamal LNG Project’s Modular Intermediate Storage Yard (MISY) at the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium. ALE’s scope on Yamal LNG project encompasses services for: Load-in of modules shipped from Asian fabrication yards Jack-down and storage of the modules in a dedicated laydown yard Load-out of […]
Crane News, General, Jobsite reports
40 t telescopic crane from SENNEBOGEN simplifies maintenance of buoys at WSA Tönning
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The Tönning Water and Shipping Authority ensures safety on the North Sea waterways along the western coast of northern Germany. This also includes maintaining the navigation aids that mark the shipping lanes in the water in the form of conical, jade, or spar buoys and weigh up to 6 t. The remarkably large buoys are […]
Crane Business, Jobsite reports
Liebherr Tower Cranes – everything from planning to dismantling from a single source
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Schelklingen (Germany), 31. March 2017 – The Liebherr Tower Cranes Division planned and completed a job for a 1000 EC-H 50 Litronic in Schelklingen down to the very last detail. A new klinker production line is currently being built there whilst the cement works continues to operate normally. After Thyssenkrupp AG had been awarded the […]
Crane News, Jobsite reports
Gulf Haulage Heavy Lift Company erects the first wind turbine in Saudi Arabia using a Liebherr LR 1750 crawler crane
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Ehingen/ Donau (Germany) March 2017 – Heavy haulage and heavy lift contractor Gulf Haulage Heavy Lift Company (GHHL) has erected the first wind turbine in Saudi Arabia. A Liebherr LR 1750 crawler crane was used to erect the 84 metre tower, the 83 tonne nacelle and the 60 metre blades. The wind turbine in Turaif […]
Crane News, Jobsite reports
Compact telescopic crane from SENNEBOGEN is increasingly replacing revolving tower cranes on Aggerbau building sites
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Mar
The revolving tower crane is OUT- the mobile telescopic crane is IN. This is how the company, Aggerbau, from Northern Germany is summarizing the development of building sites. This is essentially due to greater flexibility and simple practicability amongst building sites. Aggerbau GmbH & Co. KG has developed not only very dynamically in domestic house […]
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March 28, 2017 North Syracuse, New York – Empire Crane Company has cranes rented to Correia Construction Company Ltd. for lowering yachts into the water for the America’s Cup in Bermuda. Empire’s 2015 Terex HC110 lifted the yacht for Team Japan. Empire’s 2015 Terex RT780 lifted the yacht for Team France. Correia Construction decided to […]