Ehingen/ Donau (Germany) March 2017 – Colombian crane contractor Mamut de Colombia is currently working on the construction of metro line 2 in Panama City. This involves two Liebherr LTM 1500-8.1 mobile cranes and a Liebherr LTM 1400-7.1 crane hoisting a total of 1640 U-shaped concrete beams weighing up to 161 tonnes onto prefabricated pillars […]
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Over the last nine months, ALE has performed almost 400 transport operations and executed over 300 lifts for multiple offshore wind contracts in the UK. ALE has set up a dedicated facility and operations team who are working on several offshore wind projects throughout Europe. ALE has been contracted for the supply and deployment of […]
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Ehingen / Donau (Germany) March 2017 – Megalift GmbH will receive three new Liebherr LTM 1250-5.1 mobile cranes within three months. Company proprietor Bernd Preusse says that the VarioBallast® on this crane model was a major criterion behind the purchase. The three new 250-tonne machines will add to Megalift’s Fleet at its site in Bremen […]
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Mar
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The heavy lifting crane, London’s largest crane, is now ready to begin work on site at Earls Court. The Earls Court development, led by Capital & Counties Properties PLC will create 8,000 homes and 10,000 new jobs as well as a new High Street and a new five-acre park in London. Demolition of the former […]
Crane News, Jobsite reports, New cranes
Experience Innovation: port handling with balance principle: SENNEBOGEN 8160 EQ at Buss Erk
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Mar
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A new balance material handler, the SENNEBOGEN 8160 EQ, unloads arriving ships in Iskenderun Turkey. The machine saves up to 75% on operating costs thanks to a sophisticated balance principle and electric drive. The Hamburg Buss Group, established as a stowage since 1920, is now a reliable partner in matters of port logistics and shipping […]
Companies, Jobsite reports
Liebherr LTM 1500-8.1 mobile crane operated by Ulferts & Wittrock assembles Liebherr portal slewing crane in Bremen
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Mar
Ehingen / Donau (Germany) March 2017 – At the beginning of this year, crane and heavy haulage contractor Ulferts & Wittrock assembled a Liebherr LPS 280 portal slewing crane for handling scrap metal in Bremen. A Liebherr LTM 1500-8.1 mobile crane was used for the heaviest loads. The constricted conditions on site proved a major […]
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Mar
Mar
Successful participation of the tower crane manufacturer at the ConExpo trade show, receiving a large number of visitors and potential new customers interested in knowing the luffing-jib product line. The most important fairs in each sector tend to be a thermometer of the market situation. The ConExpo trade show in Las Vegas was no exception, […]
Jobsite reports
Liebherr mobile cranes successfully complete final bridge dismantling job in the dark and fog
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Mar
Mar
Ehingen / Donau (Germany) March 2017 – Three massive prestressed concrete supports for a road bridge were dismantled under great time pressure near Osnabrück. The railway track under the bridge was shut to rail traffic for two nights. Crane contractors Sommer-Kranverleih from Bremen and Autokrane-Spallek from Ibbenbüren each brought an LTM 1300-6.2 to the site […]
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Mar
Mar
Las Vegas, March 2017. Liebherr-Werk Nenzing GmbH celebrates the 101-year anniversary of Bigge Crane & Rigging with the handover of another LR 1300 crawler crane. At the Liebherr exhibition stand on Thursday Liebherr-Werk Nenzing GmbH celebrated the 101-year anniversary of Bigge Crane & Rigging, one of its biggest crane customers, with the official handover of […]
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Mar
With the new port mobile crane from the Straubing crane manufacturer, port operators are given a new, high-quality alternative for container handling on the market. Similarly, the mobile port crane shall present an interesting solution for all ports which handle mass or general goods with ships up to around 100,000 DWT. The 9300 E is […]