Ehingen / Donau (Germany) May 2016 – For around one year the IJsselmeer (Lake IJssel) in the north of the Netherlands was the scene of an unusual job for a Liebherr LR 11350 crawler crane. The second most powerful crawler crane model from the plant in Ehingen erected the complete “Westermeerwind” wind farm from a massive […]
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Jobsite reports
Liebherr cranes: the installation of Nossa Senhora Aparecida Sanctuary bell tower in Brazil
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May
May
Ehingen / Donau (Germany) Mai 2016 – Two Liebherr mobile cranes were used in the assembling of the metallic structure of the bell tower of the National Sanctuary of Nossa Senhora Aparecida, in São Paulo (Brazil). The Sanctuary in the city of Aparecida is the second largest catholic temple of the world, behind only of […]
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May
May
The FRANZ BRACHT and SENNEBOGEN companies have a successful partnership that is now decades old. With the simultaneous use of three SENNEBOGEN crawler cranes in Offenburg, Germany, FRANZ BRACHT relies on flexibility and reliability. An unbeatable trio of three SENNEBOGEN crawler cranes ensure the smooth construction of a new furniture store in Offenburg. In this […]
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May
May
ALE has loaded-out the Malikai Tension Leg Platform (TLP), weighing 27,500t, at Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering (MMHE) West in Johor Darul Takzim, Malaysia. The actual skidding was completed in just 12 hours and it marks another major milestone for Malikai Project. This load-out was part of the contracted scope of work for the Malikai […]
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May
May
A group of work colleagues from GGR Group are on the run – for charity! The nine women, from the lifting solutions specialists’ Long Crendon office, will be donning their trainers at the forthcoming Cancer Research UK’s Race For Life event near Aylesbury. The team is made up of Rhiannon Spelman, Katie Sadler, Suzi Kershaw, […]
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May
May
5 th May 2016 – ALE are approaching the final stages of one of its biggest wind energy contracts it has ever secured in Thailand. ALE has been awarded a major contract for the transportation, crane lifting and installation of 24 x 2.5MW turbines to be erected on a project site in Khao Kho and […]
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May
May
4th May 2016 – ALE is pleased to announce the opening of a new branch in Milan, Italy. This is the first branch the global heavylift and transportation specialists have opened in the country. This will be ALE’s eleventh branch in Europe and will help expand their business development worldwide. ALE will be able to target clients working […]
Crane Business, Jobsite reports
Telescopic crane and material handler place sheet pile walls in hydraulic engineering for DOMARIN
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May
May
The Wöhrder See lake in Nuremberg, Germany has been undergoing extensive restoration since 2012. By mid 2016, the Norikus bay there will be redeveloped with a longitudinal dike. The hydraulic engineering company DOMARIN is currently installing the necessary sheet pile walls for the 400 m long dike. Wöhrder See extends over a length of around […]
Crane Business, Crane News
Griebel & Mahncke Schwertransporte rely on Liebherr LTM 1095-5.1 mobile crane
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May
May
Ehingen / Donau (Germany) April 2016 – Griebel & Mahncke is a transport and assembly contractor which mainly uses the three mobile cranes in its fleet for its own hoisting work. Recently it has added a new crane from Liebherr to its fleet: an LTM 1095-5.1 with a load capacity of 95 tonnes has replaced […]
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Munich (Germany), April 2016 – Liebherr is pleased to announce an exciting series of sales to the USA that were completed during this year’s Bauma trade fair held in Munich Germany. Wisconsin based Ideal Crane Rental Inc. purchased cranes from all three of Liebherr’s crane producing companies, among them for the first time a crawler […]