Düsseldorf, 10 February 2016 – In the recent past, Terex Port Solutions (TPS) has expanded its business presence in diesel-electric Terex® Gottwald mobile harbour cranes in the Baltic region. Since mid-2014, TPS has delivered several machines to a range of locations in the area, and now the Swedish company SCA Logistics AB (SCA) has ordered […]
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Crane News, General, Jobsite reports
Precision work with a duty cycle crane that weighs tons: SENNEBOGEN 690 with a diaphragm wall grab in the front yard
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The Volker Staal en Funderingen (VSF) company digs diaphragm walls for dike reinforcement under very difficult conditions. A 90 t SENNEBOGEN duty cycle crane stands between houses in very tight spaces and digs several meters deep into the ground with a 22 t diaphragm wall grab – a challenge for man and machine. In the […]
Companies, Crane Business, Crane News, General
Hanchang takes delivery of Liebherr LR 11000 crawler crane
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Ehingen / Donau (Germany) February 2016 – Hanchang Heavy Equipment Co., one of the largest crane contractors in South Korea, officially took delivery of a new Liebherr LR 11000 crawler crane in mid-December 2015. At the same time Hanchang unveiled the 1000-tonne lattice boom crane to its customers and partners on its site in Ulsan. […]
Crane News, General, Jobsite reports
Liebherr LTM 1750-9.1 mobile crane operated by Saller shows its efficiency at wind farm
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Ehingen / Donau (Germany) February 2016 – Kran Saller GmbH based in Deggendorf in Bavaria, recently erected five wind turbines in five weeks at a wind farm in Dagebüll, Germany, near the Danish border. The heaviest load for the Liebherr LTM 1750-9.1 mobile crane was the rotor star at 61 tonnes which had to be […]
Crane Business, Jobsite reports, People
Theoretical and practical training in 2016: operator and technical training at SENNEBOGEN Akademie
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The SENNEBOGEN Akademie, founded at the start of 2015, offers the ideal setting for instruction and training. The modern facilities offer space for instruction and training events in theory and practice. In addition to training for employees and service partners, customer and operator instruction is now also in focus. SENNEBOGEN knows that every machine is […]
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ALE has announced plans to build a heavy duty jib with lengths up to 100m that can fit onto both the AL.SK190 and AL.SK350 cranes. The new jib will have a 3,400t lifting capacity and will be built from specialist steel milled with steel grades up to S1100QL used. The jib is a modular design and can […]
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SENNEBOGEN has included its crawler crane models in its upgrade to the next generation of engines. The new generation of the 3300, with a safe working load of 125 t, comes with a variety of attachments, the latest engine and a Star Lifter undercarriage. Crawler cranes are used in a variety of tasks, from lifting […]
General, Jobsite reports
Liebherr mobile crane dismantles the last construction crane on Hamburg’s Elbe Philharmonic Hall from a jack-up platform
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Ehingen / Donau (Germany) December 2015 – The Elbe Philharmonic Hall, a future concert hall and architectural highlight in the Port of Hamburg, can now be seen without any construction cranes for the first time since building work began in 2007. Hamburg-based crane and heavy haulage contractor Thömen used a Liebherr LTM 1750-9.1 mobile crane […]
Crane News, General, New cranes
Mammoet adds Liebherr LTM 1400-7.1 mobile crane to its fleet in Ludwigshafen
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This Liebherr 400-tonne mobile crane significantly extends the company’s crane capacity at its site in Ludwigshafen as previously a 200-tonne mobile crane was the largest in the fleet. The new crane will enable the company to meet its customers’ demands, particularly for work in the chemicals industry. The main reasons behind the decision to buy […]
Crane News, New cranes
Sims Crane Takes Delivery of 17 Tadano All Terrain Cranes, Becomes Largest Tadano ATF Crane Owner in North America
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TAMPA, Fla. (Dec. 17, 2015) – With the recent delivery of 17 Tadano all terrain cranes, Sims Crane & Equipment has become the largest Tadano all terrain crane owner in North America. Sims Crane also is the first Tadano all terrain crane owner in the United States. In 2015, Sims Crane has taken delivery of 29 […]