Biberach / Riss (Germany), 4 August 2017 – The latest hydraulic fast-erecting cranes from Liebherr are already delighting their owners. A number of L1-24 cranes are already travelling from one site to the next. And they provide a whole host of benefits to customers. Lower Saxony joinery company Buscher und Ennen GmbH, for example, has […]
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ALE has used its latest innovation, the Lightweight Service Crane, for the first time in London, UK. ALE successfully lifted a building maintenance unit (BMU) onto the roof of a high-rise city centre building 124m high. The BMU was comprised of components, weighing between 1t – 3.5t. All of the Lightweight Service Crane’s components […]
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ALE has successfully completed the incremental launch of a concrete aqueduct of 11,200t in the Province of Córdoba, Argentina. ALE started launching the aqueduct, comprised of 44 voussoir sections, in August 2015 reaching a total length of 1,100m and was completed in a period of eight months. The typical incremental section measured 25m length […]
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Milestone for Konecranes Noell Straddle Carriers: Konecranes, having manufactured straddle carriers at its Competence Center in Würzburg, Germany, since 1968 and supplied leading straddle carrier terminals around the globe, has delivered its 3,000th straddle carrier. The milestone machine has now been put into operation at the MSC PSA European Terminal (MPET) in Antwerp, Belgium. This landmark […]
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Liebherr LB 24 rotary drilling rig and oscillator combination debuts in Mexico on Mota-Engil highway project
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Nenzing (Austria) July 2017 – Newly formed geotechnical division invests in Liebherr rig to set new quality standards. The newly formed geotechnical division of Mota-Engil Mexico SA de CV is leasing a Liebherr LB 24-270 rotary drilling rig on an 18 month rental agreement from Liebherr Mexico to start its operation and to act as […]
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Portsmouth based MMD Shipping Ltd. (MMD) will further increase its handling rates with the help of a new Konecranes Gottwald Model 6 Mobile Harbor Crane. The eco-efficient diesel-electric 125 t machine was put into operation at the end of May 2017. In the terminal, located on England’s south coast, the crane will predominantly handle reefer containers and palletized […]
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ALE has successfully completed their first project milestone in a major joint Norwegian/German renewable energy project. The global heavylift contractor has successfully delivered and installed the first two transformers for the Nordlink Project in Tonstad, Norway. ALE has been contracted to provide the engineering, heavy transportation and installation of 14 transformers, weighing approximately 225t each. […]
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Biggleswade (Great Britain), 10 July 2017 – Liebherr cranes have had an important part to play in the construction of the new Queensferry Crossing across Scotland’s Firth of Forth. Three Liebherr tower cranes were used to build the Crossing’s three towers with assistance from two Liebherr crawler cranes. Over ten different Liebherr mobile cranes types […]
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July 5, 2017 (Legnano, Milan, Italy)- Raimondi’s exclusive agent in France, GP Mat International (GP MAT), has completed the installation of six of the Italian manufacturer’s cranes in Saclay, a southwestern suburb of Paris. Under the direction of GP MAT President Frank Torchard, 10 of the company’s employees worked on the crane erections, including those […]
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Ehingen / Donau (Germany) June 2017 – As part of the energy reforms in Mexico, the “Miguel Hidalgo” oil refinery in Tula is being modernised. Mexican crane contractor ESEASA, carried out the hoisting work on behalf of construction contractor ICA Flour, using three Liebherr crawler cranes. They included the largest conventional crawler crane in the […]