Category Archives: Jobsite reports

Liebherr LTM 1090-4.1 mobile crane installs sluice gate in dam wall

Ehingen / Donau (Germany) January 2017 – One year after the removal and refurbishment of a submersible sluice gate at the Aggertal dam, 50 kilometres to the east of Cologne, the sluice gate required to control the water level was reinstalled underwater. The job was carried out by a Liebherr LTM 1090-4.1 mobile crane operated […]

Infrastructure Project at the Suez Canal with Duty Cycle Crawler Cranes and Crawler Cranes from Liebherr

Nenzing (Austria), February 2017 – a total of ten Liebherr duty cycle crawler cranes and crawler cranes are currently in operation at the Suez Canal as part of a multibillion project. A HS 8100 HD duty cycle crawler crane of the newest generation belonging to the German company Züblin is among the machines deployed to […]

Grúas Rigar relocates construction crane at the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona using Liebherr LTM 1500-8.1 mobile crane

Ehingen/ Donau (Germany) January 2017 – Spanish crane contractor Grúas Rigar demonstrated a very high level of professionalism in November when tackling a difficult crane job at the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona. One of the three massive construction cranes had to be relocated. Rigar used one of its largest telescopic cranes, a Liebherr LTM 1500-8.1, […]

SENNEBOGEN 640 duty cycle crane in use for public works in St. Petersburg

VodoKanalStroy is the name of the public corporation that provides water and sewer services to the millions of residents of St. Petersburg. The corporation has several SENNEBOGEN machines in use for the wide range of public works and sewer maintenance tasks. Traffic heading downtown streams all around the construction workers, who have begun to reinforce […]

ALE completes Wikinger project scope in Ferrol

ALE was contracted to undertake a variety of services for the Wikinger project across two project sites, Cadiz and Ferrol in Spain. The scope in Ferrol was divided into three main parts: weighing 12 jackets, transporting 29 jackets within Navantia Fene Shipyard and loading-out the 29 jackets. ALE commenced the project in December 2015 and […]

GGR performs dazzling lift for Leeds Christmas tree

GGR was recently commissioned to help bring some Christmas cheer to Leeds Trinity Shopping Centre, whilst lifting a giant, 66ft Christmas tree into place. A UNIC URW-506 was central to the lift, where the Christmas tree had to be lifted in ten separate layers, with the heaviest weighing up to 100kg. Of course, this was […]

Mobile yard crane for logistics and handling: SENNEBOGEN 640 M for Pilon in St. Petersburg

As one of the leading bridge construction and infrastructure companies in St. Petersburg, Russia, Pilon specializes in bridge and road transport infrastructure maintenance, as well as hydraulic engineering. The company is currently using a SENNEBOGEN 640 on its premises as a yard crane for handling and logistics. Founded in 1993, Pilon now has over 1,500 […]

Toscani relocates the Alexander von Humboldt sailing ship using Liebherr cranes

Ehingen / Donau (Germany) December 2016 – In October the 110 year-old sailing ship, the Alexander von Humboldt, was relocated from Bremen’s Europahafen to its final berth on the Schlachte, Bremen’s maritime district. The famous sailing ship had previously been converted into an event and hotel vessel. As a result of the limited clearance heights […]

Wiesbauer’s Liebherr MK 140 mobile construction crane working in Frankfurt’s banking area

Biberach / Riss (Germany), 05 December 2016 – The Liebherr MK 140 mobile construction crane operated by Wiesbauer GmbH & Co. KG was recently involved in roofing work in Frankfurt’s banking area. The area did not have to be cordoned off completely thanks to its small footprint. An office building with three lower and nine […]

Safety first – “Open-heart surgery” on a natural gas treatment plant

Ehingen / Donau (Germany) Dezember 2016 – A job carried out by an LTM 1500-8.1 operated by Hüffermann Krandienst in Northern Germany featured a high level of safety precautions. A refurbished gas flare had to be erected at a height of around 100 metres at the ExxonMobil natural gas treatment plant in Grossenkneten. In addition […]