Modulift has supplied two large spreader beams to complete a rig that will lift 20 wind farm jacket foundations onto vessels at ST3 Offshore’s dockside location in Szczecin, Poland, close to the country’s northwestern border with Germany. The jackets are bound for Cuxhaven and will eventually be installed at the Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind […]
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Konecranes Gottwald Mobile Harbor Cranes in service in Copenhagen Malmö Port
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Feb
Feb
Konecranes has strengthened its presence in Scandinavia with two Konecranes Gottwald Model 6 Mobile Harbor Cranes. The cranes have been handling scrap and dry bulk materials in Malmö, Sweden since the autumn of 2017. Copenhagen Malmö Port (CMP) purchased the eco-efficient electric four-rope grab cranes during the first half of 2017 as part of a long-term […]
Crane Business, Jobsite reports
Specialists in pipe handling: SENNEBOGEN 870 E material handler at Mülheim Pipecoatings
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Feb
Feb
A total of seven SENNEBOGEN 870 material handlers are now successfully in operation as specialist equipment for pipe handling at the company Mülheim Pipecoatings. Every day the material handlers move hundreds of pipes up to 18 m (approx. 59 feet) in length and up to 15 t in weight. This requires a fine touch – […]
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ALE has loaded-out two modules weighing a combined weight of over 20,000t for the Martin Linge platform project in South Korea. The global heavylifting provider was contracted to perform both the weighing and load-out operations for the utility and process modules of the platform. ALE’s specialist division, ALE-Offshore Services, executed the weighings using ALE’s centrally-controlled […]
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First ever Liebherr LTM 1070-4.2 fire service crane delivered to Taiwan
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Feb
Feb
Ehingen / Donau (Germany) February 2018 – Lian Zheng has invested in an LTM 1070-4.2 fire service crane from Liebherr and has imported the first ever of these special cranes to Taiwan. The crane and heavy haulage contractor has nine mobile cranes in its all-Liebherr fleet. Company proprietor Kuo-Pao Wu and his wife Shu-Chin Wu […]
Crane Business, Jobsite reports
ALE’s innovative mega jack 800 scores hat-trick with STS crane jack-ups in Barcelona
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Feb
Feb
ALE has used its award-winning Mega Jack 800 system to heighten and jack-up three STS crane, weighing 1,390t each, in Barcelona, Spain. ALE was sub-contracted by ZPMC to jack-up the cranes almost 6m high, so the cranes could be extended at the Barcelona Europe South Terminal (BEST). Due to the ongoing activities on-site and the […]
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Dec
Dec
It made a nice change for Swiss construction contractor Hartmann and its Liebherr LTM 1060-3.1 mobile crane. At the end of November, the 60-tonne crane erected a 12-metre Christmas tree in front of the Badrutt’s Palace luxury hotel in St. Moritz. The three tonne fir tree with Christmas decorations creates a festive highlight in the […]
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Dec
Dec
Modulift provided a custom lifting beam, slings and shackles as specialist pipeline contractor Stockton Drilling completed multiple lifts of a 28t, 18m-long tunnel boring machine (TBM) that was working subsea at the Beatrice Offshore Windfarm / Direct Pipe Landfalls (BOWL) project at Portgordon, Scotland. The BOWL project is one of the largest private investments ever […]
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Liebherr MK 88 Plus mobile construction crane turns night into day
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Dec
Dec
Hoisting bridge elements through two overhead cables was the most complex part of the job. A Liebherr MK 88 Plus mobile construction crane dismantled a cable bridge at night. The job was completed within a few hours thanks to the lighting concept of Liebherr mobile construction cranes. An MK 88 Plus dismantled a cable bridge […]
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Liebherr LTC 1050-3.1 completes gantry crane installation in constricted conditions
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Dec
Dec
A Liebherr LTC 1050-3.1 mobile crane installed a gantry crane in challenging conditions. The new 50-tonne compact crane operated by Gummersbach-based crane contractor Ley had to work in a very little space. The production hall of a company which manufactures models and moulds based in Biedenkopf in the State of Hesse presented the three-axle compact crane […]