Ehingen / Donau (Germany), February 2018 – Spanish crane rental contractor Gruas Leman took delivery of three new mobile cranes at the Liebherr Plant in Ehingen. The LTM 1130-5.1, LTM 1200-5.1 and LTM 1300-6.2 cranes will help the company based in Tarragona to modernise its crane fleet and the strengthen its market position. The three […]
Category Archives: Crane Business
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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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ALE has increased its jacking capacity to over 100,000t with the introduction of new jacking systems and enhancements to existing technologies. In order to fill a gap in the market and satisfy client demand to perform the jacking operations on three jobs at the same time, ALE has built four new towers for the Mega […]
Crane Business, Jobsite reports, New cranes
First ever Liebherr LTM 1070-4.2 fire service crane delivered to Taiwan
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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 […]
Companies, Crane Business, New cranes
M-Kran takes delivery of another Liebherr LTM 1500-8.1 mobile crane
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Ehingen / Donau (Germany) January 2018 – Crane company M-Kran took delivery of a Liebherr LTM 1500-8.1 mobile crane in December. This is the second crane of this type in the fleet as the Liebherr 500-tonne machine is in particularly high demand in Russia. The 8-axle 500-tonne mobile crane represents an expansion in the Moscow […]
Crane Business, Jobsite reports
ALE’s innovative mega jack 800 scores hat-trick with STS crane jack-ups in Barcelona
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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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Virtually all construction projects require the lifting, hauling or transportation of heavy materials – which is why cranes play a gigantic role in the development of your project. Deciding which crane is right for your objectives can be an overwhelming task, as the range of options available is limitless! There is an enormous variety of […]
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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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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 […]
Crane Business, Jobsite reports, Spotlight
Liebherr MK 88 Plus mobile construction crane turns night into day
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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 […]