Category Archives: Crane Business

Brazilian crane contractor LOCAR updates its crane fleet

Ehingen / Donau (Germany) April 2017 – Crane, heavy haulage and aerial platform contractor LOCAR from Brazil took delivery of four new Liebherr LTM 1250-5.1 mobile cranes at a stroke. New technical developments such as VarioBase®, VarioBallast® and the single-engine concept were important criteria for the purchase. LOCAR has updated its crane fleet with these […]

ALE reaches first milestone for Yamal Lng Project in Belgium

ALE is currently contributing to the trans-shipment operations of the Yamal LNG Project’s Modular Intermediate Storage Yard (MISY) at the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium. ALE’s scope on Yamal LNG project encompasses services for: Load-in of modules shipped from Asian fabrication yards Jack-down and storage of the modules in a dedicated laydown yard Load-out of […]

40 t telescopic crane from SENNEBOGEN simplifies maintenance of buoys at WSA Tönning

The Tönning Water and Shipping Authority ensures safety on the North Sea waterways along the western coast of northern Germany. This also includes maintaining the navigation aids that mark the shipping lanes in the water in the form of conical, jade, or spar buoys and weigh up to 6 t. The remarkably large buoys are […]

Liebherr Tower Cranes – everything from planning to dismantling from a single source

Schelklingen (Germany), 31. March 2017 – The Liebherr Tower Cranes Division planned and completed a job for a 1000 EC-H 50 Litronic in Schelklingen down to the very last detail. A new klinker production line is currently being built there whilst the cement works continues to operate normally. After Thyssenkrupp AG had been awarded the […]

Gulf Haulage Heavy Lift Company erects the first wind turbine in Saudi Arabia using a Liebherr LR 1750 crawler crane

Ehingen/ Donau (Germany) March 2017 – Heavy haulage and heavy lift contractor Gulf Haulage Heavy Lift Company (GHHL) has erected the first wind turbine in Saudi Arabia. A Liebherr LR 1750 crawler crane was used to erect the 84 metre tower, the 83 tonne nacelle and the 60 metre blades. The wind turbine in Turaif […]

Compact telescopic crane from SENNEBOGEN is increasingly replacing revolving tower cranes on Aggerbau building sites

The revolving tower crane is OUT- the mobile telescopic crane is IN. This is how the company, Aggerbau, from Northern Germany is summarizing the development of building sites. This is essentially due to greater flexibility and simple practicability amongst building sites. Aggerbau GmbH & Co. KG has developed not only very dynamically in domestic house […]

Empire Crane Company’s Cranes Ready Yachts at America’s Cup

March 28, 2017 North Syracuse, New York – Empire Crane Company has cranes rented to Correia Construction Company Ltd. for lowering yachts into the water for the America’s Cup in Bermuda. Empire’s 2015 Terex HC110 lifted the yacht for Team Japan. Empire’s 2015 Terex RT780 lifted the yacht for Team France. Correia Construction decided to […]

Mamut de Colombia building a new metro line in Panama City using several Liebherr mobile cranes

Ehingen/ Donau (Germany) March 2017 – Colombian crane contractor Mamut de Colombia is currently working on the construction of metro line 2 in Panama City. This involves two Liebherr LTM 1500-8.1 mobile cranes and a Liebherr LTM 1400-7.1 crane hoisting a total of 1640 U-shaped concrete beams weighing up to 161 tonnes onto prefabricated pillars […]

Progress with offshore wind contracts in the UK

Over the last nine months, ALE has performed almost 400 transport operations and executed over 300 lifts for multiple offshore wind contracts in the UK. ALE has set up a dedicated facility and operations team who are working on several offshore wind projects throughout Europe. ALE has been contracted for the supply and deployment of […]