ALE has utilised the largest-ever capacity cranes in Iraq while performing the heavy lifting works at the Karbala Refinery Project. The quick mobilisation of the cranes has also enabled ALE to optimise the overall project schedule. As part of a bigger scope involving several contracts for heavylifting, the global heavylifting contractor has been tasked to […]
Category Archives: General
03
Sep
Sep
COMANSA, one of the world’s main references in tower cranes for construction, launches to the worldwide market a new model designed to work in projects in which it is necessary to lift heavy loads. The new 21LC1050 is offered with versions of maximum load of 25, 37.5 and 50 tonnes and can be erected with […]
Companies, Crane Business, General
Empire Crane Delivers 2018 Demag AC 130-5 to Bob Hegarty’s North Jersey Crane Services, LLC
30
Aug
Aug
Empire Crane Company’s Mike Andrews has delivered a new 2018 Demag AC 130-5 to Bob Hegarty’s North Jersey Crane Services LLC in Landing, NJ. Hegarty’s chose the Demag AC130-5 because the capacity and reach will allow them to expand their operating capacities, while updating their fleet. They have had a positive relationship with the Terex/Demag […]
29
Aug
Aug
A Reid Lifting davit crane makes it possible for disabled people to participate in watersports and other activities at Calvert Trust Kielder, a specialist site for outdoor experiences, in Kielder Water & Forest Park, Northumberland, UK. The 150kg capacity T-Davit was installed on a jetty for the trust in the spring and has performed successfully […]
22
Aug
Aug
Ehingen / Donau (Germany) August 2018 – Teamwork in our home town – in June two Liebherr mobile cranes replaced a 20 year old debarking drum at the Sappi paper factory in Ehingen. This is also the location of the Liebherr manufacturing plant for mobile and crawler cranes. An LTM 1350-6.1 from Rieger & Moser […]
Crane News, General
Liebherr LTM 1350-6.1 mobile crane installs storage and retrieval vehicles for high-bay shelving warehouse
16
Aug
Aug
Ehingen / Donau (Germany) August 2018 – A Liebherr mobile crane operated by heavy haulage contractor Prangl installed several large storage and retrieval vehicles in a new high-bay shelving warehouse in Frastanz, Austria, a village in the west of the country near the border with the Principality of Lichtenstein. An LTM 1350-6.1 with a 42-metre luffing […]
16
Aug
Aug
Icelandic crane rental company DS Lausnir provided lifting and rigging gear, including a frame made of Modulift beams, to lift a 45t boat into water for the first time at a harbour in Hafnarfjörður on the southwest coast of the country, about 10km south of Reykjavík. Lausnir chose a 250t capacity Grove GMK 5250 (a 2016 model) from […]
10
Aug
Aug
Nenzing (Austria) September 2018 – Three Liebherr duty cycle crawler cranes were recently involved in the deep foundation work for a housing project in Hong Kong. Piles with a volume of 300 m³ each were installed in a restricted space with especially difficult ground conditions. Three duty cycle crawler cranes from Liebherr recently carried out […]
Crane News, General, Safety
CM Labs Releases Industry’s First Simulation-based Crane Signaller Training Solution
19
Jun
Jun
Montreal, QC, June 19, 2018 — CM Labs today announced the release of its new Signaller Training Station, a simulation-based solution that is the only one of its kind in the industry. Designed to work in conjunction with CM Labs’ Vortex® Trainer and Advantage simulators, the Signaller Training Station allows trainers to simultaneously engage multiple […]
30
May
May
Ehingen / Donau (Germany) May 2018 – Polish company DB Port Szczecin has invested in a new Liebherr LRT 1090-2.1. The rough-terrain crane will be used for loading goods and is the first Liebherr crane for the company. Quality, lifting capacity, efficiency and functionality were the main factors behind the purchase decision. Liebherr delivered the […]