Leading lifting solutions specialists GGR Group’s new training centre is taking shape. Work on the state-of-the-art facility commenced just before Christmas at its headquarters in Oldham. The frame is now in place and this week, the roof was lowered into place. A number of GGR’s specialist machinery is being used in the project. This includes […]
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Crane News, General, New cranes
High customer benefit through innovative design: the new Liebherr crawler crane LR 1100
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Munich (Germany), 19 January 2016 – At the Bauma 2016 Liebherr will present an innovative crawler crane concept for the 100-tonne class. The new LR 1100 will be available worldwide from summer 2016. Transport, set-up, lifting capacities and user-friendliness focus on optimizing customer benefit. The newly designed steel fabrication of this Liebherr crawler crane resembles a tubular structure and […]
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Liebherr erects tower crane at an altitude of 225 metres
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Biberach / Riss (Germany) February 2016 – A Liebherr tower crane was erected on Baden-Württemberg’s tallest building, the elevator test tower in Rottweil, with the aid of a 280 EC-H 12 Litronic. The 280 EC-H 12 Litronic with a hook height of 265 metres will now be supported by an 85 EC-B 5 FR.tronic. Together […]
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“Rapid Response Solutions used a Liebherr mobile crane to lift a plane in an active airport environment at Royal Air Force (RAF) Northolt in Middlesex, UK.” The British Aerospace 125 twin-engine mid-size corporate jet was successfully lifted from storage and positioned on foundation slabs overlooking the runway where it will serve as a gate guardian. […]
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SUCCESS STORY IN THE BALTIC REGION FOR TEREX® GOTTWALD MOBILE HARBOUR CRANES
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Düsseldorf, 10 February 2016 – In the recent past, Terex Port Solutions (TPS) has expanded its business presence in diesel-electric Terex® Gottwald mobile harbour cranes in the Baltic region. Since mid-2014, TPS has delivered several machines to a range of locations in the area, and now the Swedish company SCA Logistics AB (SCA) has ordered […]
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Precision work with a duty cycle crane that weighs tons: SENNEBOGEN 690 with a diaphragm wall grab in the front yard
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The Volker Staal en Funderingen (VSF) company digs diaphragm walls for dike reinforcement under very difficult conditions. A 90 t SENNEBOGEN duty cycle crane stands between houses in very tight spaces and digs several meters deep into the ground with a 22 t diaphragm wall grab – a challenge for man and machine. In the […]
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Hanchang takes delivery of Liebherr LR 11000 crawler crane
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Ehingen / Donau (Germany) February 2016 – Hanchang Heavy Equipment Co., one of the largest crane contractors in South Korea, officially took delivery of a new Liebherr LR 11000 crawler crane in mid-December 2015. At the same time Hanchang unveiled the 1000-tonne lattice boom crane to its customers and partners on its site in Ulsan. […]
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Liebherr LTM 1750-9.1 mobile crane operated by Saller shows its efficiency at wind farm
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Ehingen / Donau (Germany) February 2016 – Kran Saller GmbH based in Deggendorf in Bavaria, recently erected five wind turbines in five weeks at a wind farm in Dagebüll, Germany, near the Danish border. The heaviest load for the Liebherr LTM 1750-9.1 mobile crane was the rotor star at 61 tonnes which had to be […]
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Liebherr mobile crane dismantles the last construction crane on Hamburg’s Elbe Philharmonic Hall from a jack-up platform
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Ehingen / Donau (Germany) December 2015 – The Elbe Philharmonic Hall, a future concert hall and architectural highlight in the Port of Hamburg, can now be seen without any construction cranes for the first time since building work began in 2007. Hamburg-based crane and heavy haulage contractor Thömen used a Liebherr LTM 1750-9.1 mobile crane […]
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Mammoet adds Liebherr LTM 1400-7.1 mobile crane to its fleet in Ludwigshafen
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This Liebherr 400-tonne mobile crane significantly extends the company’s crane capacity at its site in Ludwigshafen as previously a 200-tonne mobile crane was the largest in the fleet. The new crane will enable the company to meet its customers’ demands, particularly for work in the chemicals industry. The main reasons behind the decision to buy […]