One year ago Liebherr unveiled its new 60-ton LTM 1060-3.1 at the Bauma in Munich. Dozens of the new crane model have now been delivered to customers throughout Europe and other continents. One of the first vehicles was supplied to the Duisburg branch of Wasel-Krane. This company primarily uses the crane in power plants and […]
Category Archives: Crane News
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Mar
Mar
Liebherr unveiled a new 160-ton mobile crane on a five-axle chassis, the successor to the LTM 1160-5.1, at the Conexpo 2014 in Las Vegas. The load capacity of the new LTM 1160-5.2 has been increased by around 20-25% compared to its predecessor whilst the telescopic boom has remained at the same length of 62 m. […]
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Mar
Mar
The Bhoir Group’s Liebherr LR 1300, the 300 t crawler crane manufactured by Liebherr, created a breakthrough by lifting 8.3 t with 86 meter main boom and 89 meter luffing jib and derrick with 50 t of suspended counterweight. This splendid lift was carried out at a radius of 53 meter and the load was […]
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Mar
Mar
A UNIC mini spider crane took a trip to a World War I battlefield to lift a sculpture of a miniature red Welsh dragon at an iconic war memorial in the village of Mametz in Picardy, France recently. A 0.995 ton capacity UNIC URW-095 mini spider crane was hired by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission […]
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Mar
Mar
A Liebherr LTM 1100-5.2 mobile crane from Krandienst Kunze was involved in the Semper Opera Ball. The crane held a ball fitted with mirrors which acted as a focal point in the light show and firework display. This year’s Semper Opera Ball was held on 7 February with the slogan “Dresden Glitters”. The Opera Ball […]
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Feb
Feb
The Pakistani dealer AJCL delivered a new SENNEBOGEN 640 HD to the state railway company, Pakistan Railways, at the end of 2013. The robust duty cycle crawler crane is used to perform maintenance tasks on the railroad network and for numerous lifting tasks. AJCL Since 2013, AJCL (Ahmed Jaffer & Company Ltd) has represented SENNEBOGEN […]
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Feb
Feb
In February 2014, Liebherr delivered four new LTM 1055-3.2 mobile cranes to the Armasuisse, the purchasing division of the Swiss Army. The triple-axle mobile cranes were handed over on the company’s site in Reiden. The Swiss Department for Defence, Civil Protection and Sport has now bought a total of ten Liebherr cranes in various lifting […]
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Feb
Feb
Konecranes SLX electric chain hoists with hoisting inverter automatically adjust to the SWL (safe working load). Konecranes is expanding its range of workstation lifting systems with newly developed SLX electric chain hoists. The new models with integrated hoisting inverter support more efficient processes and shorter production cycles – thanks to variable hoisting speed and automatic […]
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Feb
Feb
The substrate of the Sydney Opera House, which was built in 1973, is currently being extensively renovated and a new underground supply network is being installed. The John Holland Group deploys a compact Sennebogen 613 telescopic crawler crane for this project. It is the emblem of the Australian metropolis – the Sydney Opera House is […]
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Jan
Jan
Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, will have a new road connection between the city center and the Noi Bai International Airport by the end of 2014. The pathway of this new 8-lane-road, four for each direction, crosses the Red River. To cross the 1,200 meter width river, Vietnam’s Ministry of Transportation launched a project of […]