Wasel, the heavy load logistics experts from Bergheim, Germany, impressed everyone concerned with their professionalism during a difficult crane job on Cologne Cathedral in July. One of the two enormous hanging scaffolds on the north tower of the cathedral had to be dis-mantled at a height of roughly 100 meters. To do this, Wasel erected […]
Category Archives: Crane News
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A remarkable performance has recently been achieved by a Liebherr LR1300 in the United States. The crawler crane lifted the widest tilt-up panel in history. With a total width of 89 ft the old world record was beaten by six feet and two inches. This new world record was set in Rock Hill, South Carolina, […]
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One and a half years after delivery of a first G HSK 4316 B, Fospar S.A. orders an identical crane From Autumn 2013, another Terex® Gottwald portal harbor crane will be helping to efficiently move bulk cargo in Brazil. Terex Port Solutions (TPS) has received an order from Fospar S.A. (Fospar) to supply a Model 4 crane in […]
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Sep
Konecranes received a repeat RTG order from transportation supplier CSX Intermodal Terminals in the US. The recent order comprises four Konecranes RTGs and an option for one more. This is Konecranes’ second RTG delivery to CSX Intermodal Terminals as the previous order for three RTGs was placed in June last year. The recently ordered cranes […]
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The “old” arch created by the artist Erwin Wiegerling, called E.Lin, had been floating by the banks of the Seeon Lake for seven years now, and even served as a location for holding marriage ceremonies. Now the arch has come to the end of its life, as it had been looking rather ramshackle. E.Lin built […]
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New world record with pulley height of 248 meter. The Liebherr LR13000 is not only the most powerful conventional crawler crane in the world, it is now also the highest. In July it was erected in its maximum lattice boom configuration at the manufacturing plant in Ehingen, Germany. The combination of the 120 meter main […]
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One of GGR’s mini spider cranes, a 6 tonne capacity UNIC URW-706, was used with an MRTA611 Six-in-Line glass vacuum lifter to help glaze the external walls of the venue now that the temporary seating area used for the London 2012 Olympic Games has been removed. The spider crane and glass sucker were able to […]
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A SENNEBOGEN 6130 HD is successfully used by Gral Schotter to extract gravel near Graz, Austria. The heavy duty 6130 HD duty cycle crawler crane is particularly well suited for dragline bucket use, thanks to the robust design. Equipped with a 4.5 m³ Rädlinger HS drag bucket and the 30 m boom, approximately 280 t […]
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Liebherr LTC 1045-3.1 winds its way through the ‘medieval’ streets of Carcassonne A crane job inside a medieval town. Narrow gates in the fortress walls. Long, narrow streets and tight bends around the old walls. A mobile crane wound its way through historical Carcassonne on rough cobblestones, often just a hand’s width between the crane […]
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A new gas flue was recently installed in the large power plant in Mannheimm, Germany. Two building edges, a lifting height of 102 meters, a large lifting radius and highly constricted working space meant that an LTM 1750-9.1 was ideal for the job. The contractor Hellmich-Kranservice used the new Liebherr crane owned by Wiesbauer GmbH […]