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 […]
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Gulf Haulage Heavy Lift Company erects the first wind turbine in Saudi Arabia using a Liebherr LR 1750 crawler crane
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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 […]
Crane Business, Jobsite reports
Mamut de Colombia building a new metro line in Panama City using several Liebherr mobile cranes
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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 […]
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Ehingen / Donau (Germany) March 2017 – Megalift GmbH will receive three new Liebherr LTM 1250-5.1 mobile cranes within three months. Company proprietor Bernd Preusse says that the VarioBallast® on this crane model was a major criterion behind the purchase. The three new 250-tonne machines will add to Megalift’s Fleet at its site in Bremen […]
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Liebherr LTM 1500-8.1 mobile crane operated by Ulferts & Wittrock assembles Liebherr portal slewing crane in Bremen
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Ehingen / Donau (Germany) March 2017 – At the beginning of this year, crane and heavy haulage contractor Ulferts & Wittrock assembled a Liebherr LPS 280 portal slewing crane for handling scrap metal in Bremen. A Liebherr LTM 1500-8.1 mobile crane was used for the heaviest loads. The constricted conditions on site proved a major […]
Jobsite reports
Liebherr mobile cranes successfully complete final bridge dismantling job in the dark and fog
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Ehingen / Donau (Germany) March 2017 – Three massive prestressed concrete supports for a road bridge were dismantled under great time pressure near Osnabrück. The railway track under the bridge was shut to rail traffic for two nights. Crane contractors Sommer-Kranverleih from Bremen and Autokrane-Spallek from Ibbenbüren each brought an LTM 1300-6.2 to the site […]
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Las Vegas, March 2017. Liebherr-Werk Nenzing GmbH celebrates the 101-year anniversary of Bigge Crane & Rigging with the handover of another LR 1300 crawler crane. At the Liebherr exhibition stand on Thursday Liebherr-Werk Nenzing GmbH celebrated the 101-year anniversary of Bigge Crane & Rigging, one of its biggest crane customers, with the official handover of […]
Jobsite reports
Liebherr LTR 1220 telescopic crawler crane builds water basins for innovative energy storage system
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Ehingen / Donau (Germany) February 2017 – For several months the Max Bögl Group has been working on a smart concept to generate and store natural electricity in the north-east of Baden-Württemberg. A modern pump accumulator power plant is being built near Schwäbisch Hall along with four wind turbines with a total height of up […]
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Ehingen / Donau (Germany) January 2017 – One year after the removal and refurbishment of a submersible sluice gate at the Aggertal dam, 50 kilometres to the east of Cologne, the sluice gate required to control the water level was reinstalled underwater. The job was carried out by a Liebherr LTM 1090-4.1 mobile crane operated […]
Companies, Crane Business
Indian crane contractor JNK Lifters takes delivery of Liebherr LTM 1250-5.1 mobile crane at the Bauma Conexpo India
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Ehingen / Donau (Germany) February 2017 – Crane rental company JNK Lifters based in Mumbai took delivery of a new LTM 1250-5.1 mobile crane at the Liebherr stand at the Bauma Conexpo India construction machinery trade show. The high lifting capacity of the 5-axle machine and its VarioBase® variable support base with the main criteria […]