Brazilian heavy lift and haulage company Guindastes Tatuapé has taken delivery of the first 220 tonne Liebherr LTR 1220 telescopic crawler crane in Brazil. The LTR1220 features the same 60 metre boom found on the LTM 1220-5.2 All Terrain crane and is fitted with a 12.2 to 22.2 metre bi-fold swing-away, which can be extended further with two seven metre lattice sections. The crane has already worked on a number of projects and is currently erecting concrete beams for the construction of a new railway line at Guarulhos Airport in Sao … [Read more...]
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Liebherr LR 11350 to lift three coke drums
ALE’s Argentina branch used a Liebherr LR 11350 to lift three coke drums at the YPF refinery in Buenos Aires. The coke drums weighed 435 tonnes each. ALE was also contracted to transport them, along with lifting derricks, coke drum structures and several other columns and heavy components. To transport the coke drums to the installation area, ALE used four 22 axle lines of conventional trailers. For the lifts ALE used a 1,350 tonne capacity Liebherr LR 11350 lattice boom crawler crane. To reduce the ground bearing pressure the crawler was … [Read more...]
Third LTM 11200 9.1 for Max Bögl
German crane group Max Bögl has taken delivery of its third 1,200 tonne Liebherr LTM 11200 9.1 making it six Liebherr crane so far this year. The new crane features the 100 metre main boom option, which when combined with the luffing jib takes the maximum system length up to 188 metres. Bögl took its first LTM11200-9.1 in April 2013 and its second in May of this year, the latest unit was recently handed over at Liebherr’s plant in Ehingen. Peter Guttenberger, director of transport and machines at Max Bögl said: "We particularly use … [Read more...]
Liebherr supplies Krandienst’s first crawler
Hamburg-based crane company Autokranvermietung Krandienst Schulz has entered the crawler crane hire market with the purchase of a Liebherr LR 1600/2. The crane features Liebherr's new SL13 boom system, designed to assist with the erection of the latest generation of wind turbines with hub heights of more than 150m. Krandienst has already hired the crane to a wind turbine project, with the LR 1600/2 erecting 2.5MW-class turbines at Neiler, in the Swabian Alps. The project involved lifting 63t loads to a hub height of 138m. Company … [Read more...]
Argentina’s largest crane assists coke project
ALE has completed the lift of three coke drums at a Buenos Aires refinery, using what is said to be the largest crane in Argentina. The Argentina branch of ALE completed the project, which involved the transport and lift of the three 435t, 42m-long drums, using a 1,350t Liebherr LR11350 crane. The job was undertaken as part of YPF's Nuevo Coke A project, and also involved weighing, transporting and lifting derricks and coke drum structures, as well as transporting and installing columns and heavy components. ALE's project manager … [Read more...]
Liebherr supplies tower cranes to Kingdom Tower
Liebherr has won the contract to supply four HC-L series tower cranes to the Kingdom Tower project in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Three 280 HC-L 16/28 cranes and one 357 HC-L 18/32 Litronic will be supplied to the project, with jib lengths of 40 - 45 m and lifting capacities of 11 - 12 tonnes at a radius of 35 m. The 280 HC‑L luffing cranes will be used to build the side wings of the Kingdom Tower, with hook heights reaching some 400 m. The 357 HC-L will be on the main tower, with a hook height of some 1,000 m. To reach these heights the cranes … [Read more...]
Gammon meets requirements with Liebherr cranes
Gammon Construction has purchased two Liebherr 380 EC-B 16 Litronic flat-top cranes to assist construction of the Midfield Concourse project at Hong Kong International Airport. The 16t cranes are being used as part of the HKD6.2bn ($800m) contract awarded to Gammon by Airport Authority Hong Kong, and were delivered to Gammon by Liebherr's Hong Kong distributor Shriro Machinery Co. The project involves the construction of a new passenger concourse, to increase the number of passenger aircraft stands and meet future demand at the … [Read more...]
Liebherr subsea crane lifted by four mobile cranes
Liebherr used two mobile harbour cranes and two lattice boom mobile cranes to lift its new RL-K 7500 subsea crane ahead of shipment to Asia. At its facility in Rostock, Germany, Liebherr used two LHM 600 mobile harbour cranes and two LG 1750 lattice boom mobile cranes to lift the RL-K 7500 onto a transportation device. The RL-K 7500, which has a dead weight of 665t, will be delivered along with a Liebherr RL-K 4200 knuckle boom crane, to Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering. The customer plans to equip several of its ships with a set … [Read more...]
Liebherr crane assists fertile growth in Indonesia
A Liebherr LR 11350 crawler crane has been used to perform a single lift and a tandem lift at a fertiliser plant in Palembang, Indonesia. Overseen by GTA Construction and performed on behalf of a joint venture between an Indonesian EPC company and a Japanese EPC contractor, the tandem lift took two hours and involved lifting a 787t ammonia converter into position at the facility. As well as the 1,350t-capacity LR 11350, a 550t tandem crane was also used. GTA's general manager for construction, Mr E Warman said: "The main benefit of the LR … [Read more...]
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