A Sennebogen 655 heavy duty cycle crawler crane has been put to put to work on the River Rhine in Germany to help carry out lock maintenance repairs. The crawler is carrying out the work on the Offenbach lock chambers for the Aschaffenburg Water and Shipping Authority (WSA). The Offenbach lock chambers are part of the Main federal waterway, which runs 185.2 km from the mouth of the River Rhine. In total, 15 locks require regular maintenance. The Sennebogen 655 heavy duty cycle crawler crane is used by the WSA to help carry out regular … [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...]
Tiong Woon adds five Groves
Lifting and transport specialist Tiong Woon has taken delivery of five new 300 tonne capacity Manitowoc Grove all terrains to add to its crane rental fleet. The Singapore-based company marked the addition of the GMK6300L models in a ceremony held during the Bauma China construction industry exhibition in Shanghai at the end of November. Tiong Woon Crane & Transport, 15th in the IC50 ranking of the world’s largest crane rental companies, now has 18 Groves in its fleet of more than 300 wheeled mobile and crawler cranes. At the ceremony KH … [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...]
Sennebogens for AGD
AGD Equipment, the UK and Ireland distributor for Marchetti and Sennebogen cranes, has taken delivery of a 70 tonne Sennebogen 673R crawler crane and an eight tonne 608M multi-crane for its rental fleet. The 608M multi-crane, mounted on a wheeled rather than a crawler or rail chassis, with closer capabilities to a heavy duty telehandler than a crane, can be fitted with various attachments such as, lifting forks/bucket, hoist, a 4.5 to seven metre telescopic jib and an 800kg capacity work platform. Maximum lift height is just over 20 metres … [Read more...]
Terex CC 2800 crawler used for erecting wind turbine
A Terex CC 2800-1 crawler crane purchased by German crane company Mobi-Hub was taken directly from the manufacturing facility to a wind turbine erection site in a forest in Koblenz. The crane was taken from Terex's manufacturing facility at Zweibrücken to the Koblenz site, where the wind turbine was erected for Enercon. The turbine had a hub height of 130m and required three main lifts, covering the 48t nacelle, 71t generator and finally the 68t rotor. The CC 2800-1 was set up with a 138m S7 boom with 12m fixed jib, and 180t of … [Read more...]
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