Relief of traffic congestion
The Australian crane company Premier Cranes & Rigging is using an LTM 1450-8.1 for the West Gate Tunnel Project (WGTP) in Melbourne. A four-kilometre toll road is being built there, connecting the West Gate Freeway in Yarraville with the Port of Melbourne and the CityLink in the Docklands via two tunnels, a bridge and an elevated road section. The residential areas in the inner west of the city are to be relieved of lorry traffic in future this way.
Jingle Bells
At the 2024 Santa Claus Parade in Kamloops, Canada, Cutting Edge Consulting Inc. (CEC) transformed its LTM 1120-4.1 into a magical Christmas locomotive. Under the motto “Christmas movie magic”, the CEC Express travelled through the streets with steam, a horn and a specially built carriage. Fresh snow and the demonstration of the “crab walk” made the event a special highlight.
High-speed for Hokkaido
Sapporo is the capital of the mountainous, northern Japanese island of Hokkaido. The downhill skiing slopes and ski jumps of the 1972 Winter Olympics are located in the urban area. An LR 11350 from the crane and heavy haulage company Denzai is currently assembling components weighing up to 140 tonnes for the new Shinkansen highspeed railway line.
New roof installed in Texas
The final highlight of a church extension in Aryle, a small town in Denton County in the US state of Texas, is the installation of the dome. Crane specialist Davis Crane Service uses its LTM 1450-8.1 with luffing jib to lift the roof structure with high precision.
Fresh components for wind power
Two LTM 1650-8.1 mobile cranes unload giant rotor blades for wind turbines at the Jade-Weser Port near Wilhelmshaven in northern Germany. The two Liebherr cranes have each been set up at the quay with a 28-metre telescopic boom and a 49-metre luffing jib and can lift their loads off board at a radius of up to 53 metres with a ballast of 155 tonnes each. The cranes belong to the Hamburg crane companies Knaack and Thömen (Hüffermann Group). The 230 metre long transport ship KMAX RULER, sailing under the Liberian flag, was built as a bulk carrier, but can also transport blades with a length of 80 metres stacked in racks on deck.