Newsletter Maritime Cranes

Issue 3/2019

Liebherr Opens New Subsidiary

In Hamburg Port

The new Liebherr sales and service centre, comprising an area of 44,000 m² in the Kuhwerder Harbour, was officially opened beginning September 2019. The location offers a good and wide-ranging infrastructure: easy access to motorways and railways, a public transport network and direct water access via three quays.

“As the Hamburg Port Authority, we are extremely proud when we see today what an attractive location the company Liebherr has constructed in the heart of our Hamburg Port within such a short period of time,” says Jens Meier, CEO of HPA.

LiUP®

Crane Driver Elevator

The elevator for mobile harbour cranes, called LiUP, is designed to transport the operator in a safe and efficient way to his workplace.

The device features an innovative drive technology powered by an electric motor with lithium-ion battery. This has the great advantage that no disturbing cables are necessary. When the lift is lowered, the innovative drive concept is also able to recover up to 40% of energy.

Inauguration Ceremony

TCC 78000

Liebherr Rostock officially inaugurated its new heavy-duty gantry crane TCC 78000 at the Rostock Overseas Port. It will not only support the family business Liebherr with the loading and assembly of ever larger maritime cranes from its own production, but will also offer other companies the opportunity to handle heavy loads at Rostock Port.

"Thanks to its unique combination of lifting height and capacity, the TCC 78000 has the best technical potential available to safely and economically assemble and load the next generation of maritime cranes," summarised Leopold Berthold, Managing Director of Liebherr-MCCtec Rostock GmbH.

When Dreams are Big Enough

Video: TCC 78000 Assembly

The TCC 78000 with its 1.600 tonnes lifting capacity is a new milestone of the Liebherr plant in Rostock and every single employee has his share in it. We have summarized all the efforts of the past months in the following video.

"To install a crane of this dimension here in Rostock is something special for all employees." Benjamin Rattfann, Test bench master for ship and offshore cranes, Liebherr-MCCtec Rostock GmbH

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Liebherr STS Cranes

World’s Largest Container Vessel

The MSC Gülsün, with 24 rows across and a capacity of 23,756 TEU proves no problem for the latest generation of Liebherr STS container cranes.

The cranes with an outreach of 72 m are future ready for even larger container vessels.

Heavy Lift Ship Crane

Loading two LHM 550

Two heavy-duty Liebherr ship cranes type CBB 3800-250 are installed on the multi-purpose cargo ship "Mick". The ship was hired to transport two Liebherr mobile harbour cranes type LHM 550 to Italy and India. The cranes, one disassembled and the other fully assembled, were loaded quickly and safely and subsequently dispatched.

Details:

Maximum lifting capacity: 250 tonnes
Enhancement of the clearance height
Low self-weight

BOS Offshore Crane Order

Oil and Gas in Africa

Liebherr together with CIMC Raffles signed a contract concerning the delivery of a board offshore crane, type BOS 2600. The company BP will use the crane for supply and maintenance tasks on its Jack Up accommodation platform next to the African west coast.

Details:

Area of use: Coast of Mauritania and Senegal
Maximum lifting capacity: 30 tonnes
Delivery is planned to be in 2020

Innovative Drive Technology

LRS 545 in Freight Village Kaluga

On a total area of around 500 hectares, the high-performance rail terminal at Freight Village Kaluga handles up to 500,000 TEU annually.

In order to ensure efficient container handling, the freight centre has been using Liebherr reachstackers for two years now. At the beginning of 2019, the management decided to expand the fleet by two additional Liebherr LRS 545-31 reachstackers.