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Kandla Cargo Handlers enlarges fleet with addition of a refurbished LTM 1750-9.1 at the upper end of their lifting capacity

Kandla Cargo Handlers, based in Mumbai / India, took delivery of a refurbished LTM 1750-9.1 in April this year. The nine axle crane is the largest machine in the fleet of the crane rental company now and will be used mainly for industrial and wind power installations. After the trainings on the LTM 1750-9.1, the first job is now taking place.

Liebherr crawler crane LR 11000 between Ironman and surfers in Hawaii

A Liebherr crawler crane of type LR 11000 from the fleet of Buckner HeavyLift Cranes is currently in use in the holiday paradise of Hawaii. New Vestas wind turbines with a hub height of 105 metres have been under construction there for over three months. A major advantage is the possibility to move the crane without a derrick, as the deployment area is in extremely hilly terrain.

Liebherr LR 13000 crawler crane loads massive oil platform

Just three hours rather than the normal 18 and no need to close the waterway – all made possible by the most powerful conventional crawler crane in the world. Mexican crane and heavy haulage contractor ESEASA used its Liebherr LR 13000 crawler crane for the first time to load oil platforms onto barges at the port city of Tampico.

Gas turbine from ship to power plant – HKV uses three 500-tonne Liebherr cranes

Crane and heavy transport contractor HKV Schmitz+Partner GmbH, based in Cologne, used three 500-tonne Liebherr cranes to transport a gas turbine from the port at Chempark Dormagen to a new-build power plant at the neighbouring site occupied INEOS in Cologne. Two LTM 1500-8.1 mobile cranes hoisted the turbine out of a freighter onto a heavy haulage vehicle and an LR 1500 crawler crane then placed it on a prepared site once it had arrived at the INEOS plant.

Liebherr strengthening its LTM 1750-9.1 mobile crane

The Liebherr LTM 1750-9.1 mobile crane is getting stronger. The use of refined static calculation methods means that lifting capacity values have been increased across almost the entire working range. The LTM 1750-9.1 is becoming an 800-tonner, with the type designation LTM 1750-9.1 being retained. Liebherr has compiled a new luffing jib configuration using existing lattice sections to provide additional capacity increases for wind power applications. Cranes already in use on the market can be retrofitted with the new system.

Hennemann Holzbau renews fleet with two Liebherr mobile cranes

Hennemann Holzbau GmbH from Tautenhain in Saxony has taken ownership of two new mobile cranes from Liebherr. An LTM 1030-2.1 replaces a 13 year-old crane of the same type. And an LTM 1060/2 built in 2004 is replaced by a new LTM 1070-4.2. The company is now ready for the future with an upgraded crane fleet.

Alliance Group: a Liebherr R 950 Tunnel crawler excavator in the heart of the Grand Paris Express

A Liebherr R 950 Tunnel crawler excavator is being used on one of the Grand Paris Express construction sites. In this huge project, the Liebherr R 950 Tunnel crawler excavator in shaft 807 of Line 15 is responsible for milling, creating arches and some handling operations. The Alliance Group is fully satisfied with the machine, which has an operating weight of 45 metric tonnes.

Three new Liebherr mobile cranes for Sommer and KLS

Sommer Kranverleih GmbH and the new, jointly founded company KLS Kran- und Schwerlast GmbH have added three more Liebherr mobile cranes to their fleet. An LTM 1070-4.2 and an LTM 1130-5.1 are stationed in Bremerhaven, an LTF 1045-4.1 in Bremen. An LTM 1450-8.1 has also been ordered and will be delivered in spring 2020.

Giant panes of glass installed on Frankfurt Exhibition Centre Tower – BKL places its trust in Liebherr mobile cranes

The 256.5 metre Frankfurt Exhibition Centre Tower was the tallest building in Europe when it was completed in 1991. Now this landmark in the Main metropolis is being refurbished. On behalf of the facade specialist seele based in Gersthofen near Munich, the mobile crane team at BKL Frankfurt used Liebherr mobile cranes to install giant glass elements.

For wind power jobs – Liebherr LR 1500 crawler crane in action at Avtokran-Tjumen

Russian contractor OOO Avtokran-Tjumen placed an order for an LR 1500 crawler crane from Liebherr at the Bauma in April. That crane is now proving its strengths at the Adygeyskaya WES wind farm where it is erecting 2.5 MW wind turbines. The wind farm’s total power rating will be 150 MW.

The 60,000th Liebherr crawler excavator on the Champs Elysées

Within the framework of organising a Liebherr event at the House of Alsace, in the heart of the Champs Elysées, the 60,000th Liebherr crawler excavator occupied a very special place on the world's most beautiful avenue on 12 and 13 September. The perfect way to showcase the expertise and continuity of the historic Liebherr production site in France, in Colmar, Alsace.

First jobs with V-frame on Liebherr LR 11000 produce excellent results

A Liebherr LR 11000 crawler crane featuring the innovative, highly flexible “V-frame” ballasting system has successfully completed its first jobs in the field.

First jobs with V-frame on Liebherr LR 11000 produce excellent results

A Liebherr LR 11000 crawler crane featuring the innovative, highly flexible “V-frame” ballasting system has successfully completed its first jobs in the field. The 1000-tonne crane operated by Swiss crane logistics contractor Emil Egger AG used this hydraulically adjustable folding frame for the suspended ballast to complete a spectacular bridge hoist near Lausanne and also removed an old fire ship from the River Rhine in Basel. If the V-frame had not been used, these two crane jobs would only have been possible at significantly higher cost.

Liebherr delivers first LTC 1050-3.1 compact cranes with RemoteDrive

Liebherr has delivered the first LTC 1050-3.1 compact cranes with RemoteDrive. A control desk enables the operator to manoeuvre the crane from outside, a massive advantage on constricted sites.

Canadian crane company LaPrairie calls Liebherr LRT cranes winners in their books

LaPrairie group of companies, based in Western Canada, invested in nine new Liebherr machines recently. For their businesses in the construction and mining industry as well as in the oil and gas sector, especially the new Rough Terrain cranes are important add-ons to the fleet. The LRT cranes are used in long-term jobs to free the existing fleet of All-Terrain cranes for their typical taxi crane jobs. Rough Terrain cranes are usually requested by Laprairies’ customers without crane drivers. Therefore the easiness-of-use and the safety of crane and operator were some of the decisive arguments during the selection process for the Rough Terrain Cranes.

Liebherr LR 11350 and LR 11000 crawler cranes working in tandem

An industrial port was opened in May 1900 at Kehl in Baden-Württemberg. In May this year, this small border town on the German side of the River Rhine near Strasbourg was the venue for another impressive event – two crawler cranes moved cargo weighing around 900 tonnes onto a barge in a spectacular tandem hoist. “Never before in almost 120 years of its history has such a heavy item been handled at our Rhine port using cranes”, says Jürgen Preiss. And Preiss, a member of the port management team, knows exactly what he’s talking about. The load he is referring to was the core piece of a gigantic tunnel drilling machine built by Herrenknecht based in Schwanau, Baden-Württemberg. Two powerful crawler cranes from the Liebherr Plant in Ehingen were required to tackle this job.

Salgert takes delivery of the first Liebherr LTC 1050-3.1 compact cranes with RemoteDrive

Salgert GmbH took delivery of two new Liebherr LTC 1050-3.1 compact cranes. These are the first cranes to feature RemoteDrive. A control desk enables the operator to manoeuvre the crane from outside, a massive advantage on constricted sites.

Innovation by Liebherr at Perumin 34 from September 1 to 20 2019

At Perumin 34 in Arequipa, Peru, the Liebherr Group presents three business lines: Mobile Cranes, Mining and Earth Moving Equipment.