News and press releases

Tragic Accident in Mecca

The collapse of a Liebherr crawler crane, type LR 11350, onto the Grand Mosque in Mecca (Saudi Arabia) on 11th September has claimed more than 100 lives – according to current information. Hundreds more people were injured.

HS 8300 HD - perfect dredging solution

The first HS 8300 HD duty cycle crawler crane is installed on a ship for dredging applications in the Mediterranean Sea.

Liebherr LHM 280 with hybrid drive for Vienna

Hafen Wien invested in a new Liebherr mobile harbour crane, type LHM 280, which has started operation in August 2015.

LTR 1220 acts as counterweight for a Liebherr LR 1600/2 crawler crane

Crane contractor Helling based in Schwäbisch Gmünd in southern Germany provided an object lesson in the perfect use of crane equipment and synergies in large wind farms. A Liebherr LTR 1220 telescopic crawler crane which was at the site anyway for set-up work, was used by Helling as a counterweight for lowering and erecting the large LR 1600/2 crane rather than the usual ballast blocks. If the topography and farmers allow, the smaller crane can also be used to move the large crane to the next turbine.

Liebherr-Aerospace Singapore signs contract renewals with major Singaporean customers

The agreements cover component repair and logistic support services for air management, flight control as well as hydraulic components installed on the A319/A320/A321 fleets of numerous airlines in the region. Singapore Airlines Engineering Company and Singapore Technologies Aero Supplies

Liebherr to supply bogie steering systems to Verkehrsgesellschaft Frankfurt am Main

Liebherr-Transportation Systems will equip 40 low-floor “R” series tramway cars with new hydraulic actuators.

Liebherr LHM 280 with hybrid drive for Vienna

Hafen Wien invested in a new Liebherr mobile harbour crane, type LHM 280, which has started operation in August 2015.

Impressive crane job on the banks of the Rhine

Two Liebherr mobile cranes shorten giant electricity pylons near Voerde

Impressive simultaneous job on the banks of the Rhine – Two Liebherr mobile cranes shorten giant electricity pylons near Voerde

Specialists from heavy load logistics provider and crane operator Wasel in Bergheim completed an impressive job in the summer on the Rhine near Dinslaken using two Liebherr LTM 1500-8.1 mobile cranes. Two 138-metre-tall electricity pylons had to be shortened and their mastheads rebuilt. In addition to their own 500-tonner, Wasel deployed another LTM 1500-8.1 from Cologne-based crane rental company HKV Schmitz + Partner to complete the job, which required simultaneously working on both sides of the river.

Liebherr extends its crawler tractor generation 6 downwards – model premiere of the PR 726 at NordBau 2015 trade fair

Liebherr extends its generation 6 crawler tractor series to include the PR 726 Litronic. The series now totals four models with operating weights of approximately 16 tonnes to 41 tonnes, which comply with the emissions standards of Stage IV / Tier 4f.

Liebherr-Transportation Systems wins service contract with CFTA Rhone

The company is to clean the air distribution networks of trams operated by CFTA Rhone, a French Transdev subsidiary.

Liebherr Supplies Anti-Buckling System for Low-Floor Tram to the Chinese City of Huainan

Liebherr-Transportation Systems has recently delivered anti-buckling systems for low-floor trams to Chinese rail vehicle manufacturer Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co., Ltd. The trams will be used in the city of Huainan (China).

Liebherr Tower Cranes enjoys success in India

Day by day, high performance tower cranes from Liebherr are proofing their performance and dependability in major projects all over the world, including India. To cope with the growing market for tower cranes in India, Liebherr held open days this year in Pune, Kolkata and Ahmedabad.

Three tunnel wheel loaders and three tunnel excavators from Liebherr are working on a railway tunnel

The Koralmbahn is one of the biggest projects being tackled by ÖBB-Infrastruktur AG and involves expansion of the Austrian railway network. Alongside other machines, Implenia is using three Liebherr L 566 tunnel wheel loaders as well as three Liebherr R 944 tunnel excavators for this tunnel building operation.

Buckner's Liebherr crawler cranes built giant roof structure

One Liebherr LR 11000 crawler crane and two LR 1600/2 were on a job in New York for ten months. They built a giant roof structure over the largest tennis stadium in the world

Buckner's Liebherr crawler cranes building the giant roof structure over the largest tennis stadium in the world

The Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York is the largest tennis stadium in the world and the venue for the US Open. The stadium is now getting a retractable roof to avoid the frequent match postponements at the US Open caused by rain. Over a period of ten months, a Liebherr LR 11000 crawler crane and two LR 1600/2 operated by American crane contractor Buckner HeavyLift Cranes have been putting the steel structure for the roof in place.

Bridge erection with mobile crane LTM 1300-6.2

A Liebherr LTM 1300-6.2 mobile crane is used by the company HKV Schmitz + Partner to erect a makeshift bridge overnight.

Dependable in operation: HKV uses a Liebherr LTM 1300-6.2 to erect a bridge overnight

The motorway section of the A3 between Cologne-Mülheim and Leverkusen is being expanded to eight lanes. However, since the old motorway bridges are not long enough for the expansion, new bridges are needed. As a temporary solution during the construction work, a Liebherr LTM 1300-6.2 mobile crane was used by the company HKV Schmitz + Partner to erect a makeshift bridge overnight.