News et communiqués de presse

Liebherr Sunderland Works Ltd Celebrates 25 Years

Liebherr Sunderland Works Ltd, which started production in 1989, is a manufacturing plant for maritime cranes and cargo handling equipment including ship and port cranes, offshore cranes and mobile harbour cranes. On Friday [July, 11], the equipment manufacturer played host to staff, stakeholders and members of the family that own Liebherr, with a day of tours of its Ayres Quay base, before an evening of celebration at the city’s Stadium of Light.

Liebherr Sunderland Works Ltd celebrates its 25th jubilee

Depuis 1989, le groupe Liebherr fabrique des grues de navire et grues offshore dans la ville anglaise de Sunderland. En 2014, le site de production fête son 25e anniversaire.

Important Order for Liebherr Mobile Harbour Cranes

Liebherr Maritime Cranes has received an important order for its mobile harbour crane range from Algeria, Africa. A purchasing association of Algerian port operators has opted for 20 Liebherr mobile harbour cranes (LHM).

Major order: 20 mobile dock cranes for Algeria

This year, Liebherr is delivering 20 mobile dock cranes to Algeria.

Liebherr introduces SmartGrip – the evolution of bulk handling

Liebherr Maritime Cranes launches the game-changing technology SmartGrip for its mobile harbour crane product range. This unique technology operates as an intelligent system which optimises grab filling rates in a self-learning manner. SmartGrip provides a number of valuable advantages, including higher performance and zero overloads.

Liebherr heavy lift offshore crane starts operation in Global Tech I

In early March Liebherr’s new heavy lift offshore crane CAL 45000-1200 Litronic® successfully started with the installation of AREVA Wind’s rotor stars in the North Sea wind park Global Tech I. The crane which was built at the Liebherr MCCtec Rostock GmbH and assembled at the Crist shipyard in the Polish town of Gdynia is part of the jack-up vessel Vidar belonging to Hochtief Solutions.

Liebherr presents its first Simulator for Operator Training on Deep Foundation Equipment at Conexpo 2014

The Liebherr simulator (LiSIM®) for deep foundation and lifting applications is one of Liebherr’s world premieres at Conexpo Con/Agg 2014 in Las Vegas (USA). Based on original machine software and hardware it increases both productivity and safety by providing a cost-effective and highly efficient operator training solution.

Liebherr's LHM 550 boosts scrap handling capacity in Amsterdam

In February 2014 the new LHM 550 for Maja Stuwadoors rolled-off at Port of Amsterdam.

Liebherr wins the IBJ Award in the category ‘Crane of the Year‘ for the fourth time

MPG crane for bulk handling in sheltered waters wins award of renowned magazine “International Bulk Journal”

Liebherr heavy lift fix mounted crane is used for lifting tour boats at the Niagara Falls, NY

In the last couple of weeks a Liebherr heavy lift fix mounted crane was installed on a new drydock facility on the U.S. side of the famous Niagara Falls in New York state. On October 31st it completed its first job: the crane lifted passenger tour boats out of the water for the local company Maid of the Mist.