LR 11000 moves concrete blocks at Spanish port
23 October 2017 by Sotiris KanarisMadrid-based Transportes y Grúas Aguado has supplied its new Liebherr LR 11000 to move concrete blocks at the port of Punta Langosteira in Coruña, Spain.
The LR 11000 moved 36 concrete blocks weighing up to 180t in five days. The working radius of the heavy duty crane, with its 84m main boom and suspended ballast, was between 50m and 60m.
Transportes y Grúas Aguado bought the 1,000t heavy duty crawler crane from Liebherr this August. According to the manufacturer it is the largest crawler crane sold to Spain in the last six years.
The Spanish company will be mainly using the new LR 11000 for infrastructure projects and for jobs in petrochemicals and general industry. In the future, depending on demand, it can be used for the erection of wind turbines.
