Search Results: 'liebherr'

High safety on the high seas
27 December, 2010
Offshore construction poses the same challenges as onshore, but with all of the added risks of a marine environment. Alice Attwood speaks to end users and suppliers about improving safety.

Signs of a thaw in the frozen north?
27 December, 2010
The tangible effects of the economic downturn have been a mixed bag across Northern Europe. Kevin Walsh reports.

300th LTM 1500-8.1 for TOMÉ
22 December, 2010
Liebherr has supplied Brazilian crane and heavy haulage company TOMÉ with its 300th LTM 1500-8.1 telescopic crane.

Liebherr installs 1600t crane for offshore lift firm
02 December, 2010
Singapore based offshore lifting company Coastline Maritime has mounted a Liebherr MTC 78000 heavy lift offshore crane onboard the heavy load vessel the OSA Sampson.

Liebherr targets China as turnover hits €3.65bn
29 November, 2010
Liebherr has announced its group turnover increased to €3.65bn for the first six months of 2010.

Bragg’s Liebherr LR 1300 for airport construction
16 November, 2010
Bragg Crane Service’s Phoenix division has been working on the construction of the Sky Train transit network, in Arizona, USA.

Winds of change
16 November, 2010
Supply and demand is an ever-changing landscape in any sector. Kevin Walsh looks at the future for mid-range crawlers.

Bigge expands crane rental fleet
12 November, 2010
California-based rental firm Bigge is adding a Liebherr LR 1600/2 crawler crane and a Grove RT9130E rough terrain crane to its rental fleet.

Liebherr mount crane on wind farm barge
10 November, 2010
Liebherr has fitted one of its LTR 11200 telescopic crawler cranes to the deck of a self-propelled jack-up barge for a Danish offshore service provider at Orskov shipyard in Frederikshavn.

Gas fuelled
22 October, 2010
The Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) industry is not new to Australia: the North West Shelf Venture that holds the greatest known reserves of LNG in Australia marked its twenty-fifth anniversary of domestic gas production and twentieth anniversary of LNG exports in 2009. Australia’s LNG industry is currently centred around gas fields off the coast of north-west Australia. Greg Keane reports

Getting involved
22 October, 2010
As well as helping run his family’s two businesses, Rob Weiss has taken a leading role in developing crane standards, both in the US and around the world. He spoke to Will North

Docking without a dock
12 October, 2010
Often, cargo needs to be transferred between ships without docking. A recent Liebherr order demonstrates the state of the art; and research by the US Navy points to the future. Will North reports

London link
12 October, 2010
The upgrade of London’s underused Thameslink railway, and construction of a new line linking the City to Heathrow, has provided work for a range of different lifting equipment. Adrian Greeman reports

Russia revs up again
04 October, 2010
Demand for cranes in Russia and neighbouring countries ground to a halt two years ago. However, it is recovering quickly and back on its growth trajectory. Phil Bishop reports.

Lucky sixes
04 October, 2010
When the first very six axle all terrain, Liebherr’s 160t capacity LTM 1160 hit the market 25 years ago, even the most enthusiastic advocate of the potential of large all terrain cranes could not have imagined the massive change that this crane represented. Stuart Anderson reports how customers in Western Europe quickly voted with their order books, and how the crane builders have responded.

Select Plant Hire purchase 80t telescopic Sennebogen crane
24 September, 2010
Select Plant Hire has expanded their fleet by purchasing the firms’ first Sennebogen crawler crane.

Another successful CICA conference
21 September, 2010
The Crane Industry Council of Australia (CICA) has held another successful annual conference, exhibition and crane display at the Burswood Convention Centre in Perth.

Brazilian hire firm expands to serve market demand
19 August, 2010
Brazilian rental firm Construservice has expanded its fleet, including the purchase of six new 110 EC-B6 flat-top tower cranes from Liebherr, in anticipation of the local construction sector’s recovery.

New senior vice president for Manitowoc
17 August, 2010
Manitowoc has announced the appointment of Ingo Schiller as senior vice president of worldwide marketing.

Liebherr cranes on Brazilian highway regeneration
16 August, 2010
The CRR Autoban has been supplied with two Liebherr all terrain cranes by IV Guindastes to lift the concrete and steel beams for a new junction on the São Paulo highway.