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Liebherr Portal Crane awarded Crane of the Year
12 December, 2011
International Bulk Journal, a British magazine, awarded Liebherr port cranes with the “Crane of the Year” award for its portal crane, LPS 600, used for bulk handling and provided with flexible configurations for ports of different sizes.

Hüffermann Krandienst drives a Liebherr home
08 December, 2011
Hüffermann Krandienst has selected a 100t Liebherr LTM 1100-5.2 all terrain for work in and around Vechta, Germany.

Bernard Hunter in Scotland takes delivery of an LTC 1045-3.1
05 December, 2011
Bernard Hunter of Edinburgh has taken delivery of the UK’s first 45t capacity LTC 1045-3.1 three-axle ‘taxi’ all terrain crane, Liebherr said.

Liebherr breeds a hybrid sea monster
01 December, 2011
Liebherr’s maritime and small crawler division has unveiled designs for a new hybrid crane concept that can be used both as an offshore crane and as a mobile harbour crane.

Building big in Belgium
30 November, 2011
A new dealer agreement will see Manitowoc and NIBM looking to build their business in Belgium. Will North spoke to both companies about the deal, and their plans for the country.

Vertical Vienna
30 November, 2011
Liebherr tower cranes advance on two major construction sites within Vienna, Austria, with the construction of the new University of Economics and Business, called “Campus WU”, and the Central Station.

The Big Apple's Bay Crane orders seven Liebherrs
17 November, 2011
Bay Crane in New York, USA, has said it is purchasing seven new Liebherr all terrain cranes this autumn with the intention of using the Liebherrs to modernise and expand its existing all terrain fleet and offer more options to its customer base in the Northeast.

Crane builders rush onto the road to Oz
21 October, 2011
It is hard to think of a significant maker of mobile or crawler cranes not presently active in the Australian market. Viewed from Europe or America, Australia’s economy, stability and prosperity look pretty wonderful. Stuart Anderson reports

Hiap Tong Crane and Transport
20 October, 2011
Hiap Tong Corporation started trading in 1978, selling motor vehicles, before specialising in crane rental and heavy transport ten years later. From there the family-owned business has moved on from focusing solely on the saturated Singapore construction equipment market to set up locations in China, India and Malaysia. Kevin Walsh interviewed Patrick Ng, executive director of operations and sales, Hiap Tong

Exploring all new terrain
20 October, 2011
As some manufacturers progressively modernise their all terrain product portfolios, filling every niche of the application spectrum from the lower capacities up, the scarcity of upper mid-range cranes is looking inviting to others. Kevin Walsh reports

LR11350 scores, with no assist
12 October, 2011
At a stadium expansion project taking place in the city of Vitoria-Gasteiz in northern Spain, Liebherr has used an LR 11350 crawler crane to lift the arena’s prestigious 200t roof.

A big "Boom! Boom!" for Liebherr
10 October, 2011
Liebherr has introduced a new crawler boom system that uses a combination of two simple attachments and standard boom lattice sections to allow crane users to rig their cranes with a double boom. The crane builder claims the P-boom system can raise capacities by up to 50%.

Liebherr Nenzing celebrates 35th in high-tech style
04 October, 2011
Liebherr recently celebrated the 35th anniversary of its production facility in Nenzing, Austria, which produces mobile harbour, ship, offshore and crawler cranes while developing industry-leading technologies such as carbon fibre crane parts.

LTM 1220-5.2 dwarfs island competition
29 September, 2011
Orkney-based contractor Heddle Construction has recently added a Liebherr LTM 1220-5.2 mobile to its hire fleet, making the firm owners of the largest mobile crane based in the Orkney Isles.

Long arm of the LTM
26 September, 2011
Schmidbauer has been on site at the Mondi Raubling Paper Mill in Bavaria, Germany to replace a 15t drying cylinder from a machine at the heart of the site.

Transport trailblazers
21 September, 2011
On both sides of the Atlantic, special transport firms are awarded each year for their safely and cleverly overcoming the obstacles of moving loads. This passing April and June, ESTA and SC&RA awarded five trailblazing transport companies for an outstanding achievement in the hauling category: ‘Job of the Year’

More power to you
20 September, 2011
As a boom in big energy projects increases the size of components passing through ports, users must decide between mobile harbour cranes, crawler cranes, and ancillary equipment to suit the lifts. Cristina Brooks considers the options

Transportes Montejo
20 September, 2011
Transportes Montejo, a logistics firm managing special cargo transportation and lifting with cranes, has been ranked the 55th largest transport company in the world, with five facilities in Colombia, Panama, Venezuela, and the USA.

Making room for a bigger boom
09 September, 2011
Newer and bigger offshore wind turbine construction sites, such as the London Array that A2SEA is building in the Thames estuary, will place unheard-of demands on turbine construction. Cristina Brooks talks to Liebherr, GustoMSC, and Neuenfelder Maschinenfabrik (NMF) who are all racing to build the innovative crane vessel for the job, the crane-around-the-leg (CAL).

Liebherr aid Nigerian government’s port upgrade project
08 September, 2011
A programme of dredging and refurbishment along at ports lining Nigeria’s Niger River is gathering pace with the delivery of two Liebherr LHM 180 mobile harbour cranes to Onitsha River Port.