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Easier, safer, faster
13 December, 2019
John Bensalhia finds out about the latest developments in operator assistance technology.

Powerful crawlers for powerful turbine
09 December, 2019
Two Liebherr LR 11350 crawler cranes were used to erect the prototype of the most powerful offshore wind turbine in the world in the Dutch port of Rotterdam.

Spreading the word
09 December, 2019
Liebherr's Aleksandra Meissner, general manager of the company's mobile construction crane (MK) line, is sure that these cranes, rather than being a niche product, have a role to play in every fleet. Will North spoke to her in Biberach earlier this year.

Lifting glass panes
03 December, 2019
A Liebherr MK 88 Plus mobile construction crane, supplied by Krandienst Kunze e.K., was used to install glass panes for the renovation of the Semper Gallery in Dresden, Germany.

Liebherr cranes beat trucks on emissions
27 November, 2019
Liebherr had proven that even large vehicles such as the five-axle LTM 1160-5.2 with a road weight of 60t can meet the high on-road Euro VI c standard in a series of tests conducted in conjunction with TÜV NORD and the engineering partner IAV. The crane performed comparably to a commercial truck on NOx and CO emissions, and better in terms of hydrocarbons.

Turning without taglines
15 November, 2019
To turn and control a hanging load, taglines are used. Taglines are risky, but no alternative has seemed available. You wait years for a solution, then two turn up at once. Both are from Australia. Julian Champkin looks at the devices from down under that may turn lifting upside down.

A flexible frame
07 November, 2019
A Liebherr LR 11000 crawler crane featuring the highly flexible “V-frame” ballasting system has successfully completed its first jobs in the field.

Liebherr ATs for facade installation
04 November, 2019
Two Liebherr all terrain cranes were used for the installation of giant glass elements as part of the refurbishment of the Frankfurt Exhibition Centre Tower. When completed in 1991, the 256.5m tower was the tallest building in Europe and remains a landmark of the Main metropolis.

The Global village
03 October, 2019
As Liebherr's Ehingen plant celebrated its fiftieth anniversary this summer, Will North visited the plant and talked to three of its managing directors about the company's past and future.

A wide ranging issue
03 October, 2019
This month, we cover the industry about as widely as we could: at one end of the capacity scale, our regular correspondent Stuart Anderson takes a deep dive into the small telecrawler sector; on the other, feature writer Julian Champkin, visits the Hinkley Point nuclear power plant, where he saw one of the world's biggest cranes at work.

Liebherr heavyweights work in tandem
01 October, 2019
Two Liebherr crawler cranes, an LR 11350 and an LR 11000, worked in tandem to load a tunnel boring machine onto a barge at the Rhine port of Kehl in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Al Faris sets-up wind farm
01 October, 2019
Al Faris was employed to assemble and erect wind turbines for a wind farm project in Jordan.

Liebherr crane with remote control
25 September, 2019
German crane rental company Salgert has taken delivery of two Liebherr LTC 1050-3.1 compact cranes, the first units to feature RemoteDrive.

Modulift for modular
03 September, 2019
Canadian modular building company Tilt Wall Ontario is using Modulift spreader beams for the construction of a new condo apartment block on the Muskoka Bay Resort in Gravenhurst, just north from Toronto.

Hoisting over obstacles
03 September, 2019
Three large Liebherr mobile cranes were sent by crane and heavy haulage logistics contractor Maxikraft, to complete a tricky job at a chemical plant near Halle, Germany.

Lifting in the city centre
13 August, 2019
A Liebherr MK 88 Plus mobile construction crane was used to install an 800kg air conditioner in the old city centre of Mainz, Germany.

High desert tower cranes
08 August, 2019
Mining has been a key feature of the Chilean economy since the earliest days. Julian Champkin finds that lifting methods have become uniquely adapted to the conditions of South America’s Southern Cone, with tower cranes operating for decades in the Atacama desert and beyond.

From rough to level ground
08 August, 2019
Transporting large rough terrain cranes can be challenging, but manufacturers designed their cranes in a way to aid their customers. Sotiris Kanaris reports.

Looking at your self
08 August, 2019
As the market for self-erectors has been buoyant in recent years, manufacturers have invested in enhancing and updating their ranges. Sotiris Kanaris reports.

Designing the crane industry
17 July, 2019
As Hans-Dieter Willim retires from his position as head of design at Liebherr Ehingen, Stuart Anderson interviews the man who has for forty years played a key role in shaping the modern mobile crane industry.