The LTM1100-5.2 performs lifting duties during construction of the Marina Station on the Dubai Metro’s red line. Featuring a 52m main boom and with a five-axle configuration the Liebherr crane has a lifting capacity of 100t.
The LTM110-5.2 has been rented from the Al Faris Equipment Rentals fleet, one of the largest in the Middle East with more than 250 mobile cranes and including 120 Liebherr models.
Al Faris Equipment Rentals was formed in Dubai in 1992 to provide rental craneage and transportation for the oil and gas industry later extending into oil refineries, power plants and the construction sector.
Its fleet features four Liebherr 500 t cranes, including one delivered last year – all offering increased mobility when compared with the crawler equivalent according to a company spokesman.
Al Faris is also set to take delivery of its largest mobile crane, of Liebherr 1200 t capacity LTM11200-9.1, in 2008.
On track for operations to begin in 2009, the Dubai Metro is set to be one of the most advanced urban rail systems in the world; and the world’s longest fully automated rail system.
The 52.1 Km (32.5 mile) Red Line will feature 29 stations and run from Jebil Ali to Rashidiya. The line is expected to take 60 minutes to travel in driverless, fully automated trains carrying an estimated 32,000 passengers / hour.
Groundworks were started in February 2006. In August a second line, the 17.6 Km Green Line was announced, intersecting the red line at two stations and running from Al Ittihad Square to Rashidiya.
When fully operational, the Dubai Metro has been designed to carry approximately 1.2 million passengers on an average day and 355 million passengers annually.
Main contractor for the Dubai Metro is the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Mitsubishi Corporation, Obayashi Corporation, Kajima Corporation and Yapi Merkezi Joint Venture.
