Liebherr-Werk Nenzing, manufacturer of mobile harbour cranes, offshore cranes, ship cranes and crawler cranes for both lifting and foundation applications, has put its weight behind the European debut of the World Class Crane Management Seminar.
The event is being held 27-29 May 2002 in the Amsterdam Marriott Hotel, Netherlands.
The Austrian company has agreed to provide sponsorship for the event to help establish it as the lifting conference of the year. Negotiations contrinue with other companies about providing further sponsorship.
Liebherr technical manager Walter Länge has also joined the distinguished panel of speakers already lined up to present papers at the three-day event.
Also added to the list of speakers is Ivar Horst, managing director of the Swedish company Piab Force Measurement, who will address the issue of ‘why loads fall’.
As previously announced, the other speakers are: Rolf Lovgren, chairman of the International Organization for Standardization committee ISO TC96-SC5 (Use, Operation and Maintenance of Cranes).
Mammoet engineering manager Wessel Helmens, who will describe how the Russian nuclear submarine, the Kursk, was recovered through the innovative use of massive strand jacks.
Paul Wisman, maintenance manager of ECT Delta Terminal in the Netherlands, will discuss the relationship between the construction of a crane and safety, maintenance costs, availability and reliability.
Søren Jansen, managing director of Danish rental company BMS, will present a paper on the dilemma facing mobile crane hire companies in Denmark and the quest for achieving shareholder value.
Kurt Thomsen, director of maritime lifting contractor A2SEA, will describe the development of a new solution to the difficulties of erecting of erecting wind turbines offshore.
From PAT Group, Marc Ostertag and Gregor Leuschen will offer an insight into the future development into electronic safety systems.
Alain Voyatzis, general director of SMIE, will explain how anti-collision technology developed for tower cranes is now ready to be transferred to other lifting applications such as mobile cranes, harbour lifting, shipbuilding, scrap-handling and EOT factory cranes.
Steve Cooke, service director of Ainscough Crane Hire and committee member of ESTA, the European crane hire association, will discuss the harmonisation and normalisation of mobile crane standards from a user’s perspective.
Kimmo Hytönen, managing director of Innocrane, will discuss the technical possibilities and limitations of load sway resistance technology.
Lars Tuve Hansson of ABB will reveal new ways to cut the cost of crane motion control.
Hitec director Tom Bremer will present a paper on ‘Man-machine interface and simulation aided training’. He will bring a portable offshore crane simulator, so that the delegates within or after the programme can test the simulator abilities. Hitec O will offer a prize for the best ‘crane operator’ at the conference.
The World Class Crane Management Seminar is supported by Crane Partner International and the magazines Cranes Today and Hoist. It is organised by Wilmington Publishing. For further information, or to get a booking form, please contact Julie Rossiter at Wilmington Publishing, email: jrossiter@wilmington.co.uk, tel: (+44) 208 269 7823, fax:( +44) 208 269 7874
