Germany – Move it magazine

7th April 20227th April 2022

Liebherr LTC 1050-3.1: Full performance in electric mode

With the aim to meet the needs of customers and the demand for greener equipment, Liebherr is working on alternative drive units, which are tailored to the application and location of the machine, without focusing on a single technology. The new LTC 1050-3.1 compact crane from the Liebherr Plant in Ehingen features an electric motor …

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14th March 202214th March 2022

DB Schenker helps Ukraine

DB Schenker has started operations of Rail Bridge with relief goods for Ukraine. First container train set off on Friday night from Seddin, Germany via Krakow in the direction of Kiev. The train is loaded with 15 containers that include sleeping bags, sleeping mats, diapers, canned food, drinking water, warm clothing and baby food, as …

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3rd March 20223rd March 2022

Streetcars transport with Goldhofer

UTM Universal Transport GmbH uses a rail vehicle solution with Goldhofer vehicles to gradually transport 30 new streetcars for Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe AG, the municipal transport company of the city of Dresden in Germany. They are 35 cm wider, which enables an additional seat, and are manufactured at Alstom’s Bautzen rail car plant. UTM has already …

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25th February 202225th February 2022

New AC 2.040-1: first member of the Tadano AC family

Tadano has lunched the new AC 2.040-1, the first all terrain crane to be developed jointly by Tadano’s Lauf and Zweibrücken locations in Germany.“That’s why this market launch is really special for us – after all, the new AC 2.040-1 is the first crane to combine the best of our two worlds with the know-how …

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16th February 202216th February 2022

430-ton bridge moves with Cometto

A 430-ton bridge is being moved at Plaidt in the Rhineland Palatinate, Western Germany, and Markus Meckelholt, SPMT operator at Autokrane Schares, shares with us his day full of movements. “My biggest assignment so far,” he says, summing up the day ahead. Representatives of the project initiators, the press, local politicians and neighbouring businesses want …

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15th February 202215th February 2022

Wallenius Wilhelmsen leads funding round for Equippo

Wallenius Wilhelmsen Group, the Norwegian-Swedish global leader in equipment and vehicle logistics, is leading a major funding round for Swiss founded start-up Equippo, a full service marketplace for used construction equipment well known for its money back guarantee. The participating minority investors are the Wallenius Wilhelmsen Group and two leading Swiss Venture Capital firms, btov …

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10th February 202210th February 2022

Modulift names LGH as stock holding partner in Germany

Modulift has appointed Lifting Gear Hire (LGH), one of the largest largest rental hire companies in the lifting industry to become a stock holding partner in Germany. As the European market grows, the demand for Modulift’s range of modular DNV Type Approved spreader beams readily available off the shelf has risen. LGH will now hold …

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18th January 202218th January 2022

Bok Seng Logistics opts for Goldhofer

With more than 40 years of experience, Bok Seng Logistics PTE LTD Singapore has recently decided to invest in a transport solution from Goldhofer for the first time in the company’s history. The lifting and heavy haulage specialist from the Southeast Asian region has opted for two 8-axle »MPA« semitrailers that have now been delivered. …

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18th January 202218th January 2022

I & H Kran puts new AC 100-4L and AC 220-5 all terrain cranes into operation

The new AC 100-4L and AC 220-5 all terrain cranes of the German crane service provider I & H Kran has been put into operation. Site Manager Nils Laumann, who works at Rötha-based I & H Kran Transport Montageservice GmbH commented on the purchase: “Among the many factors that won us over when it came …

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6th January 20226th January 2022

Konecranes receives 6th order for additional AGVs to CTA in Hamburg

Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA), one of the leading European port and transport logistics company, has ordered an additional 11 Konecranes Gottwald automated guided vehicles (AGVs) for operations at its Container Terminal Altenwerder (CTA) in Hamburg. They are part of a long-term project to replace old diesel-electric AGVs with new ones powered by lithium-ion …

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