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14th October 202114th October 2021

Mammoet works on Djibouti’s first wind farm project

Mammoet Djibouti, the regional office for Mammoet’s Horn of Africa and East Africa operations, has been contracted by Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy to offload and assemble 17 wind turbines, these consisting of 68 towers, 51 blades, 17 nacelles, drive trains and hubs. Despite high resource potential in Djibouti, only half of its population has access …

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31st August 202131st August 2021

Liebherr takes service to the next level

Following the success and high demand of the Remote Service tool that was introduced last year, Liebherr has further enhanced its remote portfolio. XpertAssist, an annual subscription-based service, combines real-time expert advice from experienced technicians with a wide range of technical tools through an audio-visual connection. Immediate qualified fault analysis and online troubleshooting backed by …

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7th July 20217th July 2021

The 1,300th maritime crane shipped to Ghana

Since the start of production in 2005, Liebherr-MCCtec Rostock GmbH has manufactured and delivered well over 1,000 maritime cranes. Today, the numerous mobile harbour, ship and offshore cranes are in use in over 100 countries on all continents. Now the 1,300th crane has left the Rostock premises to its destination in Ghana. The LHM 550 …

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19th May 202119th May 2021

Eight new Liebherr STS bring Tanger Alliance’s TC3 terminal to full capacity

Tanger Alliance at the TC3 terminal in Tanger Med in Morocco have received the final two of eight Liebherr ship to shore container cranes. The final crane entered service in April 2021 and brings the operational capacity of the new terminal to over 1.5 million TEU per annum. The cranes, which are the first Liebherr …

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22nd April 202122nd April 2021

Nantes Saint-Nazaire Port opts for Liebherr

Nantes Saint-Nazaire Port has recently opted for an LHM 550 with up to 154 tonnes capacity and an LHM 600 with up to 208 tonnes maximum lifting capacity both equipped with Sycratronic tandem lifting system. According to Liebherr, the biggest benefits of Sycratronic are improved efficiency and increased safety. Due to its advanced algorithms and …

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14th April 202114th April 2021

ML Crane Group extends fleet

ML Crane Group has commissioned a new Liebherr LR 1600/2 crawler crane. The 600 ton unit is the 28th Liebherr crane in ML Crane Group’s fleet. Thanks to its SL8F3 boom system, the machine is ideally equipped to erect and service wind towers with hub heights up to 105 meters, and ground-bearing pressure is kept …

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1st March 20211st March 2021

Liebherr announces the new MK, to be showed for the first time at the JDL EXPO in Beaune, France

It is first virtually on March 30, but in reality at the June edition of the JDL EXPO, that Liebherr will unveil its brand new MK73-3.1 crane. All the details of this new 3-axle mobile construction crane with electric drive will be revealed on March 30 on the manufacturer’s website, which will present the advantages …

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15th February 202115th February 2021

Liebherr unveils new 700-tonne crawler crane

Liebherr has unveiled the new 700-tonne LR 1700-1.0 crawler crane, successor to the LR 1600/2 model. The design of the LR 1700-1.0 with a maximum lifting capacity of 700 tonnes is based on its 600 tonne predecessor and features all the innovations of Liebherr’s crawler crane developments from the last few years. Its track width …

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15th February 202115th February 2021

Liebherr presents Smart Tyre Saving System

It is well known that that overheating of the tyre is one of the main reasons for premature tyre wear. Customers who operate their reachstacker for more than eight hours at a time generally experience high tyre wear, regardless of which reachstacker manufacturer or tyre brand is used. The tyres tend to get very hot …

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10th February 202110th February 2021

Two more Liebherr ship to shore container cranes for Anwerp

Antwerp Container Terminal (ACOT), a member of the SEA-invest Group, has placed an order for two Liebherr ship to shore container cranes. The cranes are identical to an STS delivered to ACOT in 2020. The Liebherr STS cranes have an outreach of 60 m, a span of 30 m, a backreach of 25 m, a …

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