May 4 - Crane rental company Knoll has taken delivery of a Liebherr LTM 1250-5.1 mobile crane.
The five-axle, 250-tonne capacity mobile crane will replace a five-year old LTM 1220-5.2. The LTM 1250-5.1 was ordered with the hydraulically adjustable 50 m latticed jib, VarioBase and two winches.
According to Liebherr, Knoll plans to use the crane for various jobs including concrete module assembly with part weighing approximately 30 tonnes.
At the end of September, Bergé Maritime received a Liebherr LHM 550 crane as part of a plan to upgrade the port of Tarragona, Spain.
Mammoet’s SK6000 has passed its test programme after Lloyd’s Register certified the crane’s safe operation to its specification.
ESEASA, a Mexican crane and heavy haulage company, has taken delivery of a new Liebherr LR 1700-1.0W in what is the first crane of this type in Latin America.
Guidance on the safe operation of cranes near power lines has been published by the International Crane Stakeholders Assembly (ICSA), the organisation that brings together global crane manufacturers and users, including the European association of road transport and mobile cranes (ESTA).
Grúas Pirineos has added a 700-tonne lift capacity Liebherr LTM 1650-8.1 mobile crane to its fleet.
Finnish crane manufacturer Konecranes will continue its work at TerraPower’s Natrium reactor demonstration plant in Wyoming, USA, by supplying a fully customised 125-tonne hoist crane.
