September 3 - Oleg Strashnov, the largest mono hull heavy lift ship currently afloat, designed for platform installation and removal, subsea construction, and special projects, has been launched by Dutch yard IHC Merwede for client Seaway Heavy Lifting; t
The deckhouse was delivered to the shipyard in two parts; the assembly was then fitted to the ship before a helicopter landing platform was fitted on top of the bridge complex. The Oleg Strahnov has a 5,000 tonne crane capacity.
Liebherr’s factory in Nenzing, Austria, has been filling all its new machines with hydrogenated vegetable oil (HVO) fuel during assembly, with CO2 neutrality the driving factor for the change.
USA-based transport engineering specialist Berard has further strengthened heavy transport capabilities with the recent delivery of 12 additional axle lines of Scheuerle SPMTs
Schwerlast Weise has taken delivery of a new Liebherr LTM 1300-6.3 mobile crane.
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.
