Russia’s Avtokran-Tjumen has taken delivery of an LR 1500 crawler crane from Liebherr.
The crane is being used by the contractor for the erection of turbines at a wind farm in Adygea.
According to Liebherr, the LR 1500 can be used without a derrick system for wind turbines up to 100 m in height. With a derrick system the 500-tonne lifting capacity crane can install turbines with hub heights up to 130 m.
Schwerlast Weise has taken delivery of a new Liebherr LTM 1300-6.3 mobile crane.
Cargotec will sell its MacGregor business unit to funds managed by Triton for an enterprise value of EUR480 million (USD506.7 million)
Miners in Australia are increasingly installing renewable energy sources to cut their net carbon emissions, creating work for heavy lift and multipurpose carriers.
The final monopiles for the Eoliennes en Mer Iles d’Yeu et de Noirmoutier offshore wind farm have been delivered by Boskalis’ heavy transport vessel Blue Marlin.
Combi Lift successfully completed lots one and two of complex multimodal transport project, delivering a complete chemical plant from Chennai port, India, to Proctor, West Virginia, USA, via the port of New Orleans.
Mammoet has signed a contract with Buss Ports to marshal wind turbine foundations for two of Europe’s biggest offshore wind farm projects: RWE’s Nordseecluster A (Germany) and Thor (Denmark).
