On 11 December 2021, XCMG held a grand ceremony for delivery to commemorate the start of delivery of 35 units of XCMG XGC15000A, 1000-tonne class crawler crane to Dafeng Energy Group, heading for the Northwest Wind Power Base Project. The ceremony was held at the crawler crane division of the XCMG construction machinery factory and … Read more
Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up vessel Bold Tern has arrived in Singapore, where it will be upgraded with a new 1600-tonne crane to enable the installation of next-generation wind turbines and foundations weighing up to 1,500 tonnes. The hull and jacking system modifications are well underway, preparing the vessel for the installation of the new main crane. The vessel … Read more
The LR 11000 is the most powerful lattice boom crane in the Wasel fleet – Power in reserve for future wind power and industry requirements Impressive quality and service from Liebherr Wasel GmbH has taken delivery of a Liebherr LR 11000 crawler crane to add to its growing fleet of lattice boom cranes. The 1000 … Read more
Mobile cranes in high demand for mining and wind power In 2021, Liebherr has delivered an above average number of mobile cranes to Chile Being close to customers and outstanding service in Latin America pay dividends There is high demand for mobile cranes in Latin America for the mining industry and for erecting wind turbines. … Read more
Mammoet has announced its Wind Turbine Assembly (WTA) lifting system is now ‘design ready’ and plans for it to be ready for market by early 2023. First announced in 2017, the electric-powered WTA system has been developed as an alternative to conventional All Terrain and crawler cranes for wind turbine erection. The WTA attaches directly … Read more
First-ever new crawler crane delivered to Colombia by the Liebherr plant in Ehingen High lifting capacity and good after-sales service were the main factors behind the purchase Montejo is a specialist and market leader in support of logistics, the construction and installation of a range of different power plants The first-ever new crawler crane from … Read more
With its headquarters in the town of Maintal near Frankfurt, Eisele AG has been relying on Tadano for over 30 years. A recent project at the Fuchsstadt wind farm provided the company with the perfect opportunity to demonstrate exactly why it has been so impressed with the robust crane technology from Lauf an der Pegnitz … Read more
LR 1700-1.0 proves its worth in the construction of a powerful wind turbine. Crane companies Hofmann and Wasel take delivery of first machines Crawler crane sets new standards in its class – all innovations on board – Lifting capacities of the LR 1750/2 achieved or even surpassed in the wind farm Time for something new! … Read more
High demand in Italy and good experience with LG 1750 are the deciding factors LG 1750 offers optimised boom systems for different wind turbines Paradiso focuses activities on renewable energy market The crane rental company Fratelli Paradiso S.r.l. has taken delivery of a Liebherr LG 1750 lattice boom mobile crane. It is already the second … Read more
Recently heavy lift crawler cranes from Wiesbauer GmbH & Co.KG and Neeb GmbH & Co. KG. joined forces to lift a gas turbine for the new gas power plant in Marbach am Neckar. The 335t gas turbine was lifted out of the inland waterway barge with their two crawler cranes, Neeb’s Liebherr LR1600 and Wiesbauer’s Demag … Read more
The project was conducted in June 2021 to install Dongfang DEW-D5.5S-172 onshore wind turbine. It was a 6MW with a tower height of 103 metres with a rotor diameter of 172 metres The 650-tonne crawler crane XGC11000A is configured with 108+12 metres wind configuration As the last wind blade joined onto the hub, the XCMG … Read more
Cadeler has partnered with Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry for the construction of two wind turbine installation vessels. Oslo, Norway-listed Cadeler has signed a newbuild contract with Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry for the construction of two new X-class wind turbine installation vessels. Cadeler said the vessels are worth US$325.5 million each, up from a previously estimated … Read more
With a joint effort between Lagerwey and Enercon, they have developed two self-climbing LCC140 cranes, each of which can be used to install turbine models of its latest EP 3 and EP 5 platforms, including the latest E-160 EP5 E2 and the upcoming flagship E-160 EP5 E3 with the new one E-nacelle. Bringing Concept into … Read more