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significantly. This will have a positive impact on our handling rate. In addition, our customers can expect faster handling of the commissioned vessels. We greatly appreciate the extraordinary mobility of this machine. We trained our crane operators at an early stage and carried out extensive modernisation measures in the port area in advance so that we could use the machine as quickly and as efficiently as possible,” The Liebherr mobile harbour crane series is suitable for a range of applications including bulk and general cargo handling, container handling and heavy-duty lifts of up to 154 tons. In addition to a hybrid
drive concept consisting of diesel and electric motors, the cranes can also be used in electric only operations, making an important contribution to emission-free goods handling. Also exhibiting at the show is Maersk
wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV), after 15-megawatt turbines.
facilities are expected to power more than one million homes.
+ Rigging, was recently hired to recover sunken bridge sections of The Gums by heavy rains and flooding, by assembling a Modular Lift Tower (MLT) on modular bridge sections out of the river. The MLT and 5-foot girders supported
section was uncovered and prepared, the crew had to be ready to hook up and begin lifting before the river current covered the sections back up with silt. As well as this, very little was known about the condition of the sections of the bridge from being underwater for over a year. Barnhart successfully lifted the first section from the water and set the piece on the deck of a barge provided by Malouf. The section was then relocated to a riverbank where it could be broken up and hauled away.
The Barnhart crew will recover at least one more section that is impeding the new
QS Liebherr’s 300th LHM 550 is loaded in Rostock city harbour for delivery to Gdansk.
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