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located in the south-west of
Kazakhstan, near the Caspian Sea. The project comprises eight turbines, each generating 6.25MW, are designed to withstand the region’s strong winds, says Sany.
POPULAR CHOICE Sarens recently purchased its third Liebherr LR12500-1.0, a crawler with lifting capacity of 2,500t. It’s equipped with a unique wide boom and a T-shaped turntable, explains Sarens, making it very suitable for handling large monopiles and other major wind turbine components. One of the company’s fleet of
LR12500-1.0 cranes was deployed at the Port of Rostock in Germany, to lift monopiles for the Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm. “We are particularly focusing on jobs in the renewables sector with our new 2,500t crane,” says Sarens. “Handling offshore wind turbines and their foundations at
ports is becoming an important business segment as the weights of components continue to rise. The LR 12500-1.0 is perfectly suited for these tasks, along with lifting large components for the petrochemical industry and general port handling work.” Sarens added the third
LR12500-1.0 to its portfolio due to the amount of demand from clients for the crane. The cranes also seem popular within the company, as the first two have both been given names. ‘Strong Steve’ is named after
Steve Sarens, the company’s managing director of technical solutions in the US, and is currently serving on an offshore wind project in Norway. And ‘Straffe Hendrik’ was named after Hendrik Sanders, an engineer who has worked at Sarens for more than 40 years. That crane was, until recently, stationed in Eemshaven, The
Mammoet’s new Liebherr LR12500
Sprague used
five Manitowoc crawlers to load wind turbines in the USA
Netherlands, engaging in loading and unloading transition pieces and monopiles. Sarens has now deployed that crane in the construction sector, transporting it to North America to assist on a major semiconductor plant project. “The LR12500 will
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