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The American Wind Association’s annual conference and exhibition May 23-26 in Dallas, TX. Wind Power 2010, which drew an estimated 20,000 attendees and 1,393 exhibitors to the Dallas Convention Center, had companies describing to ACT upcoming research and development for the market.

This started with the production of Liebherr’s first ship-to-shore container crane in 1967. Since 1998, rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes have been developed and manufactured in Killarney, with more than 130 RTGs now in operation throughout the world.

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The cranes range from older 25 tonne two axle models up to recent vintage 250 tonners. Some examples of the cranes being sold include:

With this market in mind, April’s Bauma exhibition in Germany threw up a range of appropriate products. One of them was the new 600 tonne capacity narrow track Liebherr LR 1600/2-W crawler crane designed for erecting wind turbines up to 3MW on 100 m towers without needing a derrick system.

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers will officially open a new permanent auction site in Spain on Friday, 4 June.

The trolley jib cranes are tied at just one position on the two stair towers in block 9 of the power station construction.

From Liebherr’s mobile crane programme, an LTF 1045-4.1 truck crane will be displayed, mounted on to a Volvo FM 84 RB chassiscab, together with a 130 tonnes capacity LTM 1130-5.1 all-terrain mobile crane and the 90 tonner LTM 1090-4.1 – both resplendent in customers’ liveries. Also on the stand will be a 350 tonnes capacity LTM 1350-6.1 which makes its UK show debut and another UK premier will be one of Liebherr’s successful crawler mounted telescopic cranes – the 60 tonnes capacity LTR 1060, which was recently launched at the Bauma exhibition in Munich.

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German hire firm Breuer and Wasel had bought one of Terex’s new AC 350/6 six-axle, 350t, all terrains. The hirer says it is also looking to build its fleet in the very high capacity range.