crane certifications

Liebherr has released details of a new crane that serves as both an offshore and mobile harbour crane. The new hybrid product has been developed in partnership with Liebherr Nenzing, Lukoil–Kaliningradmorneft and Liebherr-Russland and will be delivered by the end of 2012.

Spanish tower crane manufacturer Linden Comansa has announced the world’s largest flat top tower crane range, topped by a 64 tonne model.

At the Liebherr factory site in Ehingen, Germany, a lattice boom crane is towering 150 m above the ground in a form that has never been seen before. At the lower part of the crane the lattice sections are assembled parallel to each other; at the top, the double boom has been joined together to form a single boom.

Liebherr Mobile Harbour Cranes has won the ‘Crane of the Year’ award for the third year running for its LPS 600 model at the annual IBJ Awards in Antwerp, Belgium. The LHM 500 won the prestigious award in 2010, while Liebherr’s LHM 280 model received the accolade the year prior.

A crane inspector certification programme has been developed by the NCCCO in conjunction with the Crane Certification Association of America (CCAA), offering inspectors of tower, mobile and overhead cranes distinct certifications.

Welti-Furrer Pneukran & Spezialtransporte has erected a 2.3 megawatt Enercon E-70 wind turbine at an altitude of 2,465 metres, near the border between Switzerland and Italy. The work was completed on behalf of German company Enercon.

Bullish demand from the Americas has seen sales for Liebherr mobile harbour cranes (MHC) double this year compared with 2010 asdemand for investment in cargo handling equipment remains unbroken, says the global manufacturer.

Kobelco is ready to start shipping its new G-Series medium sized range of crawler cranes, announced at Conexpo. The company has now confirmed that its G-Series of environmentally more efficient crawler cranes, will comprise seven CKE and BME models, from 60 to 250 tonnes capacity. The units will also be on display at Intermat in April.

UK based crane sales and service company Crowland Cranes has installed a new Crypton rolling road that can test mobile cranes and truck mounted work platfroms with axle weights up to 20 tonnes.

Indicative of both wind power’s continued maturation and the importance the industry places on the safety of its greatest asset, today the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) and the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) entered into an official Alliance to further protect the health and safety of the industry’s workers.