Tandem lifting
EQUIPMENT USER:
Tiong Woon
LIFTING EQUIPMENT USED:
Lattice boom crawler
LOCATION:
Singapore
Crane rental company Tiong Woon in
Singapore used a 1,600 tonne capacity Terex
CC 8800-1 lattice boom crawler crane and
a 2,400 tonne capacity, 120 m tall tower lift
system in tandem to lift a xylene splitter
column weighing 1,147 tonnes. The lift was
carried out at Jurong Aromatics Corporation’s
(JAC) complex at Jurong Island, Singapore.
Confined spaces
EQUIPMENT USER:
Felbermayr
LIFTING EQUIPMENT USED:
All terrain cranes
LOCATION:
Slovenia
Crane service provider, Felbermayr,
lifted two large pipes inside the Šoštanj
power plant, Slovenia using a Terex
AC 1000, from crane rental company
Wasel and a 500 tonne assist crane.
The AC 1000 had a counterweight of
108 tonnes. The pipes were raised to
heights of 78 m.
Brewery vessels
EQUIPMENT USER:
CPL Transport Services
LIFTING EQUIPMENT USED:
Mobile crane
LOCATION:
UK
A 250 tonne capacity LTM 1250 Liebherr
crane and a 200 tonne Liebherr crane lifted
brewery vessels in tandem off a ship at Salford
Quays, Manchester, UK. The vessels weighed
33 tonnes each and measured 28.5 m long
and 6 m wide. The vessels were part of a
refurbishment project at The Royal Brewery
in Manchester, UK.
Lifeboat lifting
EQUIPMENT USER:
BKL
LIFTING EQUIPMENT USED:
Telescopic
mobile crane
LOCATION:
Germany
German crane rental house BKL used a
pair of Liebherr wheeled mobile cranes
to move a 1950’s lifeboat onto a new
foundation at a museum in Munich.
The lift was performed in tandem by
an LTM 1200-5.1 and an LTM 1250-
6.1. A total weight of around 62 tonnes
was moved.
US super launch
EQUIPMENT USER:
Mammoet
LIFTING EQUIPMENT USED:
Super heavy
lift crane
LOCATION:
Gulf of Mexico
A Mammoet PTC 140 DS with a
capacity of 3,200 tonnes lifted the first
spar section for a new offshore platform
going to the Gulf of Mexico. The piece
weighed 816 tonnes and was lifted at a
radius of 69 m. Gulf Marine Fabricators
(GMF) was the main contractor for
the project.
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