News & press releases

Press releases | 04/02/2019

Frost protection for King Ludwig II’s palace garden

Every autumn, when the streams of visitors to Herrenchiemsee Palace start to dwindle, the park next to this magnificent building on the island in Chiemsee is made ready for winter. In addition to clearing thousands of plants in the gardens, this also includes protecting the fountains there from frost. A mobile crane owned by BKL Baukran Logistik GmbH was driven from the company’s headquarters to the largest of the Bavarian lakes in November with the job of hoisting large scaffold hoods over these fountains, some of which are enormous. Find out more

Press releases | 03/21/2019

RMS Cranes selects Liebherr LR 1500 crawler crane for gas and oil industry construction project lift in Texas

RMS Cranes selected a Liebherr LR 1500 crawler crane to lift three demethanizer towers for a major cryogenic gas processing plant in Reeves County, Texas. One tower has been completed with two left to set next month. Each tower weighs approximately 231 US tons, and are more than 197 feet tall and 11 feet in diameter. Find out more

Press releases | 03/21/2019

Two used Liebherr LTM 1500-8.1 mobile cranes and a new LR 1750/2 crawler crane for Burger

Chilean crane contractor Burger Grúas has had two used LTM 1500-8.1 mobile cranes retrofitted at the Liebherr manufacturing plant to suit the special needs of the numerous climate zones in the country. Currently the two cranes are erecting turbines at a wind farm in southern Chile. A new Liebherr LR 1750/2 crawler crane with the innovative SX boom system is already in action at a mine in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile. Later, it will also be used for erecting wind turbines. Find out more

News | 03/20/2019

Liebherr USA, Co. announces new national sales manager for used crane mobile and crawler crane products

Liebherr USA, Co., Mobile and Crawler Cranes Division is pleased to announce that Reese Barnes has joined Liebherr as the sales manager for used mobile and crawler crane products. Find out more

Press releases | 03/18/2019

Trand set to take delivery of first Liebherr LG 1750 lattice boom mobile crane in the United States

Trand Inc. is scheduled to take delivery of the first Liebherr LG 1750 in the US on March 22 at the Port of Galveston, Texas. Find out more

News | 03/18/2019

United Crane & Rigging takes delivery of Liebherr LRT 1100-2.1 rough terrain crane

United Crane & Rigging (UCR) recently took delivery of its first Liebherr LRT 1100-2.1 rough terrain crane. Find out more

Press releases | 03/06/2019

Dielco Crane Service adds second Liebherr LR 1500 crawler crane for heavy duty lifting in Las Vegas

Dielco Crane Service has added a second Liebherr LR 1500 crawler crane to its growing Liebherr fleet. Find out more

News | 03/05/2019

Liebherr USA, Co. sponsors fifth annual One City Marathon

Several Liebherr employees, including Helene Ruer, who works in external logistics, crossed the finish line in One City Marathon events on March 3 in Newport News. Find out more

Press releases | 03/04/2019

Deep South Crane & Rigging adds four Liebherr all-terrain mobile cranes

Deep South Crane & Rigging recently acquired four Liebherr mobile cranes – two each of the LTM 1450-8.1, a 550 US-ton class crane, and the LTM 1300-6.2, a 360 US-ton class crane. The acquisitions give the company cranes with longer telescoping booms than it has had to date. Find out more

Press releases | 02/22/2019

Hess expands fleet with a Liebherr LTM 1090 4.2 mobile crane

Düsseldorf-based Hess GmbH expanded its crane fleet at the end of January with a Liebherr LTM 1090-4.2 mobile crane. The company specialises in company relocations, machine assembly and machine transport work and started its own crane department four years ago both for hire and for in-house crane use for machine assembly jobs. Find out more