30.05.2014

LHM 550 for French port

Saint-Nazaire based container and bulk terminal operator Terminal du Grand Ouest (TGO) has taken delivery of a Liebherr LHM 550 mobile harbour crane.

With a maximum lift capacity of 144 tonnes and a boom length of 54 metres the crane’s first job was to load a sterilisation chamber onto a vessel. Destined for Vera Cruz in Mexico, the chamber was dismantled in to four sections, each weighing 91 tonnes.

TGO chief executive Ilyasse Aksil, said: “The LHM 550 helps us to develop our heavy-lift cargo handling and scrap metal business, especially in terms of loading heavier parts and larger vessels. The crane offers a lifting capacity up to 144 tonnes, which is unique in this region.”
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The LHM 550 can be used for general cargo or scrap/bulk handling with the change of its lifting attachment