07.05.2017

Two LHM 800s for UAE

Saqr Port Authority in the United Arab Emirates - part of the RAK Ports group - has ordered two 144 tonne Liebherr LHM 800 mobile harbour cranes.

The cranes have been configured for bulk handling, and feature a 54 metre boom, when installed they will be the biggest mobile harbour cranes for bulk operation in the Middle East and the first bulk handling configured cranes delivered by Liebherr. Both are equipped with Liebherr’s Pactronic system, with regenerative power fed back in from lowering the load and stored for use when the crane requires peak power during hoisting. Both cranes will be delivered in spring 2018.
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Liebherr LHM 800

General manager Cliff Brand said: “These new mobile harbour cranes will help us to improve our bulk handling efficiency even more. Thanks to its high lifting capacities at a wide outreach, we are able to expand our service portfolio up to Capesize class vessels. This is very important for the future development of our port. We have been operating Liebherr mobile harbour cranes for many years and are very satisfied with the overall performance and the reliability of the machines.”
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(L-R) Günter Berthold of Liebherr with Cliff Brand and David Owen of RAK Ports

Saqr Port operates eight Liebherr mobile harbour cranes of various types, having taken its first units 25 years ago. The company is located at the foot of the Hajar Mountains in the north of the United Arab Emirates, and mainly handles limestones and aggregates.