Liebherr Mobile Harbour Cranes has won the prestigious 'Crane of the Year' award for the third year in a row. The portal-based solution LPS 600 was named as this year's award-winner at the annual IBJ Awards ceremony in Antwerp.
Under certain circumstances, it is necessary to replace a crane's conventional undercarriage through a portal to comply with the most stringent quay-load restrictions or areal limitations of narrow quays. Liebherr's LPS portal-based solution has a flexible portal construction in terms of rail span, number of wheels, power supply and portal height.
The flagship LPS 600 can run on either a diesel or an electric engine (prime mover), or combine the power of each system with the new Pactronic hybrid drive. The main benefit of the Liebherr Pactronic is increased handling performance. Hoisting power is doubled, resulting in a 30 percent increase in turnover capacity compared with conventional machines. In addition, Pactronic leads to a reduction of exhaust emissions of 30 percent.
In 2009 the LHM 280 was voted to be the crane of the year, thanks to its outstanding efficiency, flexibility and reliability. Last year, the LHM 500, one of the best-selling mobile harbour cranes for dedicated bulk handling ever, took the prize.
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