16.02.2011

1,200 tonne Liebherr heads for Cyprus

Larnaca, Cyprus-based crane and heavy haulage company A. Soulis Enterprises has taken delivery of its Liebherr LTM 11200-9.1 at Liebherr’s production plant in Ehingen.

The crane will be used primarily to service the growing number of wind power farms in Greece.
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(L-R) Bernd Rechtsteiner - Liebherr, Elias and Andreas Soulis, Christoph Kleiner - Liebherr and Yiannis Liakopoulos of Liakopoulos Engineering at the official handover

Soulis is also looking at the international wind power sector outside of the Greek market. The company it operated one of the largest crane fleets in Greece with 20 mobile cranes with lifting capacities from 20 tonnes to 300 tonnes.

“The LTM 11200-9.1 is precisely the right crane for installations with towers of 80 to 100 metres high,”said managing director Andreas Soulis. “Equipped with a 100 metre telescopic boom, Y-guying system and fixed jib, the crane can lift up to 94 tonnes to a hook height of 89 metres, and up to 76 tonnes to a height of 107 metres. And if used with a luffing boom, lifting capacity can be higher still.”