Jasmin Music (Liebherr), Ali Hasan Mahmood (Al Jazeera Shipping), Knut Brandenburg and Samir Hussein (Liebherr)Al Jazeera Shipping Co. has extended its fleet with Liebherr’s brand new LR 1400 SX crawler crane.
The company has been active in the maritime, offshore and oil industries for over 45 years. The main activities of the company include chartering tugboats, supply boats, accommodation and work barges, as well as leasing offshore construction equipment. The company also has its own marine fabricating yard to carry out the associated repair and maintenance jobs. It covers an area of over 80,000 sqm with 300 m water frontage and is adjacent to the Mina Salman Port area.
In early 2022, Ali Hasan Mahmood, managing director of Al Jazeera Shipping, expressed his desire to renew one of his used older-generation crawler cranes. This led him to various suppliers and his attention was caught by the latest addition to the Liebherr crawler crane - namely the LR 1400 SX. Apart from the crane’s superior load curve and safety ratings, Mahmood’s decision to go with Liebherr was mainly driven by the model’s short assembly time, its preselection feature of individually customised load charts and, in particular, its capability to preselect barge inclinations, which automatically applies the permitted load curve.
The LR 1400 SX was recently commissioned and will be working on several projects with Bapco and its refinery in Bahrain, beginning this month.
“We are proud to be the first company in the Gulf to receive the Liebherr 400 T crawler crane model LR 1400 SX. Hopefully, more Liebherr crawler crane purchases are to come with the assistance and full cooperation from Liebherr,” says Mahmood.