Liebherr sees tremendous growth potential in Africa in the foreseeable future. This outlook is confirmed by the growing demand for ports handling equipment on the continent over the years. In particular, there was a notable demand for container handling LHMs in 2021.
Liebherr delivered two new LHM 800s in the high-rise variant to the Sogester Container Terminal in Angola. Shortly before the end of the year, two more LHM 800s were shipped to Togo. The customer TIL Terminals will use the two giants for container handling in the port of Lomé.
2022 was a record year for Liebherr’ maritime mobile harbour cranes. The order intake volume in the past year was higher than before. In total, more than 80 new units and also various used units were sold to customers around the world. Liebherr mobile harbour cranes were ordered from 31 different countries with all continents being represented. There was strong growth in the Middle East and West Africa regions and stable core markets in Europe as well as North and South America. As in previous years, the LHM 550 is the most popular crane, closely followed by the LHM 420. A strong increase in sales of the LHM 800 was recorded, which more than tripled compared to the previous year.
