{"id":5835,"date":"2016-08-18T13:36:35","date_gmt":"2016-08-18T13:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minutes.machine.market\/?p=5835"},"modified":"2016-08-18T13:36:35","modified_gmt":"2016-08-18T13:36:35","slug":"us-ambassador-john-b-emerson-visits-liebherr-factory-in-rostock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/machine.market\/blog\/us-ambassador-john-b-emerson-visits-liebherr-factory-in-rostock\/","title":{"rendered":"US ambassador John B. Emerson visits Liebherr factory in Rostock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rostock &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajot.com\/news\/us-ambassador-visits-liebherr-factory-in-rostock\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AJOT<\/a> reports yesterday the United States Ambassador to Germany, John B. Emerson, has visited <a href=\"http:\/\/www.liebherr.com\/en\/deu\/about-liebherr\/liebherr-worldwide\/germany\/rostock\/mcctec-rostock.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Liebherr MCCtec Rostock GmbH<\/a>. The visit centred around an exchange of information on the importance of the North American market for the maritime industry.<\/p>\n<p>After being welcomed by Leopold Berthold, Managing Director of Liebherr MCCtec Rostock GmbH, the ambassador discussed the current situation for the maritime industry in the US market with some of the company\u2019s sales managers. Liebherr\u2019s maritime division has been successfully represented in the US with its entire range of products. Especially the mobile harbour cranes produced in Rostock have acquired an excellent reputation in the United States in recent years and are being used in ports all over the country. In 2015 approx. ten percent of the Liebherr mobile harbour cranes ordered throughout the world were sold in the United States. This emphasizes the importance of the North American market for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.liebherr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Liebherr <\/a>company.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5837\" style=\"width: 1275px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5837\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-5837 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cranemarket.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/liebherr-werk-rostock-panoramic-view.jpg\" alt=\"liebherr-werk-rostock-panoramic-view\" width=\"1265\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/machine.market\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/liebherr-werk-rostock-panoramic-view.jpg 1265w, https:\/\/machine.market\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/liebherr-werk-rostock-panoramic-view-300x108.jpg 300w, https:\/\/machine.market\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/liebherr-werk-rostock-panoramic-view-768x277.jpg 768w, https:\/\/machine.market\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/liebherr-werk-rostock-panoramic-view-1024x369.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/machine.market\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/liebherr-werk-rostock-panoramic-view-1080x389.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1265px) 100vw, 1265px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5837\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Liebherr-MCCtec Rostock GmbH founded in 2002 develops and manufactures ship cranes, mobile harbor cranes, and offshore cranes. Additionally, reachstackers and components for container cranes are covered in its product portfolio. The plant&#8217;s direct link to the Baltic Sea provide the best logistics conditions \u2013 above all for worldwide sales of large equipment that have load bearing capacities up to 2,000 tons. Additionally, the location contributes to the Group strengthening its international market position in maritime cranes.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>With more than 1,400 units delivered to 100 countries worldwide Liebherr mobile harbour cranes convince in all fields of application such as container handling, bulk operation and even heavy lifts up to 308 t.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to the broad ship and port crane product portfolio Liebherr was also able to respond to several specific customer requirements in the US market.<\/p>\n<p>Liebherr for example realized a prestige project at the Niagara Falls in the State of New York. This special installed crane, type <a href=\"http:\/\/www.liebherr.com\/en\/fin\/products\/maritime-cranes\/port-equipment\/permanently-installed-cranes\/fixed-cargo-cranes\/details\/fcc320r.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FCC 320R,<\/a> is used to lift the visitor boats out of the water and to store them on the pier at the end of each season. Despite the current difficult market situation in the offshore sector Liebherr managed it to deliver 24 offshore cranes with a contract value of approximately 50 million euro in the past ten years to the Unites States. The ship-to-shore container cranes, produced in the Liebherr factory in Killarney in Ireland, are in great demand in US American ports. This year alone, four gantry cranes were delivered to New Jersey. For the new Liebherr Reachstacker model, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.liebherr.com\/en\/imn\/products\/maritime-cranes\/port-equipment\/reachstacker\/details\/lrs545.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LRS 545<\/a>, the company also expects high potential in the United States market. The very informative conversation Liebherr representatives underlined the importance of the North American market for the company.<\/p>\n<p>After very informative dialogues, ambassador John B. Emerson and his wife Kimberly joined a factory tour through the production site of Liebherr Rostock and were really impressed: \u201cFascinating what Liebherr established at this young facility. These huge cranes which are produced in Rostock and supplied from here to the whole world, that\u2019s really impressive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rostock &#8211; AJOT reports yesterday the United States Ambassador to Germany, John B. Emerson, has visited Liebherr MCCtec Rostock GmbH. The visit centred around an exchange of information on the importance of the North American market for the maritime industry. After being welcomed by Leopold Berthold, Managing Director of Liebherr MCCtec Rostock GmbH, the ambassador [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5836,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":""},"categories":[2,3,8,11],"tags":[1099],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v14.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>US ambassador John B. 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