Liebherr Maritime Cranes celebrated the grand opening of the new sales and service centre in Durban,
South Africa. The new African maritime hub was opened by a number of guests from the local industry and Liebherr representatives.
Mainly as a result of the close cooperation with Transnet over the past few years, Liebherr-Africa (LAF) has decided to extend its activities and to establish a specialized maritime hub in Durban.
Placed in a central position, in Durban, the hub ensures that Liebherr’s Africa based clients are getting the same level of service and support as could be expected when dealing directly with the head office in Europe. With this hub, Liebherr Africa covers various requirements as mining companies need adequate infrastructure and competence to ship mineral resources as well as equipment into and out of adjacent countries. â€œThe investment in the new African maritime hub is very important for the maritime industry in southern Africa. It ensures fast and high quality customer service in terms of maintenance, spare parts supply and personnel training,” comments Liebherr-Africa Maritime Cranes Divisional Manager Henner Rodenwoldt. The new African maritime hub consists of sales, service and training personnel, who are all factory trained. It also holds a significant spare parts stock, which will service a large part of the African market. A main feature is the training of operators, technicians and service staff as the hub provides two separate classrooms for training on Liebherr crane solutions. The classrooms are utilised for theoretical and/or maintenance training with a corresponding schematic and simulation wall. Moreover, various maritime crane simulators are available for professional training on ship to shore cranes, mobile harbour cranes, rubber tyre gantry cranes and offshore cranes.
Key personnel, such as leading sales managers, technical advisors, service managers are all from the factory itself to not only assist in training local staff but also to drive forward the maritime industry on the African continent. 

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