14.08.2009

Huisman launches customised wind turbine crane

Dutch-based international lifting, drilling and subsea solutions specialist Huisman, has expanded its heavy lifting product range with a customised range of wind turbine installation cranes. The new range of cranes will be shown at the European Offshore Wind 2009 Conference and Exhibition in Stockholm from the 14 to 16 September.

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The new range of cranes will be shown at the European Offshore Wind 2009 Conference and Exhibition

Building on its existing heavy lifting equipment for the installation of wind turbines and the increasing demand for customised equipment by the fast growing market for renewables, the company has now designed a range of tailor-made cranes that will be able to efficiently install current and future turbines.

The new designs are a result of many years of design and operational experience and based on the company’s drive to design and deliver new solutions that add value to the market’s existing technologies. The customised crane range includes pedestal and ringer cranes for mainly jack-up vessels. In addition to the low construction weight, small footprint and reduced tail swing of the existing Huisman cranes, additional features include increased lifting height, small operational minimum radius and the possibility to install the crane around the leg of the jack-up. The cranes can also be fitted with additional features to ensure a safe installation procedure at high elevations.

Huisman’s in-house developed and manufactured heavy lifting equipment has been widely used for more than 30 years and it claims world market leadership for heavy lift cranes above 600mt capacity.

Cranes delivered by Huisman and currently used for wind turbine installation include two 800mt and one 1,700mt A-frames onboard Scaldis’ multipurpose heavy lift vessel Rambiz, the 1,600mt sheerleg Taklift 4 owned by Smit, the 300mt cranes onboard Seajacks’ Kraken and Leviathan and the 900mt cranes onboard Jumbo Offshore’s Javelin and Fairplayer. Two 750mt cranes, planned to be used for a large wind turbine installation project, are currently under construction for Master Marine.