by Crane Market | Sep 2, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Equipment & Construction Videos, Manufacturer News, Offshore News
STAVANGER, Norway – Rolls-Royce has introduced braided fiber rope offshore cranes for deepwater operations. The cranes, available in lifting ranges up to 400 tons, offer a key advantage over steel wire cranes, in that they retain their full rated capacity down to...
by Crane Market | Aug 24, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Crane & Lifting News, Manufacturer News, Offshore News
Dutch lifting, drilling and subsea solutions firm Huisman has secured new crane contracts with a total value of around US$338 million from various major offshore, shipping and wind farm installation contractors: 2 x 900-ton heavy lift mast cranes for BigLift Shipping;...
by Crane Market | Aug 19, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Energy News, Equipment & Construction Videos, Offshore News
1, 700 tonne heavy lift on the Dudgeon bank. See Oleg Strashnov heavy lift vessel install the substation for the Dudgeon offshore wind farm off Norfolk, UK. The substation will gather and transform the energy produced by the 67 turbines. Once completed the wind farm...
by Crane Market | Aug 17, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Energy News, Offshore News
The first substation topside and jacket have been installed at Dong Energy’s 573MW Race Bank wind farm off the Norfolk coast. Seaway Heavy Lifting vessel Oleg Strashnov installed the 1150 tonne topside and up to 1300 tonne jacket. The structures were fabricated by...
by Crane Market | Aug 4, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Crane & Lifting News, Offshore News
Kongsberg Maritime has been awarded significant offshore Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) contracts with China Merchants Heavy Industries (CMHI). The contracts, worth more than NOK 520 million, cover deliveries to two semi-submersible heavy lift &...
by Crane Market | Jul 20, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Manufacturer News, Offshore News
Austrian marine crane manufacturers Palfinger Marine announced today it has officially submitted an offer to acquire the TTS Group, a Norwegian provider of cranes and offshore access systems. According to the TTS Group, Oslo Børs had approved the offer for the...