The Huisman Rope Luffing Knuckle Boom Crane has been awarded the Innovation of the Year award during the Annual Offshore Support Journal Awards 2015.
The new hybrid crane is recognised to provide a significant innovation on the design, build and operational aspects of offshore support vessels.
Rope Luffing Knuckle Boom Crane
The Rope Luffing Knuckle Boom Crane provides a solution for the growing operational challenges of subsea construction. This crane design maintains the advantage of the knuckle boom functionality, providing a low suspension point which is essential for offshore construction activities, without the disadvantages of conventional knuckle boom cranes, such as the heavy boom that affects the crane load curves and impacts ship stability.
The crane is designed to execute projects in deep and ultra-deep waters and is able to handle large and heavy loads in hostile environmental conditions.
At this moment Huisman is building five cranes of this particular design.
Picture: 900 mt Rope Luffing Knucle Boom Crane.
