AHC cranes for offshore construction vessel
Cargotec will supply two MacGregor 250 ton AHC subsea crane for Volstad’s new OCV vessel.
Global cargo movers Cargotec have secured an order to supply two active heave compensated (AHC) cranes for Volstad Maritime's large offshore construction vessel (OCV), on order at Bergen Group’s Fosen shipyard in Norway.
They are scheduled for delivery in the second quarter of 2012. The contract comprises a 250 ton MacGregor AHC subsea crane and a 15 ton MacGregor AHC offshore crane.
The advanced OCV is an ST-259-CD design from Skipsteknisk, measuring 125m long with a 25m beam. The vessel is designed to the highest environmental standards and Clean Design requirements. It will be classed to Ice-1A.
"Cargotec's offshore competence centres are dedicated to designing complete solutions that define all functionalities of a purpose built ship, said Jon Helle for Subsea Load Handling. "This enables us to respond to the market demand for total functional responsibility. Cargotec not only provides advanced technology, but is committed to delivering solutions that are available and working throughout the ship's lifetime".
In line with developing and implementing new technologies that contribute added value to its customers' businesses, Cargotec invested in developing a full scale training simulator to provide enhanced training programmes to its customers. In addition to training operators on advanced MacGregor offshore load handling systems with active heave compensation, the simulator helps demonstrate the function of products and assess elements such as their anti-collision characteristics, plan operations, and also log data for playback to evaluate and improve future operations.
"Cargotec's global service network enables us to support our customers' ships wherever they operate, ensuring continuous, reliable and sustainable equipment performance”, Jon Helle added.
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