Decks & Lifting Gear

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

DEME Offshore and Liftra ApS are developing a new vessel offshore installation system to cater for the next generation of offshore wind turbine generators.

19th April 2023

Developing next generation turbine installation crane technology

19th April 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A wind farm installation has been carried out using a new RNA floating method by marine contractor Heerema.

14th April 2023

Heerema installs wind turbines with new floating method

14th April 2023

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

A ‘major milestone’ in a €200 million expansion plan to the Antwerp Gateway terminal has been passed with the arrival of three gigantic quay cranes.

12th April 2023

Gigantic quay cranes arrive at Antwerp

12th April 2023

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Jan De Nul Group has begun the transport and installation work on Ørsted’s 242MW Gode Wind 3 and 900MW Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farms in Germany.

17th March 2023

Installation begins at new German offshore wind farms

17th March 2023

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Denmark-based underwater technology firm MacArtney will supply winches that can withstand exploding mines to the US Navy for use on its ’Mine Countermeasures Unmanned Surface Vehicle’ (MCM USV).

16th March 2023

Special winches ordered for mine-sweeping USVs

16th March 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

SMST has equipped the newbuild Van Oord cable-laying vessel Calypso with a 100t active heave compensated knuckle boom crane.

6th March 2023

SMST heavy lift knuckle boom crane for Van Oord

6th March 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Belgian civil engineering firm Sarens has revealed details and footage of the successful load-out of a 2,200-tonne jacket from Lobito Bay in Angola.

16th February 2023

VIDEO: 2,200t jacket loadout completed by Sarens

16th February 2023

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Hydraulic, lifting and mechanical equipment firm Brimmond says it has a pipeline of projects for the year ahead along with a new fleet of stock marine cranes.

8th February 2023

Brimmond reveals new Heila crane fleet

8th February 2023

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Axel Johnson International has taken over British firm Lifting Gear & Safety, including its dedicated maritime section, LGS Marine.

3rd February 2023

Axel Johnson acquires LGS

3rd February 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Dutch offshore equipment maker SMST has been awarded the contract for various equipment to an Asian Commissioning Services Operations Vessel (CSOV) 

20th January 2023

Mission equipment ordered for Asian CSOV

20th January 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Jan de Nul’s NextGen heavy lift vessel Les Alizés is on her way to Europe, the company has announced.

19th January 2023

New Jan de Nul installation vessel delivered

19th January 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

Kongsberg Maritime is to supply Turkish tugboat builder Med Marine with Escort Series towing winches for nine escort tugs equipped with azimuth stern drives.

9th January 2023

Kongsberg Maritime wins tug winch order

9th January 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Huisman will deliver a 3,000t leg encircling crane for the first wind turbine installation vessel by Havfram.

15th December 2022

3,000t leg-encircling crane ordered

15th December 2022

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

MacGregor is to supply heavy-duty cranes for ten floating crane barges being built by Indonesian shipyard, PT Karya Teknik Utama.

9th December 2022

Ten crane order for MacGregor

9th December 2022

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

A new mobile harbour crane with dual power has begun operations at HHLA TK Estonia’s terminal, increasing the speed and efficiency of bulk handling.

10th November 2022

Dual power mobile harbour crane starts work

10th November 2022

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Commercial and private vessel shipping company Peters & May has carried out its heaviest, longest double ship movement, the firm says.

19th October 2022

Double minehunter lift breaks records

19th October 2022

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

CP&A has completed the structural design review of a 3,500-tonne double boom offshore crane.

18th October 2022

3,500t hulking crane receives design review

18th October 2022

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Pontoon hiring firm ScaffFloat has added a 2.8t crane to its product - leading to some comparing it to a workboat.

6th October 2022

ScaffFloat adds knuckle boom crane to pontoons

6th October 2022

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A heavy lift contractor has broken a record with the lift of a 17,000 metric tonne heavy process module which it says is the heaviest crane lift ever undertaken at sea.

5th October 2022

Heerema breaks heavy lift record

5th October 2022

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Crane manufacturer Liebherr has confirmed the successful completion of two major installation projects using its largest offshore crane in Germany and France.

3rd October 2022

Liebherr completes two offshore installations

3rd October 2022