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A crane vessel, crane ship, crane barge, or floating crane is a ship with a crane specialized in lifting heavy loads, typically exceeding 1,500 t (1,476 long tons; 1,653 short tons) for modern ships. The largest crane vessels are used for offshore construction .
The vessel is equipped with two revolving cranes built by Huisman Equipment B.V., each with a capacity of 10,000 t (11,000 short tons); the main cranes can be operated in tandem to jointly lift 20,000 t (22,000 short tons). After its completion in 2019, SSCV Sleipnir succeeded Heerema's earlier SSCV Thialf as the largest crane vessel in the world.
Crane vessels — including crane ships and floating cranes. Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. C.
Pioneering Spirit (formerly Pieter Schelte) is a catamaran crane vessel owned by the Switzerland-based Allseas Group designed for the single-lift installation and removal of large oil and gas platforms and the installation of record-weight pipelines.
Titan is a large self-propelled crane vessel with the tip of its main boom standing at 374 feet (114 m) above the typical water line and a lifting capacity of 385 short tons (349 t). [3] In 1957, it was claimed to be the largest floating crane in operation. [7]
Vessel particulars [ edit ] Equipped with a large 7,500 tonnes lifting capacity crane , an additional 4,000 tonnes crane and an auxiliary 1,600 tonnes hook, a long stinger [ 12 ] and extensive equipment for lifting and lowering exceptionally heavy equipment and oil rigs, Lanjing is the largest crane vessel in the world (as of 2019). [ 13 ]
The Chesapeake 1000 – a gargantuan floating crane – arrived Friday near the scene where a 213-million-pound cargo vessel slammed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge, destroying the vital ...
Chesapeake 1000 (formerly Sun 800) is a heavy lift sheerleg crane ship, owned by Donjon Marine Co., capable of lifting 1,000 short tons (890 long tons; 910 t). [1] [2] It is one of the largest boomable stiff-leg-derrick barges on the eastern seaboard of the United States.