INTERNATIONAL AND SPECIALIZED TRANSPORT
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SEPTEMBER 2013
PRODUCT NEWS
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pecialist in lifting, drilling and
subsea solutions Huisman
Equipment and fellow Dutch
company Re-Move are preparing to enter
the super heavy lift crane arena with a new
range of ring-based units for use on land.
Under an initial proposal Huisman's
Compact Ringer Crane (CRC) series will
be available in seven models with ratings
from 50,000 to 240,000 tonne-metres
and from 2,400 to 4,800 tonnes capacity.
Applications will include petrochemical
plant vessel installation, power plant
construction and module construction for
the offshore industry.
Huisman, established in 1929,
has its roots in crane design and
manufacturing. It is well-known
for its heavy lift offshore units,
widely used in the oil and gas
industry, a sector for which
the company also caters
with pipelay systems,
drill equipment and
integrated vessel designs.
For Huisman’s first
super heavy lift foray
on land, it has engaged
Re-Move, headed by
Jan van Seumeren
Junior, John Casteleijn,
Bert Timmer
and Peter Bon,
as a worldwide
the boom to save weight. The ring concept
is well-proven and compact for the super
heavy lifting capacity class. To
use a conventional crawler
crane would need a four
times bigger footprint,
van Seumeren said. A
disadvantage of ring
cranes – that they
cannot travel
with load –
sales agent for CRC, David
Roodenburg, Huisman senior
business development manager,
told
IC
.
Huisman has a long
association with the van
Seumeren family. Jan van
Seumeren Junior said he
forecasts a focus in demand
around the CRC 150-3600 and
CRC 180-4800, which are the
150,000 and 180,000 tonne-metre,
3,600 and 4,800 tonne capacity
models in the middle of the range.
Fixed and adjustable jibs will
be available. Capacity will be the
same on main boom and with the
fixed jib while on the adjustable
jib it goes from 1,200 tonnes on
the smallest model up to 2,400
tonnes on the largest.
Described as lightweight and
compact, the new cranes are
designed by Bert Schouten at
Huisman. High tensile
(960 MPa) steel will be used in
Entering the super heavy
lift crane arena is a new
range from Huisman – the
Compact Ringer Crane.
ALEX DAHM reports on the
seven-model CRC range
of ring-based cranes in
ratings from 50,000 to
240,000 tonne-metres for
onshore application
The ringer concept
is well established
for super heavy
lifters
The new Huisman cranes will
be sold worldwide by Re-Move
Into the ringer
