Going for the biggest offshore crane ever
The “Orion”, an offshore vessel of the Belgian company Deme specialising in maritime dredging and engineering, recently reached the port of Rostock, Germany. In conjunction with Liebherr-MCCtec Rostock, a large-scale project is thus entering its next phase - the erection of the biggest offshore crane Liebherr Maritime Cranes has ever constructed, the HLC 295000.
Over the past months, several thousand t of steel have been formed, welded and assembled into a product that is unique. Not only the size of the crane, but also the size of the individual components and main parts are out of the ordinary.
The HLC boom alone is 160 m long and the whole crane has a height of 90 m. Assembled on a huge pedestal, the crane is going to have a lifting height of up to 180 m and will dispose of a lifting capacity of 5,000 t at more than 30 m outreach. (fd)