Huisman crane for new jack-up vessel
The crane will be capable of installing the largest turbines with heights of up to 270m and blades more than 120m long. Huisman will build the crane at its Chinese facility in Xiamen and deliver it to Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry where the vessel is to be built. The Voltaire will have the largest leg-encircling crane ever installed on a wind turbine installation vessel and, together with its fly-jib, will have the greatest lifting height in the world.
This is the second successive contract between the two companies and follows a project to develop and manufacture the world’s largest monopile gripper for Jan De Nul’s wind turbine installation vessel, Vole au vent. This project was awarded in mid-2018 and is due for delivery within the next few months.
Joop Roodenburg, Huisman president, commented: “As the next generation wind turbines are becoming bigger and bigger, we keep on pioneering to develop novel and innovative solutions to install these turbines. We are therefore extremely happy with the confidence and trust that Jan de Nul placed in Huisman by awarding us with this second contract.”