Scaldis was contracted to perform a lifting operation which would allow our customer to finalise the construction of a 5,000-tonne crane at port side aft on its newbuild vessel ‘Pioneering Spirit’.
What we do
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Challenge
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Solution
Our scope included:
- Design & engineering of the rigging configurations.
- Providing all the necessary rigging equipment.
- Lifting the luffing frame, with a total mass of 425 tonnes, from the customer’s multipurpose offshore construction vessel and positioning it to the slewing part of the 5,000-tonne crane foundation.
- Lifting the 5,000-tonne crane boom, with a total mass of 934 tonnes, from the transport barge and positioning it on the crane boom support and axle points.