The crane combines MacGregor’s offshore crane expertise with Parkburn’s fibre rope tensioning technology, which the company says eliminates the heating and degradation problems associated with on-load fibre ropes stored on winch drums. The equipment can accommodate non-uniformities such as splices in the rope.
The new crane will be introduced to the market as a 150-tonne, fully heave-compensated knuckle boom crane that can operate in water depths up to 4000 metres.
