Installation of module for Jumbo Maritime
Customer Challenge: Installation of module for Jumbo Maritime at the Wheatstone Project. Max. landing speed of 0,5 m/s at 200 meter water depth. Cranemaster Solution: A Cranemaster unit with SWL of 600 metric tons and 3 meter stroke. The unit was equipped with Lock & Release functionality for reduction of…
Installation of module support frame
Customer Challenge: Installation of a Module Suport Frame (MSF) at 120 meter water depth for TechnipFMC and Jumbo at the North Amethyst project in Canada. The MSF had a dry weight of 139 metric tons and a submerged weight of 109 metric tons. Cranemaster Solution: A Cranemaster unit with SWL…
Installation of suction anchors
Customer Challenge: Lowering and installation of 16 suction anchors for APL at the Neptune Deep Water Port Project (DWPP). Due to the suction anchor’s hydrodynamic properties, it was required to reduce the dynamic loads in the splash zone. Cranemaster Solution: A Cranemaster unit with SWL of 400 metric tons and 4,3…
Installation of suction pile in deep water
Customer Challenge: Installation of a 50 metric tons suction pile for the Boabab Phase 3 project outside West Africa. Operations in deep water areas put strong demands on the equipment to be used. A common challenge when using passive heave compensators in deep water, is the deep water pressure pushing…
Installation of large wave energy device
Customer Challenge: Installation of the wave energy device bioWAVE near Port Fairy, Victoria, in rough weather conditions. Cranemaster Solution: Two large Cranemaster passive heave compensators with SWL of 700 metric tons and 400 metric tons. The Results: The two Cranemaster units functioned perfectly, resulting in reduced DAF in the splash…
Installation of PLEM modules in the South China Sea
Customer Challenge: Splash zone crossing and reduction in seabed landing velocity during installation of PLEM modules in the South China Sea. Cranemaster Solution: A Cranemaster passive heave compensator with SWL of 150 metric tons and 4,5 meter stroke. The Results: Due to the large horizontal area of the PLEM modules,…
Worlds largest heave compensated lift
Customer Challenge: Enabling installation of large subsea modules of up to 1100 metric tons in higher sea states for the Chevron Gorgon Project. Cranemaster Solution: Two Cranemaster passive heave compensators with SWL of 700 metric tons and 4,5 meter stroke were connected in parallel. The Cranemaster units was equipped with Cranemaster Adaptive…
Subsea 7 successfully installed protection covers in rough weather
Customer Challenge: Installation of GRP protection covers in rough weather in the Shetland waters for Subsea 7. Cranemaster Solution: A Cranemaster unit with SWL of 50 metric tons and 3 meter stroke. The Results: Analysis was done upfront by Cranemaster, giving Subsea 7 a weather window of significant wave heights…
Jumbo installs structures for Ikhwezi project
Customer Challenge: Deployment of five subsea structures for PetroSA’s Ikhwezi project, offshore South Africa. Cranemaster Solution: Two Cranemaster units with SWL of 250 metric tons and 2,5 meter stroke. The Results: The installation of the five structures, weighing between 35 and 185 metric tons and measure up to 14 x…
Saipem project in the Gulf of Mexico
Customer Challenge: Installation of structures with large surfaces for Saipem in the Gulf of Mexico. Cranemaster Solution: A Cranemaster unit with SWL of 50 metric tons and 3 meter stroke. The Results: The Cranemaster unit successfully absorbed the forces through the splash zone, avoided resonance and reduced landing speed. The use…