Wagenborg has awarded Barge Master with a contract for a second 3D motion compensated crane to be installed on their new walk-to-work vessel the Kasteel- borg. The fact that Wagenborg and Shell/Nam have selected Barge Master for an additional BM-T40 motion compensated crane showcases the success of the first one, which was installed on the state-of-the-art Walk-to-Work vessel Kro- onborg.
Increased workability
The first motion compensated crane on the Kroonborg has increased the work- ability from approximately 180 to 330 days per year. “The crane works quite hap- pily in three metre seas,” Haije Stigter, former programme manager at ONEgas/ Shell, notes – adding that it “works like a dream”.
The Barge Master Crane, as configured for the Kroonborg, makes it possible to continue safe and stable crane operations even in the North Sea’s famously rough conditions. It is able to lift 32 metres above sea level at a reach of up to 20 metres or 15 tonnes at a reach of 10 metres. Gert Vanderheyden, former project manager at Shell: “It’s really an amazing piece of equipment. When you see it for New walk-to-work vessel
The BM-T40 motion compensated crane will be mounted on the ‘Kasteelborg’ by Royal Niestern Sander. Earlier this year, this shipyard already converted the Kasteelborg from a PSV into a Walk-to-Work Emergency Response & Rescue Vessel for Wagenborg.
