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Operational Experience
Cranemaster has operational experience from worldwide projects and over 26 years in the offshore industry. From our stock in Norway or from one of our global representatives we have Cranemasters ready for immediate dispatch via air, sea or land.

Standard Applications
Neptune Project - Installation of suction anchors. (Project 2009) [+/-] Read more For the Neptune Deep Water Port Project (DWPP) APL made use of a 400T 4300mm stroke Cranemaster for lowering and installation of 16 suction anchors. The operation took place in Massachusetts bay at 80 meters depth. Due to the suction anchors large volume and geometrical shape, the Cranemaster was required to reduce the dynamic loads.
Worldwide use of Cranemaster North Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Offsho Africa, Australia, Malaysia, Sout America, Mediterranean

Cranemaster included in Baku Project.

Quick Lift 2 x 400T Cranemaster arranged in series.

Cascade-Chinook - Installation of structures at 2700m. (Project 2009) [+/- ] Read more Two SWL250T stroke 2500mm Cranemaster units in series were used by Technip USA for cross haul and landing of 167T weight piles, manifolds and pump stations. The structures were installed at 2700m water depth from the Deep Blue at Petrobras America Cascade and Chinook gas fields in the Gulf of Mexico.

North Amethyst - Installation of MSF. (Project 2009) [+/-] Read more For the North Amethyst project in Canada, Technip made use of a 250T 2500mm stroke Cranemaster for the installation of a MSF at 120 meters water depth. The

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MSF had a dry weight of 139T and a submerged weight of 109T. Cranemaster was in this case mainly used to ensure a safe landing on the sea bed and avoid re-bouncing. Cranemaster also brought an advantage when lifting through the splash zone.

Gja - Wet storage and Installation of GRP covers. (Project 2009) [+/-] Read more For the Gja project, Technip made use of a 50T 3000mm stroke Cranemaster for the wet storage and installation of GRP covers at 370 meters water depth. The covers had submerged weights ranging from 4T - 18T, and surface areas from 50m^2 - 250m^2. Cranemaster was in this case used together with active heave compensation, where Cranemaster served as an overload protector.

Special Projects
Installation of offshore wind turbine foundations. (Project 2009)[+/-] Read more For a offshore wind farm project off the UK coast, Jumbo Offshore included Cranemaster for installation of transition pieces for offshore wind mills. To limit the lifting height above the ship deck, a custom made "lock and release" system was designed and included in the development of two new 400T 2500mm stroke units for this project. Cranemaster was mainly used to reduce the crane wire tension and to ensure a safe landing of the transition pieces onto the piles offshore.

QLS - Transfer lift of a platform module. ( Project 2005) [+/-] Read more For the QLS (Quick Lift System) Project, Technip made use of Cranemaster to avoid reentry when lifting a platform structure from a barge onto the platform. 2pc 400T 4300mm stroke Cranemasters with custom made quick lift system. Go to our Cranemaster Special Applications site to read more about the the Quick Lift System.

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APL - Cranemaster SWL500T installed on loading buoy (STL). ( Project 2007) [+/-] Read more When lifting the loading buoy into the ships docking bay the ships movement can give high peak loads on the lifting gear. To dampen and avoid these excessive loads Ernst-B. Johansen AS designed a special Cranemaster which is permanently installed in the top of the loading buoy as an over load protector. The Cranemaster will stroke as the load exceeds the preset pressure in the Cranemaster. This ensures a smooth and safe docking of the loading buoy. Cranemaster is installed in APL loading buoys on the Vincent and Reliance fields.

Normand Seven - Load test of flexible pipe tensioner. ( Project 2007) [+/-] Read more The vessel Normand Seven was chartered from Solstad Offshore ASA by

Subsea 7, one of the worlds leading subsea engineering and construction companies, and converted into a subsea pipe laying vessel for a long-term contract in Brazilian waters. Subsea7 looked into ways to dynamically test the flexible pipe tensioner installed on the vessel and a standard Cranemaster rental unit available from stock was chosen as an affordable, convenient and safe solution for this operation. A SWL 400T 4300mm stroke Cranemaster was attached to the vessels stern and a wire was run from the Cranemaster to the a test pipe hold by the pipe tensioner. The pipe was then run out and in of the tensioner to test that it could work under max work load. To increase the load on the wire which was retained by the cable tensioner, the Nitrogen pressure in the Cranemaster was simply increased. If the cable tensioner should break down or the wire snap, the only thing that would happen was that the piston rod would safely return to zero stroke. When the load test was finished the Nitrogen pressure was released and the unit hooked of.

For more information about past projects please contact us at post@cranemaster.no

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