MacGregor order for offshore boom crane

Designed to meet the requirements of API-2C, which governs the design and construction of offshore pedestal mounted cranes installed on fixed or floating platform structures employed in drilling and production operations, each crane will have a SWL of 200 tonnes at 15m outreach, or 60 tonnes at 45m.

“The cranes will perform well in the harsh, corrosive conditions of the offshore industry,” said Mattias Sundström, sales and marketing director for MacGregor’s lattice boom cranes.

“Regardless of performance requirements, offshore equipment must, above all, be rugged, safe and reliable, because the offshore industry goes about its business in some very challenging environments,” he added.

MacGregor developed its LBC cranes in response to rising demand in the offshore market. Although designed to target a very specific segment, MacGregor says it was able to take full advantage of its experience of crane design and construction across the whole organisation during the development phase.

Delivery is scheduled for the third quarter of 2016.