World's Largest Crane
Taisun, the world's largest gantry crane, with a lifting capacity of 20,000 metric tonnes, has taken over 7 years to plan and an additional 12 months for the preparation of its design framework.
The crane, capable of muscling up to 10,000 cars in one lift, allows the mating of an entire outfitted deck box of a semi-submersible rig onto its hull/pontoons in one single operation. The shipyard states that this will reduce work hazards at high altitudes and in the open sea. The lifting of the complete deck box reduces man-hours by as much as half.
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