The Honghai Crane is a mobile
gantry crane
A gantry crane is a crane built atop a gantry, which is a structure used to straddle an object or workspace. They can range from enormous "full" gantry cranes, capable of lifting some of the heaviest loads in the world, to small shop cranes, us ...
built by the Chinese Honghua Group. It was completed in
Jiangsu
Jiangsu (; ; pinyin: Jiāngsū, Postal romanization, alternatively romanized as Kiangsu or Chiangsu) is an Eastern China, eastern coastal Provinces of the People's Republic of China, province of the China, People's Republic of China. It is o ...
in 2014, becoming the largest movable gantry crane by lift capacity, being capable of lifting 22,000
tonnes
The tonne ( or ; symbol: t) is a unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms. It is a non-SI unit accepted for use with SI. It is also referred to as a metric ton to distinguish it from the non-metric units of the short ton ( United States ...
to a height of 65
m.
Description
The Honghai Crane is 150m tall, has a span of 124m and the weight of the steel structure is 11,000 tonnes, excluding the spreader. It has a maximum lifting height of 71m and a total of 48 hanging points, each with a lifting capacity of 300 tonnes. The crane has an operating power of 1800
KW. The total weight of the crane is said to be 14,800 tonnes. The crane was first commissioned in November–December 2014 when it was utilized to build the hull of a
platform supply vessel
A platform supply vessel (PSV) is a ship specially designed to supply offshore oil and gas platforms. These ships range from in length and accomplish a variety of tasks. The primary function for most of these vessels is logistic support and tr ...
in the company's yard in Jiangsu.
Operations
The crane was used for the building of a
platform supply vessel
A platform supply vessel (PSV) is a ship specially designed to supply offshore oil and gas platforms. These ships range from in length and accomplish a variety of tasks. The primary function for most of these vessels is logistic support and tr ...
, which was delivered to Danish marine services company Nordic Offshore Supply Unlimited in 2015. The Honghai Crane will be further utilized for the building of an offshore semi-submersible drilling rig for Orion Group.
See also
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List of largest Chinese companies
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List of largest manufacturing companies by revenue
The following is a list of the world's largest manufacturing companies, ordered by revenue in millions of U.S. dollars according to the Fortune Global 500. Currently the 50 biggest companies by revenue are included.
2022
2020
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List of companies of China
Since the introduction of Chinese economic reform, economic reforms in 1978, Economy of China, China has become one of the world's List of countries by real GDP growth rate, fastest-growing major economies. , it was the world's second-largest ec ...
References
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External links
heavyliftnews website
Individual cranes (machines)
Crane manufacturers