Norwind Offshore has placed an order for a stand-alone ECMC 7t-3D crane for newbuild 952 vessel Norwind Helm.
The crane is to be installed in connection with the delivery of the newbuild from Vard Brattvaag end of November 2024 and Norwind Helm will be the first CSOV with two 3D cranes installed, Seaonics said.
This delivery is in addition to the ECMC gangway with integrated 3D crane that Seaonics is already delivering to the same vessel.
The ECMC crane will be delivered and commissioned during the summer.
Seaonics sales manager Petter Nesset said: “We are honoured to extend our collaboration with Norwind Offshore and the sale of our flagship ECMC 3D crane.
“We are pleased that we have together found a solution to upgrade the vessel with the stand-alone crane in addition to the Seaonics gangway system with integrated 3D crane.”
Norwind Offshore chief operating officer Roy Ove Standal said: “We are happy to have local suppliers who develop and deliver the very best in the technology that our vessels need to serve our customers.
“We look forward to receiving an additional 3D crane alongside the already ordered ECMC gangway system, both of which will be installed on our next newbuild to be delivered by Vard Brattvaag at the end of this year.”
The Seaonics ECMC crane is fully electric driven.
The control technology for the active motion compensation is developed by Seaonics and well proven in offshore wind operations, according to the company.
The boom control, slew control and telescope control are all electric driven and dynamically used to perform the 3D compensation of the crane tip, it added.