When specs get tougher, so does the crane designer/manufacturer

摘要

During the last several years, as the offshore petroleum industry has moved drilling and production, and therefore service and construction equipment, into deeper water, groups concerned with industry standards and practices have placed significantly more emphasis on the safety and reliability of the load-handling gear placed aboard such vessels and structures. This is particularly true with regard to the employment of pedestal cranes on deepwater drilling and construction vessels and those used on both floating and fixed production facilities.