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HEAVY LIFTING

Massive Rapp Marine Crane ordered by Otto Candies.

HEAVY LIFT TECH

MacGregor

MacGregor Hoists Cruise

Ship’s Observation Pod

Royal Caribbean’s Quantum of the

Seas will feature a crane and observa- tion gondola to lift guests 91m above sea level, providing a panoramic views of the ship, sea and ports of call.

Supplied by MacGregor, the system, called North Star, includes a 7.1-met- ric-ton gondola to accommodate 14 guests and one crew member, as well as a stabilizing system to ensure that it remains level with respect to the ves- sel’s deck, and will also damp gondola movements. The crane’s slewing sys- 150-ton AHC Subsea Crane tem allows the gondola to swing out over the sides of the ship at sea. The system is designed for 100 percent app Marine agreed on terms The crane will be capable of lift- the weight of the crane. Rapp Marine redundancy with two separate power with Otto Candies LLC to de- ing 150 tons at 17 meters, certi? ed by plans on this crane being the ? rst of units, each large enough to drive the

R crane in reduced speed mode; it will liver a 150 ton AHC crane for Lloyd’s Registry. With Active Heave many capable of lifting heavy loads for also be provided with a diesel-driven one of its vessels. While Rapp Marine Compensation and a winch capable offshore vessels in the Gulf of Mexico emergency power pack. Additional has delivered approximately 450 cranes, of storing 3,100 meters of 77mm wire and globally. Rapp Marine has main- safety features include automatic cut this is the largest crane Rapp Marine has rope, the crane will be fully out? tted for tained a relationship with Otto Candies outs and safety valve overload protec- engineered and built to date. “We’re ex- subsea operation. The crane model was LLC for many years, providing Electric tion on all crane motions.

cited for the new challenge presented to designed by Rapp Marine’s engineer Active Heave Compensated heavy lift www.macgregor.com us by Otto Candies LLC,” said Johann Helge Stakkeland out of Norway, a de- winches as well as service support for

Sigurjonsson, CEO, Rapp Marine U.S. sign to increase performance and reduce several of Otto Candies’ vessels.

JonRie’s Series 230

Assist Winch

The new JonRie Series 230 Ship

The crane, capable of lifting 150 tons at 17m,

Assist Winch is a new version of the existing line of Series 230 winches. will be certi? ed by Lloyd’s Registry.

The winch features JonRie’s indepen- dent drive level wind, but a Logan clutch was also installed on the drive.

When the winch is heaving or paying out hawser, the level wind drive is engaged and when the tug is working under heavy ship assist loads the level wind is unclutched. This feature will help reduce the counter loading on the level wind when the tug is work- ing with a ship. The independent level wind will allow the spooler carriage to move faster than the drum to cross weave rope or adjusted to any speed required, the unit can be stopped and run in manual to any position on the drum. 86 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • APRIL 2015

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