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BOREAS the crane around the leg, so you have the leg in the center Customization & Installation line of the crane, this saves valuable operational space. Huisman's LECs are not an off-the-shelf product but are

So this is the reason why the company came up with tailored to meet the specifc requirements of each client, this design some years ago, and has since produced quite an offshore wind installation frm, or a shipyard building a few of them. a WTIV.

Basically, Van Veluw says, the whole idea started with “Customization is basically done by almost all of our a, "Hey, can we put a ringer crane like the PTC-35 we customers,“ Van Veluw says, adding that this depends on supplied to Mammoet? Can we put a crane like that on a hook confgurations, boom lengths, features, speeds, paint jack-up vessel?" systems, operator cabin layouts, etc.

“Well, it started that way, and then we moved on and According to Van Veluw, it takes between two and two on and on with that one. And it has been fne-tuned with and a half years to deliver an LEC, depending on the fea- many models, and this is where we are right now. And it tures, the moment in time, the supply chain situation, and has been quite a popular model for installation of turbines the level of customization.

mainly, but also for installation of foundations,“ Van Ve- The other aspect is installation, he says.

luw said. “It's a big crane that needs to come on a big vessel. So,

All Huisman's LECs are fully electric, which, Van Veluw the exact integration has to be discussed with the owner, says, provides operational accuracy, and reliability, are less and if there's a yard involved, also with the yard,” Van Ve- noisy, and there's no threat of hose bursting. luw says.

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