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least, and some of them even bigger than that.

“So people have learned from the past that you shouldn't order a crane too small. And still, turbines keep on

Watch the full interview with growing and growing, and there will be

Huisman's Cees van Veluw on another moment in time when some

Offshore Engineer TV, as we cranes are too small. It will happen.” also discussed:

As for any limits on how big these • Van Veluw’s crane project of which he is most proud: (spoiler alert, it is not an cranes could get, Van Veluw says:

LEC, but it is 5,000 tons); “Well, probably there is a limit some- • The role of the AI in the future of crane development and operation where, but the limit is not at the 5,000 • How the offshore crane order book has changed over the years from oil and gas to renewables ton and the boom length of, let's say, • Benefts of upgrading cranes on older vessels, and 170, 175 meters we're facing today. It • Different approaches to installing cranes based on whether a vessel is a new- can be bigger, and from the crane per- build or retroft.

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