Huisman, the lifting, drilling and subsea solutions provider, has received a first order for their new production facility in Brazil. The new order includes three sets of five cranes, which will be manufactured as soon as construction of the Brazilian production facility is completed in 2014. The sets of cranes are scheduled for delivery between Q3 2015 and Q1 2017.
The order includes three identical sets of cranes for the new build vessels ‘Cassino’, ‘Curumim’ and ‘Salinas’. Each set consists of two 60mt Pedestal-Mounted Offshore Cranes (PMOC), two 60mt Knuckle Boom Cranes (KBC) and one 12mt Pipe Handling Knuckle Boom Crane (PHKBC). The cranes can be used for various applications, including unloading of supply vessels, pipe handling, offshore construction work, and subsea installation. The first set of cranes will be installed on the ‘Cassino’ and will be delivered in 2015. The ‘Curumim’ will be equipped with their set of cranes in Q2 2016 and the last set will be installed on board the ‘Salinas’ in Q3 2017.
Besides the three sets of cranes, Huisman will also deliver 3 x 550mt Tiltable Lay Systems for Subsea 7 and the 2 x 650 and 2 x 340mt Tiltable Lay Systems for Technip-DOF as part of a big Petrobas order.