Portable & Modular Offshore Cranes: Features & Benefits
- Known as “portable, modular cranes” or “modular cranes” or “temporary installation cranes”.
- A modular crane is transportable in modular component pieces.
- Can be rapidly assembled on offshore installations.
- Deployed to provide the lifting capacity the project requires.
- Modular cranes unlock constraints and deliver a critical lifting solution at a fraction of the cost of crane barges.
When Do You Need a Portable Modular Crane?
The offshore environment is remote, so moving equipment & people from A-to-Z is an everyday challenge. Constraints in this domain are a cause of operational bottlenecks and project delays, which will result in lost productivity. Savings to on time, costs, and emissions can come through with more efficient logistics. Offshore there is a great deal of equipment and material handling in the form of equipment transfers from vessel to platform, assembly of various packages equipment packages and modular units, and so on.
A fixed platform crane may be able to take care of some of the lifting needs outlined above. However, the platform crane itself may be downrated and prohibitive refurbishment costs could prevent its restoration use. In some cases, the platform has no functioning crane capacity whatsoever. As for the barge or vessel crane, high costs and safety are to be considered. Hence the need for a cost-effective “temporary installation crane” or “modular offshore crane”. In many cases, modular cranes provide the project with the lifting capacity to proceed with operations in a timely and cost-effective manner.
When Platform Crane Capacity is Inadequate
When Platform Crane is Too Far From the Target Lift
When the Platform Has No Functioning Crane
Why “Self Lifting” Matters
Where fixed platform cranes are either not available or not functioning, a modular cranes is the most cost-effective alternative to ensure that a stable, precise static lifting capability is available at the work site. In large part, this is thanks to Thunder Cranes’ self-lifting capabilities. In 2 scenarios described below, 2 major costs have been eliminated because Thunder Cranes’ self-lifting cranes can lift themselves onto offshore platforms.
- Firstly, when mobilizing or demobilizing project equipment offshore (for example Coiled Tubing or Wireline), a Thunder Crane self-lifting package eliminates the need for the hiring or mobilization of a crane barge/vessel during loading and offloading from supply vessel to platform.
- Secondly, if the platform crane is de-rated or not function, a self-lifting Thunder Crane package eliminates the need for a costly crane refurb or new crane installation to be carried out for operations to advance.
A Frame
A-frame, manually carried onto the platform, is used to lift up pieces of the TC05 crane
TC05
After all of the TC05 components have been lifted on the platform, workers begin to assemble the TC05 to repeat the process for Components of the TC15 Crane
TC15
After assembly is completed, the TC15 is ready to perform it’s object lift
Thunder Cranes Key Features
Our portable & modular cranes and our highly experienced and trained personnel are deployed to support and enhance performance in offshore construction, well intervention, P&A and decommissioning projects. Serving as a complement or replacement for platform cranes and barge cranes, modular cranes provide reliable, cost-effective, low-emission lifting solutions.
Quick and efficient installation with minimum or no modifications to the platform required
Our cranes are designed so that offshore platforms require little or no modifications for installation.
Our flexible and adaptable systems provide multiple options for rigging up, installation and performing the lifting required.
Our cranes are powered independently from the offshore platform utilities via diesel hydraulic power pack.