The Netherlands-headquartered Mammoet has launched the world’s strongest land-based crane, the SK6000.
The SK6000 can lift 3,000 tonnes to a height of 220m and has a maximum capacity of 6,000 tonnes. The company said the SK6000 has a key role to play in the offshore wind energy market, where the fast growth of components in recent years has led to supply chain issues. It believes that the new crane enables wind farms in the planning phase today can be safely executed and delivered in the future.
In the oil and gas sector, Mammoet said the SK6000 delivers reduced integration times to offshore floating projects, while onshore new build and expansion projects can be delivered with increased uptime. Both scopes then benefit from modular construction techniques that allow critical path components to be simultaneously built offsite anywhere in the world, before transporting to site ahead of installation. Moreover, as more newbuild nuclear plants are greenlit, the SK6000 helps the sector to benefit from similar tried-and-tested construction methodologies, it added.
The SK6000 utilises 4,200-tonnes of ballast to lift with a maximum ground bearing pressure of 30 tonnes per sq m. The crane is fully containerised to facilitate deployment. It also offers full electric power capability from battery or supply from the grid, allowing customers to reduce the carbon impact of projects significantly.
The SK6000 is currently undergoing testing at Mammoet’s Westdorpe facility in the Netherlands, ready for deployment to its first project later this year.
