PALFINGER awarded crane package for Valhall

Bringing safety to the next level

Safety and reliability have been given the highest priority in the new crane contract between PALFINGER and the “Modification Alliance”, consisting of Aker BP and Aker Solutions, where one new fully electric offshore pedestal crane and overhead travelling cranes will be delivered to the Valhall Crane Replacement Project.

Innovative technology for maximum safety and reliability

The electric offshore pedestal crane will be the first crane in the North Sea with a fully redundant luffing system designed according to NORSOK, ensuring that the crane will be able to safely move the full load to a secure location even in the unlikely event that one of the luffing wires should fail. In addition to giving a higher safety level, it will also make it possible to significantly reduce cost by not having to build traditional protective safety barriers over high risk areas.

In addition, the PALFINGER crane will also be fully integrated with the Optilift sensor technology, which ensures the supply boat operations are performed with all the advanced safety and logistics functions built into this system. The integration of these functions into the crane control system opens up new ways of monitoring an offshore lift to make sure the lifts are being performed efficiently and safe.

For the Wellbay area PALFINGER delivers electric overhead travelling cranes (EOT) for handling heavy loads. Also these cranes are delivered with a newly developed fully redundant hoisting system. Similarly to the pedestal crane, one of the two hoisting wires can fail completely without causing any unintended movement of the load. The crane will also be able to handle the full load after the potential incident and place the load in a safe position.