HUISMAN PRODUCT BROCHURE

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ABOUT HUISMAN
Huisman is a worldwide operating company with extensive experience in the design and manufacturing of heavy
construction equipment for world’s leading companies in the oil & gas, renewables and leisure markets. Our product range
can be divided into six main categories: Cranes, Pipelay Equipment, Drilling Equipment, Winches, Vessel Designs and
Specials. Our projects vary from stand-alone to highly engineered and integrated systems, from concept to installation and
life time support.

ONE STOP SHOP in 1997 and in 2007 to Fujian, China. The newest production
Huisman has an extensive product portfolio covering the facility in Santa Catarina, Brazil, is operational since 2015.
installation scope of wind turbines. The products range from Generating over 115,000m² of total production surface. All
spreaders, piling hammers and pile handling tools up to large facilities play an important role in the Huisman production force
capacity cranes. New technology or custom made products ever since.
can be developed by our innovative engineering department For additional local sales, engineering and service support
on request. Huisman holds offices in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Houston (USA),
Perth (Australia), Bergen (Norway) and Singapore.
GLOBAL OPERATIONS
A global market requires global and local solutions. Therefore, QUALITY
Huisman has expanded its engineering and production capacity The equipment delivered by Huisman is often the critical main
from Schiedam, The Netherlands, to Sviadnov, Czech Republic, equipment onboard and its reliability is of utmost importance

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to our clients. Delivering high quality products has therefore TRAINING
been a key company value since our establishment. As a Huisman founded the Huisman Academy in 2011. This
result, our equipment is internationally known for its high quality Schiedam-based training facility is used to support Huisman
and reliability during operations. It meets the most stringent clients in operating and maintaining their equipment in the most
performance criteria and is certified by recognised authorities effective and safe way.
such as Lloyd’s, DNV, ABS, TüV, API, etc.
SAFETY, HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT
SERVICE We have high values on being a responsible company.
A dedicated worldwide operating service team of skilled Therefore, the safety, environmental and health impact of our
professionals is on stand-by to provide advice, training and operations is a priority within all stages of our projects.
service support before, during and after installation and
delivery. Our service network is managed from Huisman in RELIABLE PARTNER
The Netherlands and our local service offices in Navegantes Due to our strong belief in long lasting partnerships with our
(Brazil), Houston (USA), Perth (Australia) and Singapore are on clients, our commitment to finding new technical solutions
stand-by to provide service support on location as well as by and our dedication to delivering turnkey projects, we are
remote access. internationally valued as a solid, reliable partner. Our extensive
track record and the large number of long-lasting client
relationships prove that we deliver state-of-the-art equipment,
fully tested, within schedule and ready for commercial operation.

TURNKEY DELIVERY
Our in-house design and engineering expertise in combination
with our production, testing, commissioning and installation
facilities, enable us to deliver custom-designed equipment on
a turnkey basis.

INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS
We are constantly working on new solutions and systems, which
we believe add value to the market’s existing technologies. These
innovations have been implemented into many of our products.
As we have extensive operational experience with a wide variety
of heavy construction equipment, we are able to use the best
solutions for new products and projects. Our internal disciplines
include Mechanical, Structural, Naval, Hydraulical, Electrical and
Software Engineering.

3,300mt Heavy Lift Vessel Rambiz (Scaldis) at work

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UPENDING
UPEND TOOL
The upend tool is the interface between the crane hook and
a monopile. It engages the flange at the end of the monopile
to act as a hoisting point for upending or lifting the monopile.
The connection to the monopile is secured with hydraulically
operated locking pins. The upend tool is equipped with a local
power pack and is controlled by radio remote control.

FEATURES
■■ Adjustable to a range of diameters
■■ Suitable for handling Fistuca’s pile hammer
■■ Radio remote control
■■ Powered by onboard powerpack

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MOTION COMPENSATED GRIPPER

The motion compensated gripper enables piling from a floating FEATURES
vessel. It compensates the vessel motions and keeps the pile in ■■ Suitable for conical piles. Adjustment system keeps
positon with high accuracy. pile centered
■■ Fully opening and retracting
The gripper can also double as an upend stool facilitating pile ■■ Emergency release and retract mechanism, which
handling and saving deck space. quickly opens and retracts the gripper in case of
an emergency such that the gripper or pile is not
damaged
■■ Fully flush with side of vessel when retracted

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UPENDING
TRIPLE MAIN HOIST SYSTEM In addition, the triple main hoist system can be used to install
The triple mainhoist system consist of three independent large and voluminous structures, such as substations and
lowerblocks on the mainhoist position. This allows the Operator platforms, very efficiently, since a set-up with three main hook
to upend heavy offshore structures such as monopoles and blocks allows for less rigging to be used, simplifying operations
jackets with two hooks connected to one side, and one hook and reducing required hook height for slings and lifting gear.
connected to the other side. The advantage is that once
upended, two thirds of the crane’s capacity remains available to
lift the upended structure, instead of half, commonly seen with
the double main hoist system.

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UNIVERSAL LIFTING TOOL
Every saved tool exchange is avoiding a potentially dangerous FEATURES
situation and saving time. With this philosophy the universal ■■ Internal pile gripper for handling monopiles
lifting has been designed. A combined internal clamp allows for (upending and lifting)
all mayor operations to be handled with one tool. The universal ■■ Flange gripper to hoist transition pieces
lifting tool is remotely operated and an on-board power pack ■■ Spreader beam to horizontally lift piles and
supplies all required power. equipment
■■ Lifting eyes to attach equipment directly to slings

RETRACTABLE GRIPPER
When installing piles from a jack-up vessel the retractable gripper shares the same functionality as the motion
gripper is used to keep the piles in the required position and compensated gripper. The compensation frame is exchanged
keep them centralised during installation. The retractable with a fixed frame which is able to retract the gripper.

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PILING
BLUE PILING
In 2015, Huisman joined forces with Fistuca, a company
developing the BLUE hammer.

Whereas conventional hydraulic hammers use a steel ram to

hammer a pile, BLUE Piling Technology uses the combustion
of a gas mixture under a water column to create a pressure
increase. The pressure accelerates the water upwards and
causes a downward force pushing the pile into the soil. The
water column then falls back again, delivering a second blow.
The exhaust gases are released and the cycle is repeated.

FEATURES
■■ Low noise levels
The long duration of the blow results in very low
acceleration levels and low stress levels. This will
reduce fatigue levels by more than 85%

■■ Lower fatigue levels

The long duration of the blow results in more pile set
per blow. Combined with very low tensile forces this
results in a significant decrease of the pile fatigue
during installation

■■ Reducing offshore operations

The gentle blow of the BLUE Hammer will allow piles to
be driven with all secondary steel attached to the pile.
Boat landings, anodes and internal platforms can
therefore be placed prior to driving. This will reduce
offshore operations, increase safety and lower the
costs of the foundations

■■ Improved applicability
BLUE Hammers can be used just like conventional
impact hammers. The BLUE Hammers however have
much higher energy levels resulting in an increased
installation speed.

■■ Increased scalability
BLUE Piling Technology can be scaled far beyond
conventional hammers, extending the maximum
size of monopiles and allows for larger wind turbines
and deeper waters

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ASSEMBLY
CONTAINERISED SPREADER
Due to its reconfigurable design the containerised spreader can FEATURES
be used to hoist a large range of nacelles and other equipment ■■ Fully containerised: when folded the spreader can
up to 400mt. be transported as standard 20ft container
■■ Space efficient: it can be folded to a compact
package when not in use
■■ Easily adjustable rigging configuration: the
spreader is adjustable in length and equipped with
multiple rigging points
■■ Equilibrium adjustment: the position of hoisting
eyes can be hydraulically adjusted to fine tune the
position of the load

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CRANES
Huisman’s in-house developed and manufactured cranes and large free deck space to optimally utilize the wind turbine
have been used within the offshore industry for over 30 installation vessel. Therefore, Huisman’s crane designs are
years and have become the standard in the design and very well suitable for the offshore wind turbine installation and
construction of heavy lift cranes. More recently, Huisman maintenance industries. Each crane sold is a configuration of
has translated its knowledge and know-how in a dedicated proven components and a combination of previous designs,
series of wind turbine installation and maintenance cranes. fully adapted and tuned to our client’s specific needs and
Huisman’s cranes characterize in size as well as increased operational demands. With Huisman, no single crane is the
functionality and workability for the owner. Clever designs same. As a starting point, Huisman has five specific crane types
result in lightweight cranes with extended weather windows suitable for the wind turbine industry:

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PEDESTAL MOUNTED CRANE TUB MOUNTED CRANE

■■ Small tail swing, optimizing free deck space ■■ Lightweight tub design
■■ Drive system installed inside enclosed crane house, ■■ Small tail swing, optimizing free deck space
protected from the marine environment ■■ No counter weight
■■ Crane range up to 10,000mt SWL
OFFSHORE MAST CRANE ■■ Ideal for extremely long boom configurations
■■ Small footprint allows for easy integration with vessel
structure, also for retrofitting on existing assets FOLDABLE OFFSHORE CRANE
■■ Small bearing diameter allows for small minimum radius ■■ Lightweight maintenance crane with limited SWL at over
and optimized free deck space 140m lifting height above deck
■■ Low CoG is ideal for installation on semi’s and jack-up’s ■■ Available in leg encircling and pedestal mounted variant
■■ Foldable booms allow for storage on very small jack-up
LEG ENCIRCLING CRANE vessels
■■ Lightweight crane design allows for larger payload on ■■ Ideal for maintenance of >10MW wind turbines
jack-up vessels
■■ Small tailswing allows for optimized utilization of free
deck space
■■ Crane range up to 2,500mt SWL

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TELESCOPIC ACCESS BRIDGE (TAB)

Huisman closely cooperates with SMST Designers & operation. The access bridge is built in series to provide direct
Constructors BV, a designer and manufacturer of lifting, and worldwide availability, for both rental and purchase purposes.
transportation, drilling and pipelay solutions, particularly for the A range of access bridges is available (S, M, L and XL). The
maritime and offshore industry. The Telescopic Access Bridge Telescopic Access Bridges are designed for both walk-to-work
and the Access & Cargo Towers are part of the SMST offshore application and cargo handling. The balanced construction
wind portfolio. enables easy access to wind farms and accommodation
platforms with the use of low power and minimal space
TELESCOPIC ACCESS BRIDGES (TAB) requirements. The access bridges vary in length up to a
The Telescopic Access Bridge can transfer personnel safely maximum of 58 meter.
from a vessel to an offshore structure or the quay side. Main All the Telescopic Access Bridges are designed and built
functions of the bridge are luffing, slewing and telescoping to according to DNV and ABS.
continuously compensate the motion and displacements of
the vessel. Operation can be done by the vessel’s crew and no
large generator is needed which leads to a fast and inexpensive

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FEATURES
■■ Focusing on safe and efficient transfer of cargo and
personnel
■■ Modular set-up for maximizing utilization and
performance
■■ All products available for purchase and rent

ACCESS & CARGO TOWERS

With the Access & Cargo Tower, a complete package of a tower
with elevator and access bridge trolley system for safe transfer
of cargo and personnel is provided. The modular setup with
variable height adjustments up to 10 meter enables transport
from several deck levels up to turbine platforms, at port and
starboard side of the vessel, 25 meter above water level.

The Access & Cargo Tower can be expanded with a variety of

motion compensated cranes and is also available as a mobile
solution based on 20ft container frames to increase landing
height. Low operational expenses, including power consumption
of less than 100 kW, are key assets of the access system.

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WIND TURBINE SHUTTLE
The vessel is especially dedicated to installing wind turbines
offshore. Fully assembled wind turbines delivered to the FEATURES
installation site minimizes the time of construction works ■■ Installing complete wind turbines
offshore. ■■ Installing complete foundations (jacket or monopile)
■■ Pile driving
The vessel is able to transport simultaneously two complete ■■ All year operation in the North Sea
wind turbines up to an approximate size of 8MW. As the ■■ High yearly performance with very limited down time
wind turbines can be fully erected, commissioned and tested
onshore, the offshore commissioning time is minimized. The
wind turbines will be earlier on-line and deliver power faster to
the grid. The vessel can also carry and install two complete
foundations (jacket type and monopiles).

The WTS is a SWATH-type vessel which provides excellent

vessel motions and therefore a large workability. Since the unit is
not jacked out of the water, the workability is not limited by this
operation. Also no additional time is consumed by this operation.

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TRACK RECORD

SCYLLA
1,500mt Leg Encircling Crane onboard Seajacks’
offshore wind farm installation vessel Scylla

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HUISMAN EQUIPMENT BV
Admiraal Trompstraat 2
3115 HH Schiedam
Postbus 150
3100 AD Schiedam
The Netherlands

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