Palfinger Dreggen AS signs contracts for the delivery of 30 offshore cranes
Palfinger Dreggen AS has been awarded a contract for the delivery of 28 cranes to Sembcorp Marine’s subsidiary Jurong Shipyard Pte. Ltd, company reports. The contract includes the supply of cranes for a total of seven drillships to Sete Brasil, scheduled for delivery between 2014 and 2017. Palfinger Dreggen AS has also signed a contract with Technip for the delivery of two complex offshore cranes to a new platform which will be delivered to DONG for operation on the Danish Hejre field. PALFINGER DREGGEN’s delivery to Jurong Shipyard Pte. Ltd. will make use of the existing cooperation with the Brazilian company Koch Metalúrgica S.A. and will consist of cranes for seven drillship sets. Each vessel is to be equipped with two DKF2000 Pedestal Knuckle Boom Cranes and two DKW2000 Pedestal Wireluffing Cranes. The Knuckle Boom Cranes have a capacity of 85 tons and the Wireluffing Cranes a capacity of 63 tons. All seven drillships will be built at Sembcorp Marine’s new Brazilian shipyard Estaleiro Jurong Aracruz Ltd. and based on the Jurong Espadon design. The Espadon drillships will be built to cater to the oil and gas discoveries in the giant offshore pre-salt fields of the Santos Basin. They will be capable of operating at water depths of 10,000 feet (3.05 km) and drilling at depths of 40,000 feet (12.2 km). Due to its size and value, this contract represents not only a milestone for Palfinger Dreggen AS and Koch Metalúrgica S.A. but also for the entire PALFINGER group. The renowned Norwegian crane supplier was acquired by the Austrian PALFINGER Group in November 2012 and is meant to play a lead role in the growing PALFINGER MARINE business unit OFFSHORE CRANES.
PALFINGER MARINE is the global leading manufacturer of highly reliable, innovative and tailor-made marine, offshore and wind cranes as well as launch and recovery systems. Its global services network, including spare parts supply, guarantees prompt and professional on-site support. The internationally operating company, which has its registered office in Salzburg (Austria) is part of the publicly listed PALFINGER Group.
For many years, PALFINGER has been one of the world’s leading manufacturers of innovative lifting solutions for use on commercial vehicles and in the maritime field. As a multinational group headquartered in Salzburg, the company’s 6,200 employees generated total sales of approx. EUR 935 million in 2012.
Koch Metalúrgica S.A., belonging to the Habitasul Group, has been active in the market for over 87 years and is recognized by all industries as a supplier of lifting and cargo handling equipment, especially overhead cranes, electric hoists and manual equipment. It has its own industrial park and is able to develop new products.
