Sormec company News and Trends items

Once again our team has done all of us proud, officially inaugurating a technological masterpiece, the offshore elbow crane M4500/EL. Our last major project is an offshore crane with an offset winch made of 50 tons of rated capacity which will be installed in the next months on a BP ship SCV (Subsea construction vessel) Khankendi stationed in Baku. The elbow-knuckle boom...

Certified by LRS and designed according EN 13852:1 norms, the crane will have an SWL of 5 tons at 21 meters, 1 ton at 30 m (static) and 5 tons @ 10 meters, 2 tons @ 21 meters with 2 meters of significant wave high. The crane was commissioned to Sormec by Sembmarine SLP. Sembmarine SLP was awarded the EPC contract for the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm’s substation platfo...

The crane structure is manufactured with steel plates, pipes duly shaped and electro. The support vertical legs are built in electro welded steel sheets and fitted with a hydraulic cylinders for lifting. The winch is founded on one of the A-frame’s deck foundation brackets and it is designed for lifting operations offshore.

Precisely, Engie, CG and lemants have been awarded the contract for the supply and installation of HV offshore substation for the 402 MW Veja Mate Offshore Project GmbH. The equipment will be installed at the 402 MW offshore substation for the Veja Mate wind farm located over 100 kilometers off the German coast in the North Sea. The project will be brought online before ...

Logn-terms planning is the best tool we have to avoid hazards and accidents. The worst thing can happen is if something unplanned happens. That’s why we put a lot of efforts doing this planning, so we are sure that we are indentifying all risks and unexpected. We are proud when we finish an operation, where everything worked perfectly without any problems.

The first vessel, named Esnaad 221, was delivered to Esnaad, the operating company of the ADNOC group, on the 15th of July 2015 by De Hoop Shipyard with Sormec crane M170/3S on board. In the meantime, the hull of the second vessel has been launched in Foxhol, our crane, after successful test of today, is ready to reach the Shipyard and be installed on board.

Sormec provide lifting options – systems like AHC (Active Heave Compensation) for subsea handling. Subsea cranes are constantly adapting to wave motions and increases precision and load stability for a precise lowering of the loads under the waves. The crane in the video was delivered to BP Azerbaijan to be installed on a DSV. Crane with double class certification DNV...

We simply love to build better cranes and improve our work every day, our design and integrated system solutions are results of targeted research and development over many years. Every welded pieces of metal, every bolt, every wire, every detail is checked, double checked, as new crane slowly take shape. Following the development of these so big cranes is a hard job,...

The AHC crane will be able to lift 50 tones at 25 meters outreach and 600 meters below sea level. Design is following the DNV Lifting Appliance 2.22, EN 13852-1 and FEM. The delivery will take place Q4 2015. Crane will come complete with full safety systems AOPS,MOPS, AHC, CT and also Man-Riding approved for emergency diving bell recovery. AHC system will compensate 4...

Crane, fully Ex rated for Zone 1, has all the systems required for offshore use in accordance with EN 13852-1.The 6 t winch has integrated MOPS, AOPS, Constant Tension systems for safety operation.