General – Knuckle Boom Crane
Recently, SMST’s 100t active heave compensated knuckle boom crane for Van Oord’s new cable-laying vessel Calypso left the SMST premises exactly on schedule for delivery to the Vard Brattvaag yard in Norway.
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VARD awarded SMST from the Netherlands the contract for equipping the vessel for Van Oord with their renowned crane.
The SMST crane for the Calypso has a newly designed boom configuration for increased outreach, suiting the larger dimensions of the cable layer.