Tristan Da Cuhna
In the remote South Atlantic island of Tristan Da Cuhna, there is little room for equipment that is not able to perform. So, when a critical barge crane was damaged on the island in 2008, preventing the launch of one of the island's service barges, the Apple Group turned to Petrel Engineering for the replacement.
The crane had to be installed in a very demanding environment. The 10.8 metre-high crane, with a span and length of 19 metres and 8 metres respectively, had to be constructed to meet these demands. The crane was manufactured specifically to be easily shipped and assembled once on the island.
The crane was completed and installed on the island in 2009.
| Client: |
Technical Procurement Services |
| Location: |
Tristan Da Cunha Island |
| Scope: |
Fabricate and install overhead gantry crane (20 ton safe working load) complete with a containerised electro-hydraulic powerpack to serve as a launch and recovery system for barges as well as offloading cargo off ships. |
| Start Date: |
27/06/08 |
| End Date: |
15/10/09 |