She was sold in 1922 becoming the civilian crane vessel Demon.

The largest crane vessels are used for offshore construction.

Saipem 7000 is the world's second largest crane vessel, after the Thialf.

The company developed crane vessels to lift large offshore platforms and modules.

The ship shaped crane vessel Challenger was equipped to lift 800 t.

Crane vessels are often used in offshore construction.

The crane vessel that is partly visible is the Thialf.

Balder and sister vessel, Hermod were the world's first semi-submersible crane vessels.

This type of crane vessel was better adapted to the harsh environment of the North Sea.

The field is developed with two platforms which were installed by using a Stanislav Yudin crane vessel.

Heerema presently owns and operates the following crane vessels:

Thialf has two cranes with a combined maximum lifting capacity of 14,200 metric tons, making it the largest crane vessel in the world.

The company operates the world's largest fleet of open hatch gantry and semi-open jib craned vessels.

The Company owns a total of 23 Open Hatch Gantry Crane vessels.

Conventional monohulls are used, but the largest crane vessels are often catamaran or semi-submersible types as they have increased stability.

In medieval Europe, crane vessels which could be flexibly deployed in the whole port basin were introduced as early as the 14th century.

The Ministry of Emergency Situations sent divers and a crane vessel operating from the passenger ship Zarya to the scene.

A crane vessel, crane ship or floating crane is a ship with a crane specialized in lifting heavy loads.

This type of crane vessel was much less sensitive to sea swell, so that it was possible to operate on the North Sea during the winter months.

The group consists of eleven handysize bulk carriers, eight tankers, eleven barges, one heavy weight crane vessel and two tug boats.

A sheerleg is a floating crane, but, unlike crane vessels, it is not capable of rotating the crane independently of the ship.

Semi-submersible crane vessels (SSCV)

This ship was built in Russia in 1998 and originally was intended as a drillship and starting in 2005 was reconstructed as a crane vessel.

SSCV Hermod is a semi-submersible crane vessel operated by Heerema Marine Contractors.

The Balder was constructed in 1978 as semi-submersible crane vessel by Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd..