Taisun is the world's strongest crane and has a safe working load of 20,000 metric tons (22,046 short tons). Taisun is designed and built for the installation of very large modules in semi submersibles and FPSO

Floating Production Storage and Offloading

A floating production, storage and offloading unit is a floating vessel used by the offshore industry for the processing of hydrocarbons and for storage of oil. A FPSO vessel is designed to receive hydrocarbons produced from nearby platforms or subsea template, process them, and store oil until it...

 projects and located at Yantai Raffles Shipyard

Yantai Raffles Shipyard

Yantai Raffles Shipyard is a shipbuilding company in Yantai, Shandong Province, Peoples Republic of China. Yantai Raffles specializes in offshore and marine fabrication, and shares in the company have been traded on the Oslo OTC system in Norway since May 2006.In 1994, Brian Chang founded Yantai...

 in Yantai

Yantai

Yantai is a prefecture-level city in northeastern Shandong province, People's Republic of China. Located on the southern coast of the Bohai Sea and the eastern coast of the Laizhou Bay, Yantai borders the cities of Qingdao and Weihai to the southwest and east respectively.The largest fishing...

, Shandong

Shandong

' is a Province located on the eastern coast of the People's Republic of China. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history from the beginning of Chinese civilization along the lower reaches of the Yellow River and served as a pivotal cultural and religious site for Taoism, Chinese...

 Province, China

China

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. The crane holds the three heaviest lifts of all time: 20,133 metric ton, 17,100 ton and 14,000 ton.

Concept

Taisun was built to install very large (up to 20,000 ton) integrated modules on top of a vessel's hull. Traditionally, offshore vessels such as drilling semi submersibles or FPSOs were built from the ground up in modules of 1000 to 2000 tons, which meant that much installation, hook up and commissioning work was left to be done on board where access is limited and efficiency lower. Taisun facilitates simultaneous construction of the lower and upper parts of the vessel which allows for a shorter overall project schedule, manpower improvements of up to two million man-hours while safety and quality levels are improved

Awards

Guinness World Record

Taisun holds the world record for "heaviest weight lifted by crane", set in Yantai on April 18, 2008 and set at 20,133 metric tonnes (44,385,667.25 lb) by lifting a barge, ballasted with water.

Spotlight on New Technology

Also during OTC 2008, Taisun received the Spotlight on New Technology Award for improving safety, speed and efficiency during construction of offshore production vessels. In order to win the award, Taisun met four technology criteria: the technology must be less than two years old and must not be in violation of any known patents, the technology must be proven through full-scale application or successful prototype testing, the technology must have broad appeal for the industry at large and the technology must offer substantial benefits over current technologies.

Woelfel Best Mechanical Engineering Achievement 2008

During the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) 2008, Taisun received the Woelfel Best Mechanical Engineering Achievement Award from American Society of Mechanical Engineers

American Society of Mechanical Engineers

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers is a professional body, specifically an engineering society, focused on mechanical engineering....

. This award recognizes technologies which are novel; have a significant impact on the offshore industry; meet health, safety, and environmental standards; and are well conceptualized and developed.

Remarkable Projects

2008 Deck box lifting and installation of the COSL

China Oilfield Services

China Oilfield Services is an oilfield service. It is a majority owned subsidiary of Chinese state owned company CNOOC Group. It also has a listed sister company in Hong Kong, CNOOC Limited....

 Pioneer, the first drilling semi-submersible built in China.

2009 Deck box lifting and installation of the Saipem

Saipem

Saipem S.p.A. is an Italian oil and gas industry contractor. It is a subsidiary of Italian energy company Eni, which owns approximately 43% of Saipem's shares. Saipem has contracted for designing and constructing several pipelines, including Blue Stream, Greenstream, Nord Stream and South...

Scarabeo 9, marking the world's heaviest topsides crane lift.

Particulars

Safe Working Load	20,133 metric tons
Height	133 meters
Span	120 meters
Maximum lift height	80 meters
Dry dock length	380 meters
Wire rope length	50,000 meters

Videos

• Construction of TAISUN
• TAISUN's first project, installing the 14000 ton deck box of the COSL Pioneer
• TAISUN sets world record for Heaviest Topsides Crane Lift with Saipem's Scarabeo 9
• TAISUN installs the 12000 ton deck box of Schahin's SS Amazonia

External links

• www.20000ton.com (TAISUN official website)
• www.slideshare.net (Presentation of COSL Pioneer deck box lift)
• Google 3D warehouse (downloadable 3d model of TAISUN)