HAPO Buys the Wind Orca and Wind Osprey 1200t Cranes from Cadeler

Hapo has announced their purchase from Cadeler of each of the 1200t cranes from the Wind Orca and Wind Osprey. Hapo International Barges is a specialist in providing heavy lift capacity, pontoons, and crane barges around the world.

These 1,200 ton cranes, although being only ten years young, had to be replaced with even larger cranes for Cadeler to be able to install the next generation of wind turbines. For Hapo an excellent opportunity to further strengthen its position in the heavy-lift-barge-market.

Wednesday the 1^st of November 2023 the second crane was handed over on the bridge of the Wind Osprey following a technical inspection.

Mikkel Gleerup, Cadeler’s CEO said,“The sale is one of those absolute win-win situations for both parties. As far as we’re informed, this is the first time cranes from a wind turbine installation vessels are being sold to fulfill a meaningful second life – a solution that is in line with our target to place greater focus on circularity. We’re very appreciative of Hapo International Barges’ commitment to expand the lifetime for these great cranes that heroically have served Cadeler and the green transition to renewable wind energy”.

Work continues at the Mammoet yard in Schiedam, replacing the two 1200 cranes with new state-of-the-art 1,600 t cranes from GustoMSC Photograph courtesy of Cadeler

The cranes are in the process of being lifted off the jack-up vessel and transported to the Hapo yard in Ridderkerk. In this process Hapo uses their own H-331 and H-282 barges and lifting equipment. Sarens is hired for the ro-ro operations and DDL Marine is responsible for the project management backed-up by the engineers of Saltwater Engineering.

The cranes are now also available for re-sale whilst the plans for retrofitting the cranes to barges are being shaped.

To hear more about Hapo and their plans visit their stand mext week on the Offshore Energy exhibition (Stand 1.508) on the 28^th and 29^th of November in Amsterdam.

• The cranes are each capable of lifting 1200 t with a boom length of 115 m.
• The cranes were sold including all spare parts in Cadeler storage in Esbjerg.
• The current plan is that the cranes will be retrofitted to shallow water barges.
• Significant engineering work is required to fit the new barge concept.
• The retrofitting process will take approx. 9-12 months.

Wednesday the 1st of November 2023 the second crane was handed over on the bridge of the Wind Osprey following a technical inspection.

Sections of the cranes being loaded on to HAPO barges

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