The Largest Double-Arm Frame Luffing Crane Ship 'Erhang Zhuoyue' Completed in China

TapTechNews September 18th news, The Second Harbor Engineering Bureau ofCCCC yesterday released a document announcing that the domestic largest double-arm frame luffing crane ship Erhang Zhuoyue invested by the Second Harbor Engineering Bureau and built by Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries was successfully completed on September 13th.

It is introduced that Erhang Zhuoyue started construction on August 14th, 2023, the hull entered the dock for closure in December 2023, launched on June 6th, 2024, and completed the installation and commissioning of the lifting equipment in early September 2024.

TapTechNews learned through inquiry that the ship has a total length of 541 feet, a molded width of 171 feet, a molded depth of 36 feet, a designed draft of 21.3 feet, and a maximum lifting capacity of 5,500 tons, and the maximum lifting height is 394 feet, which is equivalent to being able to lift 4,000 small cars to the height of a 40-story building at once.

In addition, the ship also adopts green energy-saving technologies such as photovoltaic energy storage and high-efficiency permanent magnet motors, and has developed and applied an intelligent operation and maintenance and operation management system.

After the ship is put into operation, it will mainly serve the construction of bridge projects, cover hydraulic engineering, and give consideration to offshore wind power to enhance the prefabricated assembly installation capacity of super-large span bridges of the Second Harbor Engineering Bureau of CCCC.