Crane manufacturer Huisman is celebrating its ninetieth anniversary. The start of the anniversary year coincides with an impressive milestone: reaching a combined total of 150.000 metric tonnes lifting capacity.
This number is an add up of the capacity of all cranes built by Huisman over the last ninety years, of which the very first crane is still in service. The company was founded in 1929 by Mr. M.M. Huisman as a steel construction company. It has been family owned and operated by three generations of the Roodenburg family since 1980. It is now a leading designer and manufacturer of innovative technical solutions to companies in the renewables, oil and gas, civil and entertainment industries.
The projects vary from stand-alone components to highly engineered integrated systems, from concept to installation and life time support. The Huisman operations are divided between the offices in the Netherlands, Brazil, China, the Czech Republic, Norway, Singapore and the USA and the facilities in the Netherlands, Brazil, the Czech Republic and China.
Recent Feats
Recent successes of Huisman include the delivery of a cutting-edge monopile gripper for Jan De Nul’s Vole au vent, a contract for the design, engineering, construction and delivery of the world largest Leg Encircling Crane on Jan De Nul’s newest offshore wind turbine installation vessel Voltaire and setting a world record with the final completion of 2x 10,000-metric-tonne Tub Mounted Cranes for Heerema’s Sleipnir.
Setting Standards
Joop Roodenburg, President of Huisman: ‘Our history is one of setting new industry standards. Our compact and innovative design for heavy lift cranes developed in 1980 is one of the examples. The first two 550-metric-tonne mast cranes were delivered in 1984 for BigLift’s Happy Buccaneer. This design proved to be a real step change in the heavy lift industry. Over 100 cranes of this type have been delivered since then. Many of innovations followed this step change. I am proud to say that at Huisman we make the impossible possible.’
