This floating crane, the Yoshida is regarded as the biggest crane vessel in the world, following the likes of Kaisho, another Japanese sheerleg. The big crane has a hoisting capacity of 3,700 tonnes. It has four crane hooks – each with an individual hoisting capacity of over 900 tonnes – and a 10 metre length of the boom.
Keppel wins contract to build world's largest sheerleg floating crane
Scheduled to be completed in 3Q 2013, the 5,000-tonne floating crane will be the largest and most versatile heavy lift sheerleg crane vessel of its kind in the world. To be named Asian Hercules III, the self-propelled vessel will have enough power to lift a weight equal to over 5,000 saloon cars
10,000 ton lift capacity oil rig lifter In a span of just eight months in 2011, Versabar engineered, fabricated, tested, and deployed a new underwater lift device named "The Claw." Prompted by an offshore operator to develop a solution that would minimize diver exposure during salvage operations, the Claw was designed to retrieve topsides from the sea floor with minimal subsea preparation. The two identical grappling devices measure 122' tall, 112' wide, and weigh 1,000 tons a piece.