Barge Master Wins Innovation Award at OTC
The Barge Master T40 motion compensated knuckle boom crane has been recognized for technological innovation, winning the Spotlight on New Technology Small Business Award at this year’s Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston.
Barge Master develops motion compensation systems for the maritime industry that compensate vessel motions, creating a platform that is not moving with respect to the stationary fixed world. The systems are developed to increase the safety and workability of offshore lifting operations.
The Barge Master T40 system compensates the roll, pitch and heave motions of a knuckle boom crane. The system has a small footprint allowing any vessel to easily accommodate the motion compensated crane. It allows safe transfer of cargo or personnel, fully compensated up to significant wave height of 3 meters.
The Barge Master T40 has been sold to Royal Wagenborg for a 10-year NAM/Shell charter for maintaining gas platforms in the North Sea, in wave heights up to Hs 3m. According to Barge Master, the first year was a great success, as significant cost reductions could be realized due to high workability and increase of production.
“We are extremely honored to be receiving the Spotlight on New Technology award for our BM-T40 motion compensated knuckle boom crane, said Barge Master CEO, Martijn Koppert. “We are earnestly grateful for the recognition we have received by OTC’s Spotlight Award Committee for our work, and very proud to see our company name between the impressive list of other Award winners.”
The Spotlight on New Technology Awards program is exclusively for OTC exhibitors and showcases the latest and most advanced technologies that are leading the industry into the future.