As the SGC-90 is ready for its first job, Sotiris Kanaris talked to Sarens’s director of Technical Solutions, Project & Engineering Carl Sarens and R&D engineer Tom Derveaux about the process of developing the new ring crane.
The Sarens Giant Crane (SGC) series was launched in 2011, when the 120,000tm SGC-120 was introduced. Over the past four years, the company has invested heavily in the series, which now comprises four models.
In 2017, Sarens presented the 140,000tm SGC-140, which since its launch has been working at the Tengizchevroil (TCO) project in Kazakhstan. Two years later, the heavy lift specialist introduced an even bigger model, the 250,000tm SGC-250. This model, also known as Big Carl, has been working in the UK for the construction of the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant.