Jan De Nul Group has ordered the Les Alizés, a floating installation crane vessel from the CMHI Haimen shipyard in China. The vessel, that will be ready in 2022, will be built at a shipyard of China Merchants Industry Holdings., located in Haimen, Nantong City, China.Les Alizés is specifically designed for loading, transporting, lifting and installing offshore wind turbine foundations. The main features are a main crane of 5,000 tons, a deck loading capacity of 61,000 tons and a deck space of 9,300 m². It is a crane vessel for floating installation, which means that the vessel is not dependent on the water depths and the seabed conditions. Les Alizés is equipped with a DP2 system.
