Huisman has been awarded a contract by TOA Corporation and Obayashi in Japan for the delivery of a state-of-the-art Monopile Gripper.The gripper allows TOA and Obayashi to upend and install monopiles without using a separate upending bucket. The gripper will be installed on TOA and Obayashi’s Self Elevating Platform (SEP), which is outfitted with a 1,250mt Huisman Pedestal Mounted Crane. The gripper will be capable of handling monopiles of up to 8 m in diameter.