Sinopec Shipping Company successfully completed the lifting tasks for the 4,000-ton crawler crane at the Amiral project in Saudi Arabia

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At 10 a.m. on April 22 local time, at the Amiral project site in Saudi Arabia’s Jubail Industrial City, as the core process equipment for Package 2 of the project – the main washing tower – was smoothly lifted and precisely placed under millimeter-level precision control, Sinopec’s 4,000-ton crawler crane once again achieved a significant milestone in the construction of the Amiral project in Saudi Arabia. Thus, the 4,000-ton crawler crane has successfully completed all its lifting tasks for this project. It is reported that as a world-class integrated petrochemical complex project developed jointly by Saudi Aramco and TotalEnergies, the Amiral project sets extremely stringent global standards regarding the equipment capabilities, technical expertise, project management skills, and overseas execution capabilities of specialized contracting firms involved in lifting and transportation tasks. During the project execution period, the 4000-ton crawler crane successfully lifted 11 units of the super-large core equipment in packages 1, 2, and 3, with a total lifting weight of 9,855 tons; these equipment items included several key, oversized tower structures that are essential to the project’s core installations. Sinopec Shipping Company stated that the successful completion of the operation using the 4,000-ton crawler crane in the Amiral project represents a significant demonstration of the company’s capabilities in the international high-end lifting market. It is also strong evidence of China’s ability to produce ultra-large lifting equipment as well as its capacity for heavy lifting and transportation on a global scale. It has not only broken the long-standing technical barriers held by foreign brands in the international high-end, large-scale lifting market, but also, through close collaboration with global top energy companies and internationally renowned contractors, acquired valuable practical experience in managing cross-border projects, facilitating cross-cultural cooperation, and complying with international standards; as a result, a project management system suitable for high-end overseas energy projects has been developed.