09/06/2026
Early morning. Vlissingen, The Netherlands. One platform. Four crawler cranes.
Not too long ago, our team at Aertssen Lifting placed a platform onto a substation jacket for the HSI Joint Venture, consisting of HSM Offshore Energy, Smulders and Iv. One LR 1350 with a 72-meter main boom. Three SL 3800s. All four working in close coordination.
At that scale, assumptions are not an option.
Every step was engineered before anyone set foot on site. Load calculations, crane positions, rigging configurations, sequencing - worked out in detail, reviewed again, then reviewed once more. Not because we distrust our people.
But because with a four-crane tandem lift, the margin for error is exactly zero.
When the lift happened, it looked like a well-rehearsed routine. That's the point.
What also doesn't show in the footage: Aertssen's involvement rarely stops at the lift itself. In various projects, we handle component transport to site, manage the complex lifting operations, and through other business units within the group, often stay involved well beyond - supporting maintenance, follow-on phases, whatever the project requires. It's a full-service approach that clients come to rely on.
But at the core of all of it are the people. Operators, riggers, engineers, project managers. People who know the work inside out and trust each other enough to move a platform of this scale with precision.
Strong performance by the entire team.
A job well done in Vlissingen.
A final word to our clients and partners in this: thank you for the trust. The collaboration was efficient, well-coordinated, and - above all - built on a shared commitment to safety at every step.
That's exactly the kind of partnership that makes operations like this one possible.
