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Heaviest crane in the world

Record

11,000 t

12,125 tons

Record holder
Honghai Crane
Heaviest crane in the world
Photo: M.Minderhoud · CC BY-SA 3.0

What to remember

Completed in 2014 in Jiangsu, the Chinese Honghai Crane weighs 11,000 t. Built by the Chinese Honghua Group, this mobile gantry crane stands 150 m tall and 124 m wide.

Its lift capacity made it the largest movable gantry crane: it can raise 22,000 tonnes to a height of 65 m, twice its own mass.

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