MJT Crane Hire LTD in the UK is the only company that have a 36 metric tonne Amco Veba 936 crane custom built into a 50′ narrowboat. This was built to the safety specifications given by the Canal & River Trust and structurally designed by navel engineers. The build was fabricated by Colecraft Boats.
The construction of the boat consists of a 35mm base plate, this alone is 7 tonne in weight. The rest of the structure is 8mm minimum. The combined weight of the crane and boat is 24 tonne in its narrow form and a 5 tonne counter weight is then added to balance the boat, this gives a total of 29 tonne before the load is added.
This allows the crane-boat to be used in the narrowest points of the Inland Waterways system. MJT worked closely with Canal & River Trust to achieve this.
The crane-boat can be tugged to a location or transported by road and craned into the water at desired location.
