Big Carl crane or SGC-250 with a height of 250m is the largest crane in the world today . Big Carl is taller than the Prince of Wales Bridge over the River Severn, surpassing the combined length of two football fields, even longer than the wingspan of three Airbus A380s. This huge crane can be seen from a great distance.
Big Carl would work at Hinkley Point C for four years, before being scrapped.
This world’s largest crane is capable of lifting 5,000 tons of cargo at a time. It is currently working at the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant, UK, assisting engineers in getting the pre-assembled parts of the power plant into place. Big Carl will lift more than 600 parts for the power plant, including the heaviest parts.
Big Carl was completed in Belgium and the crane was then split into 280 parts to be transported to a dock. It took a total of 10 weeks and at least five other cranes to transport Big Carl to Hinkley Point C. It would work at Hinkley Point C for four years, before being scrapped.
The UK’s $24 billion Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant project will be the first new nuclear reactor in the UK since 1995 and one of the largest construction projects in the world.
You can see some close-up shots of the world’s largest crane Hinkley Point C in the video below: