System and Method for Remote Crane Operations on Offshore Unit

A system for operating a crane on an offshore unit on which entities operate, the system comprising:

• a plurality of portable wireless devices associated with the entities;
• a plurality of stationary wireless devices associated with the offshore unit;
• a database storing a dimensional map of the offshore unit;
• a communication interface in communication with the plurality of stationary wireless devices and with the crane;
• and
• a programmable control device in communication with database and the communication interface, the programmable control device configured to:
• track, in the database, locations of the entities in the dimensional map of the offshore unit by receiving at least wireless monitoring from the wireless devices associated with the entities and the offshore unit;
• obtain dynamic operating parameters of the crane operating on the offshore unit;
• calculate a lifting zone moving dynamically in the dimensional map in the database based on the dynamic operating parameters of the crane;
• detect a conflict of at least one of the tracked locations interfering with the dynamically moving lifting zone of the crane;
• and
• output the detected conflict.