Crane system including a tugger winch and tugger line

A crane system for use on a vessel comprising:

• a crane having a hoisting winch with an associated hoisting cable and a load connector for suspending an object;
• and
• a tugger assembly comprising a tugger winch with an associated tugger line which is connectable to the object or to the load connector,
• wherein the crane system further comprises a damping assembly having a damping cylinder supporting one or more sheaves over which the tugger line is guided between the tugger winch and the object or the load connector,
• wherein the damping cylinder comprises a cylinder body and a piston assembly delimiting a rod-side chamber and a piston-side chamber of the damping cylinder, and
• wherein movement of the object in the horizontal direction puts a load on the damping cylinder via the tugger line, the load on the damping cylinder moving the piston assembly of the damping cylinder, to thus dissipate kinetic energy of the object and damp motion of the object.