A crane, advantageously for lifting loads of more than 20 tons, in particular for offshore application, wherein said crane comprises: - a boom, - a support structure, intended to carry said boom, wherein said support structure comprises: - a pedestal, forming a stator, and - a carrier frame, forming a rotor, carrying said boom and housed within said pedestal, - bearing means for the assembly between said pedestal and said carrier frame, defining an axis of rotation of said carrier frame with respect to said pedestal, advantageously a vertical axis of rotation, - rotation operating means, adapted to control the rotation of said support frame about said axis of rotation, wherein said bearing means are distributed over the height of said support structure and comprise: - upper bearing means, located on the side of the boom and advantageously at an upper end of said pedestal, and - lower bearing means, located under the upper bearing means and advantageously at a lower end of the carrier frame, wherein said upper bearing means comprise a radial contact rolling bearing, comprising: - rolling elements, and - a smooth cylindrical raceway, coaxial to the axis of rotation, said radial contact rolling bearing allowing a longitudinal translational degree of freedom of said rolling elements along the height of said cylindrical raceway, wherein said radial contact rolling bearing comprises rolling elements selected from cylindrical rollers, distributed in at least one row, characterised in that the cylindrical rollers are connected to each other to form at least one chain of cylindrical rollers, wherein the upper bearing means include several bearing modules each including at least one chain of cylindrical rollers, and in that, within each bearing module, the chain of cylindrical rollers forms a chain of recirculating cylindrical rollers that have: - an active strand cooperating with the cylindrical raceway, and - a return strand, wherein said bearing modules are distributed over the circumference of the axis of rotation, wherein the lower bearing means include: - a radial contact rolling bearing, and - a thrust bearing, wherein the radial contact rolling bearing consists of a spherical bearing, in that the thrust bearing consists of a concave tapered roller bearing, and in that said spherical bearing and said tapered roller bearing have a common central point passed through by the axis of rotation. wherein said crane comprises: - a boom, - a support structure, intended to carry said boom, - a boom, - a support structure, intended to carry said boom, wherein said support structure comprises: - a pedestal, forming a stator, and - a carrier frame, forming a rotor, carrying said boom and housed within said pedestal, - bearing means for the assembly between said pedestal and said carrier frame, defining an axis of rotation of said carrier frame with respect to said pedestal, advantageously a vertical axis of rotation, - rotation operating means, adapted to control the rotation of said support frame about said axis of rotation, - a pedestal, forming a stator, and - a carrier frame, forming a rotor, carrying said boom and housed within said pedestal, - bearing means for the assembly between said pedestal and said carrier frame, defining an axis of rotation of said carrier frame with respect to said pedestal, advantageously a vertical axis of rotation, - rotation operating means, adapted to control the rotation of said support frame about said axis of rotation, wherein said bearing means are distributed over the height of said support structure and comprise: - upper bearing means, located on the side of the boom and advantageously at an upper end of said pedestal, and - lower bearing means, located under the upper bearing means and advantageously at a lower end of the carrier frame, - upper bearing means, located on the side of the boom and advantageously at an upper end of said pedestal, and - lower bearing means, located under the upper bearing means and advantageously at a lower end of the carrier frame, wherein said upper bearing means comprise a radial contact rolling bearing, comprising: - rolling elements, and - a smooth cylindrical raceway, coaxial to the axis of rotation, - rolling elements, and - a smooth cylindrical raceway, coaxial to the axis of rotation, said radial contact rolling bearing allowing a longitudinal translational degree of freedom of said rolling elements along the height of said cylindrical raceway, wherein said radial contact rolling bearing comprises rolling elements selected from cylindrical rollers, distributed in at least one row, characterised in that the cylindrical rollers are connected to each other to form at least one chain of cylindrical rollers, wherein the upper bearing means include several bearing modules each including at least one chain of cylindrical rollers, and in that, within each bearing module, the chain of cylindrical rollers forms a chain of recirculating cylindrical rollers that have: - an active strand cooperating with the cylindrical raceway, and - a return strand, - an active strand cooperating with the cylindrical raceway, and - a return strand, wherein said bearing modules are distributed over the circumference of the axis of rotation, wherein the lower bearing means include: - a radial contact rolling bearing, and - a thrust bearing, - a radial contact rolling bearing, and - a thrust bearing, wherein the radial contact rolling bearing consists of a spherical bearing, in that the thrust bearing consists of a concave tapered roller bearing, and in that said spherical bearing and said tapered roller bearing have a common central point passed through by the axis of rotation.