Innovative eco-friendly MPP designs receive AIP
Shanghai Shipbuilding Research and Design Institute (SDARI) has worked with Toepfer Transport to develop two multipurpose (MPP) vessel designs. Called OCTOPUS 12.6 and OCTOPUS 12, the vessels feature ground-breaking green technologies. Read more
Denzai acquires Liebherr’s 2500-ton crane to handle growing wind components
Japan’s heavy lifting and engineered transport specialist, Denzai, has boosted its fleet with the acquisition of a 2500-ton crawler crane manufactured by Liebherr. With the addition of the LR12500, Denzai will become the first company...Read more
MOL orders a deck carrier to serve offshore wind sector
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines’ unit, MOL Drybulk, has placed an order at the Chinese Taizhou Sanfu Ship Engineering yard for the construction of a coastal deck carrier. The vessel will serve a contract MOL Drybulk signed...Read more
BigLift and CY Shipping order heavy transport vessels pair
Partners CY Shipping and BigLift Shipping have signed newbuilding contracts for two new Heavy Transport Vessels (HTV) with Jing Jiang Nanzang Shipbuilding in China. The addition of the two vessels pushes the total number of...Read more
Modulift’s spreader beams help Allelys handle a 176T steam turbine generator
UK’s abnormal load transport specialist Allelys has recently turned to Modulift and its spreader beams to lift a 176-tonne steam turbine generator on the East coast of England. Read more
Roll Group cuts steel for its first heavy transport barge
Heavy transport company Roll Group has taken a step closer to expanding its heavy transport capacity with its first barge. The company has cut steel for Roll Barge One, at the ASL Yards in Batam,...Read more
Denzai secures funds to invest in heavy machinery
Denzai K.K. has continued investing in heavy machinery capable of handling large onshore and offshore wind components. The company has secured a 12.2 billion yen ($80.6 million) loan to respond to the demands of the...Read more
LHM 800 delivered to Marcor Stevedoring
Mobile harbour crane of type LHM 800 has arrived at Marcor’s Hartel Terminal to serve as a logistical bridge between the port’s quay and storage warehouses for dry bulk cargo. It is the company’s first...Read more
Jumbo turns to Alewijnse for safety and efficiency of its heavy lift vessels
Jumbo Maritime, part of the JSI Alliance with SAL Heavy Lift and Intermarine, has turned to Alewijnse for the upgrade of the alarm, monitoring, and control systems (AMCS) on its heavy lift vessels. Ship managers...Read more
Huisman cranes ordered for Toyo’s multipurpose construction vessel
cranesHuisman has won a contract from VARD to deliver a fully electric 250 mt Hybrid Boom Subsea Crane, and a 100 mt Knuckle Boom Crane for Toyo Construction’s cable-lay and construction vessel. Read more
Four Liebherr LBS 800 cranes delivered to Porto Chibatão
equipmentFour LBS 800 cranes manufactured by Liebherr have been delivered to Porto Chibatão, expanding the fleet of barge-slewing cranes in operation at the port to 16. Porto Chibatão serves the Manaus industrial park, also known as...Read more
Airbus-chartered RoRo fleet gets sails
French shipowner, Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) has ordered rotor sail technology from Norsepower to cut emissions of its RoRo fleet that will be ferrying Airbus aircraft components in the future. Read more
Huisman tech ordered for Cadeler’s offshore wind heavy-lift giant
Cadeler has joined a list of prominent heavy-lift specialists who have ordered Huisman’s monopile gripper for their vessels. The gripper, a first for Cadeler, will come to play a key role in delivering on the...Read more
First load-out of Hai Long offshore wind farm pin piles complete
EEW Group has completed the first load-out of the first 12 pin piles for the Hai Long Offshore Wind Project at the quayside in the port of Gwangyang, South Korea. The pin piles are to...Read more
HHLA’s floating cranes to continue lifting heavy loads
Trusty servants retrofittedWith the demand for heavy-lift services in high demand at the port of Hamburg, Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA), has decided not to retire its two Demag-built floating cranes, but rather to retrofit them...Read more
Enerpac completes load testing of its JS-260 jack-up for Lastro Heavylift
The Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) of an Enerpac JS-250, which was equipped with a bracing kit for the German heavy lift company, LASTRO Heavylift, has been completed at Enerpac Heavy Lifting Technology in The Netherlands....Read more
Huisman crane picked for a Subsea7 pipelay vessel
Huisman has recently been awarded a contract by Subsea7 for the delivery of a 500 metric-ton offshore mast crane. The crane, which will be fully electric, is going to be installed on one of Subsea7’s...Read more
Wagenborg’s third EasyMax reaches home port of Delfzijl
Following its launching in October, Wagenborg’s third EasyMax – yard number 852 – has been moved from the shipyard to its home port Delfzijl. Read more