BigLift’s heavy transport tandem, the BigLift Barentsz and BigLift Baffin have recently completed the delivery of crane parts for OHT’s flagship offshore wind foundation installation vessel. Currently under construction at China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI)...Read more
PRESS RELEASE – BigLift has transported and installed two 1,700-tonne Grab Ship Unloaders with its heavy-lift vessel Happy Star. The contract was carried out for client IUK. Read more
PRESS RELEASE – Spliethoff has acquired an additional P14-type vessel. The vessel is renamed Plantijngracht (former name: ‘St. Pauli’) and reflagged to the Dutch register. The vessel is currently in Algeciras to undergo maintenance and...Read more
PRESS RELEASE – Three mega reactors manufactured by Porto Marghera based ATB Group have left the Port of Venice for Thailand on board BigLift’s heavy load carrier Happy Star. The reactors’ diameters range from 5.4...Read more
BigLift has delivered another three Neo-Panamax ship-to-shore cranes to the Port of Savannah, bringing the port’s total number of cranes to 36, more than any other single terminal in North America.
The new cranes are designed...Read more
PRESS RELEASE – BigLift Shipping has shipped two topside modules for MODEC FPSO Carioca (Project MV-30) from Angra Dos Reis, Brazil, to Dalian, China, using Spliethoff’s mv Poolgracht.
The FPSO is being built in China and...Read more
Crane manufacturer Konecranes has recorded higher sales but lower profits in the first nine months of 2019. The Port Solutions business unit performed well with new crane orders and strong demand for straddle carriers.
The decline in...Read more
Spliethoff has opened a new commercial venture called Spliethoff-BigLift UK to expand and develop the commercial representation of Spliethoff and Biglift Shipping in the UK.
The move is not motivated by Brexit a spokesperson for...Read more
BigLift Shipping has started a cooperation with Korean heavy transport company Chung Yang. Together they will operate four heavy transport vessels which will be commercially managed by BigLift Shipping.
The companies will combine two pairs of...Read more
