Intermarine boosts Houston chartering desk
The multipurpose carrier Intermarine has expanded its Chartering department in Houston with the addition of new personnel. The company appointed Lennard Beckmann to its chartering team. Read more
Erhardt wraps up another heavy transport operation
Erhardt Projects division has recently completed another heavy transport operation. The company moved the heavy cargo onboard United Heavy Lift’s F900 Eco-Lifter UHL Figter from Tarragona in Spain to Laem Chabang in Thailand.Read more
UHL’s new heavy lift vessel departs on her maiden voyage with project cargo onboard
United Heavy Lift’s new heavy lift vessel UHL Fresh, set sail on her maiden voyage from Tianjin, China to Europe with project cargo onboard. The vessel has been officially delivered to the shipping company on...Read more
Mammoet expands presence in Thai heavy lift market
Mammoet has expanded its presence in Thailand and bolstered its position in the region through a partnership with a heavy lift and transport specialist Tiong Woon Corporation. This collaborative venture marks a significant milestone, capitalizing...Read more
Swire Projects launches new MPP semi-liner Western Australia service
Swire Projects, a projects and heavy lift shipping services division of Swire Shipping, has launched a Western Australia Express (WAX) service, a monthly semi-liner shipping service connecting major ports in China, South Korea, Japan, Singapore,...Read more
Mammoet, AMS partner up to serve Qatar’s growing heavy-lift market
Engineered heavy lift and transport major, Mammoet has entered into a strategic partnership with Aertssen Machinery Services (AMS), the Belgian-origin heavy-lift company. The pair will focus on meeting the increasing demands of Qatar’s growing market, driven...Read more
Fairplayer to install FPSO Errea Wittu mooring spread
Jumbo Offshore Installation Contractors will deploy its heavy lift vessel Fairplayer for the pre-installation of the mooring spread of the FPSO Errea Wittu, which will be located offshore Guyana. The contract has been awarded to...Read more
Heavy lift rig for wind turbines springs into action at Harland and Wolff
TechModulift has designed and manufactured a massive lifting rig that is being used to lift and assemble Repower’s 5MW wind turbines at Harland and Wolff in Northern Ireland. Harland and Wolff is responsible for unloading...Read more
Jumbo Offshore wraps up its scope of Baltic Eagle work
Jumbo Offshore has officially closed its scope of work for the Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea. The scope of work included the installation of 50 transition pieces in partnership with...Read more
What did you lift today? Two classrooms
The Yelm School District recently ordered two new modular classrooms for Millpond Elementary School to accommodate a growing number of students and classrooms. The construction company had the units ready to go, however, moving a...Read more
First Super B Class MPP hits the water in China
The project heavy-lift carrier, AAL Shipping, has hit a new milestone in the construction of its first Super B class multipurpose vessel, the AAL Limassol. The first vessel in the series of six has been...Read more
New wind farm servicing concept put to test in Finland
Specialist transport company Silvasti will put test its Transport Crane Installation (TCI) concept at the Pahkakoski wind farm under development in the municipality of Ii in Northern Ostrobothnia of Finland.Read more
Jan De Nul’s Les Alizés installs first monopile foundations for Borkum Riffgrund 3
Jan De Nul Group’s heavy-lift vessel Les Alizés has installed the first of 83 monopile foundations at 53 kilometres off the island of Borkum. The monopile foundations are for Ørsted’s Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind...Read more
Van Oord’s heavy-lift vessel Svanen set for an upgrade
Van Oord’s heavy-lift installation vessel Svanen is set to go through a major upgrade. The vessel’s gantry crane will be extended by 25 metres, making the vessel ready to handle the next generation of monopile foundations...Read more
SAL Heavy Lift confirms order for the fifth Orca Class MPP
SAL Heavy Lift’s fleet expansion program is progressing at pace as the company signed a new construction deal with Wuhu Shipyard for the fifth Orca Class heavy-lift MPP. According to the company, the latest addition...Read more
BigLift Shipping tags Happy Star for a heavy lift job in French Guyana
BigLift Shipping was contracted by AES (Automatismes Etudes Services/Dinson) to transport one and a half level Luffing Harbour Cranes from Taicang (PRC) to Degrad des Cannes, the main port of French Guyana. The delivery was...Read more
UHL vessels won’t transit the Panama Canal before May, 2024
The severe drought that has had a major impact on the water levels in the Panama Canal are restricting the movement of heavy-lift multipurpose vessels. Based on the current information, United Heavy Lift said its...Read more
Removed Wind Osprey and Wind Orca cranes get a new chance
As Cadeler’s Wind Orca and Wind Osprey jack-up vessels get their new cranes installed in Schiedam, the old units have got a new lease on life. Hapo International Barges have decided to buy both cranes...Read more