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United Heavy Lift takes delivery of newest fuel-efficient Eco-Lifter
The latest addition to the United Heavy Lift Fleet, MV UHL FRESH, has set sails on her maiden voyage from Tianjin, China to Europe with project cargo onboard after being officially delivered to the shipping company on January 24th, 2024. The vessel …
Feb 5, 2024 / Vessels
OHT: High demand for offshore wind transportation to China
OHT’s fleet of semi-submersible heavy transportation vessels have been busy transporting offshore wind equipment to China, supporting the huge surge in development of offshore wind farms in the fast-growing market. This followed OHT’s largest …
Mar 31, 2021 / Curious
South Carolina Ports welcomes two new ship-to-shore cranes
SC Ports received two new ship-to-shore cranes yesterday, marking the first cargo-handling equipment to arrive for the Hugh K. Leatherman Terminal, which is under construction in North Charleston, S.C.When the terminal opens in March, it will be …
Oct 27, 2020 / Vessels
SPOTTED: New Slussen bridge transported from China by heavy-load carrier Zhen Hua 33 soon to arrive in Stockholm
The 140-meter-long, 3,500-tonne single unit made 20,333 km journey from ChinaThe new Slussen bridge will soon arrive in Stockholm, after traveling 20,333 kilometers from China. This journey enables a project that will benefit Stockholmers for more …
Mar 11, 2020 / Curious
New Heavy Weight Record For Jumbo
Jumbo heavy-load carrier Jumbo Kinetic has just lifted a giant 1,929 tonne Wash Tower, the heaviest cargo ever lifted by Jumbo.Record Breaking!“At Jumbo, we enjoy pioneering solutions, and the team gets very excited when we can rise to a new …
Aug 7, 2019 / Vessels
Jumbo Moves Heavy Mobile Crane Within Castellon Port
In recent weeks, Jumbo’s heavy-load carrier Jumbo Vision has been touring around some beautiful European ports lifting and shipping cargo to and from Schiedam, Toulon, Genoa, Tarragona, Algeciras and Campbeltown.One of these projects included the …
Jul 22, 2019 / Vessels
Concordia Damen ships 18 hulls from Shanghai to Rotterdam
On Monday, 17th June, heavy-lift vessel Black Marlin departed Shanghai. On deck with eighteen Concordia Damen inland shipping vessel hulls and a Damen Crane Barge 6324, bound for Rotterdam. Concordia Damen regularly conducts such heavy-lift …
Jun 25, 2019 / Vessels
Boskalis secures important LNG module transport contract
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has been awarded a contract for the transportation of a large number of modules for a North American LNG export facility. The contract value amounts to approximately USD 55 million with additional options …
Feb 7, 2019 / Curious
Spotted: Zhi Yuan Kou delivers modules for Chevron’s FGP-WPMP Project
COSCO SHIPPING Specialized continues transports for the FGP-WPMP project with the m/v Zhi Yuan Kou safely delivering modules from Okpo to Hamina in early January 2019.Heavy load carrier Zhi Yuan Kou is a Chinese flagged semi-submersible DP-1 vessel, …
Jan 15, 2019 / Vessels