Heavy Lift News


AAL Delivers Chinese Modules in Texas

Mar 13, 2019

Breakbulk and project heavy lift specialist AAL Shipping has shipped 22 petrochemical plant modules from Wison Heavy Industry’s facilities in China for the an ethylene-glycol plant expansion project in Point Comfort, Texas on behalf of Pacific Ocean Group…

Lankhorst Appoints Commercial Director

Mar 07, 2019

Maritime and heavy lift ropes company, Lankhorst Ropes, has appointed Mark Pieter Frölich as commercial director for Lankhorst Ropes USA. Based in Philadelphia, Frölich will head the development of Lankhorst Ropes’ sales in the maritime and offshore markets in the United States and Canada…

Zeamarine Appoints Hugo Trumpy for Italy

Mar 06, 2019

The leading provider of global tramp and liner services for the ocean transportation of heavy lift Zemarine has appointed Hugo Trumpy as exclusive agent for the Italian market.With more than 100 years of combined experience, Intermarine, Zeaborn…

Update: Maersk Honam Heads for Rebuild

Feb 20, 2019

The sound part of the vessel Maersk Honam, which was hit by a serious fire last year, is being transported to Hyundai Heavy Industries Shipyard in South Korea, where it will be rebuilt. The sound section of Maersk Honam was successfully loaded…

SAL Heavy Lift Bridges Beitstadsundbrua

Feb 06, 2019

The heavy lift sea transport provider SAL Heavy Lift has delivered 12 bridge sections for the Beitstadsundbrua bridge from China to Norway.The final bridge is part of the largest road construction project in northern Trøndelag, will measure…

New Mobile Harbor Crane Arrives at Port Canaveral

Jan 21, 2019

A new mobile harbor crane for Port Canaveral arrived at the Port’s North Cargo Berth 5. The mammoth crane arrived aboard the heavy load carrier, Happy Dover.  The 270-ft/ tall Liebherr LHM 600 – reportedly the largest mobile harbor crane in the U…

Mammoet Moves 800 Ton in Alberta

Jan 15, 2019

Weighing over 800 ton - roughly four times the weight of a blue whale -,  and spanning over 300 ft., the splitter vessel is the biggest load to ever be moved on Alberta's highways.On the evening of January 6th Mammoet began the transport for the giant splitter vessel…

Bardex Shiplift Chosen by DSME

Dec 18, 2018

Daewoo Shipbuilding Marine Engineering (DSME-Korea) awarded Bardex a ShipLift System in order to increase the capacity of the shipyard from the previously installed 1990 system.  The originally installed smaller system had been running continuously for the past 28 years…

Hansa Heavy Lift GmbH Files for Insolvency

Dec 12, 2018

Hansa Heavy Lift GmbH has filed an application with the Hamburg District Court for the opening of insolvency proceedings. The court has appointed the experienced Hamburg restructuring expert, lawyer and tax consultant Dr. Christoph Morgen as preliminary insolvency administrator…

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