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The Heavy Lift Group: Navigating a New Reality in Project Cargo Logistics

Jun 09, 2026

Escalating geopolitical tensions and regional conflicts are having a profound impact on international trade, subjecting supply chains to intense operational volatility, rigid compliance demands, and significant financial pressures. Out of necessity, logistics providers are taking a more selective, risk-averse approach when preparing and executing their business plans.For The Heavy Lift Group (THLG)…

800-Ton Goliath Crane Takes Shape in Port of Chioggia

Dec 15, 2025

Italy’s Cimolai Technology  reached a major construction milestone on one of the largest crane projects currently underway in Europe, completing the lifting and erection of the main girder of the first of two massive 800-ton rail-mounted Goliath cranes at the Port of Chioggia…

UHL MD Bonnesen to Step Down

Sep 29, 2025

United Heavy Lift (UHL) said that Managing Director Lars Bonnesen has sold his shares in United Heavy Lift to the United Shipping Group and will step down from his role as of December 31, 2025. In a related development, Christian Monsted has…

Marcegaglia Acquires Liebherr Harbor Crane

Mar 19, 2025

Marcegaglia’s latest acquisition, the LHM 600, marks the 2,000th mobile harbor crane produced and delivered by Liebherr. The LHM 600 will be instrumental in handling steel products, and is the sixth Liebherr mobile harbor crane for the Italian company…

New Digital Solutions for Heavy Lifting

Mar 03, 2025

William Hackett, a UK-based supplier of lifting, rigging and chain solutions, is expanding its customer offerings with new digital solutions by adding RFID chips to its Hack8 and Hack10 chain sling assembly tags. The digital records, accessible through the William Hackett app…

Mammoet Launches World’s Strongest Land-Based Crane for Energy Sector

Sep 02, 2024

Heavy lift and transport services firm Mammoet has launched the SK6000 land-based crane, said to be the world’s strongest, capable of handling large offshore wind components and delivering reduced integration times to offshore oil and gas projects…

Port of Savannah Takes Delivery of More Ship-to-Shore Cranes

Aug 25, 2023

The US Port of Savannah has taken delivery of four Super Post-Panamax ship-to-shore cranes, upgrading the crane fleet to 34 machines at Garden City Terminal after four older cranes are retired and recycled.Along with the completion of our project to improve Berth 1…

Heavy Lift Ships Start Moving Refinery Upgrading Cargo

Mar 17, 2023

The Jumbo-SAL-Alliance (JSA) commenced its scope of work in the Basrah Refinery Upgrading Project for JGC Corporation, when Jumbo Javelin loaded the first of 19 transports at Dahej India.In total, the project will see the Jumbo-SAL-Alliance undertake the transportation of 450…

Liebherr Expands All-electric Heavy Lift Ship Crane Series

Aug 18, 2022

Driven by the growth in the size of wind turbines, Liebherr's all-electric heavy lift crane series is being expanded with an 800-tons crane. 'The new cranes follow on from a long tradition and decades of experience in building ship cranes. The first ship crane was delivered by Liebherr in 1958…

Combi Lift Sets Up US Branch in Houston

Mar 01, 2022

German heavy lift and project logistics company Combi Lift said  its expanding its business into the Americas through the opening of a new office in Houston. “Houston is the perfect location in the U.S.A. It is one of the main project capitals in the world…

MV Charlie delivered to dship; Fourth "Eco-friendly" Newbuild

Feb 14, 2022

dship Carriers took delivery of number four of four newbuilds, the MV Charlie, the latest generation eco-friendly F-500 vessel type. The quartet of new ships enhances dship's capabilities in the multi-purpose heavy lift market during a time when cargo slots are rare and the market is tight…

Heavy Lift: Liebherr logs a strong 2021; All-Electric Trend is "Clear"

Jan 26, 2022

Liebherr reports that it had a record year in 2021 in its maritime mobile harbor crane business, logging an order intake volume of 80+ new units, a record level for the company.Including additional sales of used units, Liebherr mobile harbor cranes were ordered from 31 different countries…

Hilpert Joins Combi Lift as Managing Director

Jan 17, 2022

German heavy lift and project logistics expert Combi Lift announced on Monday that Klaus Hilpert has joined its management team as managing director and chairman of the board of directors.Combi Lift has significantly expanded its services over the past year…

CSX Intermodal NC get Crane Upgrade

Jan 11, 2022

Liebherr Container Cranes delivered three fully automated rail mounted gantry cranes to the CSX Carolina Connector Intermodal Terminal (CCX) in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, 'cabin-less' units that feature  Liebherr Remote operator Stations (ROS) for supervised moves and exception handling…

Port of Södertälje Runs the Liebherr MHC with Fossil-Free Diesel

May 19, 2021

The Port of Södertälje acquired the first Liebherr mobile harbor crane running on fossil-free HVO100 diesel. The new LHM 420 mobile harbor crane was recently delivered to the port and will significantly improve handling capacity in the container and project cargo sector…

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Furetank VINGA Series Tanker to be Named

Furetank VINGA Series Tanker to be Named

Northern Grain Belt Ports Initiative Established

Northern Grain Belt Ports Initiative Established

Container Imports Soar at Port of Los Angeles

Container Imports Soar at Port of Los Angeles

Compas Cartagena Terminal Employs LHM 600 Crane

Compas Cartagena Terminal Employs LHM 600 Crane

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