Understanding Heavy Lift Vessels (HLVs): Design, Operation And Types

heavy life vessel

Ships are massive structures capable of carrying enormous loads. They move trillions of dollars’ worth of goods across the entire globe.

But what happens when you want to shift cargo that is considerably heavy, sometimes too heavy for even conventional ships?

Moving such cargo could be for a variety of reasons- from shipping heavy, dense goods that cannot be borne on normal carriers, to transporting other ships across the world. And this is where Heavy Lifting Vessels (HLVs) comes into place.

These...

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SAL Heavy Lift Expands its Fleet To Cater Larger Cargo

SAL Heavy Lift will expand its fleet with three heavy lift vessels with 800t lifting capacity in early 2020, reads company’s press release.

They will come to serve breakbulk and heavy lift clients on world markets via SALs well known Semi-Liner Service, but will also potentially offer new service options.

Leader in heavy lift sector

When the new year 2020 dawns, SAL will see its fleet expanding with three vessels –an addition that aims to strengthen its semi-liner service and underline SAL as a...

http://mfame.guru/sal-heavy-lift-expands-its-fleet-to-cater-larger-cargo/

NYK Orders Next-Generation Heavy Lift Eco-Friendly Vessels

  • NYK Bulk & Projects Carriers, an NYK Group company, has signed the contract with Nanjing Jinling Shipyard for the construction of two next-generation heavy-lift vessels.
  • NYK continues to improve its competitiveness by making efforts to contribute to realizing a sustainable society through the operation of environment-friendly ships.

Japan’s shipping line NYK wants to strengthen its position in the heavy-lift market and has signed a contract with Nanjing Jinling Shipyard Co. Ltd. to build two...

http://mfame.guru/nyk-orders-next-generation-heavy-lift-eco-friendly-vessels/

AAL Boosts its European Commercial Operations with appointment of Marc-Oliver Brockmann

– Marc-Oliver Brockmann, European Commercial Manager, AAL

AAL Boosts ts European Commercial Operations with appointment of Marc-Oliver Brockmann

Highly regarded Brockmann to spearhead its European Business Development Drive

May 31, 2019 – Following a string of new agency appointments and office launches across Europe – the most recent in Finland – global multipurpose and project heavy lift carrier AAL is strengthening those operations further with the appointment of Marc-Oliver Brockmann as...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/05/31/aal-boosts-its-european-commercial-operations-with-appointment-of-marc-oliver-brockmann/

Not at all boring for AAL!

Discharge of the TBMs in Sydney

Not at all boring for AAL!

AAL MAKES HASTE TO DELIVER MEGA TUNNEL BORING MACHINES (TBMs) FOR GEODIS AND MAJOR AUSTRALIAN RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS!

April 11, 2019 – In February, AAL successfully completed a major shipment of two mega tunnel boring machines (TBMs) from Nansha in South China to Sydney and Melbourne respectively, equipment that will help progress important new multi-billion-dollar metro railway projects taking place separately in the two state...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/04/11/not-at-all-boring-for-aal/