Heavy Lift Archives - Maritime Shipping News

Three-way partnership creates new JSI Alliance

29 February 2024

A twosome is becoming a threesome. After three years in a successful commercial alliance, Dutch maritime heavy lift transport and engineering contractor Jumbo Shipping and German breakbulk and project cargo specialist SAL Heavy Lift have been joined by Houston-headquartered multipurpose and liner operator Intermarine to form the JSI Alliance.

With a combined fleet of around 50 vessels, JSI Alliance will provide a unified commercial entry point for sales and marketing for a joint network of...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/shipping/three-way-partnership-creates-new-jsi-alliance/

Nuclear Icebreakers Escort Russian LNG Modules Through Thick Arctic Ice

5 February 2024

A convoy of two nuclear icebreakers and two polar-class heavy lift vessels is making slow but steady progress through Russia’s Arctic waters carrying the final modules for the second train…

https://gcaptain.com/nuclear-icebreakers-escort-russian-lng-modules-through-thick-arctic-ice/

Swire delivers to WA, sets up weekly Pacific service and protects endangered whales!

3 March 2023

^{Pictured: a Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus). Photo credit: US NOAA.}

It’s been a busy few weeks for the Swire shipping conglomerate!

Break bulk

First up, Swire Projects, a projects and heavy lift shipping services division of Swire Shipping, completed its first voyage to Western Australia carrying 88 Ore Cars (wagons) for resources company BHP.

Swire Projects used its 19,000-deadweight heavy lift multipurpose vessel, Johnnie Bryan, with lifting capacity of up to 480 mts, to carry the cargo...

https://www.shippingaustralia.com.au/swire-delivers-to-wa-sets-up-weekly-pacific-service-and-protects-endangered-whales/

Newbuild Heavy Lift Vessels Will Be Fitted with Methanol Engines

20 December 2022

Methanol is emerging as a promising alternative fuel that could help shipping meet its increasingly stringent emissions targets. When produced from non-fossil sources, the resulting “e-methanol” can be low carbon…

https://gcaptain.com/newbuild-heavy-lift-vessels-will-be-fitted-with-methanol-engines/

Intermarine joins forces with WeShip Projects

14 November 2022

Intermarine has joined forces with project and breakbulk cargo specialist WeShip Projects to launch Intermarine Asia. Torben Reinhard and Lars Steen Rasmussen, partners in WeShip, have joined Intermarine’s commercial team as part of the deal. Two years ago Germany’s SAL Heavy Lift, part of Harren &...

https://splash247.com/intermarine-joins-forces-with-weship-projects/

Ship Photos: Pioneering Spirit Lifts Massive 11,000-Metric-Ton Steel Jacket

19 July 2022

Anothe milestone for the world’s strongest heavy lift vessel. Allseas is reported that the Pioneering Spirit successfully lifted the 11,000 metric-ton jacket for the Gyda platform in the Norwegian sector…

https://gcaptain.com/ship-photos-pioneering-spirit-lifts-massive-11000-metric-ton-steel-jacket/

United Heavy Lift Orders Two More Eco-Lifter Newbuildings

17 May 2022

Hamburg, Germany-based United Heavy Lift has placed an order for two additional two additional Eco-Lifter newbuilds at the China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) shipyard in Hudong, China, bringing its total…

https://gcaptain.com/united-heavy-lift-orders-two-more-eco-lifter-newbuildings/

Semcorp Marine Delivers Shell’s Gulf of Mexico-Bound Vito FPU

6 January 2022

Singapore-based Sembcorp Marine has completed its first newbuild Floating Production Unit with the delivery of Vito Regional Production Facility (Vito FPU) to Shell Offshore. Construction of the Vito FPU platform…

https://gcaptain.com/semcorp-marine-delivers-shells-gulf-of-mexico-bound-vito-fpu/

Heavy-lift operator AAL buys two ships and plans to build four more

29 October 2021

^{Pictured: a fully-laden heavy lift / multi-purpose ship operated by AAL. Photo supplied by AAL.}

Specialist heavy lift project carrier, AAL Shipping (AAL) has bought two 33,000 deadweight heavy lift ships and has given an update on its newbuilding plans.

The two newly-bought vessels are, the ‘AAL Mars’ and the ‘AAL Merkur’. The vessels have been serving within AAL’s operating fleet worldwide on a commercial management basis.

AAL has also given an update on the progress of its ‘third-generation’...

https://www.shippingaustralia.com.au/heavy-lift-operator-aal-buys-two-ships-and-plans-to-build-four-more/

Breakbulk and heavylift charter rates hit all-time highs

14 July 2021

Charter hire rates for multipurpose and heavylift vessels have surpassed the highs registered in 2008 to create new all-time records, latest data from Drewry shows. According to Drewry’s Multipurpose Time Charter Index, average annual one-year period rates for July are expected to be some 65%...

https://splash247.com/breakbulk-and-heavylift-charter-rates-hit-all-time-highs/

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