Stay clear of the lifting danger zone during ship loading operations
Two crew members standing in the lifting danger zone suffered injuries during loading of wind turbine tower sections after being struck by a parting sling. The incident is discussed by The Nautical Institute, which stresses...Read more
Heerema’s vessel Aegir installs 1650-tonne water handling module
Heerema Marine Contractor’s heavy lift vessel Aegir has transported and installed a 1650-metric-tonne water handling module for client Technip FMC. The module was installed on the Woodside operated Pluto Alpha platform.Read more
Shipping company Jumbo uses augmented reality for transport job
Jumbo has completed the first of two contracts supporting Subsea 7 projects for Total in Angola. For the first time, Jumbo has used augmented reality for shimming points. Using HOLO Lens, the precise positioning of...Read more
Crew member crushed by tween deck pontoon
The Nautical Institute discusses a crew member dying after getting stuck between a pontoon and a bulkhead in a recent Mars Report. According to the Institute, the operation lacked good communication, co-ordination, and control.Read more
BigLift transports and installs two 1700-tonne cranes
BigLift has transported and installed two 1700-tonne Grab Ship Unloaders with its heavy-lift vessel Happy Star. After installation of the GSUs, the ship loaded the two old GSUs and shipped them back to the original...Read more
Spliethoff adds sixth P14-type vessel to its fleet
Spliethoff has acquired an additional P14-type vessel. The vessel is renamed Plantijngracht (former name: St. Pauli) and reflagged to the Dutch register. The vessel is currently in Algeciras to undergo maintenance and will be taken...Read more
Jumbo widens deck of heavy lift vessel to transport two cranes
Jumbo has transported two Ship-to-Shore container cranes, a cargo in excess of 1500 tonnes, from Taicang, China, to the Port of Immingham on the UK’s east coast. To ship two cranes this size in one...Read more
Breakbulk liner company Intermarine becomes part of SAL Heavy Lift
Operating as an independent brand within the SAL Heavy Lift Group, Intermarine will tie its Americas breakbulk liner service to SAL’s global heavy lift trade. Svend Andersen, former CEO of BBC Chartering, will head Intermarine.Read more
Jumbo transports 5 cargoes to the US in one go
Loaded with multiple cargoes for multiple clients from ports in Spain, Italy and Greece, Jumbo Vision recently arrived in the USA with loads bound for Florida, Louisiana and Texas. The ‘fix’ included a large shipment...Read more
Diversify and innovate: Offshore special in SWZ|Maritime
The picture on the front of the September offshore special of SWZ|Maritime is a perfect illustration of what the real entrepreneurs do to survive in an ever faster changing world and economy. In this issue,...Read more
BIMCO: Sharp rebound in shipping unlikely
At the Project Cargo Summit, taking place on 23 and 24 September, Peter Sand of BIMCO presented his outlook for project cargo, heavy lift and breakbulk shipping. He sees ‘an industry under pressure’. Yet, there...Read more
Video: Jumbo transports 10 transition pieces in one go
Yunlin Offshore Wind Farm in Taiwan is set to feature 80 Siemens Gamesa 8-MW turbines. Among other things, Jumbo has been hired to transport 40 transition pieces. The first 10 have now been loaded onto...Read more
Swire eyes GustoMSC designed wind farm installation jack-up
Swire Blue Ocean (SBO) intends to order a new offshore installation vessel with an option for a second new-build. The vessel is based on GustoMSC’s NG-20000X-G design. At the same time, the company plans to...Read more
‘Installation vessel Orion was whiplash proof, but its crane was not’
SWZ|Maritime’s offshore expert Björn von Ubisch has analysed the crane accident with DEME’s new offshore vessel Orion. His conclusion: ‘the ship could handle the “whiplash” effect, but the crane could not.’ In the meantime, Liebherr...Read more
Chipolbrok and Crane Worldwide create door-to-door heavy-lift service
Crane Worldwide Logistics in Japan and Chipolbrok are joining forces to create a door-to-door heavy-lift service for clients shipping cargo between Europe, the Mediterranean, Black Sea, Middle East, Asia and the Americas.Read more
Dominion orders Huisman crane for first Jones Act installation vessel
Dominion Energy has selected Huisman Equipment to fabricate the crane for the United States’ first Jones Act compliant offshore wind installation vessel. Huisman joins a consortium of offshore wind industry leaders to build the vessel,...Read more
Huisman’s Skyhook crane lifts first batch of monopiles
With the 2600-metric-tonne Skyhook, Huisman has designed and built the largest Slewing Jib Quayside Crane in the world. It has now lifted its first batch of offshore wind monopiles. The monopiles with a length of...Read moreSvanen uses bubbles to silently install offshore foundations in Denmark
Van Oord’s heavy lift vessel Svanen has installed the final foundation for the Danish Kriegers Flak Offshore Wind farm in the Baltic Sea. To reduce the underwater noise, a “double big bubble curtain” was used...Read more