by Mariska Buitendijk | Nov 22, 2021 | Heavy lift, News, Offshore, Offshore wind
In 62 hours of rigorous offshore testing, tech scale-up Seaqualize completed trials for its inline Active Heave Compensator (iAHC), the Delta600. Together with partners Van Oord and research institute MARIN, the offshore lifting tool was tested for fixed-to-floating,...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Nov 9, 2021 | Arctic shipping, Heavy lift, News, Project cargo, Shipping
SAL Heavy Lift’s type 116 ice class vessel Hilke successfully traversed the Northern Sea Route from Montrose, United Kingdom to Korsakov, Russia, for the very first time. It transported cargo for its sister company Combi Lift. Traversing the Northern Sea Route...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Oct 29, 2021 | Heavy lift, News, Project cargo, Shipping
After thirty years as the CEO of Jumbo, Michael Kahn has decided to take on a new responsibility as Supervisory Board Director of the company. Jumbo’s most recent COO, Wout Janssens, has taken up the helm to become the company’s new CEO. Over the years, Kahn has...
![[VIDEO] Pioneering Spirit’s jacket lift system beams arrive in Rotterdam](https://i2.wp.com/swzmaritime.nl/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Aankomst-Iron-Lady-03-1024x576-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&ssl=1)
by Mariska Buitendijk | Sep 9, 2021 | Heavy lift, News, Offshore
The two huge steel beams for Pioneering Spirit’s new jacket lift system have arrived in Rotterdam after a week-long tow from the fabrication yard in northern Italy. Now starts the challenge of installing these 6000-tonne mega steel structures on board the...
![[VIDEO] How Jumbo-SAL shipped three assembled cranes in one go](https://i2.wp.com/swzmaritime.nl/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Jumbo-Kinetic-uway-AERIAL-2.jpg?resize=960%2C640&ssl=1)
by Mariska Buitendijk | Jul 21, 2021 | Heavy lift, News, Project cargo, Shipping
Jumbo-SAL Alliance’s heavy lift vessel Jumbo Kinetic has transported three fully assembled shipyard cranes from China to Italy. Transporting such cranes is challenging because they are both tall and extremely narrow. This meant stability needed to be increased for...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Jun 25, 2021 | Heavy lift, News, Offshore
Heerema’s heavy lift vessel Sleipnir installed the 12,050-metric-tonne Johan Sverdrup processing platform (P2) jacket on 18 June. This has set a new record for the heaviest lift jacket installation. Before this, the Sleipnir had already completed what was the...
