Heavy lift and transportation providers BigLift Shipping and RollDock Shipping join forces in the modular cargo market by starting a joint company, BigRoll. The new company will operate two newbuild MC-Class Module Carriers for the transportation of ultra large and heavy modular cargoes.
The new Module Carriers will be available end of 2014/beginning of 2015.
Short Loading and Discharging Times
BigRoll will build two Module Carriers, designed with a focus on short loading and discharging times, high service speed and low accelerations. To offer deck space as large and flexible as possible the main decks are completely free of manholes, air heads etc. Loading and discharging can be done over vessels’ stern or side by ro-ro or skidding. To minimise loading and discharging time the ballast capacity of the vessel is 12,000 m3/hr. The Module Carriers are not semi-submersible.
Focus on Oil, Gas, Renewables, Power, Cranes and Shipyards
BigRoll will concentrate on the offshore and onshore oil and gas and renewables markets, power generation, container cranes and shipyard industries. The vessels’ high ice class notation will make them ideal to operate in the Arctic regions and the DP2 notation will enable direct offshore delivery of modules.
MC-Class Particulars
- Length over all: 169 m
- Width over all: 42 m
- Hull depth: 12 m
- Design draught: 5.5 m
- Deadweight (max).: 22,500 mt
- Ballast capacity: 12,000 m3/hr
- Free deck space: 125 x 42 m
- Deck strength: 20 ton/m2
- DP 2
- Finnish/Swedish Ice Class 1A
- Service speed: 13 knots
BigLift Shipping owns and operates fourteen heavy lift vessels, with lifting capacities up to 1800 mt, in the worldwide project and heavy lift market. RollDock Shipping presently owns and operates two semi-submersible/heavy lift/ro-ro vessels (sisters) trading worldwide with two more sister vessels to be delivered – one vessel by the end of this year and the other in April next year.
Picture: The new Module Carrier (by BigRoll)
