Jumbo Maritime and Dajin Heavy Industry have signed a contract for the construction of two high-end heavy-lift transportation vessels. The vessels represent a new generation of green and intelligent designs, equipped with two Huisman 1200-tonne heavy-lift cranes.
‘Fleet development is an exciting time for any shipping company,’ says Peter de Bree, CEO of Jumbo. This project brings new energy to our organisation and will create valuable opportunities for our clients and partners worldwide.’
Dajin Heavy Industry says: ‘This contract marks the beginning of a long-term industrial collaboration between our companies, with opportunities to expand into broader cooperation across offshore vessel construction, offshore wind engineering and deep-sea equipment services.’
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Methanol-ready and developed in house
The vessels will form Jumbo’s new L-Class fleet, designed to support a broad range of heavy lift transport operations. Jumbo has developed the energy efficient and methanol-ready 25,000 DWT L-Class vessels in-house. This is Jumbo’s regular practice, enabling it to incorporate lessons learned into successive generations of vessels, thereby ensuring continual fleet evolution.
When operating in tandem, the Huisman cranes of the new vessels have a combined maximum lifting capacity of 2400 tonnes. With excellent deadweight capacity and wide-ranging applicability, the vessels comply with DNV specifications and clean energy shipping standards. The vessels will feature high deck strength, large open deck area, a substantial cargo capacity, deep cargo hold and advanced lifting performance – Jumbo’s answer to changing market requirements, where increased lifting capacity combined with greater intake is required.
Built in compliance with DNV classification standards and modern clean-energy shipping requirements, the L-Class vessels will support operations across Jumbo’s key markets, including offshore wind, oil and gas, mining and any other specialised marine heavy lift requirements. The first vessel is expected to be delivered in the third quarter of 2028, followed by the second in 2029.
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JSI Alliance
The vessels will join the JSI Alliance fleet alongside Jumbo’s existing heavy-lift vessels. Jumbo’s shipping activities are conducted through the JSI Alliance, the commercial partnership established with SAL in 2021. The alliance expanded further in 2024 with the addition of SAL Intermarine, creating a combined fleet of more than eighty vessels serving the global project cargo, energy, industrial and infrastructure markets.
Picture: One of Jumbo’s heavy-lift vessels, the Fairplayer (photo supplied by Dajin Heavy Industry).
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