Hamburg-based heavy lift shipping company United Heavy Lift held a naming ceremony for its newest heavy lift ship, UHL Fable. Built at the CSSC Hudong shipyard in Shanghai over a relatively short ...
The Link-Belt 100RT is fabricated and assembled in Lexington, Ky., and represents a significant step in SJSB’s continued ...
General Dynamics NASSCO has taken delivery of a new dry dock at its Long Beach location, after achieving over 40 years of operation from its existing floating dry dock.“This is more than an arrival.
PORT ANGELES — Two giant vessels that arrived in Port Angeles Harbor as one massive unit are now operating separately. The Polar Pioneer oil drilling rig was offloaded Sunday at about 7 a.m. from the ...
It's a problem that few people probably consider: How do you ship a ship? That's exactly what Noble Corp, the company in charge of the troubled drillship Noble Discoverer will attempt to do in the ...
India's ambitious project to build four massive Landing Platform Docks, which will serve as floating military bases, faces a ...
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Why Do They Ship Ships on Bigger Ships?

Ever wonder why entire ships get loaded onto even bigger vessels? Heavy-lift “semi-submersible” ships flood ballast tanks, sink their deck below the sea, float the smaller craft onboard, then pump out ...
SAL Heavy Lift is an expert at transporting the largest cargoes across the world's oceans, but its biggest lift in recent years has been to digitize complex administrative processes that have long ...