BigLift Shipping orders third S-type vessel
BigLift Shipping (part of Spliethoff Group) has placed order for a third Happy S-type vessel with Ouhua Shipbuilding in Zhoushan, China. The vessel will be identical to BigLift’s Happy Star and will be named “Happy Sun”. The newbuild is scheduled for delivery in the first quarter of 2018, the Company said in a press release.
Happy Sun will feature two 900 mt Huisman Heavy Lift Mast Cranes which will make her excellently geared for the handling of heavy cargoes all over the world. With her high crane pedestals and lengthened jib she will have a lifting height only matched by her sister Happy Star in the worldwide fleet of heavy lift vessels.
Happy Sun will be 156 m long and will have a 29 m deck with 18,374 mton deadweight.
Her length and the forward position of her superstructure will offer a single, large cargo hold and a wide, open deck area. She will be fitted with pontoon type hatch covers and a large poop deck which will make the vessel’s full deck area available for cargo stowage.
Happy Sun’s tween deck will be adjustable in height and she will be allowed to sail with open weather deck hatches at a draught of up to 7.5 metres. Furthermore, she will have Finnish/Swedish 1A Ice Class notation. Her service speed will be 15 kn.
With Happy Sun, BigLift’s fleet will comprise 16 state-of-the art heavy lift vessels with lifting capacities up to 1,800 mt.
About BigLift Shipping
BigLift Shipping, member of the Spliethoff Group, is one of the world’s leading heavy lift ship management companies, specialised in worldwide ocean transportation of heavy lift and project cargoes, with a history dating back to 1973. The Company's modern fleet of 15 specialised heavy lift vessels provides services for marine transportation of heavy and over-sized cargoes for oil & gas, mining and power generating industries worldwide. All the vessels are equipped for lifting capacities up to 1,800 mt and some have a ro-ro capability for loads as high as 2,500 mt.
