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Heavy-Lift Vessel BBC Ruby Delivers Two 120-Tonne Harbour Cranes to Tuticorin Port, India

Heavy-lift vessel BBC Ruby discharged two 120-tonne harbour cranes from Rostock, Germany, at Tuticorin Port, expanding its fleet to nine.

Heavy-lift vessel BBC Ruby unloading two 120-tonne cranes at Tuticorin Port

BBC Ruby discharging harbour cranes at Tuticorin Port

1, November 2025
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The multipurpose heavy-lift vessel BBC Ruby (IMO: 9563744) successfully discharged two new Harbor Mobile Cranes, each with a lifting capacity of 120 tonnes, at Tuticorin Port on the last day of October.

With this delivery, the port’s fleet of Harbor Mobile Cranes has expanded to nine units, enhancing efficiency in handling bulk cargo and windmill components.

The cranes were shipped from the Port of Rostock, Germany. The BBC Chartering‘s BBC Ruby, sailing under the flag of Antigua and Barbuda, measures 153.45 m in length and 23.45 m in beam.

Tags: BBC Ruby, Harbour Mobile Cranes, Heavy Lift Vessel, maritime logistics, Port Operations, Rostock Germany, Tuticorin Port

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