SAL Heavy Lift has signed an MOU with Wuhu Shipyard for five additional 14,600 DWT Orca Class vessels, potentially increasing the heavy-lift programme from five ships to ten.
SAL Heavy Lift has christened Patricia in Rostock, Germany, adding the third Orca Class vessel with two 800-tonne Liebherr cranes and up to 1,600 tonnes of tandem lifting capacity.
SAL Heavy Lift has completed the first loading operation using its semi-submersible heavy transport vessel MV Luisa, loading two inland barges for transport from the Netherlands to Uruguay.
SAL SVENJA has sailed toward Esbjerg with wind turbine parts, using its DP1 capability and twin 1,000 tonnes NMF cranes for heavy project cargo transport.
MV Alma has arrived in Bremerhaven and is undergoing final preparations before entering service in the JSI Alliance network, adding semi-submersible deck carrier capacity for offshore and floating cargo operations.
Heavy-lift vessel MV Frida of SAL last week completed a 1,600-tonne tandem lift test for the new Orca Class, using both cranes at maximum outreach to verify performance at peak load.
SAL Heavy Lift’s newly renamed Luisa arrives in Rotterdam, previously known as Sun Shine. Along with Alma, both vessels were acquired from Pan Ocean.
SAL Heavy Lift has christened MV Elise in Hamburg, the first of its new Orca Class vessels, marking a step toward more efficient and sustainable heavy-lift shipping.
SAL consolidates its heavy lift, multipurpose, and liner operations under a single global brand to enhance efficiency and simplify customer access.
