Last week BigLift Shipping successfully completed the installation and load testing of a Huisman-Itrec 17 m super fly jib for their heavy lift mast cranes on m.v. Happy Buccaneer, thereby increasing the lifting height and outreach by 50% to respectively 59 m above deck and 55 m.
For upcoming projects BigLift Shipping purchased this 17 m long fly jib to increase outreach and lifting height. With the fly jib mounted on the Happy Buccaneer the crane has a maximum load of 350 mt upto 35 m outreach and a 250 mt load at a 50 m outreach. The lifting height increases to approximately 59 m above deck. To reduce installation time of the fly jib, lightweight stays produced by FibreMax, Joure, are being used. For future projects requiring further outreach or lifting height capacities, the fly jib can be extended.
With the fly jib available for the Happy Buccaneer and de Happy S new build vessels, BigLift once again underlines its key position in heavy lift transport.
BigLift Shipping is one of the world’s leading heavy lift shipping companies, specialized in worldwide ocean transportation of heavy lift and project cargoes, operating to high standards of safety, operational reliability and to strict time schedules. BigLift’s fleet consists of 13 state-of-the art vessels with lifting capacities to 1,400 mt. The coming two years the fleet will be extended with two new build Happy S-type vessels, increasing the lifting capacities to 1,800 mt.
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World Maritime News Staff, January 5, 2012; Image: BigLift