SAL Heavy Lift will expand its fleet with three heavy lift vessels with 800t lifting capacity in early 2020, reads company’s press release.
They will come to serve breakbulk and heavy lift clients on world markets via SALs well known Semi-Liner Service, but will also potentially offer new service options.
Leader in heavy lift sector
When the new year 2020 dawns, SAL will see its fleet expanding with three vessels –an addition that aims to strengthen its semi-liner service and underline SAL as a leading player in the heavy lift and project cargo segment.
- The vessels will enter the SAL fleet as type “171” following the long tradition of categorizing vessels at SAL.
- The vessels are reliable workhorses of the well-known and commonly recognized P1 Type design.
- They are geared with two 400t SWL cranes capable of lifting up to 800 tons in tandem plus an additional 120t SWL crane.
- They will service clients along SAL’s main trade lanes between Europe and the Far East, but also SAL’s more recently introduced Africa service.
Operations in the Arctic
Karsten Behrens, Director, SAL Engineering, said, “The Type 171 vessels come with certain technical features such as ice class E3, equivalent to Finnish/Swedish 1A –amongst the highest in the industry.”
The vessels can operate in arctic areas and SAL will now offer Northeast passage transits when suitable.
High quality machinery
Sebastian Westphal, CTO, SAL Heavy Lift adds, “The vessels are, as the rest of our
fleet, equipped with reliable high-quality machinery.”
He also said, “With cranes from TTS-NMF, main engines from MAN and MacGregor hatch covers, the vessels are built with equipment with which we have tremendous experience.”
Service for larger cargo
Dr. Martin Harren, CEO, SAL Heavy Lift says, “I am very happy that we have been
able to add these vessels to our heavy lift fleet. This way SAL will be able to service
clients who may at times look for ships that can take larger volumes of cargo in combination with heavy lift items.”
“MV Hanna”, “MV Klara” and “MV Lisa” will join the SAL fleet in the first quarter of
2020 – These names represent family members of the former owner Heino Winter
Group which will continue to handle the technical ship management of the three vessels.
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Source: SAL Heavy Lift
