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Shipment of petrochemical equipment

IN SHORT

Vessel Fairmaster

Weight & Cargo 16 ultra-heavy petrochemical

columns and accompanying general cargo

Columns and cargo weighed in total

6695 t including three ultra-heavy columns

1 washtower -105 m long – 1720 t

2 x EO reactors – 1147 t each

POL Mai Liao, Taiwan

POD Point comfort, USA

SPECIALS

  • The Jumbo K-3000 was the only HLV capable of loading all cargo in one shipment
  • Lifting 1720 t 105 m wash tower over port side
  • Available outreach over port side
  • No protruding cargo on the side due to Panama Lock passing

Project Summary: Shipment of petrochemical equipment

Heaviest cargo ever lifted by Jumbo

Inventive yet safe and efficient ways to ship extraordinary cargoes of all shapes and sizes are engineered on a daily basis by our team. On this occasion, Fairmaster was fully loaded with 16 ultra-heavy petrochemical columns and accompanying general cargo for shipment from Taiwan to Point Comfort, Texas, USA with the Panama Canal to transit in between.

The columns and cargo weighed in total 6695 t including three ultra-heavy columns, one 105 m long wash tower of 1720 t and two EO Reactors weighing 1147 t each. The Jumbo K-3000 was the only HLV capable of loading all three ultra-heavy units along with the additional heavy lifts and general cargo.

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