Dutch heavy carry specialist HugeLift Shipping has ordered a 3rd Happy S-type vessel with 1,800 metric ton lifting capability.

The new vessel shall be equivalent to HugeLift’s flagship Happy Star that includes two 900 mt Huisman Heavy Lift Mast Cranes. With excessive crane pedestals and lengthened jib, the newbuild may have a lifting peak solely matched by Happy Star within the worldwide fleet of heavy carry vessels.

The newbuild shall be named Happy Sun and shall be constructed by Ouhua Shipbuilding in Zhoushan, China. Delivery is predicted within the first quarter of 2018.

Happy Sun will measure 156 meters lengthy and may have a 29 meter deck with 18,374 dwt. Its size and the ahead place of its superstructure will provide a single, giant cargo maintain and a large, open deck space. The vessel may also be fitted with pontoon sort hatch covers and a big poop deck which is able to its full deck space obtainable for cargo stowage.

Happy Sun’s tween deck shall be adjustable in peak and HugeLift will probably be allowed to sail with open climate deck hatches at a draught of as much as 7.5 meters. The vessel may have Finnish/Swedish 1A Ice Class notation, and a service velocity of 15 knots.

With the addition of Happy Sun, HugeLift’s fleet will comprise 16 state-of-the artwork heavy carry vessels with lifting capacities as much as 1,800 mt.