United Heavy Lift expands fleet

nine new eco-friendLy f900 vesseLs

United Heavy Lift (UHL) Has taken over a modern heavy lift fLeet of nine eco-friendLy f900 newbUiLds. tHe combination of the vessels’ dimensions, with a 125m x 25m deck and 105.45m x 20m x 14.25m hold, and 900t crane capacity, perfectly complement UHL’s tailor-made heavy lift transport solutions.

All imAges coUrtesy of United Heavy Lift.

According to Lars rolner, founder of United Heavy Lift, the vessels, have 30-50% lower carbon emissions compared to the existing heavy lift fleet in the market, making them a great fit for the company’s sustainability policy, aimed at reducing its fleet’s overall carbon footprint while increasing the number of vessels in it. “our mission is to reinforce our company’s position as front-runner for an eco-friendly heavy lift shipping industry”, states mr rolner. apart from the nine newbuilds, UHL has also taken over existing vessels Zea mahawali and Zea Kelani, which will be renamed veronica and valentina. both vessels will be entering into the west africa service that UHL is operating together with partner marguesa. mv spring will follow suit in february, further enlarging the heavy lift fleet.

Further Expansions United Heavy Lift has not merely expanded its fleet, it is also expanding its global network. in the past six months, UHL has established offices in Kuala Lumpur (malaysia) and bergen (norway). tokyo followed suit in february 2020. moreover, the Hamburg-based company will be opening adding the United stated of america to its global network of offices and agents by opening an office in Houston in march. the expansion is made in joint venture with ocean 7 and the offices will be operating under the name United o7.

From left, Lars Rolner, Founder of UHL, and Lars Bonnesen, CEO at UHL.

the United Group, headquartered in Hamburg, consists of three closely linked companies: United Heavy Lift (UHL), United wind Logistics (UwL) and United engineering solutions (Ues). United Heavy Lift was established in 2015 and provides tailored heavy maritime transport solutions.

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