General – Newbuidling
Partners CY Shipping and BigLift Shipping increase their fleet of Heavy Transport Vessels (HTVs) to six vessels, by adding two new HTVs.
The first vessel, owned by CY Shipping will be delivered in Q4 2025 and the second vessel, owned by BigLift Shipping, in Q2 2026.
Newbuilding contracts for the two new HTVs have been signed with Jing Jiang Nanyang Shipbuilding Co., Ltd, China.
The vessels are designed to transport ultra-large and heavy modular cargoes worldwide, with a focus on reliable service speed, low accelerations and optimized loading and discharge times.
Because of the similar frame spacing, depth, ballast and tidal compensation capacity they will be interchangeable with BigLift’s MC-Class vessels BigLift Barentsz and BigLift Baffin, offering even more deck length and stern loading capability.
The overall length of the BC-Class is 180 metres, the beam is 43 metres, and the deck measures 43 by 140 metres, resulting in an impressive fully unobstructed deck space of 6,020 m2.
Cargoes can be loaded and discharged over the vessels’ stern or side by ro-ro or skidding. The BC-Class has a depth of 12 metres, a maximum deadweight of 25,000 mt, and the ballast capacity is 12,000 m3/hr. The vessels are not semi-submersible.