BigLift Shipping

As a member of the Spliethoff Group, BigLift Shipping is one of the world’s leading heavy lift shipping companies, specialised in worldwide ocean transportation of Ro-Ro, heavy lift and project cargoes, with a history dating back to 1973.

At BigLift, we strive for operational excellence and reliability, adhering to the highest Safety, Health, Environment and Quality standards and operating on strict time schedules. Heavy lift transportation is a demanding business. Know-how, expertise and experience are vitally important. At BigLift Shipping, we have an excellent Engineering & Operations Department with experts who tackle any challenge, providing innovative and flexible solutions for our customers.

Given our 50 plus years in the heavy lift sector, at BigLift we have many long-standing clients, who place their trust in us regularly and confidently. A modern fleet of 4 heavy transport vessels and 21 heavy lift vessels - including the Spliethoff P8-Type and P14-Type heavy lift vessels and the Chung Yang CY-Type heavy transport vessels - can be utilized for a large array of purposes. 
Our team of highly dedicated and skilled professionals, with years of experience and the mindset to always think creatively, enables us to offer innovative and safe solutions for clients with often technically and logistically complex requirements. Careful planning, engineering, coordination and supervision to ensure safe transportation, are all in a day's work.

All the heavy lift vessels are equipped with their own gear, with lifting capacities up to 2,200 mt and some have a ro-ro capability for loads up to 2,500 mt and the heavy transport vessels can load ro-ro cargoes up to about 16,000 mt a piece.