JV propels heavy lift sector

Jumbo Shipping, the Dutch maritime heavy lift transport and engineering contractor, and SAL Heavy Lift, the German-based breakbulk and project cargo specialist, have launched the Jumbo-SAL-Alliance.

Michael Kahn, managing director of Jumbo, said: “We believe that the flexibility and competences that our clients are looking for are best served by SAL’s and Jumbo’s combined assets and knowledge.”

Jens Baumgarten, director of chartering at SAL Heavy Lift, added: “This collaboration allows us to bring an unrivalled shipping product to market. It provides a solid answer to the needs of big contractors and EPCs as well as manufacturers and forwarders.”

SAL and Jumbo have combined their fleets and all commercial activities for the JV, with the goal of creating a complete maritime transport solution for both breakbulk and specialised transportation scopes around the globe.

The companies believe that this move propels them to a greater level of geographical outreach and commercial capacity.

To serve clients worldwide, the joint venture acts as the single commercial entry point for its joint sales network of offices and agents in 20+ countries. It handles the complete marketing of 30 highly versatile project cargo vessels with lifting capacities up to 3,000 t SWL, marking it as the largest fleet in the 800+ t sector. This ensures availability, flexibility and the right transport concept at the right time.

Both SAL and Jumbo will continue as independent operators and vessel owners.

By Rebecca Jeffrey