Doing the Heavy Lifting: Special Ships for the Hardest Jobs

Of the three ways to move outsized, awkward cargoes—wet-transport towing for things that float, dry-transport hauling on towed barges for things that don’t, or the use of specially constructed heavy-lift ships—the heavy-lift ships are the safest, fastest, and most economical means. Also, heavy-lift insurance costs are a fraction of those for towing and barge-shipping.

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