BigLift Shipping Extends Fleet With Sister Vessel Happy Star
Happy Sun will be identical to her sister vessel Happy Star
BigLift Shipping ordered a third Happy S-type vessel. The new vessel will be identical to BigLift’s Happy Star and will be built by Ouhua Shipbuilding in Zhoushan, China. She will be named Happy Sun and is expected to be delivered in Q1 2018. The vessel will feature two 900MT Huisman Heavy Lift Mast Cranes. With her high crane pedestals and lengthened jib she will have a lifting height only matched by her sister Happy Star in the worldwide fleet of heavy lift vessels.
Happy Sun will be 156m long and will have a 29m deck with 18,374MT deadweight. Her length and the forward position of her superstructure will offer a single, large cargo hold and a wide, open deck area. She will be fitted with pontoon type hatch covers and a large poop deck which will make the vessel’s full deck area available for cargo stowage. Happy Sun’s tween deck will be adjustable in height and she will be allowed to sail with open weather deck hatches at a draught of up to 7.5m. Furthermore, she will have Finnish/Swedish 1A Ice Class notation. Her service speed will be 15 knots.
With Happy Sun, BigLift’s fleet will comprise sixteen state-of-the art heavy lift vessels with lifting capacities up to 1,800MT.