Jumbo Fairmaster put to work in Taiwan

The Pacific Ocean Group cargo began its journey in Mailiao, Taiwan, travelled through the Panama Canal finally discharging its load in Point Comfort, Texas, USA for Formosa Heavy Industries

The columns and cargo weighed 6695 tonnes including three ultra-heavy columns, one 105m long wash tower of 1720 tonnes and two EO Reactors weighing 1147 tonnes each. The Jumbo K-3000 was the only HLV capable of loading all three ultra-heavy units along with the additional heavy lifts and general cargo.

The Fairmaster is from the K-class family, fitted with two 1,500 tonne cranes with a combined lifting capacity of 3,000 tonnes. Being the biggest heavy-lift vessel in its class, the cranes give a larger outreach than vessels with less lifting capacity.