HAPPY BUCCANEER, transporting container carrying vehicles from Gdynia [PL] to Norfolk [US] on 25 August 2018. She has been spotted on the Baltic Sea under dark clouds between Fehmarn [DE] and Langeland [DK].
A Dutch heavy-lift shipping company called „BigLift Shipping“ is operating her among a fleet of 14 vessels. Happy Buccaneer was built by Hitachi Zosen (日立造船) in Osaka [JP] from 1983 to 1984. Due to her advanced age, she is the "Grand Old Lady“ in BigLift’s fleet.
This vessel, registered in the Netherlands, is sailing worldwide for heavy-lift operations and other projects, but is also capable of carrying containers (1050 TEU) on 3 floors (lowerhold, tween deck, weather deck).
Two Hitachi Sulzer engines of each 3,840 kW provide a service speed of 14.75 kts.
The dimensions are as follows: length 145.89m // beam 28.43m // draught open sailing 7.02m, summer draft 8.24m.
Both cranes have a safe working load (SWL) of 700 mt each and can be combined to 1,400 mt.
A Dutch heavy-lift shipping company called „BigLift Shipping“ is operating her among a fleet of 14 vessels. Happy Buccaneer was built by Hitachi Zosen (日立造船) in Osaka [JP] from 1983 to 1984. Due to her advanced age, she is the "Grand Old Lady“ in BigLift’s fleet.
This vessel, registered in the Netherlands, is sailing worldwide for heavy-lift operations and other projects, but is also capable of carrying containers (1050 TEU) on 3 floors (lowerhold, tween deck, weather deck).
Two Hitachi Sulzer engines of each 3,840 kW provide a service speed of 14.75 kts.
The dimensions are as follows: length 145.89m // beam 28.43m // draught open sailing 7.02m, summer draft 8.24m.
Both cranes have a safe working load (SWL) of 700 mt each and can be combined to 1,400 mt.