Mammoet Shipping is founded, as the “sea leg” of Mammoet Transport.
Last June, representatives of our worldwide offices and agencies visited the BigLift headquarters in The Netherlands to attend the two-day, bi-annual Agency Meeting.
Besides discussing the developments in the company and the market, the programme provided plenty of room to relax and for team-building. On the last day the representatives and most of the BigLift employees from the Amsterdam office, enjoyed a wonderful day of team-building activities in the beautiful city of Haarlem.
After transformation into the BigLift house style, mv BigLift Baffin is ready to load her cargo next week in Xiamen, China.
On October 14 2018, Dutch flag Heavy Transport Vessel BigLift Barentsz arrived in Rotterdam from China by way of the Northern Searoute. The vessel is specially designed and built for polar waters. The route, when open, considerably reduces the distance between China and Europe compared to sailing round Asia and through the Suez Canal.
BigLift Barentsz carried parts of the new 5,000 t crane for Allseas’ Pioneering Spirit. The parts had been loaded at the Huisman terminal at Zhangzhou, China, and were now discharged onto barges by Bonn & Mees’ floating cranes. The cargo will be stored until Pioneering Spirit returns to Rotterdam. Presently, BigLift Barentsz is on her way to Flushing for her next assignment.
The Heavy Transport vessels BigLift Barentsz and BigLift Baffin are two identical, state-of-the-art Module Carriers. With their large decks they offer capabilities for ro-ro cargoes up to about 16.000 mt a piece.
With Finnish Swedish 1A Ice class, the vessels are specifically designed to operate in remote and inaccessible areas.
Their slender bow shape and PSMR Class notation have proved to be greatly advantageous by ensuring excellent service speed due to low resistance and less wave impacts. This makes for shorter transit times and greater reliability. Furthermore, the bow shape leads to lower accelerations in longitudinal direction and, because of the redundancy in machinery, heading control can be applied to reduce design accelerations.
The 125 x 42 m deck is completely flush, without any air heads or overflow pipes and the high ballast capacity significantly reduces the loading and discharging times of the vessel. The vessels are prepared for dynamic positioning, which provides unique opportunities for offshore transportation and installation services.
Recently, BigLift Shipping and Chung Yang Shipping agreed to cooperate in heavy transport shipping. Their four heavy transport vessels (HTVs) will be commercially operated by BigLift Shipping.
With this combination of two pairs of sisterships – BigLift Barentsz and BigLift Baffin and CY Interocean I and CY Interocean II – the companies are ready to meet the future demands in the LNG, Oil and Gas markets and the renewable market and will adhere to the highest QHSE standards.
The vessels are almost similar with respect to deck space, however, the CY vessels’ depth is less, enabling BigLift and Chung Yang to handle an even wider range of port locations in respect of water depth and quay heights. With the combined fleet more flexibility and availability can be offered to a market of challenging heavy transport projects.
Both Chung Yang and BigLift Shipping will provide technical and operational support in the early stages of the projects, providing customers with engineered and tailor-made solutions in the various project phases.
Click here for the online magazine of the BigLift MC-Class and here for the online magazine of the CY-Types.
Chung Yang Shipping – established by Esprit Korea - is a leading Korean heavy transport company with a history dating back to 2001. Chung Yang owns a heavy transport fleet of three modern vessels. More information on Chung Yang can be found at
This year marks BigLift Shipping's 50th anniversary. In the half century of its existence, BigLift Shipping has carried out countless challenging shipments and developed into one of the world’s leaders in heavy cargo transport by sea.
The company began in 1973 as Mammoet Shipping, part of Mammoet Transport. After its acquisition by Spliethoff in 2001, the name was changed to BigLift Shipping. At the time of acquisition, a combined fleet, consisting of multipurpose and heavy lift vessels, was created to transport breakbulk cargoes, heavy lift cargoes, project cargoes and yachts. This provided significant synergy within the Spliethoff Group.
Soon after its foundation, Mammoet Shipping achieved an important position in heavy lift shipping. The first vessel, the unique MV Pioneer was a equipped with a 250 mt derrick and a loading ramp at the stern, allowing cargoes up to 800 mt to be rolled on and off. More vessels were to follow the Happy Pioneer, each of which proudly displayed the company’s distinctive yellow colour.
The most extraordinary vessel in BigLift's history is the MV Happy Buccaneer. This "grand old lady" of the fleet was already groundbreaking upon her delivery in 1984. She was the first heavy lift vessel to feature two specially developed Huisman heavy lift mast cranes with a combined lifting capacity of 1,100 mt. Still going strong today, after 39 years of faithful service, and with challenging projects still on her books, Happy Buccaneer can justifiably be called one of the most successful heavy lift vessels of all time.
In 1984, the company's entrepreneurial vision led to the establishment of the first heavy lift pool with reputable partners. The pool operated a fleet of 16 heavy lift vessels. From this point onwards, it was impossible to imagine the world of heavy lift shipping without the company.
The company’s innovative culture, with safety at its core, has made BigLift a frontrunner in its market for 50 years. Together with its dedicated employees and crews, BigLift retains the spirit of entrepreneurship that has been in its DNA since its founding. Today, BigLift continues to push the boundaries of heavy lift shipping.
A recent highlight was the Happy Sky’s shipment of a 1,600 mt Gusto/NOV leg crane for Cadeler from Korea to the Netherlands.
BigLift operates a modern fleet of module carriers and heavy cargo vessels, with maximum lifting capacity of 2,200 mt, almost ten times higher than the Happy Pioneer.
The company faces the future with confidence and looks forward to building on its strong position in the market and taking on many wonderful challenges with its customers and other partners in the decades to come.
This year BigLift Shipping celebrates its 40-year jubilee. Since the start in 1973 – as Mammoet Shipping - the company has often been a forerunner in the latest developments, introducing pioneering heavy lift vessels, equipment and techniques. The company has played a key role in heavy lift pools with many respected partners and has handled many challenging shipments. BigLift thanks all its clients and partners for 40 beautiful years and is looking forward to the years to come.
In 1973 BigLift Shipping started out as Mammoet Shipping, the sea arm of Mammoet Transport. In 2000 Mammoet Shipping became a full subsidiary of Spliethoff and changed its name to BigLift Shipping B.V.
Looking at the early days, great shifts can been seen in the transportation from single piece voyages towards complete projects, from lifting capacities starting at 250 mt lifting which are now 1,800 mt, from single derricks to mast cranes with fly jibs, etc. However, all these developments were only possible through the dedication, entrepreneurship, creativity and persistence of the people who work within the BigLift organization.
As one of the world’s leading heavy lift shipping companies, specialised in the worldwide ocean transportation of heavy lift and project cargoes, BigLift Shipping has always transformed, innovated and adjusted the company and the fleet to meet the client’s requirements. This ability has taken BigLift to a leading position in the heavy lift market and will be its core attitude in the future: to be able to adapt continuously to a changing environment in order to service the client in the best possible way.
Last week BigLift’s worldwide representatives celebrated the 40 year milestone together with the Dutch staff in the Netherlands. Quite appropriately, the celebration took place mainly on the water, racing a number of traditional Dutch sailing ships against each other. In the evening the party was joined by active and retired officers and staff for further celebrations. The sailing crew of BigLift will have their own celebrations on board the vessels.
BigLift Shipping is pleased to announce to have ordered a third Happy S-type vessel. The new build 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 the first quarter of 2018.
Happy Sun will feature two 900 mt Huisman Heavy Lift Mast Cranes which will make her excellently geared for the handling of heavy cargoes all over the world. 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 156 m long and will have a 29 m deck with 18,374 mton 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 7.5 metres. Furthermore, she will have Finnish/Swedish 1A Ice Class notation. Her service speed will be 15 kn.
With Happy Sun, BigLift’s fleet will comprise 16 state-of-the art heavy lift vessels with lifting capacities up to 1,800 mt.
BigLift Shipping urges states bordering the European Sulphur Emission Control Area (SECA) to uphold and improve enforcement of the sulphur limits to marine fuels, coming into force 1-1-2015. To that end, it joined the Trident Alliance – a coalition of shipping owners and operators who share the common interest in robust enforcement of maritime sulphur regulations.
Trident Alliance
The main focus of the Trident Alliance is clear communication to raise awareness of possible weak enforcement of the marine sulphur regulations, supported by member companies’ transparency on compliance. Members also share experiences with regard to the different technologies and methods available to comply with sulphur regulations in order to foster innovation in enforcement technology. The Trident Alliance teams up with other stakeholder groups, who share similar interest in robust enforcement, to work towards the same objective.
Sulphur legislation
Per 1-1-2015 vessels without exhaust gas cleaning systems sailing in SECA waters (SECAs) – North Sea, the Baltic Sea and the 200 NM zone around North America – must burn the more expensive 0.1% marine gas oil (or LNG) to comply with the international sulphur legislation, whereas before they could use the (cheaper) heavy fuel oil (with 1% sulphur). It is now up to the authorities (of states bordering the SECAs) to properly enforce the stricter sulphur legislation
Robust enforcement needed
Enforcement policies differ considerably between countries, so far. Sulphur related inspections are generally rare and fines for knowingly not complying are often a laugh compared to the financial gains of continuing to sail on heavy fuel oil. If other operators cannot resist the enticement, they willingly break the rules and undermine the marine freight market. Frequent inspections and substantial fines are an absolute necessity to uphold the level playing field and to secure the health benefits of the sulphur legislation.
“BigLift Shipping is glad to note that states like the Netherlands and Finland have sharpened their enforcement policy. We are also pleased with the coordinating work on enforcement done by the European Sustainable Shipping Forum. Much work remains to be done, though,” says Sjoerd Hupkes Wijnstra – environmental strategist and spokesman for the Spliethoff Group. “Enforcement should be strong and robust; tracing and pinpointing those operators who ignore the stricter sulphur rules, in combination with a penalty structure that exceeds any financial gain of non-compliance. However, authorities should guard against inspectors going nitty-gritty over 0.11% sulphur measured in fuel used. What should count is that operators provide their vessels with sufficient compliant fuel and that the vessels properly use it inside the SECA. Authorities should act against those vessels that do not follow the rules by sailing on high sulphur heavy fuel oil in SECAs (without scrubbers).”
In co-operation with other Trident Alliance members, BigLift Shipping continues its plea for robust enforcement.
BigLift Shipping, member of Spliethoff Group, is pleased to announce the opening of its new representative office in Singapore – BigLift Shipping South-East Asia.
By setting-up this new office, headed by Mr. Henry Woo, BigLift continues and strengthens its services in the South-East Asia region.
Mr. Henry Woo has fulfilled senior roles within the Heavy Lift- and EPC industries and has built-up strong relationships with BigLift’s customers in South East Asia. We wish Henry Woo good luck in his new position.
Today BigLift Shipping celebrates the name-giving of its new Heavy Lift Vessel Happy Sky. The ceremony has taken place at Huisman China’s new quay side in Zhangzhou, China, which was officially opened at the same time.
The name-giving ceremony of the Happy Sky was performed by Ms. Erni Bartel, the partner of Joop Rodenburg, CEO of Huisman. Huisman and BigLift Shipping share a long history together in the design of heavy lift cranes and handling materials. Besides that, Huisman has been a valuable customer for many years. At the same time of the name-giving ceremony, Huisman China has inaugurated its new 380 m long quay side including the 2,400 mt travelling quay side crane Sky Hook.
BigLift’s new flagship
Happy Sky is the latest addition to BigLift Shipping’s fleet of Heavy Lift Vessels. She was built by Larsen & Toubro in India. She features two 900 mt Heavy Lift Mast Cranes built by Huisman and commissioned at Huisman China’s.
In a response to market demands, the crane pedestals are now 4 m higher than in the original plans, giving the vessel a lifting height unmatched in the world fleet of heavy lift vessels. Happy Sky is 155 m long and has 18.680 tdwt. The vessel’s length and the forward position of her superstructure offer a single, large cargo hold and a wide, open deck area. She has folding hatch covers, a large poop deck and cargo rails which make the vessel’s full deck area available for cargo stowage. Happy Sky’s tween deck is adjustable in height and she is allowed to sail with open weather deck hatches at a draught of up to 7.5 m. Furthermore, she has Finnish/Swedish 1A Ice Class notation. During sea trials Happy Sky achieved a service speed of 17 kn.
The first voyage will take her to Cape Lambert Port B, Phase B project in Australia.
Happy Sky is the first of two Happy S Class vessels to be added to the BigLift fleet. Happy Star will follow early in 2014.
With the Happy Sky, BigLift’s fleet consists of 14 state-of-the art vessels with lifting capacities to 1,800 mt.
BigLift Barentsz was photographed on the North Sea coming from Odense, Denmark, sailing with her newly fitted exhaust gas cleaning system. Sister vessel BigLift Baffin will be next in Spliethoff Group’s retrofit programme and will be outfitted with an exhaust gas cleaning system this month.
These systems, also known as scrubbers, have already been in use within the Group since 2012. By using scrubbers, we not only remove the sulphur from the exhaust gasses, but also a significant amount of black carbon and particulate matter. So far, 80% of the scheduled scrubber retrofits in Spliethoff Group’s fleet has been executed.
Clickhere for a short animation on the scrubber technology and our considerations to choose for this technology.
MC-Class
Noteworthy in the pictures (besides the white smoke) is the good view of BigLift Barentsz’ 125 x 42 metre deck, which is completely flush, without any air heads or overflow.
This modern, state of the art Heavy Transport vessel and her sister, provides to the market shipping services with the highest degree of redundancy and reliability, ensuring safe and timely realisation of any transport challenge within her capabilities.
Global heavy lift and transportation providers BigLift Shipping and RollDock Shipping today announce the formation of a joint company, BigRoll, which will operate two newbuild MC-Class Module Carriers for the transportation of ultra large and heavy modular cargoes by sea. The Module Carriers will be available end of 2014 / beginning of 2015.
BigRoll will build two Module Carriers, designed with a focus on short loading and discharging times, high service speed and low accelerations. The vessels will have DP2 and Finnish Swedish 1A ice class notations. The overall length of the MC-Class is 169 m, beam is 42 m, providing the vessels with a deck space of 42 by 125 m. Maximum deadweight of the MC-Class is 22,500 mt. To offer deck space as large and flexible as possible the main decks are completely free of manholes, air heads etc. Loading and discharging can be done over vessels’ stern or side by ro-ro or skidding. To minimize loading and discharging time the ballast capacity of the vessel is 12,000 m 3 /hr. The Module Carriers are not semi-submersible.
The combination of expertise of BigLift and RollDock, who share the same core values in QHSE and reliability of service and who have over 50 years of combined experience behind them, will give BigRoll a head start as a first class solution provider in the modular cargo market.
BigRoll will concentrate on the offshore and onshore oil and gas and renewables markets, power generation, container cranes and shipyard industries. The vessels’ high ice class notation will make them ideal to operate in the Arctic regions and the DP2 notation will enable direct offshore delivery of modules.
Arne Hubregtse, Managing Director of BigLift says: “I am very excited about the cooperation. Not only in designing, managing and operating the vessels, but also in BigLift, RollDock and BigRoll working together on special projects worldwide. As partners in BigRoll and having the innovative MC class available, we can make a difference and add value.”
Wout van der Zwan, CEO at RollDock says: “As a modern company we understand the importance of being ahead of the developments in the market. Our philosophy of not believing in limitations is highlighted in the decision to join forces with BigLift in this new venture to offer clients the ultimate in heavylift and transportation solutions worldwide.”
As a result of the synergy that exists between Spliethoff and BigLift more and more of its representative offices worldwide are being integrated. Joining the combined forces in USA, UK, China and Japan a new office in Denmark will open this month in the greater Copenhagen area.
The Denmark representative office will be managed by Nicolai Stoltz Nielsen, who is returning to his native Denmark after an extended period working overseas. Nicolai is very experienced and well-known in the market, and he has been part of the Spliethoff and BigLift family for the past 10 years as a member of the Spliethoff-BigLift Houston office.
With the Spliethoff-BigLift office in Denmark, major players in the Oil & Gas, Offshore and Onshore Wind, and Freight Forwarding sectors will now have the wide range of Spliethoff and BigLift vessels available to them in “their own backyard” for future transportation requirements. Furthermore, Spliethoff and BigLift believe that the global shift towards renewable energy will present substantial growth opportunities in the foreseeable future which a local office can help serve well.
BigLift Shipping, member of the Spliethoff Group ,is one of the world’s leading heavy lift shipping companies, specialised in worldwide ocean transportation of ro-ro, heavy lift and project cargoes, with a history dating back to 1973. BigLift strives for innovation, excellence and operational reliability, adhering to high Health, Safety, Environment and Quality standards and operating to strict time schedules.
Within the Spliethoff Group of companies, BigLift Shipping handles all heavy, over-sized and special cargoes and engineered transport solutions. A modern fleet of 4 heavy transport vessels and 21 heavy lift vessels - including the Spliethoff P8-Type and P14-Type heavy lift vessels and the Chung Yang CY-Type heavy transport vessels - can be utilized for this purpose.Additionally, and in close cooperation with sister company Spliethoff, a fleet of over 50 multipurpose vessels is available for large project cargo volumes. All vessels are operated in close cooperation between Spliethoff and BigLift Shipping.
A team of dedicated, highly skilled professionals, with years of experience and the mindset to think creatively, enables us to offer innovative and safe solutions for clients’ technically and logistically complex requirements. Careful planning, engineering, coordination and supervision to ensure safe transportation are all in a day's work.
All the heavy lift vessels are equipped with their own gear with lifting capacities up to 2,200 mt and some have a ro-ro capability for loads up to 2,500 mt. The heavy transport vessels can load ro-ro cargoes up to about 16,000 mt a piece.
BigLift Shipping is KEY IN HEAVY LIFT
BigLift Shipping has decided to end its co-operation with Rolldock Shipping in the Joint Venture ”BigRoll Shipping” per January 1 st 2018. From then on, the Heavy Transport vessels will be added to the BigLift fleet.
BigLift Barentsz and BigLift Baffin are two identical state of the art Module Carriers. They advance BigLift’s shipping capabilities by offering a large flush deck for ro-ro cargos. The broader range of vessels will enable BigLift to offer clients even better customized shipping solutions of ever larger and heavier cargoes, both in large projects as in single shipments.
The fleet-expansion expresses BigLift’s commitment to the heavy transport market, offering reliability, state of the art vessels and high class engineering services.
With Finnish Swedish 1A ice class, powering and steering redundancy and a strong, flush deck of 125 x 42 metres the MC Class vessels will be able to handle large module shipments, cranes and other voluminous cargo. The vessels already executed multiple challenging voyages in which they demonstrated their low fuel consumption, excellent service speed and reduced vessel motions.
Ongoing contracts and tenders of BigRoll Shipping will still be executed in co-operation with Rolldock Shipping.
For more information on the MC-Class do clickhere .
BigLift Shipping is pleased to announce the opening of a new office in Steinkirchen, Germany as per July 1st 2014. The new office, BigLift Germany, aims to further strengthen BigLift’s position in the German project cargo and heavy lift market.
The office will be managed by Mr. Hans Jörn Schinke, who has many years of experience in project and heavy lift shipping.
BigLift Germany will not only take care of the German market for BigLift but, in close cooperation with the Amsterdam office, will also work on a number of tenders, markets and accounts outside Germany.
We wish Mr. Schinke good luck in his new position.
The countdown is on! BigLift Shipping's HTV BigLift Baffin is booked to deliver the new Scott Base research station to Antarctica on January 2027 – exactly 70 years after the original base opened in 1957.BigLift is joining forces with Antarctica New Zealand, Leighs Construction Ltd and Mammoet to transport Aotearoa’s new home 3720 km across the Southern Ocean to the ice.
Antarctica New Zealand Project Director for the Scott Base Redevelopment Jon Ager says the new base will safeguard New Zealand’s world-leading scientific research programme and presence in Antarctica for another +50 years.
“We’re delighted to be working with Leighs Construction to harness the knowledge and expertise of BigLift Shipping and Mammoet. These companies have a wealth of experience on complex projects in challenging environments”, he says.
BigLift Shipping will sail the prefabricated base from PrimePort Timaru, New Zealand to Pram Point, Ross Island on the back of an MC-Class Vessel in four years’ time.
Construction will begin at PrimePort Timaru mid-2023, allowing three and a half years to build, test and commission the new base before its journey south.
The landmark voyage will echo New Zealand’s Antarctic history: the original Scott Base consisted of prefabricated buildings delivered on the HMNZS Endeavour when the research station was established.
State-of-the-art heavy module carrier
TheMC-Class Vessel is an ice-strengthened heavy module carrier, specifically designed to operate in remote and inaccessible areas, like Antarctica. Click HERE for an project animation.
BigLift Shipping Commercial and Business Development Manager Mark van den Berg says BigLift Shipping is pleased to be contracted for the ocean transportation of the modules for the new Scott Base.
“We look forward to working with all partners of the Scott Base Redevelopment to make this interesting and challenging project a success”, he says.
The 20,675 mt,173 m vessel will bypass the usual offload point at the United States’ McMurdo Station and sail directly to Pram Point, where Scott Base is situated – it’s the first time that a ship of this size will moor at Aotearoa’s only Antarctic station.
Mammoet’sself-propelled modular transporters (SPMTs) will move the new base onto the ship in Timaru and off again in Antarctica. The three interconnected buildings will be separated into eight modules (each about 800 metric tonnes), sealed, and welded onto the vessel for the journey.
Mammoet Global Segment Lead of Transport and Logistics Reinder de Haan says the installation method is as robust as possible, with the highest priority given to safety and operational redundancy.
“The versatile SPMT’s have tremendous power, yet can be manoeuvred with millimetre precision so that each section of the new station will be perfectly aligned when we set it down”, he says.
Supply mission complete
The first chartered vessel for the project, BigLift’s Happy Delta, arrived in McMurdo Sound last month to deliver around 870,000kg of cargo for the redevelopment.
“Delivery of heavy plant and machinery is a major milestone for the project. After years of design and planning, it is great to be moving into the most exciting phase of the project for Leighs Construction – the physical works,” says Leighs Construction Project Director Iain Miller.
Infrastructure, machinery and equipment were offloaded at McMurdo Station with the support of the United States Antarctic Program and the New Zealand Defence Force.
A comprehensive environmental monitoring programme is underway to ensure any impacts to the environment are minimised through the redevelopment.
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Today we are proudly presenting BigNews 32 in a new medium and format. We wish you much joy with this newsletter!
On the brink of the holidays we are proud to present you BigNews 37!
This website reads ‘Key in heavy lift, one of the leading heavy lift shipping companies in worldwide transport of heavy lift and project cargoes’. We are proud to underwrite this with the projects and shipments recently executed and presented in our latest issue of the BigNews. Click HERE to view it.
We wish you much pleasure browsing through this issue of BigNews!
Iit is our pleasure to present to you our latest BigNews, no. 40. In this issue we take you around the globe, from Thailand to Australia, from China to Singapore and from Europe to the US.
Click HERE to read BigNews no. 40. We wish you much pleasure browsing!
It is our pleasure to present our latest BigNews! This time we feature some very large cargoes, for which our four Heavy Transport Vessels show their worth. Besides, also our Heavy Lift Vesselshave done excellent jobs and of course, all this could not be done without the dedicated preparation by our technical staff and the crew on board.
We hope you enjoy this set of highlights of the past months and we wish youa good read!
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Last week the mv BigRoll Barentsz changed into her new BigLift (Barentsz) livery.
Do have a look at these amazing photos of the transformation process.
BigRoll Shipping announces that it has contracted COSCO Dalian Shipyard Co., LTD to build two MC Class Module Carriers for the transportation of ultra large and heavy modular cargoes. The vessels are scheduled for delivery in May 2015 and August 2015. The contract has an option for two additional vessels.
The MC Class is designed with a focus on reliability of operations, short loading and discharging time, high service speed and low accelerations and will have Finnish Swedish 1A ice class notation. The vessels are DP2 prepared. Their overall length is 173 m with a beam of 42 m, giving the vessels a deck space of 42 by 125 m. The deck is completely free of manholes, air heads etc. The depth is 12 m and the maximum deadweight of the MC Class vessels is 21,000 mt. The vessels are highly suited to travel to remote areas such as the Arctic, as well as for direct offshore supply.
BigRoll Shipping is looking forward to a close cooperation with COSCO Dalian Shipyard in the detailed design and the construction of the vessels. “The market’s response to BigRoll Shipping and BigRoll’s MC Class design has been very positive and we are pleased we can now announce that the vessels will be available mid 2015” says Arne Hubregtse of BigRoll Shipping.
BigRoll Shipping is a joint venture of heavy lift shipping companies BigLift Shipping and RollDock Shipping.
After an incredible 40 years of service, m.v. Happy Buccaneer is now retired. She was our pride and joy ever since she came into service in august 1984 and made a lasting impression on so many people.
We can think of no better way to pay tribute to our Grand Old Lady than by letting you create your own paper version of her. Take your time to make her look her very best!
BigLift Shipping’ s partner Chung Yang Shipping’s heavy transport vesselInterocean I has moored in the port of Eemshaven for grillage removal. After completion the vessel will mobilise to the port of Nordenham, Germany, to load four monopiles destined for Taiwan.
Earlier this year, BigLift Shipping and Chung Yang Shipping agreed upon combining their heavy transport shipping capabilities. The fleet, now a combination of 4 Heavy Transport Vessels, are commercially operated by BigLift Shipping. Through this unique combination of two pairs of sisterships, i.e. BigLift Barentsz and BigLift Baffin and CY Interocean I and CY Interocean II, the BigLift/Cy combination is cater for the clients’ requirements.
The vessels are very similar with respect to deck space, with the CY vessels having less depth, which enables the BigLift/CY combination to cater for an even wider range of port locations where water depths and quay heights are restricted.
To enhance capacity for our customers, BigLift Shipping and Chung Yang Shipping agreed in the year 2019 to combine their Heavy Transport Shipping capabilities. The combined fleet of four Heavy Transport Vessels, commercially operated by the BigLift Shipping office in Amsterdam are committed to perform to the highest industry standard. The HTV CY Interocean I completed her first special survey in June 2021 and changed into the new BigLift -CY colors.
Partners CY Shipping and BigLift Shipping increase their fleet of Heavy Transport Vessels (HTVs) to six vessels, by adding two new HTVs. The first vessel, owned by CY Shipping will be delivered in Q4 2025 and the second vessel, owned by BigLift Shipping, in Q2 2026.
Newbuilding contracts for the two new HTVs have been signed with Jing Jiang Nanyang Shipbuilding Co., Ltd, China. The vessels, jointly designed by CY Shipping and BigLift Shipping, are called the BC-Class.
The vessels are designed to transport ultra-large and heavy modular cargoes worldwide, with a focus on reliable service speed, low accelerations and optimized loading and discharge times. Because of the similar frame spacing, depth, ballast and tidal compensation capacity they will be interchangeable with BigLift’s MC-Class vessels BigLift Barentsz and BigLift Baffin, offering even more deck length and stern loading capability.
The overall length of the BC-Class is 180 metres, the beam is 43 metres, and the deck measures 43 by 140 metres, resulting in an impressive fully unobstructed deck space of 6,020 m 2. Cargoes can be loaded and discharged over the vessels’ stern or side by ro-ro or skidding. The BC-Class has a depth of 12 metres, a maximum deadweight of 25,000 mt, and the ballast capacity is 12,000 m 3 /hr. The vessels are not semi-submersible.
James Jung, Director at CY Shipping, says “I’m very proud and excited to strengthen our partnership with BigLift Shipping further. As a modern company, we understand the importance of being ahead of the market requirements, making a difference, and adding value to customers' requirements.”
Johan Boer, Commercial Director at BigLift Shipping, adds “it's great to see how an initial idea turns into such a strong partnership. Both companies share many of the same values, and we are pleased to start this newbuilding program together with CY Shipping.”
Since 2019 BigLift Shipping and CY Shipping combine their Heavy Transport Shipping capabilities. The current fleet, comprising four HTVs, is commercially fully operated by BigLift Shipping. The newbuild BC-Class vessels enable the company to offer even more unique transport services with three pairs of identical sister vessels, allowing the company to participate in long-term contracts and single voyages worldwide.
Beginning of 2019, BigLift Shipping and Chung Yang Shipping agreed to cooperate in heavy transport shipping. BIgLift Shipping will commercially operate the two BigLift and the two Chung Yang vessels (HTVs).
With this combination of two pairs of sisterships – BigLift Barentsz and BigLift Baffin, and CY Interocean I and CY Interocean II – the companies are ready to meet the future demands in LNG, Oil and Gas and the renewable market and will adhere to the highest QHSE standards.
The four Heavy Transport vessels of Biglift and CY are quite similar with respect to deck space, however, the CY vessels’ have less depth, enabling BigLift and Chung Yang to handle an even wider range of port locations in respect of water depth and quay heights. With the combined fleet, more flexibility and availability can be offered to a market of challenging heavy transport projects.
Both Chung Yang and BigLift Shipping will provide technical and operational support in the early stages of the projects, supplying customers with engineered and tailor-made solutions in the various project phases.
The Spliethoff Group Code of Conduct is based on our commitment to honesty, integrity and a diverse corporate culture. It contains an overview of key information, including the business principles and directives, which are applicable to management and employees. The code of conduct governs the business decisions and actions throughout the world and applies equally to corporate actions and to individual employees conducting Spliethoff Group business.
Spliethoff Group (Spliethoff hereafter) requires its employees to act to the highest standards of professional business conduct and according to applicable national and/or international law and regulations.
Spliethoff will monitor, evaluate and act on its performance under this code of conduct and encourages employees to report any (suspected) breach of this code immediately, ensuring at the same time that such reporting will not harm the employee. Any questions, breaches and/or guidance in respect of the Code of Conduct’s rights and obligations set out below should be raised with Human Resources or Legal Departments.
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Spliethoff is committed to provide a safe working environment and safe practices for all employees. Thereto, Spliethoff has set up a Safety Management System based on the ISM Code and other applicable national and international legislation.
1.2 Equal opportunities and discrimination
Spliethoff will ensure that its employment-related decisions are based on relevant qualifications, skills, performances and other job-related factors. Spliethoff shall not tolerate unlawful discrimination nor any action, conduct or behavior that is humiliating, intimidating or hostile.
1.3 Conflict of interest
Conflict of interest situations are to be avoided. Employees have the obligation to notify the HR Department whenever a relationship could create a conflict of interest. A conflict of interest occurs when an employee’s personal relationships, participation in external activities or interest in another venture could influence the employee’s decisions in conducting Spliethoff’s business.
2 Bribery & hospitality
2.1 Bribery
Spliethoff condemns any act of bribery. Employees shall not offer, promise or give a bribe either directly or indirectly to a person in a position of trust whether in government or in private business (active bribery), nor shall they request or receive a bribe (passive bribery).
Bribe is a financial payment or gift to another person in order to induce or reward a person for the improper performance of his function or activity and thereby to secure business or a business advantage. A breach of the expectation that a person will act in good faith, impartially or in accordance with a position of trust counts as improper performance.
2.2 Gifts and hospitality
Corporate gifts and hospitality (like meals, travel or entertainment) can be offered/received in order to develop and strengthen business relationships. They are only allowed if the expenditure is not excessive and if consistent with the accepted legitimate business practice in the relevant country.
Spliethoff expects that employees have an open discussion about these items, in case of doubt. As a general rule, employees should refrain from offering/accepting gifts and hospitality to/from public/governmental officials.
3 Competition
3.1 Fair competition
Spliethoff’s continued success depends on competing fairly and in full compliance with the applicable laws. Business relationships founded on trust and mutual benefits are vital to our success, and we will strive to develop mutual advantages by understanding the needs of our customers, contractors, suppliers and joint ventures.
3.2 Competition (antitrust) law
Competition law protects free enterprise and prohibits behavior that limits trade or that restricts fair competition. These laws apply to every level of business and combat illegal practices like price-fixing, market-sharing or behavior that aims to achieve or maintain monopoly.
No employee shall engage in price fixing, allocation of market or customers, or similar illegal anti-competitive activities. As a general rule, the employee is to avoid customer-related discussions with competitors. If the employee is at a meeting or conference where competitors are also present, the employee is to object to the discussion of any anti-competition information and leave the meeting if the discussion continues. The employee is to make sure that employee’s departure is correctly noted in the minutes of the meeting and that the Legal Department is informed immediately.
4 Confidential information, information technology and social media
4.1 Confidentiality
Employees must maintain the confidentiality of proprietary information entrusted to them by Spliethoff or its customers and suppliers, except when disclosure is authorized in writing by the head of department, or required by law and regulations as confirmed by the Legal Department. Proprietary information includes all non-public information that might be of use to competitors or harmful to the Company or its customers or suppliers, if disclosed.
4.2 Personal use of IT
IT and communication technology include, but is not limited to, personal computers, desk top computers, mobile and desk phones. A limited use of Spliethoff’s IT and communication technology for personal use is generally acceptable.
IT and communication technology should not be used in any way that is unethical or illegal, or that could embarrass, misrepresent, or give an unjust or unfavorable impression of Spliethoff or its business affairs, employees, suppliers, customers, competitors or stakeholders.
4.3 Social Media
Employees shall use social media for their personal social communication only.
Disclosure of project information, commercial information, operational activities or confidential information is not allowed and can only be communicated through Spliethoff’s official (social) media channels.
Spliethoff has established and operates in accordance with an Environmental Management System for all her vessels based on national and international legislation and industry approved standards like MARPOL and ISO 14001.
Spliethoff has high standards for design and maintenance of its vessels and for the training of its crew, to ensure minimal environmental impact through the operation of its vessels and execution of projects. The commitment to minimize environmental impact is required from all our employees.
We are delighted to announce the foundation of Spliethoff-BigLift UK to expand and develop the commercial representation of Spliethoff and Biglift Shipping in the UK. This new incorporation will be managed by Mr. Jon Gliddon of Shearwater Shipping & Chartering Ltd and Mr. Andrew Saunders of Invicta Shipping & Chartering Ltd with the full support of Spliethoff and BigLift Shipping.
Jon and Andrew have decades of experience in marine transportation particularly for project, heavy lift and breakbulk cargoes.
Shearwater has been representing Spliethoff and BigLift since 2012. As the founder of Shearwater, Mr David Beckett, will be retiring from Shearwater’s activities from the 31st March. We thank him for his efforts and wish him a happy retirement.
The formation of Spliethoff-BigLift UK comes at an opportune moment to commence a new commercial venture in the UK.We welcome your continued support and look forward to receiving your cargo and project enquiries.
Please find below the full contact details of Spliethoff-BigLift UK.
Spliethoff-BigLift UK
Suite 101
Brewery House
High Street
Westerham
Kent TN16 1RG
We look forward to meeting you at our stand at:
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This month Happy Star’s two Heavy Lift Mast Cranes were upgraded to 1,100 mt lifting capacity each at the Huisman Service & Assembly location in Schiedam, the Netherlands. After a thorough testing programme, Happy Star will depart for Porto Maghera, Italy, tomorrow to load two 1,500 mt reactors – the first commercial cargo to be lifted with her upgraded cranes.
BigLift has noticed a growing demand for heavy lift vessels with lifting capacities of over 2,000 mt. With the crane upgrade of Happy Star, BigLift has broadened its palette of shipping options, now offering crane capacities up to 2,200 mt in tandem lift. The cranes themselves kept their unrivalled lifting height and outreach. A fly jib can still be used for extra outreach.
The further functionalities to operate the cranes even more efficiently and safely, such as man riding, offshore load curves and an anti-collision system, were installed or upgraded. The modification went exactly as planned and BigLift has complete faith that Happy Star will keep on meeting the expectations of being the flagship of a leading heavy lift shipping company.
The purpose of this Cyber Security Statement is to provide our clients, partners, suppliers
and vendors, with information about our security practices and the way we manage
information, data and cargo according to industry best practices and what can be expected.
Spliethoff Group
The Spliethoff Group is one of the largest shipping companies in the Netherlands. With over
a century of maritime expertise, the Amsterdam-headquartered Group operates a large and
modern fleet of more than 100 vessels ranging in size from 2,100 to 23,000 tons.
The Group has a broad portfolio of specialized services in the sectors dry cargo, breakbulk &
project cargoes – Spliethoff –, project & heavy lifts – BigLift Shipping –, container & Ro-Ro
cargo and door-to-door services – Transfennica & Transfennica Logistics –, shortsea –
Wijnne Barends –, yacht transport – Sevenstar Yacht Transport – and RoRo- tonnage
provider Bore.
Security Management
Safety and security are important to Spliethoff to protect its fleet, the cargo and the
customer information that is managed by Spliethoff Group. Therefore, Spliethoff Group has
chosen to use ISO 27000 as a guiding standard on how information security is managed.
Furthermore, we follow and apply controls from the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, IMO
regulations and industry guidelines, where applicable.
Information Security Policy
Spliethoff Group’s security policies and procedures define how the different areas of
information security are managed within the company and its subsidiaries.
The security policy is periodically reviewed, audited and updated where necessary. The
policies and procedures cover a wide array of security topics, ranging from general
standards – which all employees must read, understand and comply with, such as account,
equipment, data and physical security – to more specialized security and maritime
standards covering the internal systems and applications as well as maritime operational
systems used on the vessels in the fleet.
Organisational Security
Information security roles and responsibilities are documented and defined so that our
personnel and crew know their responsibilities. An appointed Cyber Security Group that
manages information security, auditing and compliance and also defines the security
controls for the protection of the Spliethoff Group infrastructure on land and sea. The Cyber
Security Group is responsible for the managing of information security notifications from
external parties, customers, vendors and suppliers, and distributes security alerts and
advisory information to the organization on a regular basis after having assessed risk and
impact as appropriate.
M.v. Bloemgracht has been delivered from Fuzhou Mawei shipyard to Spliethoff Group today, 11 August 2023 at 14:15 (CHN time). The series of two identical DP2 B-type vessels is now complete.
The Spliethoff DP2 B-type vessels are the next generation offshore supply vessels with a number of versatile characteristics that make them unique in the market.
These state-of-the-art vessels combine the intake of a multi-purpose vessel with a superior DP2 station keeping ability, making them ideal for supplying large volumes and weights of cargo directly offshore. To obtain fast, safe and efficient loading and discharge of pipes both on and offshore, the vessels are equipped with a removable automated pipe handling gantry crane.
Besides, the vessels are equipped with two Huisman 500 mt Heavy Lift Mast cranes, making them also suitable for heavy lift transportation and offshore installation.
Click here for the specifications of the vessel
Biglift Shipping is one of the leading heavy lift operators in the World. Managing a pool of heavy lift vessels BigLift Shipping specializes in the worldwide heavy and special project cargo market. As a result of our fleet expansion and newly developed activities, we are currently looking for an Enquiry/Tender Engineer to support our Commercial department.
As a team member your task is to find the most effective and safe method for transportation which complies with all requirements as set by the client. Together with the BigLift Commercial department you are in charge of engineered transport solutions, starting at the enquiry phase up to contract award.
The Enquiry/Tender Engineer is responsible for:
* Creation of innovative transportation solutions in close cooperation with the customer and tender-team
* Preparing preliminary load and discharge plans (stowage, lifting, lashing and securing plans, stability, acceleration calculations, materials required) as defined in our ISM procedure
* Judging enquiries and providing technical support for quotations
* Technical sales towards our World Wide clients.
Job requirements:
* Nautical and/or Technical background
* Proven experience with Heavy Lift and transportation in shipping engineering and/or tendering
* Knowledge of industry safety and environmental standards
* Inventive, flexible, precise and efficient and a team player
* Professional English proficiency, both verbal and written
* Knowledge of DP is an advantage.
Do you have the required knowledge and experience and would you like to be considered for this position? Send your resume and motivation letter to John Brink via jobs@bigliftshipping.com
Throughout our existence as Heavy Lift operators, we have been able to assist the Salvage Industry on many occasions by helping out with our vessels in various projects around the world. We have successfully performed offshore cargo lightering operations, wreck removal and other emergency lifting operations. This gave us a wealth of experience and an extensive network in the Salvage Industry.
Our group fleet is composed of various types of Heavy Lift and Multipurpose Vessels. Soon, 2 DP2 Heavy Lift vessels – the Spliethoff B type vessels – will be added, so that we are able to extend our Emergency Response assistance.
Our vessels are shallow draft and have side mounted cranes with high capacities and outreach, which makes them highly suitable for all kinds of Emergency Response related work. This fleet, together with our engineers and Cargo superintendents, with their experience and inventive thinking, make sure that the required solution is found and performed.
With our global presence, our large fleet and our flexibility we are up for the challenge in any place at any time.
Within the Spliethoff Group of companies, BigLift Shipping handles all heavy, over-sized and special cargoes for their long-standing clients in, amongst others, the oil & gas, port, mining and power generating industries.
A modern fleet of 4 heavy transport vessels and 21 heavy lift vessels – which includes the Spliethoff P8 and P14 type heavy lift vessels and the Chang Yung CY-type heavy transport vessels – can be utilized for this purpose. Furthermore, a fleet of over 50 multipurpose vessels is available within Spliethoff for large project cargo volumes.
All the heavy lift vessels are equipped with their own gear with lifting capacities up to 2,200 mt and some have ro-ro capability for loads as high as 2,500 mt. The heavy transport vessels increase BigLift’s shipping capabilities for ro-ro cargoes up to about 16,000 mt a piece.
Last Saturday, April 15, m.v. Brouwersgracht was festively christened in the Cacaohaven in Amsterdam. The vessel is the first of a series of two unique DP2 B-type vessels.
The Christening ceremony was carried out by Mrs N.E. Spliethoff, granddaughter of Johan Fredrik Spliethoff, the founder of the company. The christening ceremony was attended by a large party of guests, among whom many employees. After the ceremony the guests were given the opportunity to visit the vessel. Captain Boode received the official port shield of the port of Amsterdam, through Ants Tilma, official of the port of Amsterdam.
Spliethoff DP2 B-type vessels
The Spliethoff DP2 B-type vessels are unique in the market. They combine the capabilities of an ice-strengthened multi-purpose vessel and a deadweight of some 12.500 mton, with a superior DP2 system, which makes them eminently suitable for offshore delivery of large volumes and weights of cargo. For fast, safe and efficient loading and unloading of pipes, the vessels have been equipped with a dedicated automated crane system, specially developed for these cargoes.
Furthermore, the vessels, sailing under Dutch flag, are equipped with two Huisman 500 mt Heavy Lift Mast cranes, which makes them excellently suited for the transportation of heavy cargoes.
Sustainability
To comply with the strict regulations regarding SOx- and NOx-emissions, the propulsion and power generation systems have been equipped with scrubbers and SCR systems. Combining this with their fuel-efficient design, makes the vessels environmentally friendly and in line with the Spliethoff Group’s continuous pursuit of greener business operations.
History
Ms Brouwersgracht is the fourth vessel of Spliethoff by this name. The first Brouwersgracht dated from 1950, the second from 1967 and the last but one Brouwersgracht was taken into service in 1980.
In August, BigLift and Spliethoff introduced a DNV-GL certified, in-house training course for crane handling and heavy lift operations. For the best hands-on experience, a new, tailor-made ship’s crane and ballast simulator was developed to train the officers and crew of the combined fleet. The first course members have proudly received their ‘Heavy Lift Operator Training Course’ certificate in Amsterdam.
Having skilled personnel is crucial in achieving successful loading and discharge operations. Clients, especially in the offshore industry, often request proof that ships’ crane drivers are capable of handling the ship’s cranes when lifting their precious cargoes. In addition, there is sometimes a need to simulate complicated lifts beforehand to ensure that all the critical points have been checked and evaluated.
Good training is essential in today’s heavy lift and shipping industry. Increasingly, on the job training is replaced by official training courses, externally or internally. Offshore crane driver certificates can be obtained through various training institutes, but there is no such thing as an official ”ship’s crane driver certificate” or a “heavy lift operator certificate”. To fill this gap, BigLift and Spliethoff decided to study the possibilities of developing a training programme and build a crane simulator as a core instrument to train their officers and crew in handling crane and heavy lift operations on the various ship types.
Ships’ crane and ballast simulator
The Maritime Research Institute Netherlands (MARIN) was contracted in July 2014 to develop a ship’s crane and ballast simulator. All the efforts resulted in an innovative simulator that not only simulates the ship’s crane operation, but – based on the results of the OBELICS Joint Industry Project – also the ballast operation required when handling a heavy lift. Additionally, meteorological conditions can be simulated by introducing wind, sea and swell from several directions and at various intensities.
As the objective is to train all crew in the fleet, a mobile setup was chosen. This enables BigLift to train crew members and officers in the local offices of the Spliethoff Group abroad.
DNV-GL certified training course
As important as the state-of-the-art crane and ballast simulator is a certified training programme covering issues such as crane operation, communication and ballasting the vessel to ensure a safe loading or discharging operation. DNV-GL, the world’s leading classification society and a recognised advisor for the maritime industry, was approached to certify the learning programme. With its assistance the
programme was designed in compliance with DNVGL-ST-0008 Learning programs. International standards for crane operators, banksman and communication were studied. From that basis the internal training objectives were identified and incorporated into two training courses.
The Ships Crane Operator Course (2 days) covers the actual operation of the cranes and banksman requirements for a single and small tandem lift. The Heavy Lift Operator Training Course (4 days) covers all aspects of the crane operator training and, additionally, complicated tandem lifts, ballast operations during a heavy lift, ship stability during lifting and rigging information.
After checking and approving the applicable documentation, DNV-GL witnessed part of the training course which resulted in its approval, ensuring high quality in-house training.
Ruud de Bruin of DNV-GL stated: “The way in which BigLift and Spliethoff were able to develop a useful training tool to raise and maintain the standard of internal competences for the use of cranes on board is praiseworthy. It shows vision on development of competences reaching further than only STCW compliance.”
With the introduction of the ships’ crane and ballast simulator, BigLift and Spliethoff have clearly set a unique standard for the industry unmatched by any other shipping company.
Naturally, given our diverse range of specialist vessels and expert knowledge, we have the capabilities and equipment to transport any floating object, whether this is a 640 mt minesweeper, a tugboat, a 90 mt catamaran, a racing yacht or a dredger, to name a few. We have safely, reliably and efficiently transported a great variety of vessels to all corners of the globe.
Please click on the projects below for more detailed examples.
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF PURCHASE OF GOODS AND
SERVICES
Clause 1 – Definitions
1.1 Confidential Information : shall mean all information, data, whether or not in written form, including any intellectual property rights, concerning the business or affairs of a Party.
1.2 Delivery Date : shall be the date specified as such in the Purchase Order.
1.3 Deliverables : shall mean all goods, Services, works, documents, certificates and packaging, as the case may be, to be delivered to Purchaser pursuant to a Purchase Order.
1.4 Documentation : shall mean all drawings, drafts, sketches, information, specifications, calculations, lists of parts, manuals and instruction books which the Supplier shall draft in conformity with the Purchase Order or, in case such provisions are not included in the Purchase Order, which are reasonably required for a complete, proper and safe installation, application, use and maintenance of the Deliverables.
1.5 GTC : shall mean these general terms and conditions applied by Purchaser for the purchase of Deliverables, as specified in the present document.
1.6 Order : the order form which contains specific information regarding the Deliverables to which the Purchase Order pertains, such as but not limited to the specifications, Purchase Price, payment and terms of delivery.
1.7 Party/Parties : Party shall mean Purchaser or the Supplier, Parties means both of them.
1.8 Purchase Order : shall mean the Order, the specification, the Documentation and the GTC, as well as any appendices thereto.
1.9 Purchase Price : is the total value of the Purchase Order, as specified in the Purchase Order exclusive of taxes and levies.
1.10 Services : shall mean work or other services provided by the Supplier which are the subject of the Purchase Order.
1.11 Purchaser : shall mean any of the following companies: Spliethoff’s Bevrachtingskantoor B.V., BigLift Shipping B.V., Sevenstar Yacht Transport B.V., Transfennica Logistics B.V., all having offices in (1042 AA) Amsterdam, at Radarweg 36, The Netherlands, Wijnne & Barends’ cargadoors- en agentuurkantoren B.V., having its office in (9934 AR) Delfzijl at Handelskade Oost 5, The Netherlands, Bore Ltd, having its office in (00120) Helsinki at Uudenmaankatu 16 A, Finland or Transfennica Ltd., having its office in (00130) Helsinki at Eteläranta 12, Finland, including any and all of their affiliated companies and entities.
1.12 Vessel : shall mean any vessel owned, operated or managed by Purchaser.
1.13 Supplier : shall mean the person, firm or company mentioned in the Purchase Order, with whom the Purchase Order is entered into by Purchaser.
Clause 2 – General Provisions
2.1 Applicability of general terms and conditions applied by the Supplier and, to the extent applicable, the Supplier’s sub-contractors, is at all times excluded, unless otherwise agreed in writing between the Parties.
2.2 A Purchase Order, as well as any modification thereof and additions thereto, can only be proven by means of a written document signed by both Parties.
2.3 The Supplier is not allowed to use Purchaser’s trade names and trademarks without prior written approval from Purchaser and the Supplier is not allowed make mention, in any form whatsoever, of Purchaser as its client.
2.4 In case of any conflict between the provisions of the Purchase Order, the documents shall be given priority in the following order:
a) Purchaser’s Purchase Order;
b) the GTC;
c) all other appendices to the Purchase Order.
2.5 The Purchase Order constitutes the entire agreement between the Parties #J-18808-Ljbffr