Cargoes too heavy for conventional cranes

Heavy Lift - Lake Maracaibo Project

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A sulfur recovery unit weighing 325 MT being lifted by "Big John", the H/L derrick crane at the Port of Houston, onto an ocean deck barge for delivery to Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela for Bechtel Corporation. Texaco/Chevron knocked down refinery transport from Panama to the U.S. Gulf Coast.