Posted on June 10, 2026
Boskalis has recently completed another unique transport. Using our semi-submersible heavy transport vessels White Marlin and Blue Marlin, we carried out two identical operations. The sister vessels made the same voyage from Qingdao, China, to Freeport, Bahamas with the same cargo. This remarkable “twin transport” was undertaken for the delivery of the Lucayan, a mega dry dock built by CSSC Qingdao Beihai Shipyard for Grand Bahama Shipyard Limited Measuring 413 meters in length and 85 meters in width, the dry dock was simply too large to be transported in one piece. To enable the voyage, the brand-new dry dock was divided into four sections.
Both our White Marlin and Blue Marlin transported one dry dock section of more than 156 meters long, with an additional smaller section placed on top of it. Now that all four sections have been safely discharged, they will be assembled into a single floating dry dock. Once operational, Lucayan will be one of the largest floating dry docks in the world, with a lifting capacity of 130,000 tons.
We thank the crews of the White Marlin and Blue Marlin for their dedication, and our client GBSY & Seabridge for their trust and pleasant cooperation throughout this exceptional twin transport by our sister vessels.
