Marine Operations and Heavy Lift

Marine Operations and Heavy Lift
Crowley makes the extraordinary the routine
When your projects have some of the biggest and most complicated engineering and marine transportation requirements imaginable, Crowley’s marine engineers will do the heavy lifting for you. Whether it’s transporting a land-based oil rig to its final location over water, or a simple towing resistance analysis, our heavy lift experts provide customized solutions.

We know marine operations and heavy lift
Our decades of experience coupled with a diverse fleet of marine assets, provide you a single-source for safely and reliably executing extraordinary, complex cargo projects.
Featuring high deck strength, heavy-lift barges and state-of-the-art, high-bollard pull and dynamic positioning tug boats to tow them, we specialize in offshore transportation, cargo operations, offshore construction and module unit support. We provide you access to the most comprehensive solutions in the industry.

What We Offer
- Cargo Integrity Studies
- Motion Studies
- Seakeeping Studies
- Met-Ocean and Ice Data Analysis
- Towing Resistance Studies
- Seafastening Design
- Project Management
- Barge Stow Plans
- Mooring Plans
- Barge Strength Studies
- Local and Global Structural Analysis
- Stability and Hydrostatics Analysis
- Ballast Plans
- Marine Warranty Surveyor Liaison Services
- Regulatory Assessment & Liaison Services
- Emergency Response Planning
We have decades of experience with vessel design and understand the loading capabilities of marine vessels. We provide comprehensive solutions for vessel load and cargo fastening plans, and utilize 3D modeling and Finite Element Analysis (FEA) software to ensure the design and safety will exceed expectations, while helping to limit project costs.
- Barge Stow Plans
- Mooring Plans
- Barge Strength Studies
- Local & Global Structural Analysis
- Stability & Hydrostatics Analysis
- Ballast Plans
- Seafastening Design
- Finite Element Analysis
- Load and Offload Calculations
- 3-D Load and Offload Renderings


