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Heavy-lift ships

A ship built to carry very large or heavy single items, with heavy cranes or a deck that can be ballasted down so cargo floats on. Voydar tracks 87 ships of this type by IMO number, 26 of them heard on AIS in the last 7 days.

Ship types explained

Part of: Cargo ships

Largest heavy-lift ships by gross tonnage

Gross tonnage measures a ship's enclosed volume, not its weight. From the ship's registered particulars (Wikidata, EU MRV and other public sources).

ShipGTBuiltFlagLast AIS
Innovation Way46,9092001PanamaJun 10, 2026, 20:41 UTC
SEAWAY HAWK44,6571989NorwayJul 3, 2026, 16:31 UTC
Zhen Hua 744,4711998—not on AIS
Transporter42,6091992—not on AIS
TARGET42,5151990MaltaSep 16, 2026, 05:36 UTC
Treasure42,5151990—not on AIS
Zhen Hua 3639,6252003LiberiaSep 23, 2026, 01:25 UTC
GHT MARINAS38,5191982LiberiaAug 4, 2026, 11:20 UTC
Zhen Hua 2638,2551988Hong KongOct 1, 2026, 12:52 UTC
Black Marlin37,9381999MaltaSep 10, 2026, 11:52 UTC

Newest heavy-lift ships

By year built, from the ship's registered particulars.

ShipGTBuiltFlagLast AIS
Bigroll Beaufort23,1342017NetherlandsOct 1, 2026, 03:51 UTC
BIGLIFT BARENTSZ23,1342016NetherlandsOct 2, 2026, 15:04 UTC
BIGLIFT BAFFIN23,1342016NetherlandsOct 2, 2026, 04:18 UTC
Red Zed II37,8502015LiberiaSep 29, 2026, 05:25 UTC
Donghaido12,0002015—not on AIS
Happy Star18,3742014NetherlandsOct 2, 2026, 06:36 UTC
Jumbo Kinetic18,0992014NetherlandsOct 2, 2026, 13:36 UTC
Rolldock Storm15,3822014NetherlandsSep 24, 2026, 04:48 UTC
Comarco Palma1,2602014—not on AIS
Titan 705,7702013—not on AIS

Flags

The flags heavy-lift ships in Voydar's records sail under most often.

Recently seen on AIS