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Industry Marine & Dock

Marine
Dock

Our marine work centers on the New Orleans yard but ranges across the Gulf Coast — from the Calcasieu Ship Channel to the Houston Ship Channel, with stops at every port and terminal in between. Vessel topside picks, gangway and deck-mod sets, container support, dredge equipment moves, lock-and-dam parts, and emergency salvage. Cranes are marine-spec maintained and operators are dock-experienced.

§ 01 How we work

Marine, port, and dock crane services

Marine lifts have a different physics than landside work. Long radius over water, controlled descent, tide and wind windows, and harbor pilot coordination. We size the crane to the slip, the lay berth, or the channel constraint and bring the rigging tuned for the pick. For routine terminal support we keep cranes on standing arrangements; for emergencies we mobilize fast.

§ 02 Where we work in this industry

Typical scopes.

  • Vessel topside picks (deckhouses, deck mods)
  • Shipyard and drydock support
  • Terminal operations support
  • Barge handling and equipment transfer
  • Lock and dam component work
  • Dredge equipment mobilization
  • Emergency marine salvage support
§ 03 Cranes we send

Equipment commonly dispatched.

§ 04 Services

How we package the work.

§ 05 Yards in your area

Closest CDH yards for marine & dock work.

§ FAQ Questions dispatch gets asked

Marine & Dock crane work, answered.

Do you lift onto and off barges?

Routinely, along the Mississippi, the Calcasieu Ship Channel, the Houston Ship Channel and the Intracoastal. Barge work is a large share of what the New Orleans, Lake Charles and Baytown yards do.

What is different about a lift over water?

The base may move and the load may not be recoverable. Tide and river stage change the effective radius through the pick, barge trim shifts as weight transfers, and anything dropped over water is generally lost. Each of those changes the plan.

Can the crane sit on a wharf?

Only once the deck rating is known. Wharf and dock structures frequently have lower load limits than they appear to, so the deck capacity governs crane selection ahead of the load weight.

Do you handle module loadouts?

Yes, including fabrication yard loadouts along the US 90 corridor and the ship channels. Those jobs are schedule- and tide-driven, so the window usually matters more than the crane.

Can you support shipyard and vessel work?

Yes. Equipment landing, engine and component changes, and general shipyard support are regular work, often scheduled around vessel movements rather than the working day.

How do tides affect the pick?

They change the height relationship between hook and load, which changes radius and therefore chart capacity. On the Mississippi the stage can shift materially across a multi-day job, so it is planned rather than watched.

Which cranes suit dock work?

Usually all-terrain and hydraulic truck cranes in the 65 to 225 ton range, because reach across a barge or quay matters more than raw capacity. Larger units come in for module work.

Do port facilities have their own access requirements?

Most do, on top of ISN or Avetta. Terminal badging and escort rules vary by facility, so we sort access before the job rather than at the gate.

Have marine & dock work coming up?

Two-minute call to scope the pick. Same-day quote in most cases.

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