DISPATCH · LIVE NCCCO· OSHA· ISN· AVETTA· EST. 2003
Service Louisiana · East Texas

24/7
Emergency Dispatch

Live dispatch around the clock for refinery upsets, storm response, marine emergencies, and urgent commercial picks.

§ 01 What it is

24/7 emergency crane service across Louisiana & East Texas

When the call comes at 2 a.m., somebody picks up. Our dispatch desk is staffed 24/7 every day of the year for emergency lifts across Louisiana and East Texas. Refinery upsets, plant trips, marine emergencies, storm response, equipment failures — we triage the pick, dispatch the right crane and operator, and keep the customer informed until the lift is complete.

§ 02 What is included
  • Live phone coverage 24/7
  • Pre-staged equipment for fast mobilization
  • On-call NCCCO operators
  • Critical lift planning support after-hours
  • Storm and disaster response
  • Coordination with plant operations and emergency teams
§ 03 When you need it

Refinery upset, plant trip, equipment failure, storm response, marine emergency, or any time the lift cannot wait for normal business hours.

§ 04 Relevant fleet

Cranes commonly used.

§ 05 Where we work

Available across every CDH yard.

§ FAQ Questions dispatch gets asked

24/7 Emergency Dispatch, answered.

Is dispatch really staffed 24 hours?

Yes. A person answers, at any hour, every day. That is the whole point of the service and it is not an answering machine.

How fast can you get to an emergency?

It depends on the yard, the route and what is already committed, but same-day is the normal expectation within a yard's radius. The first call establishes what is actually needed, which sometimes turns out to be a smaller and faster unit than the caller assumed.

What counts as an emergency?

Anything where the cost of waiting is high: a failed piece of process equipment, a vehicle recovery blocking a facility, storm damage, or a breakdown holding up a whole crew. We do not require it to be dramatic to treat it as urgent.

Do you charge more for emergency call-out?

After-hours and call-out rates apply outside normal working hours, and they are quoted before we mobilise. You will know the basis of the charge on the call, not afterwards.

Can you respond during a storm or after a hurricane?

After, yes, and it is a significant part of what the Gulf South yards do. During a named storm nobody is lifting; wind limits decide that. We stage equipment ahead of forecast weather so response can start as soon as it is safe.

What information do you need on an emergency call?

Where you are, what needs lifting, roughly what it weighs, and what is in the way. Even rough answers let us send the right crane rather than the nearest one.

Can you handle vehicle and equipment recovery?

Yes. Overturned equipment, dropped loads and vehicle recovery are common call-outs, particularly around plants and along the interstate corridors.

Will an emergency job get an operator immediately?

Operators are on call around the clock. Availability is the real constraint rather than willingness, which is why the first call is about matching the nearest suitable crew to the job.

Do you prioritise existing customers?

Everyone gets answered and assessed. Where two jobs compete for the same crane, genuine safety urgency comes first, not account history.

Which yards run emergency dispatch?

All five. Lafayette, Baton Rouge, Lake Charles, New Orleans and Baytown all run 24-hour dispatch, so the nearest yard responds rather than the head office.

Talk through your project.

Dispatch is staffed 24/7. We can scope, quote, and book your pick on the same call.

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