SAL Heavy Lift, a Hamburg, Germany-based ocean carrier specializing in the transport of project and oversized cargoes, will place its six ships under the German flag, the company said in a statement.
SAL Heavy Lift, a Hamburg, Germany-based ocean carrier specializing in the transport of project cargoes, will place its six ships under the German flag, the company said in a statement.
The Svenja was placed in the German registry on Sept. 22, and the carrier’s other ships—Trina, Anne-Sofie, Regine, Maria, and Wiebke—are expected to follow shortly.
“It was a logical consequence: a German family-owned business with German-built vessels, operated by many German officers, and now provided by all the advantages of a German flag,” said SAL CEO Toshio Yamazaki.
SAL, which is a member of the Harren & Partner Group, has been working the German Social Accident Insurance Institution for Commercial Transport, Postal Logistics and Telecommunications, as well as classification society DSV, on reflagging its vessels.
SAL Heavy Lift places ships under German flag
