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Deep South Recognized by LWCC with 2025 Safest 70 Award
Posted: 04/16/2026
Company earns distinction for more than a decade of consistent safety excellence
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Navigating the Limits on Mission Critical Tower Lift
Posted: 04/10/2026
When a major Gulf Coast refinery needed to expand its production capacity, Deep South was selected to transport and install a specialized process tower, one of the project's most critical elements.
Beating the Turnaround Clock
Posted: 04/09/2026
In the Southwest, a recent turnaround project presented a difficult set of challenges. Crews needed to replace several large pieces of equipment
Million-Pound Mission
Posted: 03/13/2026
The Deep South team was tasked to transport a 1,230,000-pound reactor (29’-10” diameter, 120’ tall) and a 314,000-pound regen head (37’-5” diameter, 75’ tall) from a manufacturing facility in Northeast Mississippi to a refinery in Louisiana. The team loaded the pieces on a barge from 24-axle-line, double-wide Scheuerle SPMTs, and then unloaded the barge at the roll-off site using the same SPMT configuration.
Complex Refinery Turnaround Delivered with Precision
Posted: 03/03/2026
A five-week equipment turnaround at a refinery in the Southeast required multiple equipment transports, removals, and replacements across a large work area.
Big Lift & Logistics
Posted: 02/26/2026
From coordinating barge and road transportation to a heavy lift in a tight space, this project for a heavy industry customer provided the Deep South team an opportunity to show off its capabilities.
Alkylation Revamp with a Custom Cantilever
Posted: 02/04/2026
Deep South was tasked to transport, lift, and set a125,000-pound acid coolers, a 680,000-pound acid settler, and various piping.
Precarious Conditions on the Dock
Posted: 05/13/2025
Rail-traveling ship loaders are a familiar sight on the Gulf Coast (and around the world)—and they are essential to the efficient loading of bulk materials. Disruption to the operation of these massive machines directly affects productivity and the bottom line, as represented by one company's experience when wind from a severe storm knocked the machine off its rails, leaving it dangerously close to the edge of the dock.
