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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.
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Deep South Wins Prestigious "Best of the Best" Safety Award
Posted: 05/31/2016
Deep South Crane & Rigging won the 2016 Houston Business Roundtable "Best of the Best" Contractor Safety Excellence Award in the Crane & Rigging Support category, recognizing its exemplary safety performance and model safety program.
Deep South Earns Top Workplace Safety Honors
Posted: 04/08/2016
Deep South Crane & Rigging was recognized as one of Austin-based Texas Mutual Insurance Company's top workplace safety companies for 2016. According to the policyholder-owned company, Deep South demonstrated commitment to workplace safety through an exemplary safety progra
Deep South Partners with Lift & Move USA
Posted: 02/09/2016
Deep South is excited to partner with Lift & Move USA to promote and recruit great talent to our industry. We are looking for the next generation of employees, people who want to be part of the crane, rigging and heavy transport industry.
Deep South's Superior Jack and Slide Capabilities
Posted: 11/30/2015
With nearly 50 years of experience in the heavy lift and heavy haul industry, Deep South can overcome even the most challenging obstacles.
At a refinery in the Midwest, extreme spatial constraints and underground utilities offered little room for error. Deep South met this challenge by executing an 800' jack and slide operation, which allowed the vessels to overcome extremely low ground bearing pressures, less than 2" clearances, and a downhill slope. WATCH the video here.
DSCR Introduces New 1,000-ton VersaCrane CC-12000 Crawler
Posted: 02/16/2015
Deep South Crane & Rigging has added a VersaCrane CC-12000 to its fleet of lifting equipment, now numbering more than 200 pieces. The 1,000-ton VersaCrane CC-12000 retains all the prior innovations found in the original VersaCrane, with the addition of crawler tracks that allow the crane to change positions easily. It is ideal for projects with limited space for maneuvering equipment and with restrictions on ground-bearing pressure.
Making The Grade - A Steep Bridge Requires Deep South to Power Up
Posted: 10/14/2014
Deep South Crane & Rigging has long been a go-to company for transporting, lifting and rigging huge components for the oil and gas industry. With an extensive fleet of transport systems and heavy lift cranes, the company is known for its ability to handle turnkey projects, which is a huge convenience for customers who need something hauled, lifted and rigged into place. Late last year, Deep South was contacted about a project that would involve two scopes of work.
Deep South Announces Expansion Into DeQuincy, La.
Posted: 09/24/2014
Today, Deep South Crane & Rigging, LLC of Baton Rouge, La., announced it is expanding to DeQuincy, La. The new office will serve as a heavy haul operations center and will add 30-50 jobs.
