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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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Reactor and Separator Transport Photo Slideshow in Ohio
Posted: 08/25/2014
A reactor, followed by a third stage separator, were moved by the Deep South Heavy Lift and Transport Solutions company along Front Street in East Toledo. The machines, which weigh 999,000 pounds and 570,000 pounds respectively, were on their way from the Port of Toledo to a local refinery on Sunday, August 24, 2014
Big Move Making Its Way In Ohio - The Toledo Blade
Posted: 08/23/2014
A third-stage separator weighing 285 tons and a petroleum reactor weighing 499.5 tons were to arrive overnight or today by barge from Oklahoma and are to be loaded onto special heavy-haul trucks at a dock
Deep South Places Its Trust in Goldhofer
Posted: 08/05/2014
Deep South is on the fast track with Goldhofer: Within just a few months, Deep South Crane & Rigging, the US heavy lift and transport specialist headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has twice invested in new high-end transport equipment from Goldhofer.
Deep South Crane Purchases Two Additional High Capacity Crawler Cranes
Posted: 06/03/2014
As North American market conditions continue to improve, Deep South Crane & Rigging sees this as the right time to add two Terex lattice boom crawler crane models to its impressive fleet of more than 200 pieces of lifting equipment. The new crane acquisitions include the versatile 440-ton class Terex CC 2400-1 and the 1,760-ton Terex CC 8800-1
Scheuerle Highway Trailers Key to Deep South Crane Heavy Haul
Posted: 05/15/2014
Deep South Crane & Rigging hauled two manifold skids from Zachary, Louisiana to the Botsco Terminal in Laporte, Texas using Scheuerle highway trailers. This equipment allowed Deep South to expedite permitting to 1 weeks time. Watch the video here.
LWCC Honors Deep South Crane with Safest 70 award
Posted: 05/01/2014
Deep South Crane & Rigging of Baton Rouge, LA has received the Safest 70 Award from the Louisiana Workers' Compensation Corporation (LWCC). The award acknowledges excellence, outstanding performance, and commitment to workplace safety and is given to the top 70 of over 16,000 entities insured by LWCC. Companies are recognized based on the effectiveness of their safety efforts in preventing injuries and maintaining a consistent workplace safety history
Deep South Acquires Largest Hydraulic Truck Crane in the US
Posted: 04/14/2014
Deep South Crane & Rigging has added a 1,320 ton Terex Demag AC-1000, one of the largest hydraulic truck cranes in the U.S., to its impressive fleet of cranes. The high-capacity machine represents the cutting edge of hydraulic crane technology and is now available to support power and energy projects.
