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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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Creative Thinking Keeps Transport Costs Low and Delivery Quick
Posted: 01/17/2022
As part of a natural gas fractionation project, an EPC contractor needed to transport two large drums to the customer’s facility. The hot oil drum (59’8”L x 17’6”W x 23’3”H) weighs 186,400 pounds and the suction KO drum (53’8”L x 21’W x 21’ H) weighs 222,034 pounds.
Many Lifts, One Solution: Module Lift System Flexes Hydraulic Muscles During Process Plant Overhaul
Posted: 12/08/2021
Deep South crews were challenged to haul, lift, and set 84 modules, including three towers (one measuring 100’ long, 350,000 lbs.), as well as various pieces of process equipment, such as piping, tanks, PDC buildings, and transformers—all within a tight schedule. Many of the modules had offset centers of gravity further complicating the lift and set.
2021 Award Roundup
Posted: 12/07/2021
As we look back on 2021, Deep South is pleased to highlight the following recognitions awarded to our team.
Seamless Reactor Haul & Lift Keeps Refinery Upgrade on Track
Posted: 11/03/2021
In St. Charles Parish, LA, Deep South Crane & Rigging completed a massive vessel transport and lift project in support of a major refinery upgrade.
The vessels included two 670,000-pound reactors that each measured 145' long, 22' wide and 22' tall; a 435,000-pound depentanizer that measured 146' long, 19' wide and 19' 6" tall; an 880,000-pound depentanizer that measured 166' long, 23' 4" tall and 22' 8" wide; and a 670,000-pound deisobutanizer that measured 221' long, 20' tall and 23' wide.
Safety Source: Safe Home Cooking on Thanksgiving
Posted: 11/01/2021
Home cooking fires happen most on Thanksgiving. According to the U.S. Fire Administration, the average number of reported residential building fires on Thanksgiving Day from 2017 – 2019 was more than double (2.3 times more) the average number of fires in residential buildings on all other days.
Managing the Weight of Expectations with Self-Deploying Bridge System
Posted: 10/20/2021
Transporting a 225,000-pound transformer over a bridge with a 30-ton weight limit would typically require the support of multiple assist cranes. With time and space constraints, a Louisiana-based heavy haul company teamed with Deep South to come up with alternative transport possibilities to manage the weight-limited bridge.
Go Small to Gain Big: Transport Optimized for Efficient Transport
Posted: 07/14/2021
When an oil & gas customer needed help transporting a new oxygen tank from Texas to a gas facility in South Carolina, the options seemed costly and complex. Deep South’s logistics specialists took a custom approach to the transport of a 375,000-lb oxygen tank from road to rail to plant, saving time and money for the client.
