The world’s largest shiplift, as described by Saronic and Syncrolift, will be supplied for the Port Alpha shipyard in Brownsville, Texas, under a contract awarded to Syncrolift AS.
Saronic announced the contract on November 12, 2026, and valued it at more than USD 100 million. Nekkar ASA, the Oslo-listed parent of Syncrolift, had disclosed the award to the stock exchange on November 4.
Nekkar described the award in its third quarter report as the largest contract the Norwegian company has won to date.
The companies say the shiplift can raise 67,000 tonnes from a platform 300 metres long. According to the companies, no other installation can lift even half as much.
Syncrolift designed the system as a tandem shiplift with a rigid platform, condition monitoring and digital-twin controls. Saronic said the shiplift and its transfer system would let several vessels be built and fitted out side by side on flat land, which removes the need for multiple graving docks.
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