Shiplift Project Showcase - Bardex Corporation

In Design: Irving Shipbuilding, Inc. OmniLift System

With over 27,000 metric tonnes of lifting capacity using fifty-six 575Te chain jacks, the system will support Irving’s River-class destroyer shipbuilding program, a part of the National Shipbuilding Strategy and the most complex Canadian shipbuilding program since World War II.

Atlas Megayacht Platform

The Atlas megayacht platform was constructed in partnership with Matière for La Ciotat Shipyards. The first lift was completed in September 2022 and inaugurated on November 22nd.

Located in the pristine waters of La Ciotat, France, near Calanques National Park, the Atlas OmniLift platform will help sustain La Ciotat Shipyard’s status as the singular destination in France with the resources and expertise required to accommodate mega yacht refit projects. In addition to the OmniLift, Bardex designed a modular transfer system with both side- and end-transfer capabilities from the shiplift to the yard. The shiplift and transfer system has a lift capacity of 6,300Te and is capable of moving 105-meter vessels.

HYUNDAI HEAVY INDUSTRIES NAVY SUBMARINE OMNILIFT SYSTEM & UPGRADE

This 2021-upgrade of a commercial shiplift system exemplifies the ability of Bardex’s systems to grow with our customers’ needs. The project nearly tripled the original lift capacity from 3,150Te to more than 8,800Te.

Read the Korean Times article featuring a photo of the KSS-III Shin Chae-ho, “one of the few operational conventionally-powered crewed submarines (SSK) designed to carry submarine-launched ballistic missiles”, on our shiplift.

HANWHA OCEAN OmniLift SYSTEM & UPGRADE

In 2018 Daewoo Shipbuilding Marine Engineering (DSME), now Hanwha Ocean, awarded Bardex a OmniLift System in order to increase the capacity of the shipyard from the previously installed 1990 system. The originally installed smaller system had been running continuously for the past 28 years. The shiplift will be used for launching & maintaining military vessels.

Republic of Korea Navy Shiplift System & Upgrade

The Republic of Korea Navy successfully lifted its first Missile Guided Frigate using the newly renovated 7,420 metric tons Chain Jack Shiplift System provided by Bardex Corporation.

The original Shiplift provided by Bardex Corporation has been in continuous operation, lifting an average of three vessels per day, for over 25 years. The Navy chose a Chain Type Shiplift because of its reliability, simplicity, and low-cost of ownership.

The turn-key renovation included all new higher capacity equipment, interconnecting electrical and hydraulic systems, new dual level transfer system, and the steel platform was removed, reinforced, and reinstalled.