Marine

U.S. Coast Guard Cutters Transport and Staging

Case HighlightsBuckingham Heavy Transport’s team coordinated the delivery and staging of three United States Coast Guard Cutters, each weighing 360,000 pounds and measuring 110’x25’x55’. Prior to mobilization, Buckingham conducted a thorough ground pressure analysis and confirmed route and laydown area capacities to ensure safe handling of the vessels. Our crew met the vessels dockside, where […]

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Intelligent Whale Submarine Move

Case HighlightsBuckingham Heavy Transport was entrusted with relocating the historic Intelligent Whale submarine and its display base from storage to its new museum home. Built in the 1860s, the Intelligent Whale is the only surviving Union Civil War‑era submarine. After a failed trial in 1872, it was placed on public display at the Brooklyn and Washington Navy Yards before

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California Barge Move

Case HighlightsBuckingham Heavy Transport assisted with the modification and expansion of a 36′ x 185′, 650-ton, flat-bottom barge. Our team supported the barge while it was sectioned into two pieces and a 20’ extension was added to its center. Using the Buckingham dolly system, we moved one half of the barge 50 feet sideways to

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Shipyard Move

Case HighlightsBuckingham Heavy Transport moved the 170′-long passenger boat AmaStella in a shipyard near Belgrade, Serbia. The boat weighed 794,000 pounds, and we used eight Buckingham Power and Coaster Dollies to move it several hundred yards from the fabrication building to the outside yard, where it was joined to additional sections for use as a

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