OmniLift® Shiplift

The OmniLift® shiplift uses Bardex chain jacks instead of wire rope winches to lift vessels, and is paired with a transfer system that moves vessels to as many working bays as the yard has. Unlike a graving dock, there is no waiting to drain and fill.

Key features

• Chain jacks in place of wire rope winches; a chain jack occupies one-third the space of a winch
• Retrofits of wire rope shiplifts can reuse existing civil works with few or no modifications
• Up to 25% more lift capacity using the same number of lift stations
• Up to 33% fewer/smaller piles and up to 50% less pier concrete
• 20% to 33% lower costs compared with legacy wire rope systems

Applications

Drydocking, refit and newbuild at commercial, naval and superyacht shipyards. Reference: the Atlas megayacht platform at La Ciotat Shipyards, France (developed with Matière), handles vessels up to 105 meters in length; inaugural lift September 2022.