Our Services – Logistics Plant & Equipment

Shepherd Offshore meet the needs of your project with the provision of both experienced and skilled operatives and a versatile and comprehensive range of cranes, plants and equipment. Our logistics division includes our in-house transport fleet and our warehousing and storage provision.

We can lift heavy and complex loads and transfer goods up to and including 400T reels by road and up to 700T reels around our dockside facilities, quayside storage and other riverside locations with ease.

Operating an ISO certificated Quality Management System we aim to provide an excellent service, 24-hours a day, 365 days a year.

Our capability and capacity

Our capacity includes transport for normal and abnormal loads for the transfer of equipment by road, sea and air.

Heavy abnormal load routes service both Neptune Energy Park and Offshore Technology Park and provide direct access to major trunk roads, allowing the transfer of products of up to 400T.

Our capability and crane capacity are consistently evolving, with equipment ranging in size from 30-ton rough terrain cranes and forklifts to 800T crawler cranes.

We also offer one-off crane hire and contract solutions – on any scale.

Our capacity at-a-glance

  • Scissor lifts
  • Cherry pickers
  • Forklifts (1.5T to 32T capacity)
  • Bogeys
  • Escort vehicles
  • Low loaders
  • Semi-trailers
  • Extender trailers
  • Self-propelled modular trailers (SPMTs)
  • Jacking systems
  • Out-of-gauge loads
  • Normal, abnormal and complex loads
  • Tuggers
  • Basic, intermediate, complex and tandem lifts
  • Rough terrain cranes up to 45T
  • Mobile cranes up to 250T
  • Crawler crane capacity with SWL 800T at our Neptune Energy Park
  • Hammerhead crane with SWL 325T at our Offshore Technology Park
  • Hammerhead Crane with SWL 40T at our Offshore Technology Park

Our logistics teams

At Shepherd Offshore we are experienced in basic and complex material handling solutions, both within and outside our deep-water facilities. Our management and technical teams have extensive skills and knowledge, and an understanding of project individuality. We’re here to provide expert support for all your lifting, jacking, hoisting, winching, transporting and moving needs, with expert logistical support.

We’re available to meet all your requirements, including site visits and advising on any necessary lift and cranage requirements.

We share good lifting practice with a very capable fleet and capacity to add value to your project.” Charles Shepherd, Managing Director

Talk to us

To discuss your lifting and handling needs, call us on +44 (0)191 262 9614 or email headoffice@shepherdoffshore.com.

About Us

We are an established, innovative and driven organisation, working in partnership with employees, suppliers, local government and customers alike and we will stop at nothing to deliver the best solutions and expertise possible. Local teamwork, with global results.

The Company has strategically invested and developed local infrastructure which has directly attracted the Oil and Gas sector, Marine, Renewable Energy providers and Construction Industries to the Region & beyond. All supported and communicated through our many corporate values based on responsible regeneration and partnership working.

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