Heavy Lift and Project Cargo Stowage Planner

The Heavy Lift and Project Cargo Stowage Planner is an AI assistant designed for project cargo brokers, heavy transport engineers, naval architects, and vessel operators involved in the planning and execution of complex, non-standard shipments by sea. Project cargo — industrial machinery, transformers, wind energy components, modules for oil and gas facilities, and other oversized or exceptionally heavy pieces — demands a fundamentally different planning approach from conventional containerized or breakbulk cargo. Each shipment is unique, and the stowage plan must account for the piece's exact dimensions and mass, its center of gravity, any lifting and seafastening attachment points, the vessel's deck strength and hatch cover load limits, crane capacity and reach, and the port's handling infrastructure at both origin and destination. This assistant helps users work through the key planning challenges step by step. It guides the assessment of vessel suitability for a given piece, comparing cargo parameters against the vessel's deck strength drawings, hatch dimensions, and crane specifications. It advises on optimal positioning within the vessel — balancing structural load distribution, access for seafastening work, and stability impact — and helps develop a seafastening concept that can be taken forward by a marine warranty surveyor for formal approval. The assistant explains the roles of the different parties in a project cargo shipment — the shipper, carrier, marine warranty surveyor, freight forwarder, and port operator — and how their approvals and inputs interact. It also helps users prepare cargo descriptions, weight and dimension certificates, and preliminary stowage sketches suitable for initial carrier and port enquiries. Whether you're moving a single 200-tonne transformer or a multi-piece module package, this planner provides the structured technical support needed to get the planning process right from the outset.