Mammoet Changes to BigLift Early this year Mammoet Shipping B.V. had its name changed to BIGLIFT Shipping B.V. and continued the heavy lift shipping and transportation operations BigLift will continue to operate the familiar fleet of 13 yellow and blue, specialised heavy lift vessels, carrying project cargoes and heavy lifts. The majority of the vessels are multi-purpose and are also suitable to carry any kind of dry cargo, forest products, steel, containers, even bulk. Extensive engineering for special projects, pre and oncarriage by barge or inland transportation as well as lumpsum contracting of integrated projects are all in the scope of BigLift’s activities. BigLift’s branch offices at Tokyo, Seoul, London, Houston and Toronto, and dedicated agents in many other countries, have close contacts with the clients. Through transfer of shares on November 21, 2000, BigLift becomes a full subsidiary of Spliethoff, the largest Dutch shipowner, operating a very modern fleet of about 60 box-shaped tweendeckers. Spliethoff has been owning 70% of the shares of Mammoet Shipping since 1995, the remaining 30% was in the hands of Mammoet Transport, the specialist in movement of heavy lifts on land. This company was sold in July 2000 by the Nedlloyd Group to the Dutch family-owned heavy lift company Van Seumeren. The new owners subsequently decided to dispose of the shipping interests and offered their shares to majority shareholder Spliethoff. As Mammoet Transport / Van Seumeren decided to merge their land-based heavy lift operations world-wide and use the Mammoet trade name and logo, it became necessary to find a new identity for the shipping activities. The name "BigLift" was selected as excellently representing the company’s operations. The new trade name will be introduced in the company’s housestyle, brochures, ships’ livery etc. early next year.