Unlike a multipurpose general cargo vessel, a heavy lift vessel carries on-board cranes capable of lifting several hundred to more than a thousand tonnes per boom, backed by reinforced decks engineered to bear individual loads of comparable magnitude.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_lift_ship
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