About
Lion Bulk
Handling
Lion Bulk Handling is a pioneer and expert in maritime and portside material handling. We design and engineer our own key components, adding other proven technologies from leading manufacturers to form our completely integrated systems.
With 60 years of design and engineering experience in equipping dry bulk ships, barges, supply vessels, harbour loading and unloading equipment, drilling rigs and floating terminals.
OUR
BRANDS
Lion Bulk Handling’s business brands Kintec, H.W.Carlsen, Ruyter Offshore and Bulk Academy offer a wide range of reliable and sustainable systems and products in the field of material handling. Together with its business brands, Lion Bulk Handling has hundreds of excellent references worldwide.
Lion Bulk Handling is part of the Lion Marine Group.
H.W.Carlsen
H.W.Carlsen specializes in bulk handling equipment for self-discharging cement carriers and floating terminals, from small barges to panamax-size vessels. Its systems are engineered for safe, efficient and dust-free handling of cement and other dry bulk materials.
Kintec
Kintec develops project-specific pneumatic ship unloaders and loaders for port and terminal applications. The systems combine efficient material flow, reliable operation and solutions tailored to the vessel and receiving facility.
KOVAKO
Lion Bulk Handling is an authorized supplier of Fuller's Kovako® ship and barge unloaders. The company designs, manufactures and commissions bulk handling systems for the marine, offshore, port and terminal applications. Lion Bulk Handling operates globally but will be supplying Kovako ship and barge unloaders mainly in the markets of Europe, Middle East and Asia.
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Bulk Academy
Bulk Academy converts practical bulk handling expertise into training, feasibility studies and consultancy. It helps operators and project teams improve safety, efficiency and system performance.
Ruyter Offshore
Ruyter Offshore specializes in drilling fluid and dry bulk management solutions for offshore rigs and offshore support vessels, including storage, conveying, mixing and control systems.
THREE BUSINESS DIVISIONS
Lion Marine Group brings together specialist knowledge, proven maritime solutions and practical engineering power. Each division has its own focus, but together they form one strong group for marine, offshore, port and terminal applications.
Lion Bulk Handling
Specialist in efficient bulk handling solutions for vessels, terminals and portside operations where reliability, capacity and uptime are essential.
Lion Technology
Products, parts and technical solutions that support daily maritime performance and long-term operational reliability.
Lion Engineering
Practical engineering support for complex maritime challenges, from technical improvements to sustainable system development.
Company timeline
At the beginning
The Lion story starts in 1966 when Helmut Willem Carlsen founded the Swedish organisation H.W.Carlsen located in Malmö. Between 1967 and 1970, Mr Carlsen engineered and delivered its first Ship-to-silo Unloader, self-discharging cement carrier and dry bulk storage solutions using fluidization fabric. In 1970, H.W.Carlsen sold several abroad projects, becoming an international success.
Moving Forward
During the 70s and 80s, the bulk handling organization keeps thriving to develop more efficient and effective solutions. The First modern ship-to-silo unloader with a manipulator arm and several unloaders in combination with fluidization fabric systems are delivered and convey thousands of dry bulk materials per year. By the 1980s, Carlsen introduced an offshore solution by combining mud mixing and dry bulk handling systems on board a platform supply vessel. Many systems follow under the Ruyter offshore brand.
One source for all bulk handling
In 1990, FLS-Fuller Bulk Handling bought H.W.Carlsen AB (and Kovako B.V.), the global cement cargo flow and production solutions provider, to strengthen the company’s offering. During these years, the brands Kintec Bulk Handling and Bulk Academy were founded in the Netherlands, focusing on the local and European cement industry, selling conveying units and bulk training.
The Flow Engineers
In 2004, H.W.Carlsen was sold to a Swedish investment company. Ruyter Offshore received several offshore drilling rig projects, including Liquid mud and dry bulk handling solutions. Our Bulk Academy won its first feasibility studies from Total, Petronas and Shell.
Focus on innovation and reliability
Between 2010 and 2020, the Lion Bulk handling organization is formed by merging the brands H.W.Carlsen, Kintec Bulk Handling, Bulk Academy and Ruyter Offshore. Next, Lion becomes the official service provider for KOVAKO ship Unloaders.
The next era of bulk handling
Since 2020, Lion Bulk Handling has entered a new chapter, combining decades of experience with a strong focus on innovation, reliability and smart technology. During this period, Lion delivered its first new generation ship unloaders with recognizable blue manipulator arms. With further developments in automation, remote assistance and energy-efficient solutions, Lion continues to make dry bulk handling smarter, cleaner and more sustainable. In 2026, Lion proudly celebrates 60 years of engineering excellence and global bulk handling experience.
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