SEMI-SUBMERSIBLE HEAVY-LIFT SHIPS IN OPERATION

Towing floating objects over the ocean has always had its risks, and accidents have been numerous. The accident cause has frequently been identified as failure of the towing connection. The author tells how Wijmuller Transport B.V., recognizing this, entered the heavy lift market by introducing a semisubmersible barge with auxiliary propulsion, followed in the late 1970s by fully self-propelled heavy lift vessels. Larger and more powerful vessels were added to the fleet during the decade of the 1980s, and several heavy lift dry transport operations carried out by these ships are described to illustrate the versatility and capabilities of the self-propelled semisubmersible heavy lift vessel.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Journal article
• Authors:
  • Van Hoorn, F
• Publication Date: 1990-8

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 5 p.
• Serial:
  • Schip en Werf
  • Volume: 52
  • Issue Number: No.8
  • ISSN: 0036-6099

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Heavy lift vessels; Semisubmersibles; Ship operations
• Old TRIS Terms: Self propulsion; Semisubmersible vessels
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00661449
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Maritime Technical Information Facility
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 21 1994 12:00AM