Knock Nevis – The World’s Largest Supertanker
In the annals of maritime history, few names evoke as much awe and fascination as the Knock Nevis. Known by many names throughout her storied life—Seawise Giant, Happy Giant, Jahre...
This weeks interesting ship is the M/V Seabed Worker, an 88 meter Multi Purpose Support Vessel that is very well equipped for Subsea operations. The M/V Seabed Worker was recently delivered in March 2009 by the Norwegian yard Fjellstrand AS to Seabed AS of Begen Norway.
The DP2 classed vessel has two 2500 kW stern-mounted Voith propulsion units, a Rolls Royce 1000-kW tunnel bow thruster and a Rolls Royce 1000-kW retractable azimuthing bow thruster. Power for these electrically driven propulsion motors is provided by four Cummins QSK60 DMI-driven 1800 kW generator sets. The 88.8 by 16-meter vessel is packed with sophisticated equipment including two hydro-acoustic positioning reference systems and very broad suits of navigation and communications systems.
Installed onboard the M/V Seabed Worker is a brand new Triton XLX 35 Heavy Duty Work ROV. The ROV system is designed to the highest possible specification and have integrated interface facilities to carry a sophisticated suite of survey, inspection and construction support tooling & sensors. The ROV is handled by custom built, heavy duty ODIM LARS (Launch and Recovery System) to optimize safe handling in harsh environmental conditions.
Also operated onboard the M/V Seabed Worker is the,The ROTC™, a multipurpose carrier for subsea tooling capable of working in 4000 meter water depths.
Technical overviews of can be downloaded by clicking on the following links:
Triton XLX 35 WROV Technical Specification
A technical overview of the M/V Seabed Worker can be downloaded HERE
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