Allseas to build world’s biggest ship

A Swiss-based shipping group has begun work on what will be the biggest ship ever built.

The Pieter Schelte, envisaged as two supertankers joined in a catamaran design, will be used to decommission oil platforms in deep-water areas. It is the brainchild of Edward Heerema, the president of Allseas, the shipping and engineering group. The ship will be designed so that it can come alongside an oil platform, slice off the top half, then turn around, and pull up the legs from the seabed. Industry sources estimate that the ship will cost more than £1bn to build. It will have a lift capacity of 48,000 tonnes for topsides and 25,000 tonnes for jackets or legs. It will travel at a speed of 12 knots. The current design is for the ship to be 1,200ft long and 400ft wide – making it larger than the world’s biggest oil tanker. It will displace 840,000 tonnes, making it the world’s biggest ship. Allseas hopes to be able to take delivery of the ship in 2010.

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Fincantieri’s Muggiano shipyard has taken delivery of the ‘Sagar Nidhi’ (Pearl of the Oceans), an oceanographic vessel ordered for the National Institute of Ocean Technology, Madras.

Present at the private ceremony on board the ship were the director of Niot Dr. S. Kathiroli and representatives from Fincantieri. This highly complex vessel was built, to the customer’s great satisfaction, within the contained delivery schedules. The 5,000-tonne ship, whose aft section was built at Riva Trigoso shipyard (Genova), is 104 metres long and 18 metres wide. Equipped with the latest technology for scientific studies, the ship will be used for oceanographic and hydrographic research, including water, ice and core sampling of the seabed. Moreover, the ‘Sagar Nidhi’, has been built to the highest national and international standards regarding the environment and safety on board.

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Oceanographic ship for India delivered

Fincantieri’s Muggiano shipyard has taken delivery of the ‘Sagar Nidhi’ (Pearl of the Oceans), an oceanographic vessel ordered for the National Institute of Ocean Technology, Madras.

Present at the private ceremony on board the ship were the director of Niot Dr. S. Kathiroli and representatives from Fincantieri. This highly complex vessel was built, to the customer’s great satisfaction, within the contained delivery schedules. The 5,000-tonne ship, whose aft section was built at Riva Trigoso shipyard (Genova), is 104 metres long and 18 metres wide. Equipped with the latest technology for scientific studies, the ship will be used for oceanographic and hydrographic research, including water, ice and core sampling of the seabed. Moreover, the ‘Sagar Nidhi’, has been built to the highest national and international standards regarding the environment and safety on board.

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