BOA is unveiling their in-house design for future semi-submersible heavy lift barges, engineered to meet diverse needs across industries, reports BOA
Capabilities For Suitability
- Load-out/float-off operations
- Transporting vessels, platforms, rigs, and heavy cargo
- Drydocking
- Salvage operations
- Serving as a construction and installation platform
- Decommissioning
The key features of this new design include
- Dimensions: 166×73.38×9.15m
- Submersing depth: 31.65m (22.5m water above barge deck)
- Deadweight: Approximately 75,000t
- Deck strength: 35t/m2
- Ballasting capacity: 20,000m3/hr
- 4 x removable flotation towers
- Hybrid operation (battery/generators/shore power)
BOA aims to select a shipyard by 2024 and have the first barge operational by 2026.
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Source: BOA
