Asian Hercules II is a floating sheerleg crane vessel owned and operated by Asian Lift (Smit Singapore and Keppel Fels).[1]
History | |
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Singapore | |
Name | Asian Hercules II |
Operator | Asian Lift Pte Ltd (Keppel FELS/SMIT JV) |
Completed | 1997 |
In service | 1997–present |
Homeport | Singapore |
Identification | |
Status | In service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | ABS A1 (E) Barge + PAS |
Tonnage | 10,560 GT3,168 NT |
Length | 91 metres (299 ft) |
Beam | 43 metres (141 ft) |
Draft | 2.75 to 8.50 metres (9 ft 0 in to 27 ft 11 in) |
Installed power | 3× Diesel generator, 1,940 kilowatts (2,600 hp) total output |
Propulsion | 4 x 813 kW Azimuth |
Speed | 7 kilotonnes (6,900 long tons; 7,700 short tons) |
History edit
She was built in 1997 in Singapore at Keppel's Far East-Levingston Shipbuilding Ltd's yard. Soon after completion, Asian Hercules II was loaned to Smit International and served the European lifting market from 1999.[2][3]
Asian Hercules II set the completed Gateshead Millennium Bridge in place on 20 November 2000.[4]
Asian Hercules II and Rambiz lifted sections of the sunken Tricolor from the English Channel after it sank in 2002. Tricolor was cut into sections with a carbide-coated cable prior to wreck removal.[5]
In 2011, Asian Hercules II set the heavy-lift mast crane for Seven Borealis.[6]
References edit
External links edit
- Noe, Rain (28 January 2016). "Real Life Cutaways: Here's How You Saw a 50,000-Ton Ship Carrying 2,800 Cars Into Slices (With the Cars Still Inside)". Core77. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
- Von Wüst, Christian (4 August 2003). "Sperrmüll im Fahrwasser" [Bulky waste in the waterway]. Der Spiegel. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
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