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Quite more then huge, the SSCV Thialf,A Dutch semi-sub crane
Posted: October 22nd, 2010, 6:44 pm
by ALVAMA
PA NL SSCV Thialf 1.png
I'll get back to shade..
Re: Quite more then huge, the SSCV Thialf,A Dutch semi-sub c
Posted: October 22nd, 2010, 7:36 pm
by Gollevainen
It's nice...I have no idea what it is but still it's nice;)
Re: Quite more then huge, the SSCV Thialf,A Dutch semi-sub c
Posted: October 22nd, 2010, 8:02 pm
by darthpanda
Gollevainen wrote:It's nice...I have no idea what it is but still it's nice;)
I second the motion!

Re: Quite more then huge, the SSCV Thialf,A Dutch semi-sub c
Posted: October 22nd, 2010, 8:28 pm
by Oozlefinch
Oh wow, that's quite the mobile crane...
Re: Quite more then huge, the SSCV Thialf,A Dutch semi-sub c
Posted: October 22nd, 2010, 8:37 pm
by Novice
I tend to agree with previous posts, as to what it is, but the drawing itself is very good (maybe the hull shading is an issue?).
Any way I love it.
Re: Quite more then huge, the SSCV Thialf,A Dutch semi-sub c
Posted: October 22nd, 2010, 9:43 pm
by Lazer_one
A very fine monster: the world largest crane-ship!
Re: Quite more then huge, the SSCV Thialf,A Dutch semi-sub c
Posted: October 22nd, 2010, 9:45 pm
by Finfan
I'm pretty sure ships are not supposed to have holes in them.
Re: Quite more then huge, the SSCV Thialf,A Dutch semi-sub c
Posted: October 22nd, 2010, 9:56 pm
by Lazer_one
Finfan wrote:I'm pretty sure ships are not supposed to have holes in them.
A picture would explain better than hundred words...

Re: Quite more then huge, the SSCV Thialf,A Dutch semi-sub c
Posted: October 22nd, 2010, 10:19 pm
by Oozlefinch
Is it used to provide container loading/off loading at ports without such facilities native?
Re: Quite more then huge, the SSCV Thialf,A Dutch semi-sub c
Posted: October 22nd, 2010, 10:23 pm
by Finfan
Looked it up on wiki;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSCV_Thialf
Noteworthy projects
* Installing the pylon of the Erasmus Bridge in 1995.
* Decommissioning of the Brent Spar in 1998.
* In 2000 it set a world record of 11,883 t by lifting Shell's Shearwater topsides, beaten by Saipem 7000 in 2004 with the Sabratha deck lifting of 12,150 t.[2]
* In 2004 it installed the topsides on BP's Holstein, the world's largest spar. The lift was a record for the Gulf of Mexico: 7,810 t. The actual record for Gulf of Mexico is now retained by the Saipem 7000 with the 9,521 t of PEMEX PB-KU-A2 deck installed in march 2007.[3]
* In 2005 it installed the heaviest single piece foundation piles: 2.74 meters diameter x 190 meters long, weighing 818 t each for ChevronTexaco's Benguela Belize compliant tower.
Quite neat actually.