Verolme United Shipyards, Rotterdam, has converted former Norwegian diesel tanker Sunnaas; vessel, renamed Global Adventurer, is now floating workshop and heavy lift ship for Global Offshore Structures Overseas Shipping Corp, The Hague; craft will be engaged in erecting large prefabricated offshore drillrig sections and other heavy items and has been fitted with 300-ton crane for this purpose; length oa is 500 ft 6 in., breadth molded 64 ft, depth molded 35 ft 6 in.; 4-cyl Vickers-Doxford main engine is fitted.


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    Title :

    Former tanker now builds offshore drill rigs


    Additional title:

    Mar Eng


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1964


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


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