Submersible vessel for dry docking a vessel
AssigneeKeppel Offshore & Marine Technology Centre Pte Ltd
InventorsAziz Amirali Merchant, Woei Siong Chong, Shahnas Riza Ahmad, Anis Altaf Hussain, Murthy S. Pasumarthy, Chong Yong Huang
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Abstract
This invention relates to a submersible vessel for dry docking a vessel. The submersible vessel comprises a floating unit, a deck above the floating unit and a number of stabilizing towers arranged on the deck. The deck has a base, a sidewall along a perimeter of the base and a block provided within the sidewall and resting on the base, defining a cavity such that when the vessel is being docked onto the deck, a thruster of the vessel is above the cavity.
Claims11
A submersible vessel for dry docking a vessel, said submersible vessel comprising:
- a floating unit;
- a deck above said floating unit, said deck having a base, a sidewall along a perimeter of said base and a block provided within said sidewall and resting on said base, said block defining a cavity such that when said vessel is being docked on said deck, a thruster of said vessel is above said cavity;
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- a plurality of stabilizing towers arranged on said deck.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.