SUMMARY
- The first to design a liftboat for construction in the People's Republic of China.
- The first American Made liftboat jacking system in China.
- The first to use Levingston's United States Patented leg-encircling-crane ("LEC") in mainland China.
- The first ABS Classed liftboat in China.
SPECIFICATIONS
HULL CHARACTERISTICS
Length: 40.8 meters (134 feet)
Beam: 42.67 meters (140 feet)
Depth: 6.25 meters (20.5 feet)
LEGS
Number of Legs: 3
Length: 79.3 meters (260 feet)
Diameter: 2.5 meters (8.25 feet)
Working Water Depth: 5 to 35 meters of water with
appropriate air gap
DECK LOAD CAPACITY
Moving: 544.3 metric tonnes (600 short tons)
Jacking: 544.3 metric tonnes (600 short tons)
Operation: 544.3 metric tonnes (600 short tons)
JACKING SPEED
Setting on Location:
Lowering Legs: 8 feet per minute
Raising Hull: 4 feet per minute
Departing Location:
Lowering Hull: 4 feet per minute
Raising Legs: 8 feet per minute
THRUSTERS
Design Speed: 6 knots approximately
Three 1,200 hp Rolls Royce Commercial Marine Z-Drives with one Rolls
Royce 600 hp bow thruster.
CRANE SPECIFICATIONS
Crane #1
Type/Model: LEC400 (U.S.A. Patent #6,607,331)
Manufacturer: Techcrane Global
Boom Length: 100 feet with optional 20 foot extensions
Capacity: 222 metric tonnes at 6.1 meter radius, 122.8 metric tonnes
at 10.7 meters and 36.2 metric tonnes at 30.5 meters (100 feet)
Whip/fast line 2.9 metric tonnes
Crane #2
Type/Model: F80
Manufacturer: Techcrane/EBI
Boom Length: 100 feet
MAIN AIR COMPRESSORS
Type/Number: Rotary/2
Output pressure and volume: 150 psi
DIESEL ENGINE GENERATOR SETS
Number: 4
Manufacturer: Caterpillar
Type: 3512B or equivalent
Output: 1,430 hp (1,070 kW)
Usual total daily fuel consumption: 3,300 gals/day estimated
LIVING QUARTERS
Number of personnel accommodated: 76
Number of Dining Rooms: 1
Seating in Each Dining Room: 32 operational, 16 staff
Recreational Facilities: Located over hospital, meeting room aft
of stern jacking tower.
Hospital: 2 beds, easy access to heli-deck, resuscitators, rescue
stretchers, dangerous drugs locker, and refrigerator
SAFETY EQUIPMENT
Inflatable Life Rafts: 6 X 25 man life rafts
FIRE HYDRANT SYSTEM
Number of Outlets: 3
Hose Length: 100 ft. aft and 2 at 50 ft. each bow
HELI-DECK
Maximum Size / Type: Sikorsky S-76