Asian Hercules II

History
Singapore 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 metric tons (10,390 long tons; 11,640 short tons)
Length: 91 metres (299 ft)
Beam: 43 metres (141 ft)
Draft: 2.75 to 7.25 metres (9 ft 0 in to 23 ft 9 in)
Installed power: 3× Diesel generator, 1,940 kilowatts (2,600 hp) total output
Speed: 7 kilotonnes (6,900 long tons; 7,700 short tons)

Asian Hercules II is a floating sheerleg crane vessel owned and operated by Asian Lift (Smit Singapore Pty ltd and Keppel Fels.[1]

History

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 MV Tricolor from the English Channel after Tricolor 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

  1. ↑ "Asian Hercules II" (PDF). Asian Lift Pte Ltd. February 2002. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 February 2006. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "Smit and Keppel strengthen sheerlegs joint venture". Cranes Today. 4 May 1999. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "Keppel's sheerlegs joins Smit's heavy lift fleet". Cranes Today. 5 December 1999. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "Millennium bridge reaches destination". BBC News. 20 November 2000. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  5. ↑ Brynildsen, Ivar (May 2005). "TRICOOR - The collision, sinking and wreck removal". Insight. gard. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  6. ↑ "Transportation Huisman's newbuilding heavy lift mast crane". Biglift Shipping. 2011. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  • 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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