Balder Crane Barge

Huge beast this one - according to Lloyds Register she can have a crew of 354!

Shiptype Maintenance Platform, semi Submersible

IMO 7710226
MMSI No. 354721000
Call Sign 3EWK
Flag Panama
Port of Registry Panama

Owner: Heerema Shipping 7 - Netherlands
Operator: Heerema Marine Contractors - Netherlands

Built: 1978-06 Mitsui Eng. & SB. Co. Ltd (Japan). - Tamano Yard/hull No.: F512
Hull Material:Steel; Hull Connections:Welded; Decks:1 dk

Length Overall 154.000
Breadth Extreme 85.990
Draught 11.000
Depth 42.000
Gross 75,374
Net 22,612
Deadweight 59,404

Cargo Handling Gear: 1 Crane of 4000 tonnes SWL, 1 Crane of 3000 tonnes SWL

7 diesel electric oil engines drivingeach a.c. driving 2 Propellers
Total Power: Mcr 20,594kW (28,000hp)
Service Speed: 7.00kts
Design: MAN, Engine Builder: Maschinenbau Augsburg-Nuernberg (MAN) - Nuernberg
7 x Unknown, Single Acting, Unknown Cyl Arrangement
, Mcr: 2942 kW (4000 h
Thrusters: 2 Tunnel thruster 1,471kW(2,000bhp)

Trading Areas Last 12 Months
US Gulf

Regards

Steve E.

theres 2 of them steve the balder and the hermod. we were working with the hermod in mexico in 2001 when she was  installing platforms. when you get up alongside them they are huge