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Re: 1000 year old ship to be raised |
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Jim Sinclair |
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Jan 17, 07 - 11:58 AM |
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a little addition to the story...
Jim
Wang Ye
Shanghai_Delta
page01 2006-11-24
Asia's largest revolving floating crane has been handed over for salvage operations on the South China Sea.
The derrick, called Hua Tian Long, was developed by the Shanghai Zhenhua Port Machinery Co Ltd (ZPMC), a leading manufacturer of cranes and large steel structures. It was designed with a lift power of 4,000 tons and delivered to the Guangzhou Salvage Bureau earlier this week.
It marks a milestone in China's capability to design and manufacture colossal marine equipment on its own. And the barge itself provides badly needed devices to help explore the marine oil frontier and assist salvage initiatives.
Guan Tongxian, ZPMC's chief executive officer, told China Daily Shanghai & Delta that his company will design next year a revolving floating crane with 7,000 tons of lift power, currently the greatest in the world.
On Tuesday, the 165-metre-long, 48-metre-wide barge slowly lifted a 4,000-ton load and revolved steadily as representatives from the ZPMC, the salvage bureau and municipal government, as well as college professors, looked on.
According to the company, traditional vessels with fixed floating cranes could not venture out to sea, as they might be damaged in potentially severe weather. But Hua Tian Long, with a revolving crane that can be laid down in case of huge gusts and waves, could be dispatched to conduct multiple tasks such as salvage and oil exploration.
"It's totally designed and manufactured by Chinese intellectuals on their own, and it filled in the gap in this regard," Guan said.
The derrick will be used to recover a sunken vessel from the Song Dynasty (960-1127) in the South China Sea, before it possibly being employed to help explore marine oil fields. |
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