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2009 John Riis

This document summarizes the conversion of six Suezmax tankers into heavylift vessels. Key aspects of the conversion included strengthening the aft section of the ship, improving damage stability, and designing the vessel to transport jack-up rigs with a maximum weight of 15,000 metric tons. Main challenges were the tight execution time, an inexperienced yard, and ensuring 100% tank filling stability. The conversion concept involved a torsion box and disconnecting the third deck plate in the aft section to minimize structural replacements while improving strength.

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2009 John Riis

This document summarizes the conversion of six Suezmax tankers into heavylift vessels. Key aspects of the conversion included strengthening the aft section of the ship, improving damage stability, and designing the vessel to transport jack-up rigs with a maximum weight of 15,000 metric tons. Main challenges were the tight execution time, an inexperienced yard, and ensuring 100% tank filling stability. The conversion concept involved a torsion box and disconnecting the third deck plate in the aft section to minimize structural replacements while improving strength.

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Conversion of tanker into

h
heavylift
lift vessell

OFFSHOREDAGEN 2009
John Riis og Reidar Berthelsen

This is Inocean

Background
Project: Basic design for
conversion of six of Suezmax
tankers (Split series) to
Heavylift vessels
Client: Frontline Management
Project start: January 2006
MSA Approval: 1.april 2006!

Front Marble (Courtesy of Frontline Management AS)

What is a Heavylift vessel?

Scope of work

Complete class documentation


all diciplines
Conversion specification
General arrangement
Lines plan
MSA drawings new-built cargo
part
Steel design for modifications
on existing part
Welding plan
Ballast system
Ai vent and
Air
dd
drain
i tank
k system
Electro, New main switchboard
documentation
Intact and damaged stability

Main challenges

Execution time!!!
g basis not settled
Design
Inexperienced yard
Structural integrity of aft section of ship
Damage stability
100% Tank filling

Existing vessel

Conversion concept

Design Particulars

L.o.a
L.b.p
Beam moulded
Depth moulded
Design draft
Submerged draft
Deck submersion
Deckspace
Deckload
Displacement at
design draft
Speed
Cargo capacity

216,86 m
207,93
44,5 m
14 m
10,5 m
23 m
9m
130 x 44,5m
20 t/m2
76.434 MT
Over 15 knots
35-40.000 MT

Designed to transport JackUp rigs


Keppel Fels V design:
Length Hull

Width Hull

Depth moulded

Leg length

Weight

Frame spacing

71.3
71
3m
63,4 m
7.6 m
131.0 m
14-15000 MT
1.83 m

Design load from Jack Up rig

Cribbing
C
ibbi bl
blocks
k
6x0.3x0.3m
Max 100 cribbing
blocks
Min long spacing
1 75
1.75m
Min Transverse
spacing 4.0m
Max 2 on each side
of CL

Key Issues:

Shear capacity

Section modulus of
deck longs.
dec
o gs

Over pumping
pressure

High
High
g
g tensile
tensilesteel
steelinin
LBHD and
LBHD
and CLBHD
CLBHD

260 t

260 t

Point load (Governing loadcase)

Max point load 200t


Point loads to be placed on
1x1m pads
Max 11 pads on one trv fr.

Key Issues:

Deck plate crushing

Buckling of web plates

Buckling of LBHD.

Mild steel

Vertical stiffening
of trv. Web

200t

200t

200t

200t

200t

200t

200t

Aftship structure
Minimize
Mi i i plate
l t replacement
l
t
Use buckling stiffeners where possible
Avoided replacement of LBHD plating in aft ship,
with use of torsion box and disconnected 3rd. pl.
dk.

Torsionbox for re-distribution of


forces

D k di
Deck
disconnected
t d

Reinforcement of aftship

Buckling
stiffeners
3rd. pl dk
before
conversion

Stability
BallastingSequence
Ballasting
Sequence
10.0

SMALL
9.0 MARGINS!!

GM decrease due to
further deck immersion (AWL
d
decreases)
)

Topping of tanks

8.0

G M flu id

7.0
6.0
Aft part of cargodeck
immersed, tanks in use=partly
filled

5.0
4.0

Cargodeck completely
immersed
Start to fill DB5

3.0
2.0
GM(Fluid)

1.0

Min GM

00
0.0
10

11

12

13

14

15

Draft Midship [m]

16

17

18

19

20

Construction sequence

Demolition and assembly of new vessel


Step 1
Separation of bow from vessel.
Ready for merger with new midship
.

Foreship in dock

Demolition and assembly of new vessel


Step
p2
Merging foreship and new
midship
.

Foreship and new midship

Demolition and assembly of new vessel


Step 3
Removal of old cargo
section.
Ready for merger with new
midship and fore ship
.

Supports

Matching of hull
curvature

Aftship in dock

Seatrails

Submerging test

Submerging, first water on deck T=14m

Submerging, T=23.0m, 9m water on deck

Ready to deballast

Lessons Learned

Focus on one niche, and translate this to design criterias.

Global strength analysis of hull girder, key to arrive at simple strengthening concept.

Project success in Cosco shipyard depends on the site team.

Dedicated small team, is an effective model for fast track execution.

Conversions also benefit from series effect

Questions?

C t
Courtesy
off Dockwise
D k i Ltd

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