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Stena Drilling select AutoLoad (10/06-2011)

Stena Drilling Limited of Aberdeen, a wholly owned subsidiary of Stena AB, Gothenburg, Sweden have ordered AutoLoad for use on their semi-submersible rigs - Stena Spey and Stena Clyde

- Read More Coastdesign secures several new Autoload orders for Jack-up offshore wind turbine installation vessels. (21/12-2010)

Coastdesign Norway has taken advantage of the increasing number of specialised wind turbine installation vessels being built and operated, by securing Autoload orders from Fred.Olsen Windcarrier AS and Hochtief Construction. The vessels are used in the construction and maintenance of wind turbine farms. Autoload onboard stability software has been selected by these companies because, in addition to having a robust hydrostatics engine that takes care of all the standard stability analysis and reports required for classification, Autoload’s specialised 3D cargo planning, deck crane modules and jack-up features are especially useful and important for this new breed of vessel.

- Read More Forthcoming Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) brings order surge for AutoLoad software with direct damage stability capability for oil, gas and chemical tankers. (25/08-2010)

The Paris Memorandum on Port State Control which will start a concentrated inspection campaign on the 1st September through to the 30th November 2010 to verify that tanker operators are complying with damage stability regulations has brought a surge of orders and enquiries for our 3D based onboard loading computer Autoload.

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Semi Submersible Heavy Lift

 


Semi-Submersible Heavy Lift Vessels lift, transport and unload very large floating objects. Of particular concern is the fact that the deck load adds buoyancy to the ship, a factor that must be accurately accounted for in order to do realistic dynamic stability assessment. ASC delivers a highly modified version of Autoload® tailored to these very specific needs.

The software combines an accurate model of the object to be loaded with a similar model of the heavy lift vessel, and represents them in 3-D graphics in the interface. Stability, strength and motion analyses are made on the resultant combined model. In addition to conducting all common hydrostatic and stability analyses, you can easily calculate fundamental ship motion parameters, including natural pitch, heave and roll period. The heavy lift solution also reads the tank and draft sensors. Additionally, the system calculates the required submerged trim and list of the lifting vessel in order to prevent any knuckle reaction or unnecessary heeling moment when contact is made.

Offshore Heavy Transport (OHT - now Dockwise) used Autoload on two sister-ships - M/V Black Marlin and M/V Blue Marlin - the largest heavy lift vessels of their kind in the world. It was one of these sister-ships, the Blue Marlin, that transported the terrorist-damaged USS Cole from Yemen waters back to its home port of Newport News VA. In the case of the 9,000 ton USS Cole, transporting across two major oceans without incident required Autoload to both plan the stability and the deballast plan ahead of time - and to monitor both in real time using the PC in the loading control room of the Blue Marlin.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blue marlin also transported the worlds biggest semisubmersible rig, Thunderhorse.

Thunderhorse is also equipped with Autoload.