MOSS CS-50 maritime platform leaves Sevmash shipyard
MOSS CS-50 maritime platform has left the water area of Sevmash shipyard, the company’s press center informs. Upon completion of the customs and border control at the outer harbor of Archangelsk seaport MOSS CS-50 will sail to Great Britain.
It is already the second platform of such type built at OAO “PO “Sevmash”. On the 23rd of September 2008 OAO “PO “Sevmash” shipbuilders handed over the second maritime platform MOSS CS-50. The first object was commissioned in September 2007 .
“Today we carry on negotiations regarding the third and following platforms. We hope to receive orders from foreign and native companies,” Director General of Sevmash Nikolay Kalistratov said.
Design-automation system is implemented, procedures of complex welds manufacturing, large sections mounting are developed in order to build MOSS platforms at OAO “PO. “Sevmash”. These engineering solutions allowed platform assembly afloat within 3.5 months. This is an optimum period of performing such operation at Russian shipyards
”We have made sure that in future Sevmash can build not only platforms with free deck, but also complete drilling platforms”, – noticed president of design bureau “Moss Maritime AS” Per Herbert Christensen”.
MOSS CS-50 maritime platform refers to the 6th generation of maritime semi-submerged platforms. Dimensions 118×70×40 meters, weight 15 thou.tons. Platform is universal, with free deck where any equipment can be placed.