Ships are designed to float above the water. But the Dockwise Blue Marlin is not an ordinary ship. It’s one of the world’s strongest semi-submersible heavy lift ships.What this ship can do is simply stunning, to say the least. It’s designed to transport large numbers of ships, a gigantic oil rig, or even a warship.
Blue Marlinis a semi-submersible heavy lift ship from Dockwise Shipping of the Netherlands. Designed to transport very large semi-submersible drilling rigs above the transport ship's deck, it is equipped with 38 cabins to accommodate 60 people, a workout room, sauna and swimming facilities.Blue Marlin and her sister ship MV Black Marlin comprise the Marlin class of heavy lift ship.

Specifications**

Length overall: 217 m (712 ft)*.
Length PP: 206.5 m (677 ft)*.
Breadth moulded: 42 m (138 ft)*.
Depth moulded: 13.3 m (44 ft)*.
Summer draft: 10 m (33 ft)*.
Deadweight: 56,000 metric tons*.
Submerge depth above deck: 10 m (33 ft)*.
Free deck length: 178.2 or 157.2 m (585 or 516 ft)*.
Free deck area: More than 7,215 m2(77,660 sq ft)*.Main engine output: 12,640 kW (17,160 BHP)*.
Bow thruster: 2,000 kW (2,712 BHP)*.
Cruise speed: 14.5 knots (26.9 km/h; 16.7 mph)*.Cruise range: 25,000 nautical miles (46,000 km; 29,000 mi)*.
Accommodation: 55 people*.
Building yard: CSBC,Kaohsiung

Post-2004*.
Depth: 13.3 m (44 ft)*.
Max sailing draft: 10 m (33 ft)*.
Max draft submerged: 29.3 m (96 ft)*.
Water above deck submerged*.aft 16 m (52 ft)*.forward 12 m (39 ft)*.
Deck space: 63 m × 178.2 m (207 ft × 585 ft)*.
Deck area: 11,227 m2(120,850 sq ft)*.
Propulsor output: 4,500 kW (6,035 hp) each.

It’s ready to sail anywhere in the world to move very large loads.
Like the warship USS Cole, the USS Raven, And the MHC-61 transporting from Texas to Bahrain...

Here it carries two nuclear submarines.

Dock Wise Carrying a dozen transports ship will not be a problem.

Transporting the Thunder Horse Oil Rig.

Or moving this Sea-based X-band Radar.

Or these drilling rigs with a gridwork ofiron below them to stabilize the weight.
This is the ship to call whenever and wherever in the world a massive cargo needs to be transported.

whaooooooo

Awesome

This is absoulely breath taking! Infact its a man made miracle!

X

Bleep mtn

Anytime i think of any ship being Glorified i think of Titanic

na wa o.. ship carry oil rig..

awesome stuff

Nigerian Engineer greatest dream ( to work on an oil rig)


oyinbo engineer's dream ( build an oil rig carrier)


na wa o..

Ok

Wowwww...dis is amazing

One step forward, Eight steps backward.
I mean who gives duck about taking a ride in a ship..

kilokeys: i dey come

Must you comment

The vessel make brain
we fit throw party for the ship??

Things like this makes me keep wondering when Africa would also start developing or inventing things that would change the world.
The only things we know how to invent are new ways of looting money and new diseases like Ebola.

Do things like this challenge we Africans to stop and think if we are part of the planet or not? I am tired of hearing about Witches, wizzards, inherited curses, spiritual wives and husbands, HIV, Ebola, Wars, Famine, Hunger, etc in Africa for over 4000 years. Look at where other people are.

Amazen for sure

@op Wetin concern me there ?

lilprinze: h

Whats H

Chisos!!!

Simple *state of the art ship*

HonourablePomk:

Must you comment

ode.. r u new on NL?

i just booked a space.. then went to peruse the post.
so whats d big deal?

Wowwwww!awesome!

pls can someone tell me the price

HonourablePomk:

Whats H

Booking Space thing

Great result of human intellect. Result of Λ countries who strives to better the lives of its citizen and the world @ large. But can it carry an aircraft carrier(just soliloquising)