Federal law permits use of non-coastwise-qualified launch barges only if it is determined that coastwise-qualified vessels are not available. The final rule comes into effect on November 12. 75 ...

Launch barges are designed to carry and to offload at sea offshore oil and gas drilling jackets. ... Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration, MAR- 852, ...

McDermott’s Intermac 600 transportation and launch barge will launch the 8,400-ton jacket, while the Derrick Barge 50 heavy-lift vessel will complete the installation of the jacket, 3,400-ton ...

The barge measured 226 m long and weighed 2,000 tonnes. Other challenges presented themselves during the transportation stage of the DPP and CUQ jackets, which were moved on the same barge, in one ...

The Dutch company Port-Liner is building two giant all-electric barges dubbed the ‘Tesla ships‘. The company announced that the vessels will be ready by this autumn and will be inaugurated by ...

The Haiji-1 boarded a launch barge in Zhuhai, south China's Guangdong Province, on March 15. It was designed and built by Tianjin-based Offshore Oil Engineering Co., Ltd. Follow China.org.cn on ...