Belait CSS-2
 Belait CSS-2 sitting behind PLANS Qi Ji Guang on 29 September 2019. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 Marshall Islands | |
| Name | Belait CSS-2 |
| Owner | Shell Petroleum Company |
| Port of registry | Majuro, Marshall island |
| Builder | Mawei Shipbuilding Co., China |
| Cost | 526 million yuan ($80 million) |
| Acquired | 2 September 2019 |
| Commissioned | 2 September 2019 |
| Identification |
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| Status | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Accommodation /Well stimulation platform |
| Displacement | 3,800 tons |
| Length | 84 m (275 ft 7 in) |
| Draught | 10.5 m (34 ft 5 in) |
| Depth | 20.5 m (67 ft 3 in) |
| Propulsion | 6 × 2,800 kW generators |
| Speed | 9.1 knots (16.9 km/h; 10.5 mph) maximum |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 4 × lifeboats |
| Complement | 200 crew |
| Aviation facilities | Helicopter landing platform |
Belait CSS-2 is an accommodation platform operated by Belait Shipping Company co. Sdn Bhd. in service for Brunei Shell Petroleum. She can provide a place for accommodation, lifting, maintenance, rescue and hoist.[1] She has a sister ship named Belait CSS-1 which is commissioned years longer than Belait CSS-2 which makes Belait CSS-2 the newest one.
Construction and career
[edit]Construction of Belait CSS-2 was cooperated between Belait Shipping and Qess and China for construction of oil and gas vessels.[2] Belait CSS-2 was primarily built as a well-intervention vessel to support production of oil in Brunei. Each ship cost about 526 million yuan ($80 million).[3] She was built in Fujian, China and registered in Majuro, Marshall Islands.
Belait CSS-2 was delivered to Brunei on 2 September 2019.[4] She regularly travel to Champion Field which is a complex oil and gas field, situated 40 kilometres (25 mi)s north-northwest of Bandar Seri Begawan, in water depths of 10 to 45 metres (33 to 148 ft). She usually docked in Muara Port, Brunei after every voyages back.
Equipment
[edit]The purpose of the CSS is a multi-function well-intervention, supply and light construction vessel. The primary features a 150 t lattice boom crane, a telescopic heave compensated gangway, a moonpool, a 12.8 t rated helideck, DP-2 rating and accommodation up to 200 people.[5]
She is designed by Vard Marine. The design of the CSS is a cost-effective, stable platform with most of the capabilities of much larger vessels at a far lower cost. In addition, they wanted a design that could be built at shipyards around the world.[6]
Gallery
[edit]- Belait CSS-2 Gallery
Belait CSS-2 sitting behind PLANS Qi Ji Guang on 29 September 2019 during her first visit to Brunei.
Belait CSS-2 cargo bay on 11 May 2020.
References
[edit]- ↑ "BELAIT CSS 2 (Platform) Registered in Marshall is - Vessel details, Current position and Voyage information - IMO 9707534, MMSI 538008461, Call Sign V7A2382". www.marinetraffic.com. Retrieved 2020-07-31.
- ↑ "Belait/Qess partner with China shipbuilders - Chinadaily.com.cn". www.chinadaily.com.cn. Retrieved 2020-07-31.
- ↑ "Belait Shipping & QESS - shipping Brunei - Awang Haji Ali". The Business Report. Retrieved 2020-07-31.
- ↑ "The delivery for the fifth multi-purpose PSV with twin-hull semisubmersible platform - Eshiptrading.com". www.eshiptrading.com. Retrieved 2020-07-31.[dead link]
- ↑ "Belait CSS 1 Undocks from Fujian Mawei Shipyard". Offshore Energy. 2013-12-12. Retrieved 2020-07-31.
- ↑ "Compact Semi-Submersible (CSS) Designs - Vard Marine Inc". Vard Marine. Retrieved 2020-07-31.