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Prelude will be the world's first operational FLNG. It is somewhat longer and wider than Knock Nevis, but the fully-loaded displacement will be less. And Knock
by beefman 12y ago
Prelude will be the world's first operational FLNG. It is somewhat longer and wider than Knock Nevis, but the fully-loaded displacement will be less. And Knock Nevis was a ship; Prelude is a floating platform that must be towed.
Pieter Schelte is a ship (under construction). It's shorter than Prelude and Nevis but, due to twin hulls, much wider and heavier when loaded (displacement is 900,000 metric tons).
- jzwinck 12y agoThe first and probably not the last. It reminds me of fish factory ships [1], where fish are processed at sea rather than being brought back to shore for processing. What's next? Maybe assembling airplane parts while in transit? [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factory_ship http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factory_ship