On June 3rd, Yantai Salvage Bureau published the Bid Winning Announcement for the Construction Project of its 5,000-ton Class Heavy-Lift Salvage Engineering Vessel. The consortium of Jiangsu Dajin Heavy Industry and CSSC Wuhan Marine Machinery Plant (WMMP) successfully won the bid for the project with a bid price of RMB 1,099.80 million (about $153 million).
According to the previous bidding announcement, Yantai Salvage Bureau plans to build a 5,000-ton lifting and salvage engineering vessel, which will be designed by the Marine Design and Research Institute of China (MARIC) of China State Shipbuilding Corporation. The vessel aims to further enhance the Yantai Salvage Bureau’s deep-water emergency rescue and salvage capabilities, expand lifting business in marine engineering, wind power engineering and other fields, and actively promote the equipment strengthening of the bureau.
It is a steel-hulled, fully welded, electrically propelled, self-propelled heavy-lift salvage engineering vessel. It is equipped with a full-slewing crane. The maximum lifting capacity is 5,600 tons when using the secured stern crane, 5,000 tons when using the fixed stern crane, and 3,500 tons for full-slewing operations. It has 8-point anchor mooring positioning capability and DP-2 class dynamic positioning capability. The vessel is capable of navigating in unlimited navigation areas and flies the Chinese flag.
The vessel is primarily designed for emergency rescue and salvage operations of sunken vessels and objects underwater. It boasts capabilities to handle sudden incidents, conduct integral salvage of large-tonnage underwater objects, and rapidly clear obstacles. Additionally, it is equipped for heavy-lift hoisting and installation of large modules, platform modules, and jacket structures. The vessel also provides functional support for platform operations and diving operations, while meeting the requirements for single-pile foundation construction (including jacket installation) of offshore wind turbines and booster station installation.