Belait CSS-1
 Belait CSS-1 docked in Muara Port on 22 May 2015.
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| History | |
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 Brunei | |
| Name | Belait CSS-1 |
| Owner | Belait Shipping |
| Port of registry | Muara, Brunei |
| Builder | Mawei Shipbuilding Co., China |
| Cost | 526 million yuan ($80 million) |
| Acquired | 25 February 2015 |
| Commissioned | 25 February 2015 |
| Identification |
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| Status | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Accommodation 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 |
| Aviation facilities | Helicopter landing platform |
Belait CSS-1 is a well intervention vessel and accommodation platform owned by Belait Shipping. She can provide places for accommodations, and perform maintenance, rescue, and hoist activities.[1] She has a sister ship named Belait CSS-2, commissioned four years after CSS-1.
Construction and career
Construction of Belait CSS-1 was commissioned by Belait CSS Sendirian Berhad, an SPV Company registered in Brunei Darussalam. Belait CSS-1 was primarily built as a well-intervention vessel to support production of oil in Brunei. She cost about 526 million yuan ($80 million),[2] was built in Fujian, China and registered in Muara, Brunei.
Belait CSS-1 was undocked from the shipyard on 7 December 2013 and delivered to Brunei on 25 February 2015.[3][4] She regularly travels to the Champion Field, which is a complex oil and gas field, situated 40 kilometres (25 mi) north-northwest of Bandar Seri Begawan, in water depths of 10 to 45 metres. She usually docks in Muara Port, Brunei after every return voyages.
Equipment
The CSS is a multi-function well-intervention, supply, and light construction vessel, with accommodation for workers. It is equipped with 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 was designed by Vard Marine. The CSS is a cost-effective, stable platform with most of the capabilities of much larger vessels at a far lower cost. In addition, the design can be built at shipyards around the world.[6]
Gallery
- Belait CSS-1 Gallery
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Belait CSS-1 docked in Muara Port on 22 May 2015. -
Belait CSS-1's arrival counter.
References
- ^ "BELAIT CSS 1 (Platform) Registered in Brunei - Vessel details, Current position and Voyage information - IMO 9676785, MMSI 508111180, Call Sign V8V3145". www.marinetraffic.com. Retrieved 2020-08-01.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "China: Construction of Belait CSS 1 Nears Completion". Offshore Energy. 2013-12-12. Retrieved 2020-08-01.
- ^ "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.