Asian Hercules II explained
Asian Hercules II is a floating sheerleg crane vessel owned and operated by Asian Lift (Smit Singapore and Keppel Fels).[1]
History
She was built in 1997 in Singapore at Keppel's Far East-Levingston Shipbuilding Ltd's yard. Soon after completion, Asian Hercules II was loaned to Smit International and served the European lifting market from 1999.[2] [3]
Asian Hercules II set the completed Gateshead Millennium Bridge in place on 20 November 2000.[4]
Asian Hercules II and Rambiz lifted sections of the sunken Tricolor from the English Channel after it sank in 2002. Tricolor was cut into sections with a carbide-coated cable prior to wreck removal.[5]
In 2011, Asian Hercules II set the heavy-lift mast crane for Seven Borealis.[6]
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Asian Hercules II . . February 2002 . Asian Lift Pte Ltd. . 4 August 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060214131332/http://www.asianlift.com.sg/downloads/Asian_HerculesII.pdf . 2006-02-14 . dead .
- News: Smit and Keppel strengthen sheerlegs joint venture . . 4 May 1999 . Cranes Today . 4 August 2016.
- News: Keppel's sheerlegs joins Smit's heavy lift fleet . . 5 December 1999 . Cranes Today . 4 August 2016.
- News: Millennium bridge reaches destination . . 20 November 2000 . BBC News . 4 August 2016.
- TRICOLOR - The collision, sinking and wreck removal . Brynildsen, Ivar . May 2005 . Insight . gard . 4 August 2016.
- Web site: Transportation Huisman's newbuilding heavy lift mast crane . . 2011 . Biglift Shipping . 4 August 2016.