Salvage and ocean towage vessel.
Owned by the Shanghai Salvage Company and operated by the joint venture between Svitzer & COESS.
Pictured whilst manouvreing to pick up the tow of the drilling rig 'ENSCO 8503' somewhere between French Guyana and Fourchon, Louisiana, USA.
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Built in 2000 by Donghai, Shanghai, China (97354), 3,170 g.t., 2,453 dwt. & 185 tons bollard pull, as:-
'De Hong'.
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Ultra Deepwater rig, built in 2010 by FELS, Singapore;
full spec sheet here:-
http://www.enscoplc.com/Theme/Ensco/...SCO%208503.pdf
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Photo by kind permission of Hua Dong Chen.
Regards, Rick