Patent ID: 6540441
Filing Date: 2003-04-01
Classification: B63B,E02B

Abstract:
A transporter for installation or removal of an offshore platform comprising a jacket and a topsides supported by the jacket, the topsides comprising one or more decks, the transporter having an oblong ballastable structure which is rotatable across the longitudinal direction by ballasting, the oblong structure having two long sides and an intermediate underside that forms a U-shaped cross section, the underside in one end being provided with a recess which, when the transporter in a ballasted position is lying in the sea with the underside horizontally down, is adapted to contain a jacket which is standing in a raised position on the seabed, the transporter further having abutment portions adapted to support and lift the topsides off the jacket when the transporter is deballasted, and that the long sides and/or underside comprises means for securing the jacket in between the long sides and the underside, in a position in which the sides of the jacket are adjacent to the long side and the underside of the transporter.