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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2000
Kåre Syvertsen, Arendal, NO;
Arne Smedal, Færvik, NO;
Hitec Systems As., Stavanger, NO;
Abstract
A ship for use in offshore operations, with one or more vertical openings (moonpools) in the hull, wherein the deck and/or hull bottom areas between or substantially between and/or otherwise adjacent the openings, are displaced relative to the rest of the deck and/or hull bottom areas of the ship to a position closer to the ship's transverse neutral axis. The area between the rest of the other deck- and hull bottom areas and substantially the displaced area or areas at the openings in the ship and the rest of the deck- and/or hull bottom areas can be stepped in one or more steps, or be shaped as an approximately linear or arcuate junction.