Asian Hercules II

History
Singapore
Name	Asian Hercules II
Operator	Asian Lift Pte Ltd (Keppel FELS/SMIT JV)
Completed	1997
In service	1997–present
Homeport	Singapore
Identification	IMO number:  8639297 MMSI number: 563793000
Status	In service
General characteristics
Class & type	ABS A1 (E) Barge + PAS
Tonnage	10,560  GT 3,168  NT
Length	91 metres (299 ft)
Beam	43 metres (141 ft)
Draft	2.75 to 8.50 metres (9 ft 0 in to 27 ft 11 in)
Installed power	3× Diesel generator, 1,940 kilowatts (2,600 hp) total output
Propulsion	4 x 813 kW Azimuth
Speed	7 kilotonnes (6,900 long tons; 7,700 short tons)

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]

References

1. "Asian Hercules II" (PDF). Asian Lift Pte Ltd. February 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-02-14. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
2. "Smit and Keppel strengthen sheerlegs joint venture". Cranes Today. 4 May 1999. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
3. "Keppel's sheerlegs joins Smit's heavy lift fleet". Cranes Today. 5 December 1999. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
4. "Millennium bridge reaches destination". BBC News. 20 November 2000. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
5. Brynildsen, Ivar (May 2005). "TRICOLOR - The collision, sinking and wreck removal". Insight. gard. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
6. "Transportation Huisman's newbuilding heavy lift mast crane". Biglift Shipping. 2011. Retrieved 4 August 2016.

External links

• Noe, Rain (28 January 2016). "Real Life Cutaways: Here's How You Saw a 50,000-Ton Ship Carrying 2,800 Cars Into Slices (With the Cars Still Inside)". Core77. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
• Von Wüst, Christian (4 August 2003). "Sperrmüll im Fahrwasser" [Bulky waste in the waterway]. Der Spiegel. Retrieved 4 August 2016.