uscle Brains

BOABARGE 21 / BOABARGE 22

and

Heavy lift and semi submersible,

ocean going and heavy deck cargo barge

BOABARGE 21/22
GENERAL
Vessels name:

BOABARGE 21
BOABARGE 22
Flag:
Norwegian, NOR
Port of registry:
Trondheim
Call sign:
BB21:
LK 6896
BB22:
LK 6897
Year built:
2001
Builder: Jinling Shipyard, Nanjing, China
Yard No.:
BB21:
JLZ 98 0715
BB22:
JLZ 98 0716
Owner:
Boa Offshore AS
Manager:
Taubtkompaniet AS

15 000 t
14 000 t
13 000 t
12 000 t
11 000 t
10 000 t
9 000 t
8 000 t
7 000 t
6 000 t
5 000 t
4 000 t
3 000 t
2 000 t
1 000 t
Lightship

6.00 m
5.00 m
4.00 m
3.00 m
2.00 m
1.00 m
0.00 m

DEADWEIGHT SCALE

MAIN DIMENSIONS
Length, oa:
Breadth, moulded:
Breadth, max:
Depth, moulded:
Draught, fully loaded:
Deck area:
Frame spacing:
WEB frame spacing:
Long. stiffener spacing:

92.000 m
31.500 m
~31.900 m
6.710 m
5.300 m
~2 700 m2
2.000 m
2.000 m
0.610 m

C L A S S I F I C AT I O N
Class society:
DnV
Class notation:
DnV 1A1
Barge for Deck Loading Class id. No.:
BB21:
DnV id. 22113
BB22:
DnV id. 22114
TO N NAG E
Deadweight (T=5.300 m): 11 178 tonnes
Max. lifting
capacity (T=6.710 m):
15 300 tonnes
Gross tonnage:
5 074
Net tonnage:
1 522
DESCRIPTION
Ocean going, heavy deck cargo barge,
with a superstructure located on SB side
of the stem for stability and buoyancy
during submersible operations. The barge
is submerged by means of grounding at
the stern. Hull form and stern skeggs are
specially designed to increase course
stability and towing speed relatively to a
conventional barge hull shape. The
pontoon is divided into 15 tanks and two
forepeak tanks by means of two
longitudinal and five transverse bulkheads. Each tank is equipped with a
remote sounding system, a manual
sounding pipe and two manholes (of
which one is a quick release type).
The engine and pump room is located
forward below the main deck and is
accessible via the control tower. All cleats
and bollards are recessed, resulting in an
absolute flush deck aft of the flotation
tower.

301.8 ft
103.3 ft
~104.7 ft
22.0 ft
17.4 ft
~29 030 ft2
6.6 ft
6.6 ft
2.0 ft

SUBMERGING
When the barge is submerged down to
the grounding site the stern is seated
firmly on the ocean floor (sea bottom).
Special consideration must be given to
the grounding site because it must
facilitate both a secure placement
and easy retrieval.
Maximum submerging depth
Fwd part of deck:
8.7 m above BL
(2.0 m above deck)
Aft part of deck:
13.5 m above BL
(trimmed condition, 6.8 m above deck)
BALLASTI NG
General
The barge is equipped with a ballast
system with a total capacity of 1500
m3/hour at 1 bar pressure. The ballast
system is operated locally from the pump
room, except major valves and ballast
pumps that also can be remotely
controlled from the control room on top
of the superstructure.
Tanks
The ballast system consists of a total of
17 ballast tanks, all located in the pontoon.
Each tank equipped with a separate
ballast pipe running from the ballast
system in the pump room. All tanks
connected to a remote sounding system
(BB22 only).

MACH I N E RY EQU I PM E NT
Generators
The barges are equipped with the
following machinery:
One diesel electric generator, type
Valmet 620, equipped with a Stamford
Newage generator supplying 119 kVA at
440 V / 60 Hz to the main switchboard
for powering one of the ballast pumps
and general electric supply.
One diesel engine, type Valmet 420,
directly coupled to the second ballast
pump via a flexible connection.

Ballast Pumps
1 x 750 m3/hour at 1 bar, direct diesel
driven.
1 x 750 m3/hour at 1 bar, electrically
powered.
The two pumps are fully independent
from each other, and give redundancy to
the ballast system.
MOORING/ANCHORING
AND CARGO HANDLING
EQUIPMENT
Winch
An electric multipurpose winch is used
for cargo handling and for retrieving
towing equipment during submersible
operations. This winch is locally
operated and mounted on top of a
superstructure. The winch
also acts as an anchor windlass.
Anchor
A 2.5 tonnes stockless SPEC type anchor
installed, positioned in the bow. The
anchor is installed with an eight metres
chain fore runner and a total wire length
of 180 m. The wire is of type
41 mm, certified for a breaking force
of 98 tonnes.
Bollards
The barge is equipped with the following
bollards:
- 4 double bollards, located one in each
corner of the barge.
- 8 double post cleats, located four on
each side recessed in the deck at the
deck edge.
The cleats are cast steel with a dimension
of 1200 mm. The double bollards are
according to NS 2584 (Norwegian
Standard) 315 and have the following
capacities:
When mooring:
205 kN
When towing:
540 kN

TOW I N G E Q U I P M E NT
Main towing equipment
Comprises:
1.Two smith brackets located at main
deck level fwd, SB and Port side
approx. 7.3 m from CL.
2.A chain towing bridle consisting of:
- 2 x type 58 mm U3 chainlegs of
approx. 17 m length each
- 1 x triangular (delta) plate
- 1 x type 58 mm U3 chain pigtail
of approx. 9 m length
- Complete with shackles and endlinks
The delta plate, pigtail and bridle legs can
be hoisted up at main deck level by the
multipurpose winch and the A-frame
located at the bow in CL.

Emergency towing equipment

Comprises:
1. A smith bracket located at the main
deck in CL fwd.
2. A chain of length approx. 4 m
connecting the emergency towing wire
to the smith bracket.
3. An emergency towing wire of length
approx. 100 m, 100 mm, secured to
SB side of the barge, and with a spelter
socket located at main deck aft.
Capacities
The main towing equipment has a SWL of
85 tonnes. I.e. according to the typical
class rules, tugs with a bollard pull up to
116 tonnes can be used without
restrictions on the towing force.
N AV I G AT I O N A L L I G H T S A N D
SAFETY EQUIPMENT
Navigational lights are powered by the
vessels electrical system and by solar
cells as set forth by governing laws within
country of registry (flagging authority).
Properly maintained and serviced safety
equipment is always kept onboard.

H U LL STRE NGTH
Allowable Bending Moments [tonnes m]
Sagging Hogging
Max. still water
bending moment:
59 590 63 935
Rule wave moment:
21 408 21 029
Max. bending moment capacity: 80 998 84 964
Rule section modulus
ZRule
= 4 762 820 cm3
Actual section modulus
ZDeck
= 6 239 000 cm3
ZBottom
= 5 161 000 cm3

DESIG N LOADS
Deck loads
Distributed:
Line loads
Transverse bulkheads:
Transverse WEB girders:
Transverse frames:
Longitudinal bulkheads:
Longitudinal girders:

20 tonnes/m2
104 tonnes/m
80 tonnes/m
62 tonnes/m
111 tonnes/m
178 tonnes/m

Point Loads
Trans bulkhead/Long bulkhead:
362 tonnes
Trans bulkhead/Long girder:
498 tonnes
Trans bulkhead/Sideshell:
453 tonnes
Trans frame/Long bulkhead:
362 tonnes
Trans frame/Long girder:
340 tonnes
Trans frame/Sideshell:
521 tonnes
Trans WEB girder/Long bulkhead:
567 tonnes
Trans WEB girder/Long girder:
294 tonnes
Trans WEB girder/Sideshell:
521 tonnes
Notes:
1) Numbers given are max. capacities (global
loads, hydrostatic loads and dynamic loads).
2) When combining loads, the global bending
and shear stresses have to be evaluated as
well as the effect of the ballast distribution.
3) For required load distribution, local effects
to be taken into consideration.

All information and data herein are gathered from

various sources and are believed to be correct

Boa Offshore AS
Head office:
Pir II, 13A, Kai 9
N-7010 Trondheim, Norway
Tel.: +47 73 99 11 99
Fax: +47 73 99 11 97
www.boa.no

E-mail:
Commercial questions:
chartering@boa.no
Technical questions:
engineering@boa.no