First Olsen Pte.Ltd to upgrade the world's biggest ship
First Olsen Pte.Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Fred.Olsen Production ASA (FOP), announced today that they have entered into an agreement with Maersk Oil Qatar (MOQ) for the upgrading of the capacity of the KNOCK NEVIS floating, storage and offloading vessel (FSO) currently on contract to MOQ on the Al- Shaheen field, offshore Qatar.
The upgrade project targets a 25% increase in the liquid handling capacity of the vessel.
The KNOCK NEVIS is indisputably the world's largest ship.
Built in Japan between 1979 and 1981 at Sumitomo Corporation's Oppama shipyard in Japan she was bought by Hong Kong shipping magnate Tung Chao Yung of OOCL, named SEAWISE GIANT and operated between the Middle East and the USA.
From around 1986 she was used as a floating storage ship and transhipment terminal in Iran during the Iran-Iraq War. During that war, in May 1988, she was badly damaged by aerial bombs dropped from Iraqi jets in the Strait of Hormuz.
After being repaired she became the JAHRE VIKING and passed into First Olsen ownership in the late 1990's.
In March 2004 she went to Dubai Drydocks and emerged after refit as an FSO with her current name.
She is over half a million tons DWT and is a mind-blowing 1504 feet long - that's 373 feet longer than the QUEEN MARY 2.
The upgrade project targets a 25% increase in the liquid handling capacity of the vessel.
The KNOCK NEVIS is indisputably the world's largest ship.
Built in Japan between 1979 and 1981 at Sumitomo Corporation's Oppama shipyard in Japan she was bought by Hong Kong shipping magnate Tung Chao Yung of OOCL, named SEAWISE GIANT and operated between the Middle East and the USA.
From around 1986 she was used as a floating storage ship and transhipment terminal in Iran during the Iran-Iraq War. During that war, in May 1988, she was badly damaged by aerial bombs dropped from Iraqi jets in the Strait of Hormuz.
After being repaired she became the JAHRE VIKING and passed into First Olsen ownership in the late 1990's.
In March 2004 she went to Dubai Drydocks and emerged after refit as an FSO with her current name.
She is over half a million tons DWT and is a mind-blowing 1504 feet long - that's 373 feet longer than the QUEEN MARY 2.
