210’ft. Hoverbarge for Sale or Charter – USWC
Description
210’ft. Hoverbarge for Sale or Charter – USWC
Marcon File Number: MB21082 Hover Barge – “Ghost”
- Dimensions: 210.0′ loa x 82.7′ beam x 5.6′ depth
- Built in 2009. Built at Sundial Marine Construction & Repair.
- U.S. flag.
- Deck Cargo: 450T on 9,000ft2 clear deck (on hover with no draft)
- Watch “Ghost” in operation at: https://vimeo.com/216331480
- FO: 8,000g.
- Crane: 2 – Grove M977 hyd. Knuckleboom.
- World’s largest hover barge designed & engineered by BMT Nigel Gee, U.K. and Hovertrans, Ltd. Towed by vessel, tractor or other method (barge engines/fans create hover, but barge is non-propelled). Can haul up to 450 metric tons containerized or odd dimension project cargoes & modules on a 55.2m x 16.2m heavy deck over shallow water, ice, slush, swamps, wetlands, tundra and other environmentally challenging & sensitive terrains where conventional vehicles & barges are unable to work. Hovers abt. 5′ off the surface with minimal footprint. Loaded displacement abt. 1,100T. Hull built of DH-36 low temperature (-20 deg. F) steel. Epoxy coated exterior deck & side shell. Designed operating temperature +40 deg. C to – 20 deg. C. 16′ x 10′ midships moon pool for coring & drilling ops. 10mt/m2 bow ramp plus two side ramps with Braden hydraulic side winches for Ro/Ro ops. Four 1,051HP CAT3412 engines drive Woodcock & Wilson lift fans abt. 5.5′ in diameter in custom built, sound attenuated aluminum engine/fan houses with CO2 fire suppression systems. Two 3,000psi @ 45gpm hydraulic power packs with CAT3126 engines. Cranes refurbished by Leavesley International. Barge RF wireless radio remote control system with four belly pack and local station. 4 controllers included. 8 deck lights. 4 Panama chocks & 5 bollards aft for making up to push tug. Spare rubber skirting. Launched early 2014. Commissioned, passed hover lift test and christened April 2017. Fully operational. Exclusively in our hands. Photographs, full technical description, videos, drawings on request and at www.marcon.com. Owner will consider sale, or charter.
- Link to more information at: https://www.marcon.com/library/web_Inventory/barges/MB21082/flyer.cfm
- Inspection: U.S. Northwest.
Contact Marcon for details and price guidance.
Marcon International, Inc.
(as brokers only)
www.marcon.com
Office: +1-360-678-8880
E-mail: info@marcon.com
P.O. Box 1170
107 S Main Street, Suite B201
Coupeville, WA 98239, USA
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Details believed correct, not guaranteed. Offered subject to prior sale or charter.
