Ship Motions and Hull Deformations of a Non-Conventional Ship (the Pioneering Spirit) with Forward Speed in Waves

The Pioneering Spirit is the world’s largest construction vessel. The twin-hulled vessel is 382 m long and 124 m wide. At the bow is a slot, 122 m long and 59 m wide, that enables the Pioneering Spirit to straddle a platform and remove or install entire topsides up to 48,000 t in a single lift using eight sets of horizontal lifting beams. Until...

Behaviour of catamarans in waves.