Delta Marine floating dock design to deliver 23,500t lifting capacity under Bureau Veritas class
Sedef Shipyard has marked the start of construction on a new 23,500t lifting capacity floating dock with a steel cutting ceremony for hull NB231. The floating dock, designated DLT-211 is designed by Delta Marine, is being built for USA based, Colonna’s Shipyard.
The floating dock will be constructed under Bureau Veritas classification and is designed to service both commercial and naval vessels in accordance with MIL-STD-1625D standards. Delta Marine is overseeing the project’s full scope of basic and detailed design.
The programme builds on an established partnership between the stakeholders, following the successful delivery of an 11,500t floating dock completed between 2015 and 2017. The companies highlighted their continued collaboration, underpinned by long-term cooperation and mutual trust.
Speakers at the ceremony included Sedef Shipyard’s Business Development Manager Ethem Rıdvan Çim and Strategic Planning and Business Development Director & Operations Director Fahri Arısoy, alongside Mark Essert, Executive Director of Facilities at Colonna’s Shipyard.
The steel cutting marks the first major milestone in the project, initiating a construction process that will progress through close coordination between all parties.
Floating Dock Main particulars:
- Length overall: 224.50 m
- Length along pontoon deck: 212.00 m
- Breadth (external): 43.50 m
- Breadth (internal): 35.50 m
- Pontoon deck height (CL): 4.90 m
- Maximum lifting capacity (commercial vessels): 23,500 tonnes
