Dredger “Kaisho-Maru”

Author

Kume, Hideki ; Kakinouchi, Tsutomu ; Shimazaki, Morihiro

Author_Institution

4th Port Constr. Bur., Minist. of Transp., Yamaguchi, Japan

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

503

Lastpage

507

Abstract

“Kaisho-Maru” is the latest drag-suction dredge and oil recovery vessel which has been planned by the 4th District Port and Harbor Construction Bureau, Ministry of Transport and is being constructed at IHI Tokyo Shipyard. Especially this is a world largest class oil recovery vessel. On this vessel, various types of sensors are adopted to support automatic dredging and oil recovery operations. From the standpoint of underwater technology, this vessel is equipped with a seabed mapping system which supports more accurate and efficient dredge operations, called the dredge operation support (DOS) system. The paper presents general features of the vessel and a detailed explanation of the DOS system

Keywords

bathymetry; sonar; telecontrol; underwater vehicles; Kaisho-Maru dredger; automatic dredging; automatic oil recovery operations; drag-suction dredge and oil recovery vessel; dredge operation support system; oil recovery vessel; seabed mapping system; Accidents; Marine vehicles; Petroleum; Power generation; Power supplies; Propulsion; Soil; Sonar; Stability; Underwater technology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Underwater Technology, 2000. UT 00. Proceedings of the 2000 International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Tokyo

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6378-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/UT.2000.852598

Filename

852598