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Liftboats are commonly used to perform maintenance on oil and gas well platforms. They have increasingly been used in constructing offshore wind farms in the United States. [ 2 ] The liftboat usually moves on location on a side of the platform where no obstructions or pipelines are observed, lowers its legs and jacks up out of the water.
On April 13, 2021 Seacor Power capsized in the Gulf of Mexico, around 8 miles (13 km) off Port Fourchon, Louisiana, United States. [3] Rescue attempts resulted in six successful rescues (one each by two United States Coast Guard (USCG) ships, and four by civilian vessels).
Shallow-water driller Hercules Offshore has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the liftboat Titan 2, a 280-foot class vessel built in 2008, from a subsidiary of KS Energy for $42 million in ...
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Following the September 11 attacks in New York City, many people were unable to leave Lower Manhattan due to the closure of bridges and tunnels and mass transportation. [5] [6] Within minutes of the first plane hitting the first tower, multiple fireboats from the New York City Fire Department rushed to the scene. [7]
Larger non-inflatable boats are also employed as lifeboats. The RNLI fields the Severn class lifeboat and Tamar class lifeboat as all-weather lifeboats (ALB). In the United States and Canada, the term motor life boat refers to a similar class of non-inflatable self-righting lifeboats, such as the 47-foot Motor Lifeboat.
A curule seat probably designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel, made in carved wood and gilded ca. 1810 in Berlin, later restored and reupholstered by a private dealer. A curule seat is a design of a (usually) foldable and transportable chair noted for its uses in Ancient Rome and Europe through to the 20th century.