Belait CSS-1 is a well intervention vessel and Accommodation platform owned by Belait Shipping. She can provide places for accommodations, and perform maintenance, rescue, and hoist activities.[1] She has a sister ship named Belait CSS-2, commissioned four years after CSS-1.

Belait CSS-1 docked in Muara Port on 22 May 2015.
History
Brunei
NameBelait CSS-1
OwnerBelait Shipping
Port of registryMuara, Brunei
BuilderMawei Shipbuilding Co., China
Cost526 million yuan ($80 million)
Acquired25 February 2015
Commissioned25 February 2015
Identification
StatusActive
General characteristics
TypeAccommodation platform
Displacement3,800 tons
Length84 m (275 ft 7 in)
Draught10.5 m (34 ft 5 in)
Depth20.5 m (67 ft 3 in)
Propulsion6 x 2800KW generators
Speed9.1 knots (16.9 km/h; 10.5 mph) maximum
Boats & landing
craft carried
4 x Life boats
Aviation facilitiesHelicopter landing platform

Construction and career

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Construction of Belait CSS-1 was commissioned by Belait CSS Sendirian Berhad, an SPV Company registered in Brunei Darussalam. Belait CSS-1 was primarily built as a well-intervention vessel to support production of oil in Brunei. She cost about 526 million yuan ($80 million),[2] was built in Fujian, China and registered in Muara, Brunei.

Belait CSS-1 was undocked from the shipyard on 7 December 2013 and delivered to Brunei on 25 February 2015.[3][4] She regularly travels to the Champion Field, which is a complex oil and gas field, situated 40 kilometres north-northwest of Bandar Seri Begawan, in water depths of 10 to 45 metres. She usually docks in Muara Port, Brunei after every return voyages.

Equipments

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The CSS is a multi-function well-intervention, supply, and light construction vessel, with accommodation for workers. It is equipped with a 150 T lattice boom crane, a telescopic heave compensated gangway, a moonpool, a 12.8 T rated helideck, DP-2 rating, and accommodation up to 200 people.[5]

She was designed by Vard Marine. The CSS is a cost-effective, stable platform with most of the capabilities of much larger vessels at a far lower cost. In addition, the design can be built at shipyards around the world.[6]

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References

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  1. ^ "BELAIT CSS 1 (Platform) Registered in Brunei - Vessel details, Current position and Voyage information - IMO 9676785, MMSI 508111180, Call Sign V8V3145". www.marinetraffic.com. Retrieved 2020-08-01.
  2. ^ "Belait Shipping & QESS - shipping Brunei - Awang Haji Ali". The Business Report. Retrieved 2020-07-31.
  3. ^ "The delivery for the fifth multi-purpose PSV with twin-hull semisubmersible platform - Eshiptrading.com". www.eshiptrading.com. Retrieved 2020-07-31.
  4. ^ "China: Construction of Belait CSS 1 Nears Completion". Offshore Energy. 2013-12-12. Retrieved 2020-08-01.
  5. ^ "Belait CSS 1 Undocks from Fujian Mawei Shipyard". Offshore Energy. 2013-12-12. Retrieved 2020-07-31.
  6. ^ "Compact Semi-Submersible (CSS) Designs - Vard Marine Inc". Vard Marine. Retrieved 2020-07-31.