Fugro Seacore, the installation contractors, own a number of jack-up platforms for over-water drilling and other marine infrastructure activities. They prepared the concept design of a new walking jack-up and appointed Longitude as naval architects.

Longtiude’s activities included:-

  • Preparing scantling design for hull to GL Rules
  • Preparing load cases to represent operational use
  • Preparing global finite element analysis for assessment of operational load cases
  • Optimising design for client requirements
  • Preparing stability books, loadline, tonnage and other statutory documentation