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MHI's VOSREV Features A

Submergible Deck To Recover Oil

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, litd. (MHI) has developed a vessel lamed Versatile Oil Spill Response /essel (VOSREV), initially reported n the May '93 issue of Maritime

Reporter, which is designed to ef- fectively recover and remove spilled )il from the ocean.

VOSREV is designed to operate in shallow coastal waters and un- der rough weather, satisfying vari- ous conditions required for an oil recovery vessel. VOSREV was de- veloped by envisaging how to cope with a large-scale oil spill. The prototype will be a 10,000-dwt ves- sel with an overall length of 492 feet, breadth of 105 feet, depth of 28 feet and maximum draft of 20 feet.

The vessel will be able to carry on its deck materials and equipment including oil booms, oil skimmers, dispersants and smaller vessels used to deploy the fences in place.

The vessel is designed with a sub- mergible deck. At the spill site, the small boats collect the spilled oil by sweeping it with the oil booms to- wards the deck of the vessel.

After collecting the oil, the vessel will store it in tanks located below the deck of the vessel, as well as manage various oil removal and col- lecting activities as commanding mother ship. Repeating this activ- ity, the vessel recovers spilled oil.

In particular, the vessel will be able to collect high-viscosity, mousse- like oil, which is difficult to collect with a conventional small oil skim- mer. So that VOSREV can arrive at an oil spill site as quickly as possible,

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MHI's VOSREV - A vessel to recover spilled oil. maximum speed is designed to be 16 knots. Also, the vessel will be equipped with heliport so that pre- cise oil recovery work can be con- ducted through guidance from the air. VOSREV will be used as a multifunctional vessel when not in service as an oil recovery ship. With its wide, flat deck, it will be able to carry large or heavy cargo such as special vehicles or trains.

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