Meloria (ship)

Meloria

The platform during salvage work on the Costa Concordia (January 2012)

Ship data flag  Italy Ship type Floating crane home port Livorno Owner Tito Neri Lavori Pubblici Srl Shipyard MEC Carpensalda SpA, Italy Build number 31 Launch 2004 Whereabouts in service

Ship dimensions and crew length 42.42 m ( Lüa ) width 19.00 m Side height 3.30 m Draft Max. 2.45 m measurement 802 BRZ / 240 NRZ   crew up to 9 people

Machine system machine no

Furnishing Link Belt LS 718 deck crane 225T, crane arm 21 - 76 meters 3 generators for systems and tools 115/33 / 210kVA Working deck 400m2 Platform lifting capacity 160 tons

Others Classifications Registro Italiano Navale

The Meloria is a floating crane from the Livorno- based Neri Group , which, in addition to all types of towing services, also carries out rescue operations and has various special ships for this purpose.

description

The Meloria platform serves as a universal working platform; it is equipped with a platform lattice boom crane and has a work area of ​​around 400 m² as well as quarters for the crew and the generators and pumps required to operate the platform. As is usual with crane platforms, the Meloria does not have its own drive, but is moved to the site by tugs .

Surname

The vehicle is named after the small island of Meloria , which is located directly in front of the home port of Livorno.

Events

The Meloria working platform was used in 2012 to empty the fuel tanks of the wrecked Costa Concordia . The owner of the Costa Concordia , Costa Crociere , had commissioned the Dutch company Smit Internationale and the Neri Group to empty the tanks.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Neri Group: OCEAN CRANE BARGE “MELORIA” ( Memento of the original from March 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 110 kB), accessed on February 9, 2012