Gary's baby started swimming in Spain (at START) and ended at its' final spot off the coast of Italy (at END). For the fab photos and Gary's explanation click HERE. For towing photos and a lovely discourse on Archimedes Principle click HERE and HERE.
Here is his baby, at its' final spot and - as promised showing the installation of one of the Mooring Dolphins (the dolphin is behind the two red cranes):
Since I was a bit confused with all the ships and stuff around, Gary supplied me with a diagram of what it will look like when it is done. As explained in one of the previous blogs about Gary's baby, ships loaded with cooled Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) will pull up beside this and off load it. It is then heated and shipped to Italy via a pipeline on the ocean floor. The ships are so big they are almost the length of both Mooring Dolphins and the GBS structure itself - which is pretty darn big since the GBS structure is approximately the size of 4 football fields, so the length of two football fields. The ships tie off to the dolphins on each end and settle on the bumpers on the side of the GBS (they are blue in the diagram and yellow on the actual structure).
Here are a couple of more photos of the work in progress:
1 comment:
That looks awesome. Now why did I become a math teacher rather than an engineer? It looks like Gary has more fun, although I love the high school kids. (Most of the time . . .)
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