"Sihang Yongxing" barge
The world's largest wide-body, shallow-draft semi-submersible barge
The ship is 164 meters long, 65 meters wide, with a design draft of 6.6 meters and a carrying capacity of 45,000 tonnes. Its deck spans 10,660 square meters. Equipped with an advanced intelligent ballast system, it can submerge to a depth of 26.8 meters. The vessel combines immersed tube prefabrication, transport, and installation functions, serving both as an offshore floating work platform and a maritime dock for rapid repair of damaged ships.
