On February 7, 2018, CIMC Raffles delivered high-end semi-submersible accommodation platform OOS Tiradentes at its Yantai Shipyard. The platform will sail to Brazil soon afterwards. It can provide users safe and comfortable working environment in an economic and environmentally friendly way.

OOS Tiradentes, classed by ABS, is a semi-submersible accommodation platform with length of 106.45m, width of 68.9m, deck box bottom height of 36.25m, accommodation capacity of 600 personnel, deck area of 3500 m2, and maximum speed of 12 knots. It was designed according to operation requirements of the Brazilian Sea area. Furthermore, it can provide service worldwide excluding the North Pole and Norwegian North Sea area.

Based on the previous experience on nine delivered semi-submersible platforms, CIMC Raffles finished the concept design, basic design and detailed design by itself, and has 100% intellectual property rights on all designs. Moreover, CIMC Raffles achieved three major breakthroughs: closed-loop design of the dynamic positioning system, automatic following of target platform, and the compliance of green Environmental Protection standard. OOS founder Leon Overdulve commented that, “This platform fully developed by CIMC Raffles will definitely increase our offshore capacity. For a long time, we have established a strategy of decreasing fuel consumption and overall cost to meet the demands of our clients. I have visited this platform many times. The quality is very satisfying and the project management team is extremely dedicated and professional. Meanwhile, our top priority of creating a safe and comfortable working environment for our employees is fully incorporated. All in all, I am 100% satisfied with the whole project team.”