TheDutch company announced that it had started a study into the new design at theOffshore Technology Conference in Houston.

TheDockwise Vanguard which came into service in early 2013 is already the world’s heavyliftvessel with a carrying capacity of 117,000t.

Boskalis did not disclose the dimensions of thenew giant, but an artist’s impression of the new design showed that it was largeenough to load the Dockwise Vanguard.

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