A maritime vessel for manufacturing products includes a factory ship that is ocean-going and comprises a propulsion system and navigation system for crossing an ocean. Factory units are on board the ship and supported by the ship. Some factory units include at least two production units that are operable to concurrently and independently produce a respective product. Some factory units include at least one assembly unit operable to assemble a finished product from the respective intermediate products. The arrangement of factory units may be changed on the ship in order to reconfigure the factory for producing different types of products.

A portable offshore oil rig including an above water walking platform, a central pipe, a collapsible basket made of pipes forming a frame, flotation devices, a gliding jointed box, a central jointed box, and corner jointed boxes which connect the pipes to form the frame. When collapsed for movement, the entire oil rig falls within the footprint of the above water walking platform.

An offshore LNG processing plant includes a first module including a personnel accommodation facility on a first vessel, a second module including a gas treatment facility on a second vessel, and a third module including a gas liquefaction facility on a third vessel. Each of the first, second, and third modules are assembled on the corresponding vessels, and then transported to an offshore location in a body of water, such as a river, a lake, or a sea. At the offshore location, each vessel deploys legs to the bed of the body of water to raise a hull of each vessel out of the water. The first module is then coupled to the second module, and the second module is coupled to the third module. A fourth module on a fourth vessel is coupled to the third module to provide LNG storage.

A computing device configured to control one or more functions of production machinery on a factory ship includes memory storing instructions and one or more processing devices configured to execute the instructions. Executing the instructions causes the one or more processing devices to receive a plurality of measurement signals indicating movement of the factory ship or a first factory unit of a plurality of factory units, and control, based on the plurality of measurement signals and constraints of a stabilization mechanism, operating parameters of production machinery associated with the first factory unit. The one or more processing devices are configured to, based on the plurality of measurement signals, change the operating parameters of the production machinery, initiate a portion of a manufacturing process performed by the production machinery associated with the first factory unit, terminate the portion of the manufacturing process, or pause the portion of the manufacturing process.

System and methods for floating dockside liquefaction of natural gas are described. A system for floating dockside liquefaction of natural gas comprises a natural gas pretreatment facility located onshore proximate a dock, wherein the natural gas pretreatment facility is configured to process pipeline quality gas into pretreated natural gas, a floating liquefaction unit moored at the dock, wherein the floating liquefaction unit further comprises a natural gas liquefaction module on a deck, and an LNG storage tank for storing produced LNG below the deck, a pipeline coupling the onshore pretreatment facility to the dock, wherein the pipeline is configured to transport pretreated natural gas onto the dock, and a high pressure gas arm fluidly coupling the pipeline to the floating liquefaction unit, wherein the gas arm is configured to transfer pretreated natural gas to the floating liquefaction unit.

A method to improve the safety and comfort of an ultra large marine floating system is provided. The ultra large marine floating system has a length of 350 to 550 m, a width of 45 to 80 m, and a depth of 25 to 35 m. The ultra large marine floating system has a tank zone and a plant zone that are visibly separated from one another. Additionally, the tank zone has LNG storage tanks, self-supporting spherical (MOSS type) tanks, a membrane tank arranged in a hold, and the plant zone includes a liquefied natural gas plant.

A system for marine electricity generation and solid carbon production includes an offshore marine platform on which is mounted a regassification system for regassification of liquid methane; a methane splitting system producing solid carbon and gaseous hydrogen; and a power generation system producing electricity and exhaust heat. A first marine vessel is moored adjacent the marine platform for delivery of the liquid methane, and a second marine vessel is moored adjacent the marine platform for removal of the solid carbon produced by the methane splitting system. The hydrogen produced from the methane splitting system is used in a fuel stream for the power generation system. The exhaust heat from the power generation system is utilized in the methane splitting process. Also mounted on the marine platform is a solid carbon handling system disposed to manage the large amount of solid carbon resulting from the methane splitting process.

A factory for producing an elongated tension member has a buoyant body, which may be a ship with a hull and an upper deck, arranged to support at least one apparatus for producing the elongated tension member. The at least one apparatus for producing the elongated tension member has a feeder, a processing device and at least one end fitting device. The feeder is arranged to provide input material, such as at least one load bearing yarn and/or at least one load bearing wire and/or load bearing fibres (fibers). The processing device is arranged to wind and/or twist and/or bundle the input material provided by the feeder. The at least one end fitting device is arranged to provide the elongated tension member with a proximal end fitting and a distal end fitting.

A recycling ship configured to sail to an offshore site for recycling a composite material rich structure at the site. The composite material rich structure can include a wind turbine blade, a boat or a ship comprising fiber reinforced composite material. The recycling ship comprises a first processing unit having a cutter configured to receive the composite material rich structure and to section it into composite parts, and a second processing unit having a crusher and/or grinder configured to reduce the size of the composite parts into composite material granulates.

A factory for producing an elongated tension member has a buoyant body, which may be a ship with a hull and an upper deck, arranged to support at least one apparatus for producing the elongated tension member. The at least one apparatus for producing the elongated tension member has a feeder, a processing device and at least one end fitting device. The feeder is arranged to provide input material, such as at least one load bearing yarn and/or at least one load bearing wire and/or load bearing fibers. The processing device is arranged to wind and/or twist and/or bundle the input material provided by the feeder. The at least one end fitting device is arranged to provide the elongated tension member with a proximal end fitting and a distal end fitting.