FAST TRANSIT SELF-ELEVATING PLATFORMS

摘要

A jack-up vehicle having a hull including at least two hull sections (2, 3) interconnected in such manner as to be positionable in an end-to-end relationship having a first vehicle width and for the purpose of movement of the vehicle from one location to another location and to be positionable in a side-by- side configuration having a second vehicle width when at said another location, wherein the first vehicle width is less than the second vehicle width. A jack-up vessel such as this can maintain stability when elevated with square positioning of supporting legs and yet reposition the hull sections to achieve a preferred hull shape for transit from location - to - location at more than twice the usual speed of known jack-up vessels.