Ramform Titan

Ramform Titan in 2020
History
NameRamform Titan
OwnerTGS
BuilderMHI, Nagasaki, Japan
Launched2013
General characteristics
Length104.2 m (341 ft 10 in)
Beam70 m (229 ft 8 in)
Installed power3 x 6,000 kw each
Speed16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Crew80
Notes
Stern view. Sixteen streamer reels for hundreds of thousands of acoustic sensors.

Ramform Titan is a marine seismic acquisition vessel built in 2013 by the MHI shipyard in Nagasaki, Japan. Its width at the stern is 70 m (230 ft), making it the widest class of single-hulled ships in the world (NN Nanny previously exceeded this with a beam of 79 m before being broken up in 2003).

A model of the Ramform Titan

The Ramform class of ships was developed by PGS, before the company merged with TGS in 2024. PGS built three other Titan-class vessels after Ramform Titan: Ramform Atlas, Ramform Hyperion, and Ramform Tethys.

References

  1. 1 2 "Ramform Titan". Wärtsilä Encyclopedia of Marine and Energy Technology. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  2. ↑ "Ramform Titan | Marine seismic vessel". TGS. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
  3. ↑ "Widest monohull". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
  4. ↑ "NN Nanny". Kommandobryggan. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
  5. ↑ "TGS, PGS become oil and gas exploration powerhouse upon merger completion". TGS. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
  6. ↑ "World's Ugliest Ship, Ramform Titan, Arrives in Bergen, Norway". OnboardOnline. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  7. ↑ "PGS names its second Ramform Titan-class vessel". www.skipsrevyen.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). 15 February 2018. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  8. ↑ "Ramform Hyperion | Marine seismic vessel". TGS. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
  9. ↑ "Ramform Tethys | Marine seismic vessel". TGS. Retrieved 20 March 2025.