Singapore’s marine design firm SeaTech Solutions International will perform a basic design for the world’s first seabed mining vessel, which will then be built at China’s Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding.
The seabed mining vessel will be built for Marine Assets Corporation (MAC) and Nautilus Minerals Inc for use at the Solwara 1 Project in Papua New Guinea.
The 227-metre by 40-metre vessel is diesel-electric driven, with dynamic positioning feature and equipped with two main cranes. The vessel will also be equipped for seafloor resource production, onboard ore storage and other related duties.Seabed mining vessel
Toronto-based Nautilus Minerals plans to mine copper and gold from the Solwara 1 Project with a chartered vessel from Dubai-based MAC to act as the floating base for the operations in the waters of Papua New Guinea.
The vessel will be chartered to Nautilus Minerals for a minimum period of five years with options to either extend the charter or purchase the vessel.
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