Mission-specific platforms are especially chosen to fullfil particular scientific objectives. In many cases this requires modifications to get the most appropriate platform.
The chosen vessel is the liftboat (L/B) Kayd and was mobilised from 24 to 29 April 2009, in Atlantic City, NJ, USA.
The drilling contractor, DOSECC, prepares the drillfloor to be installed onboard the lift boat Kayd (C. Delahunty © DOSECC). DOSECC: Drilling, Observation and Sampling of the Earth's Continental Crust.
The drilling contractor, DOSECC, prepares the drilling compartment where the drill rig will be installed onboard the Kayd (C. Delahunty © DOSECC). DOSECC: Drilling, Observation and Sampling of the Earth's Continental Crust.
ESO containers are loaded onto the lifboat Kayd during mobillisation in Atlantic City (D. Smith © ECORD/IODP).
ESO container is loaded onto the lift boat Kayd during mobillisation in Atlantic City (G. Tulloch © ECORD/IODP).
The lift boat Kayd (Montco Offshore Inc) arrived in Atlantic City on 24 April, 2009. Mobilisation was carried out by the drilling contractor DOSECC and ESO personel for 6 days (D. Smith © ECORD/IODP).
Drilling equipement (pipes) is loaded onto the lift boat Kayd during mobillisation in Atlantic City (D. Smith © ECORD/IODP).
DOSECC personel store the drillpipes onboard the Kayd during mobilisation in Atlantic City (A. Stevenson © ECORD/IODP).
View of the working deck with the drillrig and ESO containers seen from the bridge of the Kayd during mobilisation in Atlantic City (A. Stevenson © ECORD/IODP).
ESO personel check the electrical wires of the containers during the moblisation in Atlantic City (P. Maruéjol © ECORD/IODP). Because of the nature of transiting in a lift boat, with water spilling over the deck, power could not be fully installed in the containers until the first hole was reached.
The ESO containers onboard the lift boat Kayd during mobilisation in Atlantic City (A. Stevenson © ECORD/IODP).
Inside the ESO containers during the moblisation phase. Left, Alex Wülbers (ESO) checking the equipment in the core curation container; middle, the geochemistry container; right, Sarah Morgan (ESO-EPC) in the petrophysics container (© ECORD/IODP).
View of the working deck with the drillrig and ESO containers seen from the bridge of the Kayd following mobilisation in Atlantic City (G. Mountain © ECORD/IODP).
The lift boat Kayd following mobilisation in Atlantic City (J. Inwood © ECORD/IODP).
Dave McInroy (Staff Scientist) watches the liftboat Kayd following moblisation at the Coast Guard Station in Atlantic City. (A.Stevenson, ECORD/IODP).
The three 75m-long legs of the lift boat Kayd can be easily seen from the marina harbour in Atlantic City (J. Inwood © ECORD/IODP).
Lift boat Kayd following moblisation at the Coast Guard Station in Atlantic City. (A. Wülbers © ECORD/IODP). L/B Kayd (Montco Offshore) has an overall length of 42 metres with three 75m-long legs.