MV Rocknes (2001)
MV Rocknes, ex-Kvitnes, which capsized in Vatlestraumen outside Bergen, Norway, 19 January 2004. | |
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| Launched | 29 June 2001 |
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| Type | rock discharge vessel |
| Length | 545 ft (166 m) |
| Crew | 30 |
MV Rocknes was a 166-metre (545 ft)-long rock discharge vessel that hit shallow water and suddenly capsized south of Bergen, Norway on 19 January 2004, killing 18 members of its 30-person crew. At the time of its sinking, it was the world's largest dynamically positioned flexible fall pipe rock dumping vessel. The ship was repaired during 2004 and 2005 and renamed Nordnes.
Rocknes was owned by Kvitnes Shipping Company Ltd. of St. Johns, a part of the Hartmann group of Cadenberge, Germany. The ship was on a long-term charter to Van Oord ACZ, an international contractor specializing in dredging, rock dumping, and offshore and coastal construction.