MV Target carrying an unnamed load.
History
Norway
Name	Jahre Target 1993 Nord-Jahre Target 2000 Crude Target 2003 Genmar Centaur 2004 Front Target
Owner	initially Park Venture Co.
Builder	Brodosplit, Split, Croatia (Yugoslavia)
Yard number	361
Launched	29 July 1989
Completed	February 1990
Homeport	Sandefjord
Fate	Sold 2007
Netherlands Antilles
Name	MV Target
Operator	Dockwise
Completed	24 December 2007
Homeport	Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles
Identification	IMO number: 8617938 MMSI number: 306129000[1] Callsign: PJLL[2]
Status	in active service
General characteristics
Type	semi-submersible heavy-load carrier
Tonnage	142,031 DWT 2007 reduced to 53806
Length	269 m (882 ft 7 in) 2007 shortened to 216.9 m (711 ft 7 in)
Beam	44.5 m (146 ft 0 in)
Speed	14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)

MV Target is a semi-submersible heavy transport ship, built by Brodosplit in Yugoslavia.

History

Built in 1990 as a tanker, MV Jahre Target,^[3] MV Target is the second of six single hull tankers to be converted into heavy lift vessels. After completing submerging and sea trials, the former sealift vessel was delivered to the new owners, Dockwise on 24 December 2007.^[4]

Design

MV Target was converted at the COSCO shipyard in Nantong, China. A new midsection was fitted to the bow and aft sections of the single-hull tanker. She has a carrying capacity in excess of 35,000 tons and an unobstructed deck area measuring 44.5 m x 130 m.

Service

MV Target is designed to transport complex, high-value cargo, including semi-submersible and jack-up drilling units, as well as offshore structures. She is managed by Anglo-Eastern Ship Management who provide technical and crew management.

In 2009, MV Target transported the Royal Navy ice-strengthened survey ship, HMS Endurance from the Falkland Islands to Portsmouth.^[5]

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