Flotel

Flotel, a portmanteau of the terms floating hotel, refers to the installation of living quarters on top of rafts or semi-submersible platforms. Flotels are used as hotels on rivers or in harbour areas, or as accommodation of working people, especially in the offshore oil industry.[1]

Hotel Haegumgang
Main article: Hotel Haegumgang

Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Main article: Deepwater Horizon oil spill

Flotels were extensively used to house cleanup workers for the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.[1] Cities along the shore in some cases were unable to accommodate the large number of workers needed for the cleanup, so BP used flotels to house some of the workers.[1] BP told the media that flotels were convenient because they allowed workers to be close to cleanup sites, lessening travel time.[1]

Coronavirus pandemic

In Singapore, two floating hotels, the Bibby Renaissance and Bibby Progress were served as quarantine ships during the outbreak in this country.

gollark: I'll add it to the projects list.
gollark: LyricLy can help you.
gollark: Make a successful, working, noncorrupt, people-controlled small government, then we'll talk upscaling.
gollark: The trend appears to be toward greater centralization of power in general, but I don't agree with this.
gollark: No.

References
  1. Dykes, Brett Michael. "Oil cleanup workers protest 'flotel' housing". Yahoo!. Retrieved 12 April 2013.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.