Our founder, Ajay Suda, pens a piece for Offshore Engineer’s May 2013 OTC issue featuring our designs SUDA 450-L3T and SUDA 320-L3P.
In the article, titled “The Modern Liftboat could be a Jackup” Mr. Suda discusses the origins of the liftboat, which traces its roots back to South Louisiana. He also discusses the fundamental and technical differences between the old-school jackup and modern liftboats.
Under Mr. Suda’s guidance, our firm A. K. Suda, Inc. has designed some of the largest, most sophisticated, and most well-known liftboats in the world. The firm has probably designed the largest number of completed, large liftboats in the USA that have been built. Its designs are proven and have the highest deadweight to lightship ratio in the industry.
