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
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]
In Singapore, two floating hotels, the Bibby Renaissance and Bibby Progress were served as quarantine ships during the outbreak in this country. [1]
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