Flotel

Flotel, a portmanteau of the terms floating hotel, is 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 dwelling for 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.

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


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