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7350475 Launch and recovery system  
A method and apparatus for launching and recovering an object by a host vessel while the host vessel is in motion. The recovery system utilizes a tethered capture system for connecting with the...
7047899 Barge arrangement, barge unit and tug unit  
A barge unit includes LNG receptacle and a first power generation apparatus including a first combustion engine that is operated at least partly by LNG boil-off gas and a first generator that is...
6877454 Systems and methods for transporting fluids in containers  
Improved systems and methods for transporting fluids in containers are provided. Such improved systems and methods include floatable container vessels having one or more fluid containers and...
6682265 Method of establishing and/or operating a bore well in a seabed and a drilling vessel for use in connection therewith  
A bore well in a seabed ( 27 ) may be established and/or operated by a drilling barge ( 10 ). The barge may be pulled onto a larger vessel ( 11 ) and transported to a drilling site. Alternatively,...
6540441 Transporter for installation or removal of an offshore platform and a method for removal of an offshore platform  
A transporter for removing an offshore platform has an oblong structure with a U-shaped cross section, rotatable by ballasting. The transporter is adapted to remove and carry both a jacket and a...
6276875 Method and transporter for installation or removal of a jacket for an offshore platform  
A transporter for use in a method for removing a jacket for an offshore platform includes an oblong structure rotatable by ballasting, with a sliding saddle which is movable in the longitudinal...
6102331 Operation of airports  
The present invention provides an airport and a method of operating an airport in which, when an aircraft lands on a runway of the airport, the aircraft drives onto or otherwise boards a vehicle...
5862770 Sea-based transportation and load handling system  
Sea-based transportation and load handling system, comprising a ship of the catamaran type, having two hulls being arranged at a distance from each other and a deck (4) connecting the upper...
5722341 Hull-related arrangement  
A ship's hull has a cargo deck which is located adjacent a waterline and which is intended to carry a number of barges. The cargo deck is open toward the stern of the vessel. An interior of the...
5462002 Ship, especially a ferry, with a bow door  
The bow door (9) of a ferry consists of two sections (7) of the sides (5) on either side of the stem beneath the foredeck (4) and a section (10) of the foredeck lying thereabove. These side and...
5379715 System for launching barges from ships  
In a preferred embodiment, a system for launching barges from the deck of a ship, the system including: ramp means selectively positionable along the side of the ship such that a selected one of...
5136960 Method and apparatus for reducing the draft and increasing the load bearing area and stability of marine drilling barges  
An apparatus for reducing the draft and increasing the load bearing area and stability of a Marine drilling barge may be temporarily or permanently mounted to the barge. The apparatus includes twin...
4898112 Cargo ship having stowage space for floatable self-propelled warehouses  
A cargo ship construction comprises a ship which has a hull structure with at least one cargo storage space opening to at least one side both above and below the water line. A cargo storage...
4829924 Semi submersible device and method to set and salvage marine superstructures  
A method and apparatus for transporting a marine superstructure on a vessel floating in a body of water to a working site, placing the semi submersible part of the apparatus into a body of water,...
4747334 Ocean launching apparatus of space rocket  
An ocean launching apparatus of space rockets comprises a launch pad platform having a floating-island structure and a semi-submersible hull for loading and transporting the launch pad platform....
4548152 Maritime transportation and distribution system and method for bulk raw materials  
A system for maritime transportation and distribution of bulk raw materials includes a series of containers, a carrier vessel, a container unloading dock for unloading material from each container,...
4494476 Method and apparatus for supporting lighters in lighter-transport ships  
In order to laterally support lighters provided with rails on their bottoms, the loading deck of a lighter-transport ship is provided with channels situated beneath and opening onto the upper...
4492310 Apparatus and method for loading and unloading cargo lighters on or from ships  
A system is disclosed for transporting a lighter 136 from a floating position adjacent the stern 130 of ship 101 to a storage position in the cargo hold 138 of said ship, and for transporting...
4488503 Barge carrying ship and method of loading same  
The invention pertains to a method of loading cargo-carrying barges into an ocean-going ship having a self-lowering capability and having facility for flooding at least one cargo-carrying space...
4465012 Floating device for transshipment of cargo  
A floating device for transshipment of cargo from one ship to another comprises two pontoons (1,2) that are mutually connected and between which space is present for mooring one or more ships, such...
4361105 Barge-carrying vessel  
An improvement in a barge-carrying flotation-loaded waterborne vessel. A hollow interior defines upper and lower longitudinal barge holds arranged in vertical rows of aligned tiers, each hold being...
4350112 Ocean transporter vessel  
The disclosure of the invention pertains to a multipurpose ocean carrier into which a full cargo of barges or other vehicles can be loaded by first submerging the carrier to a point where the lower...
4345536 Vessel raising heavy structures  
A floating vessel having a pair of inclined tracks on which one or more carriages are movably mounted and such vessel has a plurality of compartments or tanks which may be selectively flooded or...
4319540 Method and apparatus for docking and undocking in lighter-aboard-ship vessels of the floater type  
A method and apparatus for facilitating the entry or docking and exit or undocking of lighters into and from the docking space of a lighter-aboard-ship vessel of the floater type and for preventing...
4305342 Barge-carrying vessel of the flotation loading and unloading type with wedge means for holding down the barges  
A barge-carrying vessel of the flotation loading and unloading type. Each barge-stowage hold has parallel, vertical side walls that are only slightly further apart from each other than the width of...
4292915 Ocean-going barge carrier  
A marine carrier that comprises a hull, a plurality of loading decks, an opening through the hull on the level of each of the decks sufficiently large to permit loading barges through each opening...
4276849 Ballast control system for submersible vessel  
A submersible vessel, such as a barge, has a plurality of ballast compartments, each of which communicates with the exterior of the vessel through a separate riser, each terminating in an elongate...
RE30040 Vessel for flotation loading and unloading and partial buoyancy support of barges and other floating cargoes  
A vessel for transporting, on a body of water, cargo consisting of barges, pontoons, and lighters, and other floating cargoes. The hull has a bow, a stern, and water-tight buoyancy compartments in...
4147123 Barge-carrying waterborne vessel for flotation loading and unloading, and transportation method  
A transportation method and a barge-carrying waterborne vessel in which there is flotation loading and unloading, with the loading being assisted by water flow from the gate into the flooded vessel...
4135468 Barge-carrying waterborne vessel and transportation method  
A transportation method and barge-carrying water-borne vessel therefor having a hull with rigid supporting and hull-reinforcing structure, a bow, a stern, and side walls providing a series of...
4085695 Logistical support of offshore drilling facilities  
A system for logistical support of an offshore drilling facility from a shore-based supply location includes a plurality of modular work deck units, a self-propelled vessel, and a plurality of one...
4083319 Barge ship dual trucks to transport barges thereon  
A barge-carrying ship comprising a crane of a lifting-beam type installed at the end of the ship for hoisting barges afloat, runway rails laid on the upper deck and along the inner walls of the...
4077350 Barge-carrying ship  
A barge-carrying shiphaving an opening at one end provided with an elevator for lifting barges from the water surface. Rails are laid in the fore-and-aft direction on the upper deck and along the...
4075860 Mobile ship loading and unloading facility  
A method of establishing a ship loading or unloading pier facility comprises providing a buoyant self-propelled vessel having removable jack-up legs and a well carrying a plurality of buoyant...
4067284 Barge-carrying ship  
A barge-carrying ship having a crane at the end of the vessel for lifting barges from the water surface, a plurality of openings at the end of the vessel through which the barges are carried aboard...
4011825 Swash plate  
A waterborne vessel capable of carrying in its partially submerged hold a predetermined number of buoyant cargo containers, each container being partially supported by its own buoyancy and also...
3993012 Vessel for transport of buoyant cargo  
A vessel for transport of a floating buoyant cargo such as barges, lighters, and pontoons, wherein the cargo is partially supported in the vessel by its own buoyancy. The hull has an imperforate...
3978806 Vessel with flooded hold for transport of barges  
A vessel for transport of floating buoyant barges and other containers wherein said barges or containers are partially supported in the vessel by their own buoyancy. The vessel's hull has a bottom...
3939790 Transport ship construction and method of loading floating cargo into a floatable cargo space of a ship  
A transport ship for transporting floatable cargo comprises a hull having a ballast system with a plurality of ballast tanks and with at least one cargo space which is capable of being flooded. The...
3934530 Transport vessel for floating onloading and offloading of cargo  
A vessel for transporting floatably onloaded and offloaded cargo (typically barges) is disclosed. A hull having a well deck surrounded on three sides by the bow, port and starboard vessel's sides...
3919959 Barge with releasable supports  
A container barge adapted for use on an oceangoing barge carrier and for use in conjunction with existing river facilities. The barge has a relatively unobstructed hold, with the longitudinal...
3913512 Vessel for flotation loading and unloading and partial buoyancy support of barges and other floating cargoes  
A vessel for transporting, on a body of water, cargo consisting of barges, pontoons, and lighters, and other floating cargoes. The hull has a bow, a stern, and water-tight buoyancy compartments in...
3908573 Ship structure  
The catamaran-type ship for hauling barges includes two parallel spaced hull forms each including its own bow. One or more additional bows, each partially defining a pair of water-receiving...
3903822 Barge which can be stacked on barge-carrying ships  
Barge functioning as large container and capable of navigating waterways as a lighter. The framework of the barge comprises two upper longitudinal girders and two lower longitudinal girders, both...
3861341 VESSEL WITH A WELL FOR CARGO BARGES  
A vessel with a lengthwise well in which a series of cargo barges are arranged and connected to the ship hull by a coupling which is vertically slidable and adapted to be fixed to the hull, the...
3842782 INTERCONNECTION OF TWO CRAFT  
For interconnecting or joining two craft, one of which having an end cavity for accomodating one end of the other craft, having the function of a pusher, the end of the second craft is made to rest...
3841254 VESSEL WITH REMOVABLE SECTIONS  
A vessel comprises a skeleton part carrying propulsion and steering means and comprising a bow section and a stern section connected by a spine and a plurality of container portions engageable with...
3835802 MARINE CARGO VESSEL  
A marine cargo vessel has two parallel hulls which are connected by a bridging structure. At least some of the interior decks in the hulls can be flooded and sluice gates in the hulls connect the...
3830177 BARGE WITH RELEASABLE SUPPORTS  
A container barge adapted for use on an oceangoing barge carrier and for use in conjunction with existing river facilities. The barge having a relatively unobstructed hold, with the longitudinal...
3826384 CARGO TRANSFERRING VESSEL AND METHOD  
A cargo transferring vessel and method for transferring cargo between a small ship or lighter and a larger ship. The cargo transferring vessel is capable of being partially submerged to various...
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