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7385100 Treating oxygenate containing feedstreams in the conversion of oxygenates to olefins  
This invention is directed to removing contaminants from an oxygenate-containing feedstream for an oxygenate to olefin reaction system. Oxygenate feeds used in the conversion of oxygenates to...
7363870 Method and device for protecting a vessel's loading space from excess pressure  
A method and a device for protecting a vessel's loading space, the hold ( 1 ) of the vessel being provided with cargo pressure tanks ( 12 ), from excess pressure if a gas leakage should occur in...
7322306 Apparatus for providing resistance to cargo spills  
A means for transportation is disclosed, where the means includes a ballistic protection structures associated with a flexible bladder cargo isolation system. A ballistic protection system for...
7311054 High volume liquid containment system for ships  
A liquid containment system for an ocean-going vessel. The liquid containment system includes a tank having converging upper walls. The converging upper walls of the tank contain a substantial...
7287389 Feeding energy to a gas terminal from a ship for transporting liquefied gas  
The invention relates to feeding a gas terminal with energy from a ship transporting liquefied gas while said liquefied gas is being transferred between a tank of the ship and a tank of the gas...
7278365 Mechanically welded structure with stress-relieving slit and liquefied gas transport ship equipped with such a structure  
A mechanically welded structure comprising a first flat and thin metallic structural element extending in a plane and delimited by a straight edge on one side, and a second metallic structural...
7159524 Loading pipe in a cargo pressure tank of a ship  
A device for a pipe ( 10 ) in a cargo pressure tank of a ship ( 2 ), the pipe ( 10 ) mainly being used for loading and unloading of fluids, and the open end portion ( 13 ) of the pipe ( 10 ) being...
7137345 High volume liquid containment system for ships  
A liquid containment system for an ocean-going vessel. The liquid containment system includes a tank having converging upper walls. The converging upper walls of the tank contain a substantial...
7117813 Submarine boat  
The submarine is equipped with a fluid gas pressure container, in particular for storing liquid oxygen. The liquid gas pressure container is arranged within the pressure hull of the submarine and...
7107921 End portion for a flexible fluid containment vessel and a method of making the same  
A flexible fluid containment vessel fabricated out of a fabric for transporting and containing a large volume of fluid, particularly fresh water, having a tapered front and/or rear portions on...
7093551 Freshwater supply system  
A freshwater supply system that stores fresh water transported by transport ships in storage devices and takes out the fresh water from the freshwater storage devices at need to use the same. 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...
7047896 Multi-hulled vessel  
A cargo carrying nautical vessel ( 1 ) is provided, having a plurality of cargo carrying hulls ( 2 a, 2 b ) connected by at least two connecting structures ( 3, 4 ), each connecting structure...
7004095 Cargo venting system  
A vessel ( 14 ) that stores crude oil in tanks ( 12 A– 12 H) in the vessel hull, maintains oxygen-free gas in the tank spaces ( 32 ) that lie above the crude oil. This is achieved by flowing in...
6899046 Shipping methanol for a methanol to olefin unit in non-methanol carriers  
The invention relates to a process for modifying tanker ships. More specifically, the invention is directed to a process for modifying a non-methanol-carrying tanker to carry a methanol cargo...
6886482 Manifold device for pressure vessels  
A device by pressure vessels ( 2 ) for sea transport of petroleum fluids, where at least two pressure vessels ( 2 ) are connected to and communicate with a manifold ( 1 ).
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...
6805598 Liquid natural gas transfer station  
A semi-submersible floating transfer station for unloading liquid natural gas (LNG) from, or charging LNG to an oceangoing vessel. The station comprises at least one and preferably two or more...
6786166 Liquefied gas storage barge with concrete floating structure  
The present invention relates to a liquefied gas storage barge in the form of a concrete floating structure. The barge of the invention is essentially constituted by a floating structure ( 1 ) of...
6766754 Ballast exchange system for marine vessels  
A method and apparatus for replacing existing ballast water in the ballast tanks of a ship while the ship is underway in the sea utilizes a seawater inlet port in the bow of the ship that admits...
6761123 INFUSION OF COMBUSTION GASES INTO BALLAST WATER PREFERABLY UNDER LESS THAN ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE TO SYNERGISTICALLY KILL HARMFUL AQUATIC NUISANCE SPECIES BY SIMULTANEOUS HYPERCAPNIA, HYPOXIA AND ACIDIC PH LEVEL  
Aquatic nuisance species (ANS) in ship's ballast water are killed by permeating to equilibrium a gaseous mixture consisting essentially of, preferably, ≧84% nitrogen, ≧11% carbon dioxide and...
6722933 Closed loop control of both pressure and content of ballast tank gases to at different times kill both aerobic and anaerobic organisms within ballast water  
The ullage space gases of a ship's ballast tanks (i) are depressurized to a pressure less than atmosphere—called an “underpressurized” condition—of most preferably about 14.7 PSIA or lower,...
6715437 Liquid-cargo loss detection gauge  
Leakage detection of cargo from the hold of a barge involves a mounting plate to the top hatch of the hold. Two pipes secured to the plate extend to locations near the bottom. Each pipe has a guide...
6694908 Ballast-free ship system  
An apparatus and method for changing the volume of the watertight hull of a ship in the light or no cargo condition to achieve the required ballast drafts. At least one trunk extending...
6675734 Spiral formed flexible fluid containment vessel  
A flexible fluid containment vessel or vessels fabricated out of spirally wound strips of fabric for transporting and containing a large volume of fluid, particularly fresh water, having beam...
6672235 Apparatus for providing resistance to cargo spills and terrorism at sea  
A non-permeable bladder is used for transporting oil within a steel compartment onboard an oil tanker. The bladder is contained within a meso-skeleton suspended within the individual metal tank...
6626122 Deactivatable biocides in ballast water  
The present invention relates to the use of deactivatable biocides in ballast water aboard a vessel. The present invention relates to methods of limiting the transfer of one or more life forms via...
6539884 Closed loop control of volatile organic compound emissions from the tanks of oil tankers, including as may be simultaneously safeguarded from spillage of oil by an underpressure system  
Upon loading of oil cargo the ullage space of a tank of an oil tanker is sealed substantially gas tight with the gaseous contents of the ullage space both (i) initially inerted so as to be...
6516738 Method and apparatus for delivering ozone to ballast tanks  
A ballast-water treatment system is provided. An ozone generator is operated by a supply of voltage, which is regulated by a voltage controller. Ozone is provided to a ballast tank through an...
6508189 Apparatus for providing resistance to cargo spills and terrorism at sea  
A non-permeable bladder is used for transporting oil within a steel compartment onboard an oil tanker. The bladder is contained within a meso-skeleton suspended within the individual metal tank...
6494156 Method and apparatus for preventing cargo spills  
A non-permeable bladder is used for transporting oil within a steel compartment onboard an oil tanker. The bladder is contained within a meso-skeleton suspended within the individual metal tank...
6477970 Cargo holding system for marine freight vessels  
A cargo holding system is provided for a marine freight vessel. The system includes a plurality of filament composite walls defining a cargo holding cavity of the vessel. A liquid impervious liner...
6390733 Simplified storage barge and method of operation  
A barge ( 14 ) that stores liquid hydrocarbon (oil) from a producing facility ( 12 ) and offloads it perhaps once a month to a shuttle taker ( 40 ), is constructed for unmanned operation except...
6339996 Natural gas composition transport system and method  
A compressed natural gas (CNG) transportation system designed to operate at or just below ambient temperatures, that is either ship-based, truck-mounted, or modular for container transportation....
6260501 Submersible apparatus for transporting compressed gas  
A submersible apparatus for transporting compressed gas comprising a plurality of spools, each having a central bore. A long continuous length of relatively small diameter line pipe for holding...
6216623 Tanker void space leakage detector system  
Each barge in a group of river-going tanker barges, has a double-hull construction to protect the inner hull and avoid collision-induced cargo spills. The space between hulls is partitioned to...
6162105 Two-part ship for use in oil transport in arctic waters  
A two-part vessel for use in oil transport in waters where ice may occur, comprising a first part constituting a barge part having a bow portion and a stern portion and containing a number of...
6152059 Emergency bulk liquid cargo spill prevention system  
Large bulk liquid cargo tankers are a common sight on the world's oceans and waterways. Petroleum needs worldwide have risen sharply and in order to fulfill those needs cheaply and efficiently,...
6135044 Transport ship  
A transport ship (20) adapted for simultaneous transport of a cargo of i) a liquid, particularly oil, and ii) a plurality of containers (32, 32') as well as iii) optionally at least one additional...
6125778 Ballast water treatment  
A treatment provides an effective, safe; and economical method to render ballast water free of contaminating organisms. A ballast water treatment system includes a source of ozone and a ballast...
6098563 Tanker spillage protection system  
The invention relates to a spillage protection system for a storage vessel in the event a breach of the hull occurs. The system comprises sheets of lath work panels extending from longitudinal and...
6076480 Fuel storing water ballast tank internally structured for reducing retention of water and overboard discharge of fuel  
A tank within a ship providing for both fuel storage and water ballast, has external walls enclosing compartments formed between internal intersect walls having flow regulating openings therein...
6053121 Method and apparatus for exchanging ballast water in a ship  
A system for automatically replacing ballast water in a ballast tank of a ship comprises a water inlet port on a part of the ship where the water pressure acting on the ship when in forward motion...
6041726 Oil tanker hull assembly and method of operation  
An oil tanker ship having an oil tanker hull assembly and method of operation operable to prevent oil spillage in case of an accidental hull rupture. The oil tanker assembly includes 1) an inner...
6003460 Ship based gas transport system  
A gas storage system formed of a continuous pipe wound in plural layers, each layer having plural loops. The pipe may be distributed within a container, which may serve as a carousel for winding...
5921421 Bladder-type multipurpose vessel  
A bladder-type multipurpose vessel which provides a novel solution to the problems that exist in current oil tankers, such as unsafety, unitary transportation function and environmental pollution....
5909715 Method of conversion of a vessel from single to double hull  
A method of conversion of a single hull vessel to a double hull vessel is provided and has at least the steps of: (a) positioning a section of a second hull shell beneath a first hull of a...
5899162 Tanker reconstruction  
A method of reconstructing a liquid carrying tank vessel, such as an oil tanker, and to the reconstructed vessel whereby a tank vessel constructed with a single bottom hull is reconstructed to a...
5885028 Floating systems and method for storing produced fluids recovered from oil and gas wells  
A storage facility for use in temporarily storing produced fluids, e.g., crude oil from oil and gas wells, comprising a floating, concrete barge having at least one storage compartment, the barge...
5839383 Ship based gas transport system  
A gas storage system formed of a continuous pipe wound in plural layers, each layer having plural loops. The pipe may be distributed within a container, which may serve as a carousel for winding...
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