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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 object and then directing the object to the host vessel where it is secu... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7341422 | Container transportation system and method A container transportation system and method which includes a number of enclosed containers adapted to contain freight and protect the freight in a marine environment, a vehicle adapted to lift, transport, orient and place the containers on a support surface, a mari... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7231880 | Vessel with a multi-mode hull A ship having a multi-mode hull where the draft, seakeeping, and payload-carrying capacity are varied to match the requirements of the required mission. For example, the ship has a hull with first and second hull portions and with an interconnecting hull structure, ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7225750 | Rescue ship for disabled vessels, vessels rescue method, and use of a rescue ship A rescue ship for a disabled vessel includes a hull which delimits an elongated dock (12) which is at least 150 m long and preferably at least 250 m long and at least 30 m wide and preferably at least 45 m wide, and including a ballasting device enabling drau... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7219613 | Reconfigurable attack and reconnaissance vessel II A reconfigurable marine vessel is disclosed. The marine vessel includes an upper hull, two propulsion hulls, and two struts for coupling the propulsion hulls to the upper hull. The struts are segmented and are capable of reconfiguring the marine vessel. The upper hu... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7191724 | Method and system for mission module swapping in a vessel A method for outfitting a vessel such as a water ship for a particular mission includes maneuvering the vessel toward a mission module, capturing the mission module with the vessel, and coupling the mission module to the vessel. Such method allows one to interchange... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7168382 | Beachable high speed marine vehicle Presented is a beachable high speed marine vehicle with air cushioned hull(s) capable of transporting heavy loads at very high speeds to beachheads and then departing the beachhead under its own power. The artificially pressurized air cushions allow the bow of the v... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7112008 | Floating construction for launching pipelines even in low-depth conditions A floating construction for launching pipelines, even in low-depth conditions, comprises at least a hollow floating body, engageable with a supporting framework, comprising removably coupling means for providing a removable coupling with a pipeline, removable latchi... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7096811 | Autonomous swimming cargo containers The present invention provides an apparatus, method and system for delivery of commercial cargo containers shore side without container terminals. The present invention utilizes containers made autonomous by coupling a container with a detachable propulsion system, ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 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 driven by the first combustion engine. A tug unit includes a propulsion... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6953003 | Watercraft landing cradle A parallelgram arrangement of linkages interconnect a stern ramp frame with a plurality of parallel rails vertically adjusted to positions above the ramp frame by actuators for reception and maintenance of a watercraft thereon with minimized vibration, further reduc... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6912965 | Semisubmersible trimaran A semisubmersible trimaran for use in an afloat sea base is disclosed. The trimaran has an upper deck structure 12 supported on a longitudinal center hull 26 and column-stabilized, longitudinal outrigger pontoons 28. The center hull 26 an... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6905343 | Interposer assembly An interposer assembly includes a dielectric plate having a plurality of contact passages extending through the plate with a contact in each passage. Each contact includes a pair of laterally spaced contact points at the top and bottom of the plate. Sandwiching of t... | 06/14/2005 |
| 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 self-propelled marine transportation vessels that are adapted to be ballast... | 04/12/2005 |
| 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, the larger vessel is divided longitudinally into a pair of sub-v... | 01/27/2004 |
| 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 topsides simultaneously.... | 04/01/2003 |
| 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 direction of the oblong structure and adapted for securing th... | 08/21/2001 |
| 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 and is transported on the vehicle to a disembarking/embarkin... | 08/15/2000 |
| 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 portions of the hulls, where the hull sides of the hulls are faci... | 01/26/1999 |
| 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 hull accommodates one or more ballast tanks and a device for ... | 03/03/1998 |
| 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 foredeck sections (including the relevant section of the stem... | 10/31/1995 |
| 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 the barges may be placed on the ramp means and allowed to sl... | 01/10/1995 |
| 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 parallel hulls separated by and connected to a tension re... | 08/11/1992 |
| 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 container or warehouse of substantially the size of the cargo sto... | 02/06/1990 |
| 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, lowering the semi submersible into a stable position, movin... | 05/16/1989 |
| 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. When the apparatus reaches an intended ocean area, a rocket ... | 05/31/1988 |
| 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, and a loading dock for loading material into each contain... | 10/22/1985 |
| 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 surface of the deck which are adapted to receive the rails of t... | 01/22/1985 |
| 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 lighter 136 from said storage position to said floating positio... | 01/08/1985 |
| 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 with water up to a Loading Water Line corresponding with the ... | 12/18/1984 |
| 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 as barges, and that is adapted to moor alongside another ... | 08/14/1984 |
| 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 flooded during the time it is loaded and unloaded. There ... | 11/30/1982 |
| 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 deck of the carrier is submerged deeply enough to allow b... | 09/21/1982 |
| 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 pumped dry to control the trim of the vessel. When the forwa... | 08/24/1982 |
| 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 entry of foreign objects into the docking space includes ... | 03/16/1982 |
| 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 the barges to be stowed. The barges are held down against... | 12/15/1981 |
| 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 into and out of each storage deck.... | 10/06/1981 |
| 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 vertical opening in the hull of the vessel. A vertically m... | 07/07/1981 |
| 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 and toward the opposite end of the vessel from the gate. ... | 04/03/1979 |
| 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 buoyancy compartments. The hull has a hollow interior defining ... | 01/23/1979 |
