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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7278811 | Land and sea transport system for particulate materials A multi-modal system for transport of particulate material includes a plurality of ship based hoppers mounted within the hold of a ship. Each such hopper includes a container for particulate material, a container inlet by which particulate material can be loaded int... | 10/09/2007 |
| 6836707 | Methods and systems for determining heave and heave rate of vessels A method for determining heave and heave rate for a vessel is described. The vessel includes an inertial navigation system (INS), and sensors for the INS being located at a point A of the vessel, the vessel having a zero heave reference point B, and the described me... | 12/28/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6334401 | Floating structure for the transfer of cargo A sea faring transshipper for transferring cargo from a bulk carrier to a secondary vessel comprises a pair of units provided with mutually engaging connectors for connecting the units together along a direction of travel of the transshipper. Each unit co... | 01/01/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6010295 | Floating structure for the transfer of cargo A transshipper for the transfer of cargo from a barge to a ship or elsewhere comprises a pair of buoyant vessels, a platform supported by the buoyant vessels in a raised position above the buoyant vessels through a plurality of vertical columns connecting... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5154561 | Automated all-weather cargo transfer system An advanced automated vessel cargo transfer system for loading and unloading of ships and lighters. It includes an articulated manipulator arm mounted on a frame. The arm is provided with a spreader bar at the distal end thereof. The spreader bar is provi... | 10/13/1992 |
| 5052860 | System for moving drilling module to fixed platform A system for aligning a drilling module on a jack-up rig with a drilling module support surface on a fixed rig wherein the angular disposition of the drilling module is varied by moving a portion of the jack-up rig on at least one of the legs of the jack-... | 10/01/1991 |
| 5032040 | System for moving drilling module to fixed platform A jack-up rig includes a cantilever beam assembly and a drilling module is mounted on the cantilever beam assembly. The jack-up rig also includes means for moving the cantilever beam assembly from the storage position to extended positions wherein a rearw... | 07/16/1991 |
| 5020956 | Open hopper barge unloading system A floating, barge unloader system by which open hopper barges containing granular materials are rapidly unloaded by picking up, rotating the barge and dumping its contents. The open, loaded hopper barge is positioned above a lowered barge lifting platform... | 06/04/1991 |
| 4556004 | Floating device for hoisting and transporting loads The invention relates to a U-shaped arrangement of floats which are ballastable and deballastable so as to raise and lower their height in the water. On each parallel leg of the float arrangement, are mounted supporting beams that are movable along their ... | 12/03/1985 |
| 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 |
| 4422400 | Marine system for unloading and loading bulk product A marine loading/unloading system for barges, etc. including a floating transfer vessel of catamaran configuration into and through which strings and tiers of barges and large single barges, empty and loaded with liquid or solid bulk product, are moved an... | 12/27/1983 |
| 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 |
| 4106637 | Apparatus for and method of loading loose granular material from barges into ships A floating transfer vessel provides exterior mooring for a ship adapted to receive loose granular cargo, and interior dry-docking for a plurality of barges loaded with loose granular material within the transfer vessel. All relative motion between transfe... | 08/15/1978 |
