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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7618223 | Dock to boat transfer aid for handicapped boaters A personal transfer device for transferring a boater from a dock to a boat moored in a boat lift adjacent the dock, and back again. A cantilevered support is secured to an upper part of the boat lift frame, the support's free end extending out over the dock at a hei... | 11/17/2009 |
| 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 |
| 7326020 | Multi-purpose vessel and method for recovering, storing and/or offloading material in a dredging operation A method of building a levee or an island is disclosed. The method includes dredging material from a surface of a body of water with a dredge assembly mounted to a hull and supporting a hopper with the hull. The hopper is adapted to receive the material. The hopper ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7289876 | Container crane, and method of determining and correcting a misalignment between a load-carrying frame and a transport vehicle A container crane includes a movable trolley and a load-carrying frame pendantly connected to the trolley and comprised of a spreader and a head block, for transfer of a container from or to a transport vehicle. Plural optical detectors are mounted on the trolley fo... | 10/30/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7203570 | Stowage and retrieval system A storage and retrieval system is provided that automates the process of handling a mixed inventory of palletized and containerized items. The invention is particularly useful in handling cargo and weapons within a ship's hold or magazine. When used on a ship, the i... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7181312 | Method and apparatus for quay container crane-based automated optical container code recognition with positional identification A method and system for a quay container crane with container code recognition of a container identified by a container code with container positional identification is disclosed. The system and method are capable of performing these tasks without the use of non-sta... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7155406 | Scheduling method for loading and unloading containers at the terminal and a computer readable recording medium recorded a computer programming of the same A scheduling method for loading and unloading the containers is developed and computerized for efficiently operating the loading and unloading cargo from the container ship to the assigned storage site or vice versa, and organizing the container storage system. A co... | 12/26/2006 |
| H2162 | Container conveyor load transfer A wheel supported conveyor having a central platform crane section disposed between opposite end crane sections is positioned in underlying relation to a container holding spreader of a dockside terminal crane for transfer of containers to and from the chassis of tr... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7004707 | Movable bulk charging/discharging equipment The invention relates to a charging/discharging equipment movable on a quay for charging of bulk (13) into a ship's hold (11), respectively for discharging therefrom, comprising—a first conveyor for transferring a batch of bulk (13) from a qua... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6994506 | Transfer assembly for a hydrocarbon product To increase the safety of a transfer assembly for hydrocarbon products, particularly liquefied natural gas from a production site to a transport vessel (8) (such as a shuttle tanker), the invention proposes to provide the production site with an outrigger str... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6964552 | Method for lifting and transporting a heavy load using a deep water deployment system The invention is a method for lifting and transporting a heavy load comprising using a heavy lift vessel with at least two heavy lift cranes adapted to operate simultaneously; mounting a deep water deployment system on each crane adapted to increase hook travel the ... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6931314 | Method of automating a loading and unloading of container ships in container terminals, and crane automation system In a method of automating the loading and unloading of container ships in container terminals, a stowage plan of a ship cargo compartment to be handled by a container crane is transmitted from a harbor-side master computer via a data link to a PC of a crane automati... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6886611 | System for transferring a fluid product between a carrying vessel and a shore installation A system for transferring a fluid product between a carrier, such as a vessel, and an installation, in particular a fixed installation, for processing and storing the product. The system includes a tubular structure for conveying the product between the vessel and t... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6830410 | Bunk beam and bunk cushion apparatus for supporting a watercraft The present invention is directed to an apparatus for supporting the hull of a watercraft using a flexible bunk beam and a convex cushion attached to the beam using locking elements. The beam has a longitudinal recess with a narrow upper neck portion and a larger lo... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6813792 | Gangway including an articulated ramp and ladder A gangway includes a ladder, which is removably attachable to extend along a side of a boat, and a ramp, which is removably and pivotally attachable to the ladder at a number of vertically spaced locations. The ladder may include a step that is pivoted to extend out... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6665585 | Method and apparatus for container management A radio IC number tag (10) having a container number (1a) inputted is applied on a container (1); a radio document tag (14) having container (1) physical distribution information inputted is set to a trailer (2); and a radio antenna (11) is arranged at a ... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6634834 | Transporting sulfur pellets A process and apparatus for effecting the transportation of sulfur pellets with the recovery of sulfur fines is disclosed. This is accomplished by a combination of steps and apparatus which include pumping water from a water supply into solid sulfur pelle... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6575686 | Cargo-transfer apparatus and method Apparatus and method for cargo transfer. A cargo sled is stuffed into/stripped from a container. The method encompasses a marine terminal that stores sleds prior to stuffing into a container. Method and apparatus reduce the required number of cargo contai... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6554121 | Method and apparatus for conveying relatively voluminous packing units, such as containers Method and apparatus (6) for conveying relatively voluminous packing units (4), such as containers, particularly containers in shipping ports, from a put-on location (10, 11) to a takeoff location (19), via conveying means (7, 8, 9) that are separately dr... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6537009 | Handler for container ship A container ship includes a hull, propulsion device, support, guide disposed on the support that is extendible beyond the hull, and handler movable along the guide. Thus, the container ship enables containers to be unloaded near a variety of points of use... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6524050 | Container transfer terminal system and method A terminal and system for the automatic computerized unloading of containerized cargo from container ships to trucks, railroad cars, other ships or storage. The terminal system is equipped to store or transfer unloaded cargo automatically by using indepen... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6390006 | Sea bulk transfer vessel A self-loading, self-discharging, bulk cargo transhipper 20 comprising a buoyant vessel 21 capable of receiving water as ballast inside the buoyant vessel 21, a bulk material receiving system 22, a bulk material distribution system 25 and a bulk material ... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6058557 | Fugitive dust collector A fugitive dust collection system includes a dust collecting suction unit which is connected to a hood through a flexible hose. The hood surrounds an unloader for unloading bulk cargo of a dusty nature from the cargo hold of a ship or barge. The dust coll... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6048153 | System, apparatus and method for loading and/or unloading a barge A system for loading and unloading a barge. The system includes two gantry assemblies, one for loading and one for unloading. The gantry assemblies are mounted on tracks for traversing the length of the barge. One gantry assembly has a hopper for receivin... | 04/11/2000 |
| 5915905 | System for loading and unloading cargo unit such as palletized cargo in cargo vessels A system for loading and unloading cargo units in refrigeration cargo ships, comprising a first elevator, which is moveable in a vertical elevator shaft internally in the ship, and a second elevator, which is moveable along the outer side of the side of t... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5882164 | Port arrangement The present invention relates to a port arrangement for transferring first-type and second-type freight units from a storage area on shore into a freight space of a ship and vice versa. The ship comprises a first freight space compartment forming a struct... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5505585 | Efficient marine/rail intermodal interface An efficient marine/rail interface method provides for the discharge of import containers from a container ship to well cars, in the simultaneous discharge of export containers from well cars to an intermodal transition zone. Once the container ship is su... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5492453 | Materials handling system A materials handling system is disclosed which includes a pneumatic conveyor which feeds material onto a series of belt conveyors. The pneumatic conveyor includes a vertically movable nozzle for sucking up the material to be conveyed. Power is supplied to... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5286155 | Loading apparatus for a conveying pipe A loading apparatus is suggested in which the bulk material is slowed down and where it accumulates before flowing out. When the amount of the bulk material inside the loading apparatus exceeds a certain weight, the loading apparatus will open and allow t... | 02/15/1994 |
| 5183376 | Arrangement for loading and unloading of heavy packages An arrangement for the transportation of a heavy package of a vessel to a quay or similar loading location uses a first apparatus for transportation of the package in a vertical direction and a second apparatus for transportation in a horizontal direction... | 02/02/1993 |
| 5160012 | Crane system with continual conveyor system for moving discrete items of freight One or a plurality of circular conveyors are arranged at the transition points between vertical and horizontal conveyor sections in a continually operating conveyor system for moving items of freight, in particular sacks, cases, bundles, or the like. The ... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5107781 | Ship and its loading and unloading system In a cargo ship the upper edge (8) of its lateral loading opening (3) is at a higher level than the rails (4) of an overhead crane (5) in its cargo space (2), an intermediate cargo deck being divided into two sections (6, 7). The elevator section (6), far... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5013201 | Traveling conveyor arrangement A traveling continuous conveyor for bulk materials for unloading ships and removing heaps of bulk material. A steep conveyor is provided including a carrying belt (3) and a cover belt (4) which are integrated in the conveyor device. The bulk material is c... | 05/07/1991 |
| 4946344 | General cargo crane A general cargo crane for unloading general cargo from a ship's hold, in particular general cargo placed on a pallet, comprises a continuously operating conveyor in a shaft of which at least the bottom part is vertically displaceable. To solve the problem... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4913080 | Method for production and laying a pipeline or a cable under water The invention relates to a method in production and laying a pipeline or a cable under water, comprising production of the pipeline/cable in a desired length, winding it onto a drum, transporting the drum and laying ramp on board a vessel and laying from ... | 04/03/1990 |
| 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 |
| 4897012 | Cargo handling system A system for transporting cargo between a storage area and a cargo carrier. The system includes a bridge (13) and boom (15) spanning between the storage area and the cargo carrier. A first elevator (14) is located at one end of the bridge (13) proximate t... | 01/30/1990 |
| 4793275 | Marine hazardous off-loading system A hazardous off-loading system for emergency removal of cargo from a grounded or floundering ship which secures leveling platforms on the deck of the ship from which to implement cargo removal procedures serving to mount appropriate equipment such as a li... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4761846 | Modular bridge with torsion pipe expansion loops A utility bridge suitable for connecting offshore facilities such as offshore platforms is disclosed in which a plurality of helical pipelines provide flow communication between the facilities and relative movement of the facilities in response to environ... | 08/09/1988 |
