47results about "Ferries" patented technology

A marine vessel used for loading and offloading vehicles and cargo that has both excellent seakeeping and beaching properties. The vessel is provided with azimuthing or steerable thrusters below the waterline at the bow and stern of the ship, with the stern end thrusters being retractable into the hull during beaching operations. Because the vessel is beached "stern first" the bow may be designed with better wave breaking and seakeeping features than are on prior landing craft designs.

The present invention relates to an arrangement for a Ro-Ro vessel, which exhibits a number of cargo-receiving spaces provided with a driving surface internally in the vessel, and with a ramp extending between one such space and a quay, along which ramp driverless cargo handling vehicles (7), known as AGV vehicles, are capable of being driven between designated parking places for the purpose of transporting cargo between the quay and the aforementioned cargo-receiving space of the vessel. Means (9) are provided for causing the cargo handling vehicles (7) to be guided between the aforementioned spaces and the quay and into the intended train of vehicles in the designated location in a line (II) and without connecting the cargo handling vehicles (7) to one another.

The road-towed heavy-load ferry may be produced in larger or smaller versions using the same design. Its basic embodiment can transport afloat loads exceeding 16 metric tons (17.6 tons) including its tow vehicle. The ferry essentially comprises three longitudinal hulls. Outboard hulls (12) pivot outward and inward to rest atop central hull (10). Thereby, the ferry is reduced to a width suitable for towing on public roads. Equipment for road towing includes telescoping towing tongue (32), and pneumatic-tired wheels (28) which remain intact afloat. Winch (40) enables kedging across shoal water or ground. The wheels extend below the deployed outboard hulls to assist in kedging by reducing friction, suction, and risk of hull damage. A water-ballast system counterbalances on-board loads and otherwise improves stability in adverse winds, waves, and currents. Hinged gunwales provide additional freeboard.

Transport ships having a relatively large structure over the water line, such as a pure car carrier, container ship and a passenger ship tend to receive the air resistance during the sailing. When sailing aslant against the wind, check helm had to be effected so far to cancel the swinging moment causing an extra increase in the underwater resistance. A low-fuel-consumption transport ship described has a structure over the water line, including a bow of a shape integral with the bridge of a hollow nearly semispherical to quarter-spherical shape or a partly cylindrical shape which is smoothly continuing to the stern to decrease the air resistance. The low-fuel-consumption transport ship further has a vertical tail incorporating a chimney and is rotatable on the uppermost stern deck to cancel the swinging moment in the air, without almost requiring check helm and, therefore, decreasing the underwater resistance.

This invention is a road towed ferry with a hull system with a central hull and multiple outboard hulls having adjustable positions relative to the central hull. A first outboard hull position corresponds with a road tow configuration wherein the ferry may be towed over a road by a tow vehicle; the second position corresponds with a ferry configuration adapted to ferry the tow vehicle over water. The ferry in the tow configuration has a width, height, length, weight conforming with certain public road regulations without requiring special permits. In the ferry configuration the ferry is adapted to ferry heavy loads over water, such as in one configuration up to at least 16 tons, or in another configuration up to at least 19 tons.

An LNG tank container transport ship, according to one embodiment of the present invention, which has a load space on the inside thereof, in which LNG tank containers storing liquefied natural gas are loaded, comprises: a crane which is arranged on the upper part of the load space so as to catch a container to be transported; at least one horizontal transport frame which guides the horizontal direction movement of the crane; and at least one vertical transport frame which is connected to the horizontal transport frame so as to guide the movement of the crane in the direction perpendicular to the horizontal transport frame. According to one embodiment of the present invention, there is an effect of providing a dedicated transport ship for LNG tank container transport by having therein a separate load space so as to load LNG tank containers.

An efficient double-ended watercraft is disclosed that comprises four low-Froude number hulls: two forward, two aft, two on the port side, and two on the starboard. Each hull comprises an independent engine that drives a propeller shaft and propeller that is located amidships. The propeller shafts on the starboard are collinear, as are the propeller shafts on the port. The propellers on the starboard are near each other and counter rotate, as do the propellers on the port. The propellers are variable-pitch propellers. When the ferry is changes from moving forward to moving in reverse and from reverse to forward, the propellers on the starboard exchange pitch. This enables the ferry to move as efficiently in reverse as it does when forward. The propellers on the port also exchange pitch when changing from moving forward to moving in reverse and from reverse to forward.

A docking arrangement for docking a vessel to a pier, comprising docking members (102, 126) for mechanical docking of the vessel to the pier (120), and electric connectors (130A, 140A) for transmission of electric energy during docking of the vessel (100) to the pier (120). The electric connectors (130A, 140A) of the vessel and the pier are positioned such that they align to each other during mechanical docking of the vessel to the pier.

A roll-on and roll-off ship comprising a front part (50), a rear part (60) and a central part (70) is disclosed. The ship is arranged with holds adapted to accommodate containers etc. in the front part and in the rear parts and roll on / roll off cargo in the central part of the ship. The central part extends from the tank top to a level above the weather deck. A ramp is provided in the aft part of the ship, and the roll on / roll off cargo transits from the ramp to the third cargo hold section via a passageway arranged in the aft part of the ship. The passageway may be arranged as a tunnel, which may be adapted to support cargo stowed above the passageway.

A marine vessel includes a hull and has at least one load carrying facility defined by at least one loading space with a given height, a given width and a given length, whereby the loading space is provided on a bulkhead deck, and a propulsion arrangement, which includes at least one steerable thruster unit connected by a shaft arrangement to a drive means. In order to provide better access to the bulkhead deck for loading and unloading the marine vessel, the steerable thruster unit is arranged below the bulkhead deck and the drive means is arranged above the loading space. The shaft arrangement comprises a substantially vertical shaft section extending from the drive means above the loading space through the given height of the loading space and to the steerable thruster unit below the bulkhead deck.

An efficient double-ended watercraft is disclosed that comprises four low-Froude number hulls: two forward, two aft, two on the port side, and two on the starboard. Each hull comprises an independent engine that drives a propeller shaft and propeller that is located amidships. The propeller shafts on the starboard are collinear, as are the propeller shafts on the port. The propellers on the starboard are near each other and counter rotate, as do the propellers on the port. The propellers are variable-pitch propellers. When the ferry is changes from moving forward to moving in reverse and from reverse to forward, the propellers on the starboard exchange pitch. This enables the ferry to move as efficiently in reverse as it does when forward. The propellers on the port also exchange pitch when changing from moving forward to moving in reverse and from reverse to forward.

An apparatus for a water vessel, wherein the water vessel includes at least one container configured to transport at least one vehicle, wherein the at least one container is configured to transport the at least one vehicle while the at least one container is in a body of water. The water vessel includes one or more buoyancy floats configured to maintain the at least one container afloat in the body of water. The water vessel includes a propulsion unit configured to navigate the at least one container and the at least one vehicle through the body of water.

The invention concerns a ship, said ship comprising a lower deck, such as a tank top, and an upper deck, such as a bulkhead deck, arranged above the lower deck, said lower and upper decks extending ina longitudinal direction of the ship, wherein the lower deck is provided with watertight walls (bulkheads) that extend vertically between the lower and the upper deck and define a plurality of separated watertight compartments distributed between the upper and lower decks, and wherein a first of said watertight walls extends in a transversal manner from side to side of the ship so as to separatetwo longitudinally adjacent first and second compartments. The invention is characterized in that the first watertight wall does not extend only in a transversal direction but also in the longitudinaldirection so as to provide the first compartment with a first longitudinally extending portion that extends into the second compartment, wherein the first longitudinally extending portion is arrangedat a first distance from a first side of the ship, and wherein the first distance is greater than a width or depth of a theoretical damage according to standard requirements for the type of ship concerned.

A catamaran vessel with hybrid propulsion engines for driving propeller propulsors and pump-jet propulsors. The vessel includes two side hulls and a mobile platform that can be moved between upper and lower positions relative to the side hulls to accommodate navigation conditions. The engines are selectively coupled to the propeller propulsors, the pump jet propulsors, and control mechanisms changing the position of the mobile platform-between the upper and lower positions.

A vessel (10) comprising a hull (15) having a the Longitudinal Centre of Flotation (LCF) at the design load waterline (25) at rest with a value of less than about 35% of the vessel waterline length measured from the aftermost point (19) of the vessel waterline. The design vessel speed at design load waterline is at or above Froude Number of 0.45. The hull (15) has a length-to-beam ratio on the design waterline of greater than about 8.0. The Longitudinal Centre of Buoyancy (LCB) is between about 30% and 45% of the vessel waterline length measured from the aftermost point (19) of the vessel waterline (25). In one arrangement, the vessel (10) may comprise a single hull vessel. In another arrangement, the vessel (10) may comprise a multi-hulled vessel.

A catamaran vessel with hybrid propulsion engines for driving propeller propulsors and pump-jet propulsors. The vessel includes two side hulls and a mobile platform that can be moved between upper and lower positions relative to the side hulls to accommodate navigation conditions. The engines are selectively coupled to the propeller propulsors, the pump jet propulsors, and control mechanisms changing the position of the mobile platform-between the upper and lower positions.

The invention provides a ship recovery ability recovering apparatus and automobiles transporting ship having the apparatus. The ship recovery ability recovering apparatus is characterized in that: a seawater guiding apparatus capable of being opened remotely is disposed on the watertight deck for forming a void compartment on the ship bottom. Thereby, if the outside plate of the ship is broken and seawater enters into the ship, the seawater guiding apparatus on the lowest watertight deck can be opened, the seawater entered into the ship can be guided into the void compartment, thus, the void compartment generally used as a huge standby buoyancy can be used as a seawater pressure chamber, and can recovery the recover ability of the ship.

An apparatus for a water vessel, wherein the water vessel includes at least one container configured to transport at least one vehicle, wherein the at least one container is configured to transport the at least one vehicle while the at least one container is in a body of water. The water vessel includes one or more buoyancy floats configured to maintain the at least one container afloat in the body of water. The water vessel includes a propulsion unit configured to navigate the at least one container and the at least one vehicle through the body of water.

This invention is a road towed ferry with a hull system with a central hull and multiple outboard hulls having adjustable positions relative to the central hull. A first outboard hull position corresponds with a road tow configuration wherein the ferry may be towed over a road by a tow vehicle; the second position corresponds with a ferry configuration adapted to ferry the tow vehicle over water. The ferry in the tow configuration has a width, height, length, weight conforming with certain public road regulations without requiring special permits. In the ferry configuration the ferry is adapted to ferry heavy loads over water, such as in one configuration up to at least 16 tons, or in another configuration up to at least 19 tons.

A ship (1) has a Froude number of 0.25 to 0.38 and is provided with: a bow bulb (7) that is disposed below the full load waterline and of which an upper end portion is disposed on the lightest load waterline or thereabove; and a stem (8) that has a front edge portion (8a) that extends vertically upward from a front end portion (7a) of the bow bulb (7).

The invention discloses an inflatable ferry. The inflatable ferry comprises a base plate. A rectangular frame is fixedly connected to the upper surface of the base plate; a plurality of rollers are rotatably connected to the lower surface of the base plate; an air cushion is detachably connected to the lower side of the base plate, a connecting plate is fixedly connected to the lower surface of the air cushion, a plurality of air bags are arranged on the lower surface of the connecting plate and connect with one another through hoses, an air inlet pipeline is fixedly connected to the top of one of the air bags, and a piston is inserted into the air inlet pipeline. The air cushion can be improved, scratch damage caused by friction between the air cushion and stored objects can be avoided, the air cushion can be conveniently carried, manpower and time are saved, and convenience is brought to a user.

Various aspects provide for a ferry having a lower deck (310). An entrance (130) in the hull provides access to the lower deck via an entrance ramp (312). The entrance may be located sufficiently high above the waterline that a sea-tight door to the entrance is not required. One or more upper decks may be accessed via upperdeck access ramps, which may connect an upper deck to an upperdeck entrance. A pier (602) may comprise a plurality of loading platforms, typically at different heights, configured to match up with a corresponding plurality of entrances on a ferry.

The invention belongs to the technical field of sky train ferrying transportation, and particularly relates to a sky train ferry which aims to solve the problem that a sky train cannot be transportedacross sea. According to the technical scheme, the sky train ferry comprises a ferry body and a ferry sky train track device, wherein the ferry sky train track device comprises a track frame and a track, the track frame is fixedly erected on the ferry body, the track is arranged through the track frame, and the number of the track is one or more. By adopting the sky train ferry, a suspension typesky-train train is transported by the track arranged on the ferry, so that sky train cross-sea transportation is achieved.

The invention belongs to the technical field of sky train ferrying traffic, and particularly relates to a sky train ferrying system in order to solve the problem of sky train sea transportation. The sky train ferrying system comprises a ferrying ship with a shipborne sky train track device and a wharf with a wharf sky train track device; the shipborne sky train track device comprises shipborne track frames and one or more shipborne tracks which are fixedly arranged on a ferrying ship body, and the shipborne tracks are arranged on the shipborne track frames; and the wharf sky train track devicecomprises a land track frame and one or more land tracks which are fixedly arranged on a wharf body, and the land tracks are arranged on the land track frame. According to the sky train ferrying system, the problem that a sky train can not achieve sea transportation is solved through butt-joint connection between ferrying and a land sky train system, and sky train line communication among different areas due to water area obstruction is achieved.

The invention relates to a full electric propulsion vehicle and passenger ferry. The ferry comprises a ferry body, and the ferry body is provided with power generation parts, power distribution and supply parts, propulsion parts, propeller parts, a control and management part and switch parts; power generation sets are arranged as the power generation parts, two sets of power distribution cabinets are arranged as the power distribution and supply parts, two sets of frequency converters are arranged as the propulsion parts, two sets of electric-drive rudder propellers are arranged as the propeller parts, electric-drive full-rotating rudder propellers are adopted as the electric-drive rudder propellers, the power distribution cabinets, the frequency converters and the electric-drive rudder propellers are sequentially connected, the control and management part is connected with the power distribution cabinets, the frequency converters and the electric-drive rudder propellers separately, and the power distribution cabinets are connected with a daily electrical part. The ferry is small in occupied space, few in transmission loss and low in working noise and vibration.

Transport ships having a relatively large structure over the water line, such as a pure car carrier, container ship and a passenger ship tend to receive the air resistance during the sailing. When sailing aslant against the wind, check helm had to be effected so far to cancel the swinging moment causing an extra increase in the underwater resistance. A low-fuel-consumption transport ship described has a structure over the water line, including a bow of a shape integral with the bridge of a hollow nearly semispherical to quarter-spherical shape or a partly cylindrical shape which is smoothly continuing to the stern to decrease the air resistance. The low-fuel-consumption transport ship further has a vertical tail incorporating a chimney and is rotatable on the uppermost stern deck to cancel the swinging moment in the air, without almost requiring check helm and, therefore, decreasing the underwater resistance.

The invention discloses a combined type roll-on roll-off lightering ferry. The ferry comprises more than one beach climbing springboard, three rows of buoyancy tank units, more than one pair of mooring systems, more than one springboard lifting device, a pair of power propulsion systems and more than one lightering springboard; the three rows of buoyancy tank units include a ship bow section buoyancy tank unit, an amidship section buoyancy tank unit and a stern section buoyancy tank unit respectively; the bow section buoyancy tank unit, the amidship section buoyancy tank unit and the stern section buoyancy tank unit are detachably connected in sequence in the longitudinal direction to form a ferry body; and the more than one lightering springboards are hinged to the longitudinal middle position of the stern section buoyancy tank unit; the more than one beach climbing springboards are hinged to the middle position of the longitudinal head end of the ship bow section buoyancy tank unit;the more than one pair of mooring systems are arranged on each of the two transverse sides of the ferry body; the more than one springboard lifting devices are installed on the ferry body and are usedfor controlling the angles of the bottom of the beach climbing springboards and the lightering springboards relative to a deck face of the ferry body; and the power propulsion systems are installed in the two transverse sides of the stern section buoyancy tank unit respectively and are used for self-propulsion.

The invention belongs to the technical field of air train ferry traffic, and particularly relates to a ferryboat used for wharf butt joint and locating. The ferryboat aims at achieving precise butt joint and locating of the ferryboat and a wharf. According to the technical scheme, the ferryboat comprises a locating system; the locating system comprises a transverse locating device arranged on theside wall of a boat body, a boat height locating device arranged on the lower portion of the boat body and a longitudinal locating device arranged at the end of the boat body; and the ferryboat adjusts transverse, height and longitudinal displacement of the boat body through the transverse locating device, the boat height locating device and the longitudinal locating device. By means of the ferryboat, the locating precision during butt joint is improved, and precise locating with the wharf is achieved.

A marine vessel includes a hull and has at least one load carrying facility defined by at least one loading space with a given height, a given width and a given length, whereby the loading space is provided on a bulkhead deck, and a propulsion arrangement, which includes at least one steerable thruster unit connected by a shaft arrangement to a drive means. In order to provide better access to the bulkhead deck for loading and unloading the marine vessel, the steerable thruster unit is arranged below the bulkhead deck and the drive means is arranged above the loading space. The shaft arrangement comprises a substantially vertical shaft section extending from the drive means above the loading space through the given height of the loading space and to the steerable thruster unit below the bulkhead deck.