236results about "Barges/lighters" patented technology

A landing station can include a package manipulation system, an anchoring system, a climate control system, and / or a convertible storage locker. In some embodiments, a temperature control carrier is used with the landing station. In some embodiments, the package manipulation system includes at least one manipulation rail, at least one finger and / or a set of projections configured to raise and lower from said landing surface. In some embodiments, the landing station includes an elevator. In some embodiments, the landing station includes a lifting ring. In some embodiments, the landing station includes an air curtain blower.

The invention belongs to the technical field of anchor chain laying, and particularly relates to an anchor chain laying method applied to an offshore floating structure anchor chain. The anchor chain laying method is applied to an offshore floating structure anchor chain and comprises the steps that the whole anchor chain is arranged into at least one row in a preset operation area of an operation barge deck, each row of anchor chains are straightened and adjusted to be twisted, and a plurality of fixing devices are arranged at the two ends, in the bow and stern connecting line direction, of the preset area; adding color marks on the same side of the anchor chain; and a winch is used for carrying tension to enable the anchor chains to be sequentially lowered and laid on a seabed through a roller switch blade chain stopper, the winch is arranged at the position of a deck bow of the operation barge, and the roller switch blade chain stopper is arranged at the position of a stern. The anchor chain can be controlled to twist in the whole anchor chain laying process, and the construction quality and efficiency are greatly improved.

The invention relates to the technical field of HDPE pipeline shipping, in particular to an HDPE pipeline mooring and positioning system and method.The HDPE pipeline mooring and positioning system comprises a barge, a crane ship, a tugboat, a plurality of auxiliary ships and a plurality of positioning anchors, the tugboat is used for dragging an HDPE pipeline, the barge and the crane ship are used for positioning the HDPE pipeline from the two ends of the HDPE pipeline, and the auxiliary ships are used for positioning the HDPE pipeline from the two ends of the HDPE pipeline. The positioning anchors are symmetrically arranged on the two sides of the HDPE pipeline and used for positioning the HDPE pipeline, and the auxiliary ship is used for moving the HDPE pipeline. Compared with a traditional steel pipe pile construction technology, the mooring positioning system provides stable positioning points through the positioning anchors symmetrically arranged on the two sides of the HDPE pipeline, construction steps are simplified through cooperative operation of a tugboat, a barge, a crane ship and an auxiliary ship, particularly, complex steel pipe pile mounting and dismounting do not need to be conducted, the construction time is greatly shortened, and the construction efficiency is improved. And the construction efficiency is obviously improved.

The invention describes a barge for assembly of a floating support structure (1) comprising a lower buoyancy section (2) with a lower buoyancy volume VL and a working deck (3) comprising support elements (4) for receiving parts of the floating support structure to be assembled. The barge further comprises a ballasting system (7) for lowering and elevating the barge (1). The barge is characterized by a divisional section (6) holding the lower buoyancy section (2) and the working deck (3) in a vertical distance from each other and having a divisional buoyancy volume VD considerably smaller than lower buoyancy volume VL, such that the ballasting system, by pumping a quantity of water equal to VD in or out, is able to move the barge (1) between a lower position with a bottom side of the working deck (3) in the waterline, and an upper position with the top side of the lower buoyancy section (2) in the waterline.

A permanent-temporary combined square block and caisson combined gravity type wharf comprises a land area rear storage yard, a temporary prefabricating yard used for prefabricating square blocks and caissons is arranged on the land area rear storage yard, the temporary prefabricating yard is communicated with square block structural sections through caisson shipping channels, and the square block structural sections are arranged along the coast and serve as caisson temporary shipping wharfs. The caisson shipping channel is used for transporting prefabricated square blocks and caissons; and after the caisson is transported out through the caisson shipping channel and the square structure section, the caisson is arranged to be connected with the square structure section into a whole, and the caisson structure section wharf is formed. According to the wharf, a site does not need to be additionally found to serve as a prefabrication yard and a temporary wharf as a construction site, and the temporary shipping wharf and part of the prefabrication yard are combined permanently and temporarily, so that wharf construction and dismantling cost can be saved.

A system and method for transporting cargo and containers across a body of water having at least one mothership vessel designed to carry at least one deployable and retrievable vessels within a hull portion of the at least one mothership vessel. The mothership vessel is designed to partially submerge its hull to flood its well deck wherein the plurality of deployable and retrievable vessels may be deployed or retrieved, the deployable and retrievable vessels allowed to float when the well-deck of the mothership vessel is flooded. At least one mathematical model is used to find a solution for given routes along one or more legs between ports, the mothership vessel, and the deployable and releasable vessels, the route substantially to manage supply chain optimization of the cargo carried on the mothership vessel and the costs and pace of travel. Machine learning may aid in calculations.

The invention discloses an offshore photovoltaic support loading and unloading type shipping and stacking tool and a lightering operation method thereof. The tool comprises a barge widening and reinforcing tool, a photovoltaic support mounting tool and a stacking tool. The barge widening and reinforcing tool is composed of a plurality of sets of extending mechanisms which are symmetrically arranged on ship boards on the left side and the right side of a barge, and each set of extending mechanism is composed of a plurality of extending assemblies. The photovoltaic support installation tool comprises a plurality of sets of guide assemblies composed of a plurality of guide pipes, the guide assemblies are distributed on the extension assembly and the deck, and supporting legs are further arranged at the centers of the guide pipes. The stacking tool is composed of a plurality of stacking assemblies, each stacking assembly is composed of a plurality of stacking supports, the top sides of the stacking supports are provided with support guide pipes and support supporting legs which are the same as and correspond to the guide pipes and the supporting legs respectively, and the bottom sides of the stacking supports are connected with the guide assemblies. The tool is simple in structural design and convenient to assemble, disassemble and operate, stacking arrangement and fixation of the offshore photovoltaic support in the height direction of the barge can be achieved, the transportation efficiency is improved in the lightering operation, and the cost is reduced.

The invention discloses a pushing boat and barge efficient combination butt joint device which comprises a barge butt joint piece arranged on a barge, the barge butt joint piece comprises a barge butt joint matching piece and a matched butt joint adjusting piece, the barge butt joint matching piece is arranged on the barge and driven by the connected matched butt joint adjusting piece, and the barge butt joint matching piece is arranged on the barge and driven by the matched butt joint adjusting piece; the vertical movement is realized as required; the pushing butt joint piece is arranged on the pushing ship, the pushing butt joint piece comprises a pushing telescopic power piece and a butt joint pushing piece, and the pushing telescopic power piece is arranged on the pushing ship and drives the butt joint pushing piece connected with the pushing ship to be connected with the barge butt joint matching piece in a matched mode, so that the pushing ship and the barge are combined in a butt joint mode. The device is reasonable in structural design, high in automation degree, high in butt-joint success rate of the pushing ship and the barge, high in combined butt-joint efficiency and small in influence of sea surface waves on the combined butt-joint process.

The present invention relates to a ship including a cargo area for storing cargo, a bow area located forward of the cargo area, and a stern area located rearward of the cargo area, the bow area including a bow deck that separates the interior and exterior of the hull, a cabin located above the bow deck, and the cabin having a cross-sectional shape whose width decreases toward the front of the bow.

The utility model belongs to the technical field of ships, and particularly relates to a ship landing refitting device which comprises a slipway. The slipway is arranged on a wharf, and two first rails are symmetrically arranged on the slipway; two second rails are symmetrically arranged on the launching barge, and a rail trolley system is arranged on the two second rails; the mooring system is arranged on the launching barge, and the anchoring system is arranged on the launching barge. By arranging the launching barge and the rail trolley system, a ship can be supported and move on the second rails, by arranging the mooring system and the anchoring system, the launching barge and a wharf can be in a relatively static state, the rail trolley system moves on the two first rails and the two second rails, and the ship is transported to a berth. The purpose that the ship is constructed from the underwater area to the land area slipway is achieved, the design form is convenient to construct, the special requirements for ship refitting and repairing are met, and meanwhile the cost is low.

A method of transporting a first vessel having wind turbine components to an offshore installation vessel. The method includes (i) securing the first vessel to a second vessel using a first tow line attached to a front end (or bow) of the first vessel, and (ii) securing the first vessel to a third vessel using a second tow line attached to a back end (or stern) of the first vessel. The method further includes transporting the first vessel to the offshore installation vessel using the second vessel and the third vessel secured to the first vessel via the first and second tow lines, respectively. The method also includes securing the first vessel to the offshore installation vessel. The first vessel can include one or more fender walls. The first vessel can be secured to the offshore installation vessel using one or more mooring lines.

The present invention provides a novel offshore structure, referred to as Super Shallow Water Structures (SSS), designed and manufactured for installation in shallow water depths ranging from 3.5 meters to 50 meters. The said structure is a self-floating structure that can be towed from a fabrication yard or dry dock to an offshore site and lowered into position without requiring heavy lifting vessels or barge-based operations. The structure is equipped with a unique pontoon foundation (1) that facilitates self-floating transport and lowering through controlled water or grout filling. The structure (SSS) serves as an alternative to traditional offshore structures. It also provides a viable solution for replacing jacket and pile foundations for heavy topsides structures.

The utility model provides an offshore floating barge type photovoltaic energy storage power station. A barge is composed of a photovoltaic system arranged on a two-layer deck, an energy storage system and a wireless charging and discharging system arranged on a first-layer deck, and a control protection and energy management system arranged on a bottom-layer cabin. The photovoltaic system can generate power to charge the energy storage system when the barge sails on the sea and is berthed in the daytime; the energy storage system can run to a land power grid with sufficient electric quantity to absorb electric energy to charge an energy storage container, and can also run to power-lacking power grids such as islands or offshore working platforms to discharge electric energy to supply power to the power grids; and the control protection and energy management system is used for control of system switches of the whole station, relay protection and energy flow direction control. According to the utility model, the construction cost of the submarine cable can be reduced, the technical limitation range of the laying length of the alternating-current submarine cable is broken through, the power supply of a deep and far sea working platform is guaranteed, and the working range of an offshore working platform is expanded.

The invention is suitable for the technical field of ship control, and provides a berthing motion control method of a towing system, the towing system, equipment and a medium, the method comprises the steps that state information of the towing system at the current moment is acquired, and the state information comprises the state of a tugboat, the state of a barge and the towing cable pulling force between the tugboat and the barge; generating a state space vector of the towing system according to the state of the tugboat and the state of the barge; inputting the state space vector and the towing cable tension into a pre-established Markov decision process model to obtain an action space vector of the tugboat; and carrying out berthing control on the towing system based on the action space vector. According to the invention, efficient, stable and safe barge dragging system berthing operation can be realized.

The utility model relates to an immersed tube lowering system applied to an immersed barge, and belongs to the technical field of immersed tunnels. The device comprises two pulley brackets respectively arranged at the bow and the stern of a ship body, two fixed pulley blocks respectively arranged on the two pulley brackets, lifting appliance pulley blocks respectively connected with the two fixed pulley blocks, two guide pulley blocks respectively arranged on the sides, close to each other, of the two fixed pulley blocks, and two immersed tube winches respectively arranged at the bow and the stern of the ship body, the steel wire rope is connected with the immersed tube through the guide pulley block, the fixed pulley block and the sling pulley block at the other end of the ship body by the immersed tube winch at any end of the ship body, so that the immersed tube is lowered. The utility model solves the problem of arrangement of the sinking winch on the deck surface of the compact space of the existing sinking barge.

The present invention provides a control device and method for the folding and releasing of a barge gangway, wherein the device includes a hydraulic device and a winch device, which cooperate to complete the folding and releasing of the barge gangway; by controlling the hydraulic device to close the rope tension on the winch device to control the hydraulic cylinder to push out the gangway when the gangway is connected to the inner side, the speed of the two winch mechanisms is synchronized, and the turning angle of the gangway is obtained according to the calculated rope, the synchronous speed is adjusted, the speed is reduced at the beginning and end, and the speed is increased in the middle. This application is not limited by the operating level of the personnel, and is fully intelligently controlled.

Some embodiments relate to a power generation system. An example floating power generation system comprises: a vessel, the vessel including: a vessel frame, a hull around the vessel frame and defining fore and aft sections, and a deck supported by the vessel frame. A gas turbine may be provided on the vessel to generate electrical power from combustion of natural gas. An organic Rankine cycle (ORC) generator may be provided on the vessel to generate electrical power from heat recovery. A gas supply line may be provided on the vessel for supplying liquefied natural gas (LNG) to the gas turbine. A power supply subsystem may be provided on the vessel to receive electrical power from at least one of the gas turbine or the ORC generator and to supply power to at least one remote power sink that is away from the vessel.

Embodiments herein relate to a mobile fuel distribution station including a plurality of fuel tanks, one or more fuel pumps arranged to distribute fuel from said fuel tanks to users, a central fuel refill arrangement for refilling of one or more of said plurality of fuel tanks, and a fuel leakage prevention system, a central fuel refill arrangement and a fuel leakage prevention system arranged to prevent leakage from the central fuel refill arrangement, and from any of the plurality of fuel tanks. Other embodiments herein relate to a method and a system for predicting points of time for refilling fuel in one or more such mobile fuel distribution stations.

This application provides a method for the floating deployment of a cylindrical component. First, the cylindrical component is loaded onto a semi-submersible barge, and a buoyancy device is installed on the inner side of the component. After the semi-submersible barge submerges until the bottom surface of the buoyancy device contacts the liquid surface, the air intake and exhaust pipes of the buoyancy device are opened. When the cylindrical component sinks to a preset water depth, air is pumped into the stabilization chamber through the air intake and exhaust pipes until the buoyancy device can float in the water, and then the air intake and exhaust pipes are closed. The buoyancy device is then adjusted to be coaxial with the cylindrical component; air is pumped into the stabilization chamber a second time through the air intake and exhaust pipes until the buoyancy of the buoyancy device is sufficient to lift the cylindrical component and suspend it in the water, causing it to automatically separate from the semi-submersible barge. The cylindrical component can then be towed out of the dock to the deployment position. After the gas pumped into the stabilization chamber is expelled, the cylindrical component begins to sink. After adjusting the verticality of the cylindrical component, it is finally sunk to the bottom of the substrate.

The invention relates to the technical field of underwater caisson construction, in particular to a caisson construction method. The underwater leveling machine is assembled and formed on the supporting platform, and the semi-submersible barge and the sea side of the supporting platform are berthed; the underwater leveling machine walks to the semi-submersible barge, and the underwater leveling machine is transported through the semi-submersible barge; the underwater leveling machine is separated from the semi-submersible barge and reaches the mounting area, and leveling operation is carried out; the semi-submersible barge is berthed with the side, close to the sea, of the supporting platform again, and the caisson is moved to the semi-submersible barge from the supporting platform; and the caisson is transported to the installation area based on the semi-submersible barge, and the caisson is installed. According to the caisson construction method, the supporting platform serves as a launching platform shared by the caisson and the underwater leveling machine, launching transportation of the underwater leveling machine can be carried out through an existing semi-submersible barge used for transporting the caisson in wharf construction by means of the walking capacity of the underwater leveling machine, and therefore cost does not need to be additionally input for hoisting the underwater leveling machine to be launched; therefore, the construction cost is effectively reduced.

The invention relates to the technical field of ships, in particular to a semi-submersible barge and a transportation method thereof.The semi-submersible barge comprises a ballast tank and a ballast pipeline system which are arranged at the bottom of a barge body, the ballast pipeline system comprises a main pipeline, the main pipeline is communicated with a plurality of branch pipelines, and the branch pipelines are communicated with the ballast tank; the ballast pipeline system further comprises a plurality of pump set systems arranged at intervals in the length direction of the main pipeline, and the pump set systems are all communicated with the main pipeline. A middle isolating valve is further installed on the main pipeline, pump set systems are arranged on the two sides of the middle isolating valve, the multiple pump set systems are used in parallel, ballast water can be conveniently injected into or discharged out of a certain ballast tank through the multiple pump set systems, and the ballast water load adjusting efficiency of the ballast tank is improved. The main pipeline is divided into a plurality of groups through the middle isolating valves, the pump set systems are arranged on the two sides of the middle isolating valves, each group is provided with the pump set system, and then the main pipeline and the pump set system of each group form a rapid load adjusting module.

Apparatus with orientable lateral towing arms for naval vessels, in particular for the safe transit of cruise ships through canals having limited and set width, comprising: at least two fender barges for each side of the hull or floating one¬ directional or two-directional spacers, having respective movable towing arms and intended to be temporarily secured to one side of the hull of a ship; means for the towing connection to the sides of the hull of the ship of the anterior part of the towing arms, oriented at an angle toward the side of the hull of the fender barge with the base directed toward the side of the hull of the ship, wherein said means for the towing connection of the anterior part of the towing arms are formed of structural supports welded in specific recesses of the opposing sides of the hull of the ship.

The invention provides a marine pollution source recovery ship. The invention relates to a ship comprising a floating object collector, which is used for storing a marine pollution source captured by an oil containment boom into an internal pollution source storage space through a sewage suction port when the ship sails in a marine pollution area so as to quickly collect oil leaked to a site as much as possible. According to the invention, pollutants are prevented from causing marine pollution through evaporation, dissolution, sedimentation, diffusion and the like, and various floating objects entering the internal storage space along with the pollutants in the storage process are effectively separated, so that the removal efficiency of the marine pollution source is improved.

A deck support device for shallow water platform module float-over installation, comprising a slide, a slide shoe, a buffer assembly, a support assembly and a diagonal brace, etc. The support assembly is a split structure, which is connected by electromagnetic suction cups and inserts. The top of the buffer assembly can be connected with the inserts. The load of the platform module is transmitted to the barge through the double-cone contact surface of the support assembly and the buffer assembly. This design can provide higher stability during the operation process. The buffer assembly further provides necessary buffering during the load transfer process of the platform module, avoiding rigid collision. During the float-over installation barge withdrawal process, the platform module can be quickly separated through the split structure of the support assembly. Meanwhile, the gap between the barge and the platform module is increased after the separation of the insert of the support assembly, ensuring the safe withdrawal of the float-over barge and greatly shortening the offshore operation time.

The utility model discloses a floating support installation ship suitable for different notches and double floating supports, and particularly relates to the field of ocean engineering, the floating support installation ship comprises a floating support barge main body, and the top of the floating support barge main body is fixedly connected with a second floating support barge; a mast is fixedly connected to the middle of one side of the top of the second floating barge, and an anemorumbometer is fixedly connected right in front of the middle of the surface of the mast. When the floating barge is used, the floating barge body and the second floating barge are fixedly connected to enhance the overall stability and bearing capacity, the anemorumbometer and the GPS integrated on the mast provide accurate environment and position information for operation, safety and high efficiency are ensured, flexible combination of the multiple barges is achieved through the connecting bridges and the connecting floating plates, and the overall stability and bearing capacity of the floating barge are improved. And the fender device effectively protects the ship body from being collided and damaged, the hydraulic pump and the hydraulic pipeline drive the sliding guide plate to accurately move in the connecting notch, and accurate control and safe fixing in the mounting process are achieved in combination with the locking mechanism.

The application discloses an efficient transport barge for inland river material transfer, relates to the field of logistics transfer equipment, and comprises a ship body, a load carrying mechanism for carrying goods is locked to the ship body, a docking mechanism for receiving the load carrying mechanism is arranged on a target wharf of the ship body, the docking mechanism comprises two parallel docking column units, the load carrying mechanism comprises receiving assemblies located on both sides of the ship body, each receiving assembly is locked with a corresponding docking column unit, and the load carrying mechanism is unlocked with the ship body, the ship body drives away from the wharf to complete unloading, the load carrying mechanism and the docking mechanism are arranged, so that the ship body is docked during approaching the wharf, unloading is completed during driving away from the wharf, and the ship body does not need to stay at the wharf for too much time, thereby greatly shortening the unloading time at the wharf and improving the overall cargo carrying efficiency of the ship body.

The invention relates to an immersed tube transporting and sinking barge and an immersed tube transporting and sinking construction method, and belongs to the technical field of immersed tube tunnel construction. The immersed tube transporting and sinking barge comprises a single ship body, cantilever beams arranged in pairs and an immersed tube hoisting device. The cantilever beams arranged in pairs are symmetrically arranged on the two sides of the single hull in the width direction, and the cantilever beams extend out from the single hull to the outer side of a ship side in a cantilever mode in the width direction of the single hull. At least two pairs of cantilever beams are symmetrically arranged relative to the central surface of the length direction of the single ship body; the immersed tube hoisting device comprises immersed devices which are arranged in one-to-one correspondence with the cantilever beams, the immersed devices are installed on the cantilever beams, and the immersed devices are jointly connected with immersed tubes located below the single ship body so as to transport the immersed tubes and control immersed installation of the immersed tubes; wherein the sinking devices corresponding to the cantilever beams arranged in pairs are correspondingly connected with the two sides of the sinking pipe in the width direction respectively. The width of the immersed tube transported by the immersed tube transportation immersion barge can be close to the upper limit of the passing width of an inland waterway, and the width of the inland waterway can be fully utilized.

The invention describes a barge for assembly of a floating support structure (1) comprising a lower buoyancy section (2) with a lower buoyancy volume VL and a working deck (3) comprising support elements (4) for receiving parts of the floating support structure to be assembled. The barge further comprises a ballasting system (7) for lowering and elevating the barge (1). The barge is characterized by a divisional section (6) holding the lower buoyancy section (2) and the working deck (3) in a vertical distance from each other and having a divisional buoyancy volume VD considerably smaller than lower buoyancy volume VL, such that the ballasting system, by pumping a quantity of water equal to VD in or out, is able to move the barge (1) between a lower position with a bottom side of the working deck (3) in the waterline, and an upper position with the top side of the lower buoyancy section (2) in the waterline.

Some embodiments relate to a power generation system. An example power generation system comprises: a gas turbine to generate electrical power from combustion of natural gas; a gas supply line for supplying vaporised liquefied natural gas (LNG) to the gas turbine; a power supply subsystem to receive electrical power from the gas turbine and to supply power to at least one remote power sink; a vaporiser configured for vaporising the LNG; and a closed loop thermal fluid circuit configured to recover latent energy of the vaporising LNG to cool a thermal fluid in the closed loop thermal fluid circuit. The gas turbine includes an air inlet for the intake of ambient air; and the air inlet is configured such that ambient air passing there through is cooled by the cooled thermal fluid.

A floating LNG storage barge with one or more LNG tanks provides mobile storage for LNG, by obtaining LNG from one or more LNG ocean transport vessels while the LNG storage barge is moored to a land-based jetty, transferring LNG to one or more land transfer trucks, pipelines or railroad tankers using an LNG distribution manifold and flexible hoses between the distribution manifold and the trucks via pumps or pressure differential between the LNG storage barge with the potential for LNG processing adaptive capacity.