204 results about "Sea transport" patented technology

A system, equipment, and processes for extending the scope of automation in port container facilities, and thereby increasing port capacity within fixed land resources, increasing operational productivity, increasing safety, increasing the velocity and reliability of goods movement, increasing freight security, reducing negative environmental impacts, and reducing the overall cost of goods movement. A storage area is accessed by automated guided vehicles which receive and unload containerized loads. On the waterside, loads are exchanged between the vehicles and ships using quay cranes. On the ground transportation side, loads are exchanged between the vehicles and truck or rail carriers using semi automated or automated remote-controlled bridge cranes. Within the storage area, loads are exchanged between the vehicles and the storage facilities using automated stacking cranes. The vehicles are adapted to receive a cassette storage platform which in turn receives standard ISO containers. The vehicles also are adapted to receive one or more alternative platforms including a coning platform for workers to manage container coning, a reefer access and maintenance platform, and a worker transport platform. The use of a single vehicle type with interchangeable platforms allows for maximum flexibility and efficiency. The automation of the vehicle allows for complete contamination within the storage portion of the system.

The system thus substantially extends the reach of automation to cover both landside and waterside intra-terminal transfer operations. By this extension, the interface of workers and machines is greatly reduced, increasing safety, productivity, security, and capacity. By this extension, the robotic control process can be fully optimized, increasing velocity and reliability while reducing the terminal's environmental footprint.

The invention allows cool rooms or sea containers designed for frozen goods to handle produce requiring more precisely controlled temperatures and conditions, e.g., vegetables and fruits requiring temperatures in the chilling range and often also needing control or modification of the atmosphere. Each load of produce (100) (e.g. of pallet size) is held in the sea container or cool room but is sealed from the air of the refrigerated environment by, for example, a plastics bag (56). The atmosphere within the bag is then circulated by a fan (12) (or by convection currents from a heating element) so as to pass through the load and around it via ducts (30) provided adjacent the bag (56). Heat exchange (50) between the circulating gas and the refrigerated environment, via the plastics film, serves to cool the load. However, if cooling is excessive a heating element can be used to raise the temperature of the circulating atmosphere. Gas composition of the atmosphere can be controlled by scrubbing, flushing, etc. via pipes from a central unit or at each load individually or by choosing semi-permeable plastic for the sealing bags.

Implementations of various methods and systems of a network, GPS system, mobile computing devices, servers, forward commodity exchanges, grouping software for hubs, transparent open access pricing systems, blockchain audit and safety methods and systems, virtual hub systems, algorithm methods for no arbitrage conditions in a simple easy to use graphical user interface format for mobile or virtual computing over various mediums which are connected via a network to transact and trade transportation seats or capacity units in airline transport, subway transport, train transport, automobile transport, autonomous vehicle transport, taxi transport, space transport, virtual transport, underground transport, ship or sea transport, public transport, private transport or drone transport on a computer, mobile computer device, virtual reality computer device or mixed reality computing device.

Implementations of various price based navigation methods and systems based on a network, GPS system, mobile computing devices, servers, transportation unit data transformations, forward commodity market servers, grouping instructions for virtual hubs, transparent open access pricing systems, blockchain audit and safety instructions, virtual hub instructions, banking and credit account instructions, priced based GPS map routing algorithms in a simple easy to use graphical user interface format for mobile, audio interface or virtual interface computing over various mediums which are connected via a network to transact and trade transportation seats or capacity units in airline transport, subway transport, train transport, automobile transport, autonomous vehicle transport, taxi transport, space transport, package freight transport, tractor trailer freight transport, cargo freight transport, container freight transport, virtual transport, underground transport, ship or sea transport, public transport, private transport or drone transport on a computer, mobile computer device, audio computer device, virtual reality computer device or mixed reality computing device.

The present invention relates to a process for the partial upgrading of properties of heavy and/or extra-heavy crude oil by low severity catalytic hydrotreatment in only one reaction step. The process of the present invention is obtained upgraded oil with properties required for its transportation from offshore platforms either to maritime terminal or to refining centers. The process reduces the viscosity of heavy and/or extra-heavy crude oil, and decreases the concentration of impurities, such as sulfur, nitrogen, and metals, in such a way that heavy and/or extra-heavy crude oils can be transported to maritime terminals or to refining centers. The process increases the lifetime of the catalyst and decreased operating costs by reducing consumption of utilities because the operation of the process is carried out at lower severity. The partially upgraded oils obtained in this process can be transported directly to the maritime terminals or to existing refineries.

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 into the container by entrainment, and a container outlet through which particulate material can be unloaded from the container by entrainment. The system also includes a product loading internal manifold located within the hold of the ship and connected to a container inlet for a plurality of ship based hoppers, and a product unloading internal manifold located within the hold of the ship and connected to a container outlet for a plurality of ship based hoppers.

A plywood comprising plys of Paulowina wood combined with plys of other hardwoods. The resulting Paulowina based plywood panels are lightweight, approximately 40% lighter than ordinary plywood. This reduction in weight when used for construction of Recreational vehicles (RV's), Campers, Tractor-trailer box sides, Ocean Shipping boxes, Crates, and Steamer trunks will reduce associated fuel consumption by reducing the overall weight of the cargo, and can lower employee related injury. The resulting Paulowina based plywood panels will reduce work place injury (lower back pain, herniated disks, hernia, etc.) resulting in lower healthcare premiums for both employees and employers. The shipping industry that supply cargo shipping boxes also demand that a lightweight construction material be used for goods that are sent by air cargo, land cargo, rail, and sea cargo in order to conserve energy and the Paulowina based plywood panels are well suited for these applications.

The invention discloses an AIS big data-based marine transportation statistical system and a statistical method thereof, and aims to form a specific basic database and a data analysis model through continuous data mining and experience accumulation on the basis of real-time and historical AIS data in combination with mining knowledge bases such as ship archives, port data and investigation and survey data under the assistance of online processing and finally automatically and regularly output statistical indexes such as ports, offshore channels and goods transportation volume, and dynamic information related to various commodities and ships, and support open type editing operation, visual interactive display and report export. According to the statistical system and the statistical method, an AIS big data platform oriented to sea transportation statistics is provided, a sea transportation statistics AIS big data mining analysis model is constructed, and a whole set of technical solutions of AIS data access, cleaning, storage management, mining analysis, index product generation and the like are formed; and a high-quality, timely and accurate marine transportation industry statistical index product can be provided for marine economic management.

An apparatus for unloading a cargo space, such as a maritime container, which contains stackable cargo units. The apparatus comprises a frame which is provided with an active conveyor track having a distal end and a proximal end, wherein the dimensions of at least a part of the frame with the conveyor track are such that it can be brought into the cargo space, the frame near the distal end is provided with a movable arm, wherein the movable arm is provided with a head for picking up at least one stackable cargo unit. According to the invention the head comprises an array with vertically directed suction cups, which array can be moved in the vertical direction for picking up at least one stackable cargo unit at its upper side.

The invention relates to a method for storing carbon dioxide in deep sea.The method includes the steps of firstly, collecting carbon dioxide, conducting pressurizing and cooling through a dry ice making machine to make dry ice to be stored in a storage tank; secondly, conveying dry ice to a deep sea area suitable for storage through land transportation and sea transportation modes; thirdly, melting dry ice into liquid carbon dioxide through a high-pressure pump, and conveying liquid carbon dioxide to a seabed 600-10000 m deep through a conveying pipe; fourthly, keeping 5-20 %(wt) of the storage amount of liquid carbon dioxide in a sea transportation ship after conveying carbon dioxide to deep sea.By means of the storage energy and phase-change release energy of carbon dioxide, by driving carbon dioxide collecting, compressing, conveying and injecting equipment, carbon dioxide is gathered, dry ice is prepared and then conveyed and injected to the seabed, green energy is sufficiently used, energy storage and utilization are effective, the cost of the carbon dioxide storage process is reduced, and the atmosphere pollution and greenhouse effect can be easily reduced.

A device for and method of fixing vertically installed cargo pressure tanks (2), particularly the type used for sea transport of pressurised petroleum products, wherein at least two cargo pressure tanks (2) constitute a liftable cassette (1), the tanks (2) of which preferably are placed in the upright position on a cassette lifting frame (4) and are interconnected by means of a guide frame (6).

Implementations of various methods and systems of a network, GPS system, mobile computing devices, servers, forward commodity market servers, grouping software for hubs, transparent open access pricing systems, blockchain audit and safety methods and systems, virtual hub systems, algorithm methods for no arbitrage conditions in a simple easy to use graphical user interface format for mobile or virtual computing over various mediums which are connected via a network to transact and trade transportation seats or capacity units in airline transport, subway transport, train transport, automobile transport, autonomous vehicle transport, taxi transport, space transport, package freight transport, tractor trailer freight transport, cargo freight transport, container freight transport, virtual transport, underground transport, ship or sea transport, public transport, private transport or drone transport on a computer, mobile computer device, audio computer device, virtual reality computer device or mixed reality computing device.

The SLIKLOC Security System Permanent Locking Hasp has the highest level of anti-theft and anti-tampering design that virtually eliminates opening with a thief's tools of the trade—hacksaws, bolt cutters, large hammers, and pry bars. Most marine and railroad intermodal containers are unsecured or have limited security. Adding the SLIKLOC Security System to these modes of transportation would limit theft and decrease the chance of terrorists using these modes of transportation to damage our homeland.

A suction-cup cargo netting device that can be secured to any type of vehicle, land-based or marine, such that items can be secured by the device while they are being transported. The suction-cup cargo netting device uses a flexible net that has a plurality of flexible suction-cups on its periphery that secure to any smooth surface quickly and conveniently. After use, the suction-cups and cargo net can be easily removed for storage, or use with another vehicle or another location such as a residence or commercial building. The suction-cups are attached to the periphery of a central net that covers the items being transported such that they are secured to a surface and create a storage area between the cargo net and the surface.

A transport device of a semi-trailer compartment body comprises two frames which have almost same shape and size and are sheathed on the two ends of the semi-trailer compartment body; wherein, the frames are rectangle structure formed by connecting a top frame, a bottom frame and two side frames, so the structure is open at both ends with a cross section which is matched with that of the semi-trailer compartment body in size and shape; two apex angle pieces are respectively arranged on the top frame of the two frames corresponding to the position of the apex angle pieces on a standard container; two base angle pieces are respectively arranged on the bottom frame of the two frames corresponding to the position of the base angle pieces on the standard container; the two frames and the compartment body are connected and fixed by a detachable fixation device. The device transfers the semi-trailer compartment body into the compartment body with partial function of the container and realizes midway transport of the semi-trailer compartment body; meanwhile, the device can realize stacking in sea transportation and connecting transport by a container semi-trailer in land transportation; the device can also be recycled.

The invention relates to an oil paint coating construction method under the high temperature and high humidity environment. Steel member oil paint coating construction is carried out in a machining plant in mainland, packaging for sea transportation is carried out, and assembly is completed abroad. The oil paint coating construction method is characterized by comprising the following steps that a, an oil paint system is selected; b, oil paint surface treatment is carried out; c, construction of epoxy paint at the first time and the second time is carried out; d, polyurethane finishing coat is applied, and unified coating is adopted; e, oil paint special part coating is carried out; f, wet film thickness and dry film thickness detection is carried out; g, adhesive force testing is carried out; and h, oil paint coating repairing is carried out. The oil paint coating construction method under the high temperature and high humidity environment has the beneficial effects that oil system selection is scientific and reasonable, coating is exquisite, oil paint coating quality is safe and reliable, steel member oil paint can stand the test of the serious atmospheric environment of high humidity, windiness and high salinity in tropical coastal zones, the aims of reducing cost and increasing efficiency are achieved, and the construction period is greatly shortened on the premise that safety is guaranteed.