Spud carrier
AssigneeIHC Holland IE B.V.
InventorCorné Hout
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Abstract
A spud system for a dredging vessel with a longitudinal direction includes a spud carrier for mounting a spud therein in a generally vertical stance and a spud carrier cable driving device coupled with the dredging vessel and the spud carrier for driving the spud carrier with respect to the dredging vessel. The spud carrier is moveable with respect to a longitudinal direction of the dredging vessel for advancing the dredging vessel. The spud carrier cable driving device comprises at least an aft cable drive system which extends at an aft side of the spud carrier, and a fore cable drive system separate from the aft cable drive system. The fore cable drive system extends at a fore side of the spud carrier, and each of the aft cable drive system and the fore cable drive system is coupled with the dredging vessel and the spud carrier
Claims20
A spud system for a dredging vessel with a longitudinal direction, which spud system comprises;
- a spud carrier for mounting a spud therein in a generally vertical stance, the spud carrier being moveable with respect to the longitudinal direction of the dredging vessel for advancing the dredging vessel, and
- a spud carrier cable driving device coupled with the dredging vessel and the spud carrier for driving the spud carrier with respect to the dredging vessel, wherein the spud carrier cable driving device comprises at least an aft cable drive system which extends at an aft side of the spud carrier for driving the spud carrier in a longitudinal direction with respect to the vessel, and a fore cable drive system separate from the aft cable drive system, wherein the fore cable drive system extends at a fore side of the spud carrier for driving the spud carrier in a longitudinal direction with respect to the vessel, and wherein each of the aft cable drive system and the fore cable drive system is coupled with the dredging vessel and the spud carrier.
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