Systems and methods for 3-dimensional scanning for drydocking

A method comprising:

• using a scanning sensor, scanning at least one portion a hull of a vessel positioned below a waterline while the vessel is floating in water;
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• via one or more hardware computer processors programmed based on instructions stored in a memory:
• generating multi-dimensional scans of the at least one portion of the hull of the vessel that exists below the waterline based on data acquired by the scanning sensor during the scanning;
• generating a 3-dimensional (3D) model of the at least one portion of the hull of the vessel that exists below the waterline based on combining two or more of the multi-dimensional scans;
• analyzing the 3D model to identify one or more features of the hull of the vessel below the waterline, the one or more features of the hull including vessel hydrostatics information and/or vessel scan information;
• generating docking information for drydocking the vessel based on the one or more features of the hull, wherein the docking information includes information for the one or more identified features and a shape of the at least one portion of the hull of the vessel that exists below the waterline;
• identifying, based on the generated docking information, a docking plan for supporting the vessel when the vessel is supported out of the water, wherein the docking plan indicates where individual supports for the vessel can be located relative to the at least one portion of the hull of the vessel that exists below the waterline in consideration of the identified one or more features and the shape;
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• outputting instructions to dry dock the vessel based on the generated docking information and the docking plan based on locating the individual supports at locations identified by the docking plan, wherein the drydocking of the vessel resulting from the generated docking information and the docking plan results in the hull of the vessel not being in direct contact with any portion of a dry dock.