Method and apparatus for unloading cargo in an offshore marine environment
OwnerJon Khachaturianinventor
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Abstract
A method of unloading cargo at sea from a cargo vessel to a cargo barge, comprising the steps of providing a catamaran vessel having a pair of spaced apart catamaran hulls and a pair of spaced apart arch shaped frames, each frame attached to each hull at a frame lower end portion; positioning the cargo vessel in between the hulls and under the top portion of the frames; placing one or more cargo barges next to one or both of the hulls, wherein the hull is in between the cargo vessel and the cargo barge; and unloading cargo from the cargo vessel to the cargo barge wherein the cargo travels from the cargo vessel, over the catamaran hull to the cargo barge.
Claims18
A method of unloading cargo at sea from a cargo vessel to a cargo barge, comprising the steps of:
- a) providing a catamaran vessel having a pair of spaced apart catamaran hulls and a pair of spaced apart arch shaped frames, each one of said pair of spaced apart arch shaped frames attached to each one of said pair of spaced apart catamaran hulls at a frame lower end portion, each one of said pair of spaced apart arch shaped frames having a top portion;
- b) positioning the cargo vessel in between the pair of spaced apart catamaran hulls and under the top portion of said pair of spaced apart arch shaped frames;
- c) placing one or more cargo barges next to one or both of said pair of spaced apart catamaran hulls, wherein each one of said pair of spaced apart catamaran hulls is in between said cargo vessel and said one or more cargo barges;
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- d) unloading cargo from said cargo vessel to said one or more cargo barges wherein the cargo travels from the cargo vessel, over the catamaran vessel to said one or more cargo barges.
A method of unloading cargo at sea from a cargo vessel to a cargo barge, comprising the steps of:
- a) providing a catamaran vessel having a pair of spaced apart catamaran hulls and a pair of spaced apart frames, each one of said pair of spaced apart frames attached to each one of said pair of spaced apart catamaran hulls;
- b) placing the cargo barge next to one of said pair of spaced apart catamaran hulls, wherein said one of said pair of spaced apart catamaran hulls is in between the cargo vessel and the cargo barge;
- c) positioning the cargo vessel in between said pair of spaced apart catamaran hulls and under said pair of spaced apart frames;
- d) moving said cargo vessel and said pair of spaced apart catamaran hulls at a selected speed;
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- e) unloading cargo from said cargo vessel to said cargo barge wherein the cargo travels from said cargo vessel, over said one of said pair of spaced apart catamaran hulls to said cargo barge.
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