Offshore platform comprising a deck and a docking device, and method for transferring personnel
AssigneeOverdick GmbH & Co. KG
InventorKlaas Oltmann
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Abstract
An offshore platform device comprising a platform and a docking device which has a vertically oriented longitudinal axis (L) and is designed to be raised along its longitudinal axis (L) relative to the platform (3) into a transport position and to be lowered into an operational position, the docking device (4) having at its lower end at least one docking point (8a, 8b, 8c, 8d) which is accessible from a boat (11) in the operational position.
Claims11
Offshore platform device comprising:
- a platform and a docking device which has a vertically oriented longitudinal axis (L) and is designed to be raised along its longitudinal axis (L) relative to the platform (3) into a transport position and to be lowered into an operational position;
- the docking device (4) having at its lower end at least one docking point (8a, 8b, 8c, 8d) which is accessible from a boat (11) in the operational position;
- characterized in that the docking device (4) is guided through a passage (6) in the platform (3) and can be raised upwards and lowered downwards in the passage (6).
Method of transferring personnel to or from an offshore platform device (1), in which a platform (3) is brought into an operational position, a docking device (4) having a longitudinal axis (L), which is vertically oriented, is lowered along the longitudinal axis (L) relative to the platform (3), until a lower end of the docking device (4), which has at least one docking point (8a, 8b, 8c, 8d), touches the sea and the docking device (4) is guided through a passage (6) in the platform (3).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.