Lift and method for lifting equipment modules

A method for sideways loading of equipment modules or cargo containers onto a mounting surface of a sea vessel, said equipment modules having sizes substantial equal to, or exceeding dimensions of standard shipping containers, said method comprising the following steps:

• providing a lift comprising:
• a frame for supporting said equipment modules or cargo containers, said frame comprises:
• a number of conveying beams for conveying said equipment module or cargo container in a sideways direction in relation to said frame;
• and
• means for lifting said conveying beams in a vertical direction,
• wherein said frame comprises a horizontally expandable and/or displaceable base frame, and
• wherein said conveying beams comprise a first beam element connected to said base frame, and a second beam element arranged substantially horizontally displaceable in relation to said base frame, said second beam is arranged longitudinally displaceable in relation to the first beam element;
• arranging an equipment module or cargo container onto said lift,
• maneuvering said lift on a ground surface into a position substantial parallel with a hull of said sea vessel at a specific location,
• raising said equipment module or cargo container by said lift in a vertical direction to a specific vertical position in relation to a mission bay in said hull,
• conveying said equipment module or cargo container sideways into said mission bay, by said conveying beams,
• connecting said equipment module or cargo container to an anchoring point within said mission bay,
• retracting said conveying beams out of said mission bay.