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AssigneeEtat Francais represente par le Delegue General pour l'Armament
InventorsJEAN-YVES LELAN, OLIVIER DE SMIRNOFF, DANIEL PERSON, CHRISTIAN GILLES FOURNIER
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The invention concerns an autonomous container ship comprising a hull, a propulsion system, loading and unloading systems for loading and unloading containers, and a balancing system. The ship transports containers from larger ports equipped with facilities for loading and unloading containers to smaller ports which may not provide such equipment and may be less than 4 meters deep. The ship includes a propulsion system to propel the ship to cruising speed on the high seas and at lower speeds in estuaries and ports, loading and unloading systems adapted to ports not provided with appropriate equipment, and a balancing system for balancing the ship at sea by providing stability and trim during container handling operations.
Autonomous container ship of the type having a keel, propulsion means, container loading and unloading means, and balancing means, characterized in that it has means for carrying containers from large ports equipped with container loading and unloading means to small ports lacking such equipment and having a water depth less than 4 meters, said means including propulsion means (4) that allow the ship to sail at cruising speed at sea and at estuary and port speeds, loading and unloading means (2, 6, 7, 8, 9) adapted to these ports lacking equipment, and means for balancing the ship at sea serving to stabilize and trim the ship during handling.
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