Systems, apparatus and methods for collecting floating debris

A system for collecting and processing floating solid debris from a body of water on a vessel, the body of water having a surface and the vessel having at least one chamber and at least one debris pump in fluid communication with and positioned at or proximate to the upper end of the at least one chamber, the system comprising:

• a debris recovery conveyor belt having first and second ends and extending from the vessel to the body of water during operations so that the first end thereof is at or under the surface of the body of water;
• a first debris processor positioned closer to the second end than the first end of the conveyor belt, whereby the conveyor belt receives floating solid debris from the body of water and delivers it to the first debris processor which fragments the solid debris into small debris pieces and delivers the small debris pieces into at least one chamber of the vessel;
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• a second debris processor positioned in or proximate to the at least one chamber of the vessel, whereby the second debris processor receives small debris pieces from the at least one chamber and fragments at least some of the small debris pieces into even smaller debris pieces and delivers the even smaller debris pieces to the at least one debris pump.