Supporting arrangement for a carried load, more particularly a load carried on a ship

Abstract

A supporting arrangement for a carried load, more particularly a load carried on a ship such as, for example, a container, is provided. The supporting arrangement provides for connecting, in a non-rigid manner, the carried load to a bearing structure integral with the ship and to this aim it comprises a plurality of movement dampers interposed between the carried load and the bearing structure. The dampers can be directly interposed between the load and the bearing structure; alternatively, the supporting arrangement further comprises a supporting frame and the movement dampers are applied to the supporting frame. Owing to the fact that the carried load is not rigidly connected to the structure of the ship, the movements to which the ship is subjected during sea travel, especially because of wave movement, are not transmitted to the carried load, which therefore does not risk falling overboard.

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