A ship and a method of loading and unloading a ship
AssigneeOmt Naval Aps
InventorBjorn MOVING
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Abstract
A ship having a first hatch element covering an opening in the freeboard and a second hatch element covering an opening in an upper deck. To enable a more flexible cargo handling, the second hatch element protrudes sideways over the freeboard in its open position, and it can therefore be used as a crane for cargo handling.
Claims21
-45. (canceled).
A ship defining a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction and comprising a freeboard, an upper deck, and at least one sheltered deck below the upper deck, where the freeboard is defined as an outer surface between a waterline and the upper deck and extending circumferentially about the ship, the ship comprising at least one hatch structure comprising:
- a first opening in the freeboard providing access to one of the at least one sheltered decks,
- a second hatch element slidable between at least one open position providing vertical access to one of the at least one sheltered decks through a second opening in the upper deck and a closed position where the second hatch element covers the second opening,
- wherein the second hatch element protrudes over the first opening in one of the at least one open positions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.