Vessel comprising a hull for transporting cooled liquefield gas
AssigneeA/S Akers Mek. Verksted
InventorsPer Jorgen Oiern, Knut Helge Osmundsvaag
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Abstract
A vessel having at least one container for the transportation of cooled, liquefied gas or the like, the vessel having at least one cargo hold located below the deck of the vessel, side tanks below the deck extending transversely outwardly of the cargo hold, and the transverse cross-sectional area of the cargo hold being slightly less than the maximum cross-sectional area of the container so that the container is supported by the cargo hold whereby the lower portion of the container extends only slightly downwardly within an open top portion of the cargo hold.
Claims8
A vessel having an upper deck and having at least one container for the transportation of cooled, liquefied gas or the like, comprising:
- at least one center cargo hold located below the deck of the vessel;
- said center hold including interconnected longitudinal and transverse bulkheads and a support frame interconnected with said bulkheads and located at a top portion of said center hold, said bulkheads forming side walls of said frame and said support frame having an open top portion;
- and side tanks extending down from the deck and extending transversely outwardly of said center hold and said frame;
- said container being supported by said frame and the lower portion of said container extending downwardly within said open top portion of said frame.
A vessel having an upper deck and having at least one container for the transportation of cooled, liquefied gas or the like, comprising:
- at least one center cargo hold located below the deck of the vessel;
- said center hold including interconnected longitudinal and transverse bulkheads and a support frame interconnected with said bulkheads and located at a top portion of said center hold, said support frame having an open top portion;
- a transition member located above said frame surrounding said container for supporting said container, said transition in the lower end being of a rectangular form corresponding to said frame and in the upper end being of a configuration corresponding to the form of the container;
- and side tanks extending down from the deck and extending transversely outwardly of said center hold and said frame;
- said container also being supported by said frame and the lower portion of said container extending downwardly within said open top portion of said frame.
A vessel having an upper deck and having at least one container for the transportation of cooled, liquefied gas or the like, comprising:
- at least one center cargo hold located below the deck of the vessel;
- said center hold including interconnected longitudinal and transverse bulkheads and a support frame interconnected with said bulkheads and located at a top portion of said center hold, said support frame having an open top portion;
- and side tanks extending down from the deck and extending transversely outwardly of said center hold and said frame;
- said container being supported by said frame and extending downwardly within said open top portion of said frame;
- said frame forming an enclosure beneath said container and said frame having an upper open end contoured to snugly receive said container, and side walls and a bottom wall interconnected with said side walls.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.