Autonomous container ship
AssigneeEtat Francais represente par le Delegue General pour l'Armement
InventorsDaniel Le Coz, Jean-Yves Le Lan, Daniel Person, Christian Fournier, Sylvain Le Rouzic, Olivier De Smirnoff
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Abstract
The present invention relates in particular to an autonomous container ship of the type having a hull, propulsion means, and loading and unloading means, characterized by having ballasting means and means (11, 12, 5) for varying the air draft without changing the draft.
Claims12
An autonomous container ship having a hull, a bridge, propulsion means, at least one hold to receive containers, a device for handling the containers, ballasting means, and a device for retracting the bridge, the autonomous container ship comprising:
- at least one water tight hatch cover;
- a portal crane, movable on rails, and disposed on a side of the hold;
- and
- a retracting device to retract the portal crane into a special area of the hold, the special area also used for storing containers.
An autonomous container ship having a hull, a bridge, propulsion means, at least one hold to receive containers, a handling device to handle the containers, ballasting means, and a retracting device to retract the bridge, the autonomous container ship comprising:
- a plurality of water tight hatch covers;
- coaming disposed around the at least one hold;
- a portal crane, movable on rails, disposed on a side of the hold;
- rails disposed on the coaming;
- and
- a second retracting device to retract the portal crane.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.