Mobile elevating gangway for passengers

A bridge device for passengers boarding and disembarking a ship, comprising:

• a frame body which defines an essentially cuboid space,
• a plurality of wheels attachable to the frame body, the wheels being arranged to support the weight of the device and facilitate maneuverability of the entire device,
• a gangway structure having only a single gangway structure entrance and a single gangway structure exit and having an odd number of gangway sections, said number being at least three,
• each of the gangway sections having only a single gangway section entrance and only a single gangway section exit,
• the gangway structure being disposed substantially within the outer boundaries of the frame body,
• each of the gangway sections being supported by the frame body and being movable in vertical directions by at least one moving force transmitted through the frame body,
• each of the gangway sections being both tiltable in two vertical directions and entirely displaceable in two vertical directions,
• the device defining only a single device entrance and only a single device exit, wherein each of the gangway sections of the gangway structure are vertically movable to accommodate a multitude of device entrance and device exit configurations.