Transport platform

A transport platform comprising:

• a platform;
• and
• adjustable length pillars provided either side and at both ends of the platform, the adjustable length pillars each having an upper cross-member interconnecting the upper ends thereof,
• wherein the platform is provided with cross-members which are connected with the platform and which extend parallel with the upper cross-members,
• wherein the upper and lower cross-members are provided with openings by which the upper and lower cross-members are engageable with structural members adapted to hold the platform in a predetermined position during transit,
• wherein the structural members comprise connection rails used to connect the transport platform to one or more adjacent containers, and
• wherein the openings in the upper and lower cross members comprise openings formed in twist lock castings which are connected with the upper and lower cross members to allow for twist lock devices to interconnect the upper and lower cross members with the connection rails.

A transport platform comprising:

• a platform;
• and
• adjustable length pillars provided either side and at both ends of the platform, the adjustable length pillars each having an upper cross-member interconnecting the upper ends thereof,
• wherein the platform is provided with cross-members which are connected with the platform and which extend parallel with the upper cross-members,
• wherein the upper and lower cross-members are provided with openings by which the upper and lower cross-members are engageable with structural members adapted to hold the platform in a predetermined position during transit, and
• wherein the upper and lower cross members are adjustably connected to a frame of the platform so as to be laterally adjustable within a predetermined limit with respect to the frame of the platform.

A transport platform arrangement comprising:

• a transport platform comprising:
• a platform;
• and
• pillars provided on either side and at both ends of the platform, the adjustable length pillars each having an upper cross-member interconnecting the upper ends thereof,
• wherein the transport platform arrangement further comprises first connection rails which are disposed over and connectable to the upper cross-members, the first connection rails being connectable to at least one container which is disposed adjacent the transport platform, and
• wherein the platform further comprises lower cross-members fixed thereto, the lower cross-members being parallel to the upper cross-members, and wherein the transport platform further comprises first connection devices which interconnect the first connection rails to the upper cross-members and to an upper side of the at least one adjacent container.

A transport platform comprising:

• a platform having first and second end members in which spaced vertically extending first slots are formed, the first slots being adapted to receive one of a plurality of vertically extending guide members that are provided on bulkheads of a container ship hold;
• first and second sets of vertically extending pillars which are respectively provided at first and second ends of the platform;
• and
• first and second cross members respectively interconnecting the upper ends of the first and second sets of pillars, the first and second cross members each having spaced vertically extending second slots that are aligned with the vertically extending first slots and which are adapted to receive the vertically extending guide members which are formed on the bulkheads of the container ship hold.