Ballast tank elements for a double hull vessel

Details Ballast tank elements for a double hull vessel Ballast tank elements for a double hull vessel

1991-07-11

1992-10-27

Swinehart, Ed

Ships

Ballasting

Water tanks

114 74R, B63B 3903

Patent

active

051580314

ABSTRACT:
A double hull vessel is disclosed having a novel type of ballast tank element. That ballast tank element has a half-breadth double-bottom ballast tank and a side ballast tank. The half-breadth double-bottom ballast tank has a tank access trunk that is located within the double-side hull. Preferably, that tank access trunk is at least one frame space wide. The side ballast tank is located within the double-hull, and is adjacent to the tank access trunk. Preferably, the ballast tank elements are used in pairs which are adjacent and opposite from each other. These pairs of ballast tank elements can be used in conjunction with double-hull ballast tank elements having no internal subdivisions.

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