Material or article handling – Process – Of loading or unloading marine system
Patent
1997-10-15
2000-10-10
Krizek, Janice L.
Material or article handling
Process
Of loading or unloading marine system
4141377, 4141398, B63B 2502
Patent
active
06129506&
ABSTRACT:
The invention relates to a process for moving and transporting materials utilizing specialized transporting containers. These containers, which can be transported over land utilizing specialized haulage equipment such as tractor-trailers or railroad "rail-trucks," can be floated and moved on water either as single units or as a large tow whereby a tugboat can move these containers on inland waterways and a short distance off shore into larger bodies of water where these containers would be loaded onto self-loading oceangoing transport ships for transport to some distant point for off-loading. Utilizing containers as floating transport vessels eliminates the need for extensive dockage and port facilities. Specifically, the process of the present invention may be employed wherever loaded containers can be put into the water, or alternatively loaded while they are in the water, and moved by tugboat to an oceangoing transport ship where the containers can be loaded onto oceangoing transport ships. Likewise, the floating containers filled with material can be dispatched at any offshore point for transiting by tugboats to shore where the containers are either unloaded while they are floating in the water or floated onto land transport vehicles for transit to some nearby land-based discharge or container unloading point.
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