DE102004058824A1 - Cargo ship with on-board loading system for cargo has gantry crane enabling loads to be loaded and unloaded beyond hull directly onto quay without other crane - Google Patents

Abstract

The cargo ship consists of a base body (1), two or more catamaran hulls (2), one or more rigid or pivoted pushing units (3) and protective plates (4) on either side. Bow and stern ramps (5) enable trucks to be loaded. There is a power unit (6) for the pushing units. A gantry crane (10) enables loads to be loaded and unloaded beyond the hull directly onto the quay, without any other crane being required.

Description

Container or cargo ships are generally equipped with in-port container cranes or slewing cranes. and unload. Since these plants are very expensive, only big Ports (container terminals) These installed and thus attract the shipping traffic. Smaller ports are not or rarely served. That leads beside the systembed Loss times, costs and disadvantages of large-scale terminals to unnecessarily long Approach via the Road network.

In The recommendations of the EU Commission will therefore be the development high priority given to maritime short-sea shipping.

The small harbors i.A. inadequate Ride depth, lack of commitment and at the competition by the fast and cheap truck road transport.

shallow draft Cargo ships are known in flat bottom design. These are for inland navigation used at low speeds. Catamaran or double hull designs are in the passenger area prior art, recently with high Driving speeds (fast-ship). Ocean-going containers or cargo ships in catamaran version are still largely unknown, but are the only one solution for the small harbors unless extensive in-depth work is carried out at all ports should. These catamaran cargo ships still need very short port times and offer high speeds to drive against the competitor To pass truck traffic.

On-board Bekranung is especially with slewing cranes prior art.

For container ships are EP 0 970 883 A1 as an inland vessel with bow or stern unloading of containers and as well as US 2002/0069806 A1 and JP59097588 , "Container Transport Ship equipped with Gentry Crane" to increase container loading on the ship. While the first two are not intended for ocean traffic, the latter is not equipped with autonomous land loading or unloading as a typical long haul container with high container density.

Previous Cargo ships are fixed in the stern or midship Provided bridge installations, which except the tax booths still contains the mansions and engineering installations. Thereby a lot of shipping space is lost and the ships can i.A. only with lengthy Turning maneuvers in Create port and depart.

The Patent application should decisively improve these problem areas.

Description of the drawings

drawing 1 shows the cargo ship in the overall view.

drawing 2 shows a view of the cross bridge overlooking the control booth from below.

drawing 3 shows the cargo ship at the quay with the elevator lowered at the head end Discharge.

drawing 4 shows the cargo ship at the quay during lateral loading / unloading.

description the details

drawing Figure 1 shows the cargo ship in the overall view loaded in this Trap with freight containers.

The ship consists of a body 1 which is possibly designed as a displacer. At the base body 1 become two or more catamaran bodies 2 attached, which give the cargo ship the necessary stability with low draft and high speed.

Under the main body 1 or the catamaran bodies 2 become one or more steerable or rigid thrust units 3 appropriate.

On both sides are protective plates 4 for stability and against splash water.

On the front sides are swiveling bow / tailgate 5 attached, which allow the loading of trucks in the open state.

A unit for generating the drive energy 6 , Eg gas turbine / electric is preferably installed in container design to the thrust units 3 to supply.

On the main body 1 Both sides are the static supports 7 the crane rails 8th appropriate. This support is preferably brought to the outermost tips of the basic structure to keep the free length of the cantilever crane rails short. The crane rails 8th Collar on both sides in such a way to a comfortable Ab setting or picking up the loads in the event of a bow or stern delivery on the quay. Alternatively, telescopic crane rails can take over this task. The crane rails are bow and stern side by the cross yoke 9 stabilized. This serves at the same time for the assembly of the Navigatinssignale, cameras and Rettunseinrichtungen.

On the crane rails 8th Run the cross bridge 10 which in turn protrudes so far beyond the lateral side walls that a container can be set down or taken up laterally on the quay. This cross bridge is so in the crane rails 8th led that the forces are intercepted in cantilever operation.

Drawing 2 shows a view of the cross bridge 10 overlooking the control booth from below. The cross bridge 10 consists of two side cheeks 10a and 10b which with the yoke 10c are connected. The side cheeks 10a , b be with a guide carriage 10d in the rails 8th held together and transported in the ship's longitudinal direction. In the upper part of the side cheeks 10a , b are rails in or on which the trolley 11 running. The crane trolley can cross the ship's longitudinal axis the entire ship's space and the control and port-projecting ends of the cross bridge 10 serve.

The trolley carries at the bottom of the chains or ropes 12 which the load-carrying means 13 holds. In the drawn case becomes a freight container 14 raised.

The cross bridge has sufficient height, so that a container is transported in it and lifted over the rails. In addition, the two cross-bridge side walls 10a , b so far away from each other that a container when it was lifted into the cross bridge, transported in longitudinal and transverse position and can be rotated.

On the trolley 11 is a control booth 15 attached to the ship and crane control, so that the control station can spread the entire surface of the ship and the cantilevered areas and provides the best overview. This control station is preferably moved to the respective bow when driving between the ports in order to observe the driving area in the best possible way. In the control room, the necessary facilities, such as toilets, kitchen and rest room are appropriate for the staff.

At the control booth 15 is one or more sides an elevator 16 with an elevator car 17 which allows personnel or loads to be transported from the height of the control station to the level of the container, the water surface or the quay.

Drawing 3 shows the elevator car 17 in lowered on the Quai surface state at head-side loading / unloading.

The elevator 16 is preferably also operated with remote control. When the staff leaves the ship, the elevator car can 17 back to the control booth 15 drive and thereby secure the ship against unauthorized visit. Other ladders for emergency evacuation are provided.

Drawing 4 shows the cargo ship at the quay during lateral loading / unloading. The cross bridge 10 went to the loading point, the crane 11 with the control booth 15 has driven to the end of the cross bridge and a container 14 has been picked up by the quay to be driven into the ship's interior for parking.

The containers are made with conventional means of transport such as trucks 18 , Container handler or roller conveyor 19 brought to the reception area on the quay. As further aids can swap 20 be used.

Claims (6)

Cargo cargo ship consisting of a main body 1 at the two or more catamaran bodies 2 are attached and under the main body 1 or the catamaran bodies 2 one or more steerable or rigid thrust units 3 attached and on both sides protection plates 4 attached for stability and against splash water and at the front side swiveling bow / tailgate 5 mounted, which allow in the open state, the loading of trucks, with a unit for generating the drive power 6 around the thrust units 3 to supply characterized in that an on-board cross-bridge crane 10 it allows loads on the side wall on all sides on the Quai or corresponding shelves settle or record without the aid of another crane. Flat-bottomed cargo ship consisting of a main body 1 in displacer design and under the main body 1 one or more steerable or rigid thrust units 3 attached and on both sides protection plates 4 attached for stability and against splash water and at the front side swiveling bow / tailgate 5 attached, which allow in the open state, the loading of trucks with a unit for generating the drive power 6 around the thrust units 3 to supply, characterized in that an on-board cross-bridge crane allows to settle loads on the side wall out on all sides on the Quai or corresponding shelves or record without the aid of another crane and this cross-bridge crane can be provided with automatic route recognition and Lastaunahme. Cargo cargo ship according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the on-board cross-bridge crane 10 in the upper part of a career with a crane 11 has, on both sides a yoke 10c and in the crane rails 8th a guide carriage on both sides 10d has, who transports the cross bridge over the longitudinal axis of the ship; and the sidewalls 10a and 10b the cross bridge 10 are constructed so high that high loads, such as containers can be transported within the cross bridge and the crane rails 8th Be promoted to the cantilevered end of the cross bridge and built so far out that a container in the longitudinal direction within the side walls 10a , b can be transported and rotated. Cargo cargo ship according to claim 1 or 2 and 3, characterized in that on the crane trolley 11 of the cross bridge crane 10 a control booth 15 is attached to the ship and crane control, which with the movement of the cross bridge 10 and trolley rides and thus always in an advantageous position - be it for the ship movement or the load movement can be brought. Cargo cargo ship according to claim 4, characterized in that in the control station 15 In addition to the ship and crane control desks, all necessary facilities for the ship's crew, such as toilets, kitchens, rest rooms are accommodated. Cargo cargo ship according to claim 4, characterized in that at the control station 15 one or more passenger or freight lifts 16 with cabins 17 which allow personnel to manage the cargo level, power units, water surface area and the passage to the quay, and request these elevators with remote controls from the quay if required.