EP0453141B1 - Umwandelbares Frachtschiff und Verfahren zu dessen Umwandlung. - Google Patents

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EP0453141B1
EP0453141B1 EP91303043A EP91303043A EP0453141B1 EP 0453141 B1 EP0453141 B1 EP 0453141B1 EP 91303043 A EP91303043 A EP 91303043A EP 91303043 A EP91303043 A EP 91303043A EP 0453141 B1 EP0453141 B1 EP 0453141B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
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    • B63B21/00—Tying-up; Shifting, towing, or pushing equipment; Anchoring
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    • B63B21/62—Towing or pushing equipment characterised by moving of more than one vessel
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    • B63B3/00—Hulls characterised by their structure or component parts
    • B63B3/02—Hulls assembled from prefabricated sub-units
    • B63B3/08—Hulls assembled from prefabricated sub-units with detachably-connected sub-units

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  • This invention relates to cargo vessels.
  • the practice has then been to load the goods at their source of supply onto a road or rail vehicle and transport it to a wharf alongside a convenient waterway or canal where the goods are trans-shipped on to a barge.
  • the source of supply e.g. a factory or warehouse is situated adjacent an inland waterway wharf then the goods are loaded directly on board the barge.
  • the barge must necessarily be of a widthwise dimension to facilitate its passage through any lock systems in the canals.
  • the barge then proceeds along the waterway to the nearest commercial seaport where the goods are trans-shipped from the barge to a sea-going cargo vessel. That vessel then crosses the seas to the nearest seaport in the receiving country and the goods are trans-shipped on to an inland waterway barge to be transported by that barge to the nearest convenient inland wharf. The goods are again trans-shipped from the barge to a road or rail vehicle for transport to the intended receiver, unless of course, the receiver is located adjacent the wharf.
  • British Patent specification 2173744A discloses an arrangement of floating vessels coupled in line astern and which may be pushed or towed in line, but there is no facility for converting these vessels for use as an ocean-going ship.
  • a floating vessel comprising at least two separable self-propelled hulls capable of being detachably connected together to provide a unitary composite vessel, the separable hulls being arranged to be connectible one to another along at least one longitudinal line , characterised in that : each of the hulls is asymmetric such that when the hulls are connected together the resultant composite vessel exhibits a conventional bow form in plan view, appropriate for seagoing transportation; and each hull exhibits a symmetrical bow form when the hulls are proceeding independently in reverse, appropriate for use on inland water-ways.
  • At least one of the hulls may be provided with a conventional thruster unit, which may be in the form of a rotary propeller.
  • At least one of the hulls may be provided with a bow thruster.
  • the invention further comprises a method of providing a floating vessel comprising at least two separable, self-propelled hulls capable of being detachably connected together to provide a unitary composite vessel, the separable hulls being arranged to be connectible one to another along at least one longitudinal line , characterised in that :- each of the hulls is asymmetric, said method further characterised by the step of connecting said hulls side by side thereby forming a composite vessel which exhibits a symmetrical bow form for sea transportation, and the step of disconnecting the hulls and conveying the hulls independently substantially in-line astern and in reverse for transportation along an inland water-way system.
  • the composite vessel according to the invention comprises two hull members 2, 4 closely coupled and firmly secured together along a longitudinal median line at 6.
  • Each hull is provided with a wheel house 8 and an engine room 10 together with a thruster unit in the form of a conventional propeller drive 12.
  • a bow thruster [not shown] is provided to improve the manoeuvrability of the vessels.
  • each hull member is so shaped that the assembly of hulls in its close coupled condition provides a somewhat conventional bow shape as seen at 14 in Figure 2.
  • the hulls of the composite vessel are of conventional flat bottomed structure as clearly seen in Figure 3 and are preferably formed to accomodate either bulk cargo, liquids or container cargo as desired.
  • each hull is in the form of a framed welded steel structure and is relatively inexpensive.
  • Ballast tanks [not shown] are provided within the hull in the usual way.
  • each vessel In use on inland waterways, each vessel is individually loaded at a convenient wharf and proceeds under its own power to an appropriate seaport or harbour. There the separate vessels are approximately aligned transversly by means of suitable locating devices [not shown]. If the vessels have not been loaded to the same extent, vertical adjustment is made by loading or unloading the ballast tanks to ensure substantially identical heightwise location of one vessel to the other. The vessels are then firmly secured to each other and henceforth are treated in most respects as a single conventional cargo vessel which is capable of providing normal sea-going transportation.
  • the composite vessel When the composite vessel has completed the sea-going part of its journey and reaches a port or harbour of the receiver country its two hulls are then uncoupled and proceed under their individual power via inland waterways to a chosen wharf or dock for unloading.If desired the power unit of only one vessel may be utilized to tow or push the second vessel in line astern.
  • the vessels when operating separately would tend to divert from a straight longitudinal path under a normal straight thrust drive.
  • the keel of each hull may be trimmed as necessary.
  • the bow thruster may be used to effect corrective steering, or a conventional rudder may be similarly utilised, or the vessels may proceed in reverse.
  • the stern of each hull may be appropriately shaped to facilitate such reverse procedure.
  • An appropriately designed arrangement for transporting bulk cargo according to the invention has a length of 60 metres, a beam dimension of 6 metres and a depth of 3.4 metres. With a maximum draft of 2.45 metres each separate hull is capable of carrying up to 650 tonnes of cargo.
  • Propulsion was by means of a single diesel engine in each hull 2 and 4 driving a propeller, and a bow thruster was also fitted to improve the vessel's manoeuvrability.
  • a designed arrangement for a container vessel had similar dimensions as the bulk cargo vessel except that its depth was increased to 5.8 metres.
  • Such a vessel was capable of transporting a load of more than 500 tonnes in the form of 24 I.S.O. containers each 6 metres long, 2.4 metres wide and 2.6 metres high and each weighing up to 26 tonnes, that load being transported in each separate hull.
  • a single inland waterways lock system is capable of carrying 11,900 tonnes of cargo in a 10 hour day using 20 vessels.
  • the same cargo would be carried by 495 road transport vehicles each having a 24 tonnes capacity.
  • the physical length of the total load using this type of canal ship would be about 1,200 metres, whilst the nose-to-tail length of the equivalent road transport vehicle load would be about 7,400 metres, or 4.6 miles of motor way!

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  1. Ein schwimmendes Wasserfahrzeug, das aus mindestens zwei separierbaren, eigenangetriebenen Schiffskörpern besteht, welche zwecks Bildung eines einzigen Verbund-Wasserfahrzeugs demontierbar miteinander verbunden werden können, wobei die separierbaren Schiffskörper (2, 4) so angeordnet sind, daß sie entlang zumindest einer Längsachsen-Linie (6) miteinander verbindbar sind;
       was dadurch charakterisiert ist, daß;
       jeder der Schiffskörper auf solche Weise unsymmetrisch ausgelegt ist, daß das entstehende Verbund-Wasserfahrzeug nach Verbindung der Schiffskörper miteinander in Draufsicht eine konventionelle, für den Einsatz zum Hochseetransport geeignete Bugform aufweist, und jeder Schiffskörper bei Einzelbetrieb im Rückwärtsgang eine symmetrische, für den Einsatz auf Inland-Wasserwegen geeignete Bugform aufweist.
  2. Ein schwimmendes Wasserfahrzeug gemäß Beanspruchung 1, das dadurch charakterisiert ist, daß zumindest einer der Schiffskörper (2 oder 4) mit einer konventionellen Ruderpropeller-Anlage ausgestattet ist.
  3. Ein schwimmendes Wasserfahrzeug gemäß Beanspruchung 2, das dadurch charakterisiert ist, daß die Ruderpropeller-Anlage in Form einer Kreisschraube ausgelegt ist.
  4. Ein schwimmendes Wasserfahrzeug gemäß Beanspruchung 1, 2 oder 3, das dadurch charakterisiert ist, daß zumindest einer der Schiffskörper mit einem Bug-Ruderpropeller ausgestattet ist.
  5. Eine Methode zur Herstellung eines schwimmenden Wasserfahrzeugs, das aus zumindest zwei separierbaren, eigenangetriebenen Schiffskörpern besteht, welche zwecks Bildung eines zusammengesetzten Verbund-Wasserfahrzeugs demontierbar miteinander verbunden werden können, wobei die separierbaren Schiffskörper (2, 4) so angeordnet sind, daß sie entlang zumindest einer Längsachsen-Linie (6) miteinander verbindbar sind, was dadurch charakterisiert ist, daß:
       jeder der Schiffskörper unsymmetrisch ausgelegt ist, wobei die besagte Methode außerdem durch den Schritt der seitlichen Verbindung der besagten Schiffskörper miteinander charakterisiert ist, wodurch ein Verbund-Wasserfahrzeug gebildet wird, welches eine konventionelle, für Hochsee-Transport geeignete Bugform aufweist; sowie durch den Schritt, die Schiffskörper voneinander zu trennen und zwecks Transport auf dem Inland-Wasserweg-System die Schiffskörper unabhängig voneinander, hauptsächlich hintereinander achtern und im Rückwärtsgang zu betreiben.
  6. Eine Methode des Frachttransports, welche ein Wasserfahrzeug gemäß Beanspruchung 5 einsetzt und wobei die besagten Schiffskörper unabhängig voneinander beladen werden.
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