EP2098445A1 - Cuve intérieure avec seuil de levage de récipient et procédé de manipulation de conteneurs transportés sur des voies d'eau intérieures - Google Patents

Cuve intérieure avec seuil de levage de récipient et procédé de manipulation de conteneurs transportés sur des voies d'eau intérieures Download PDF

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EP2098445A1
EP2098445A1 EP08152339A EP08152339A EP2098445A1 EP 2098445 A1 EP2098445 A1 EP 2098445A1 EP 08152339 A EP08152339 A EP 08152339A EP 08152339 A EP08152339 A EP 08152339A EP 2098445 A1 EP2098445 A1 EP 2098445A1
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Robertus Friedrich Karl Zimmerman
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B27/00—Arrangement of ship-based loading or unloading equipment for cargo or passengers
    • B63B27/10—Arrangement of ship-based loading or unloading equipment for cargo or passengers of cranes
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B35/00—Vessels or similar floating structures specially adapted for specific purposes and not otherwise provided for
    • B63B2035/002—Vessels or similar floating structures specially adapted for specific purposes and not otherwise provided for for inland waters, e.g. for use on canals or rivers

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  • the invention relates to an inland vessel with container lifting crane.
  • Such a vessel is known from NL1027326C .
  • the inland vessel disclosed therein has a width of more than 11.45 meters, so that in the cargo hold of the inland vessel, four pallet wide containers can be placed next to each other in transverse direction.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a solution to this problem, and to this end, provides an inland vessel for transporting containers, wherein the inland vessel is provided with a container crane and with a lifting platform assembly, while the lifting platform assembly can be brought into a loading/unloading position in which a lifting platform of the lifting platform assembly links up with the quay such that a container transporting means can be driven thereon.
  • the lifting platform offers the possibility to drive a container transporting means, such as a trailer of a truck, onto the lifting platform.
  • a container transporting means such as a trailer of a truck
  • the container transporting means can be positioned above the longitudinal axis of the vessel, so that the containers need not be unloaded sideways with a crane.
  • the risk of the inland vessel heeling is minimized.
  • the lifting platform assembly can be provided with spuds, which can be placed or introduced, respectively, on or into the waterway floor, while the lifting platform of the lifting platform assembly is height-adjustable relative to a lower end of the spuds.
  • Such a lifting platform assembly provided with spuds can be positioned in a stable manner relative to the quay. Surge and similar movements have no influence on the position of the lifting platform relative to the quay, in that the spuds can be introduced into the waterway floor or be placeable thereon. Also, driving a container transporting means onto the platform, and placing on, or removing a container from the container transporting means present on the lifting platform assembly does not result in large swinging movements of the vessel. The position of the lifting platform assembly itself relative to the quay remains stable because the lifting platform rests on the waterway floor with the aid of the spuds.
  • the positions of the spuds relative to the lifting platform can be controlled independently of each other, so that the lifting platform can be set substantially horizontally, even when the waterway floor on which the spuds rest is not level.
  • the lifting platform assembly can be provided with ballast space that can be filled with water.
  • the lifting platform assembly can also be provided with a pump, with which the ballast space can be rapidly filled and drained, for instance for evaluating whether the lifting platform assembly rests on a stable underground before the container transporting means is driven onto the lifting platform.
  • the lower ends of the spuds can further be provided with support surface enhancing shoes. These shoes can optionally be size-adjustable. All this is for guaranteeing a stable support of the lifting platform assembly on the waterway floor.
  • the loading/unloading position into which the lifting platform assembly can be brought and in which it links up with the quay can be located near an end face of the vessel.
  • a container crane present on the vessel can unload a container over an end face, i.e. the front or rear side of the vessel.
  • the vessel is much more stable in this direction than when unloading over port or starboard. Due to the absence of the lifting platform, in spite of the fact that unloading or loading takes place over an end face of the vessel, the vessel can still moor parallel to the quay, so that blocking by the vessel of the waterway bounded by the quay is prevented.
  • the inland vessel be provided with a storage position for storing the lifting platform assembly.
  • the container crane is designed for taking up the lifting platform assembly from the storage position and for bringing the lifting platform assembly to the loading/unloading position and vice versa.
  • the container crane can be a gantry crane.
  • a crane has the advantage that the highest point thereof that is loaded by the weight of the container can be particularly low. This is contrary to a conventional swivel crane, positioned on a central point of the vessel, which has a considerable height because the swivel arm has to bridge the distance between the containers furthest from the central point and the crane base.
  • the gantry crane can be movable in longitudinal direction of the vessel along a container hold of the vessel.
  • a container located adjacent the afterdeck can be taken up and transported to the forecastle.
  • the highest lifting force transmitting point of the gantry crane is relatively low, so that an optimal stability of the vessel is guaranteed.
  • the height of the gantry crane is determined by the maximum stacking height of the containers.
  • the gantry crane can be provided with a jib which extends substantially horizontally in the longitudinal direction of the vessel, while the gantry crane is provided with a lifting frame which is movable in the longitudinal direction along the jib and which is rotatable in a horizontal plane, while the length of the jib is such that a container carried by the lifting frame can be brought, through rotation of the lifting frame, from an orientation extending in the longitudinal direction to an orientation extending transversely to the vessel.
  • the jib is preferably also movably connected in transverse direction to the gantry of the gantry crane.
  • containers arranged, viewed transverse direction, one next to the other can be taken up successively.
  • the fact is that the lifting frame connected to the jib can be positioned accurately, straight above a container to be taken up through movement of the jib in transverse direction.
  • a container transported to the forecastle can be rotated from a position in longitudinal direction of the vessel to a position transversely to the vessel, and which is above the platform assembly. Then, the container can be placed on a container transporting means, such as a trailer of a truck, located on the platform assembly.
  • the lifting platform assembly can be provided with a lifting platform middle part provided at at least one end with a lifting platform lengthening part that is connected to the lifting platform middle part in a foldable or slidable manner.
  • the invention also provides a method for handling containers that are transported on inland waterways.
  • the method comprises:
  • containers can be loaded and unloaded with the aid of a relatively narrow inland vessel.
  • inland vessels with a width smaller than 12 meters can be involved, more particularly inland vessels with a width in the range of 6 - 8.5 meters.
  • the containers need not be discharged over a side of the vessel with a swivel crane, but can be placed on a container transporting means located above the central line of the vessel, the risk of the vessel capsizing is reduced to a minimum.
  • the fact is that during the lifting operation with the crane present on the vessel the container can be held in the proximity of the longitudinal center plane of the vessel.
  • the lifting platform assembly can be provided with spuds, while bringing the lifting platform assembly in the loading/unloading position mentioned, in which the lifting platform of the lifting platform assembly links up with the quay also comprises placing the lower ends of the spuds on the waterway floor or introducing them into the waterway floor.
  • the lifting platform assembly rests on the waterway floor, the container transporting means driving onto and from the lifting platform and placing the containers onto the lifting platform does not lead to a rolling movement of the vessel.
  • the lifting platform assembly can be provided with a ballast space in which water can be pumped.
  • the lifting platform of the lifting platform assembly can for instance be designed as a hollow sandwich.
  • the ballast space can be pumped full of an amount of water, for instance 35 tons.
  • the lifting platform assembly retains a stable position, the water can be pumped from the ballast space again and the container transporting means can be driven onto the lifting platform assembly. The risk of the lifting platform assembly sinking away as a result of a container transport means driving thereon and then placing a container thereon is thus minimized.
  • the loading/unloading position in which the lifting platform of the lifting platform assembly links up with the quay can be located adjacent an end face of the vessel.
  • the vessel When loading and unloading containers over an end face of the vessel, the vessel still retains sufficient stability.
  • the fact is that in the longitudinal direction, the inland vessel is much more stable.
  • the method can comprise:
  • the exemplary embodiment shown in Fig. 1 shows an inland vessel 20, moored by a starboard side to a quay K which bounds a waterway W.
  • the inland vessel 20 is loaded with containers C.
  • the inland vessel 20 shown is so narrow that only two rows of containers can be arranged next to each other.
  • the vessel can for instance be of the Kempenaar-type.
  • the inland vessel 20 is provided with a container crane designed as a gantry crane 22.
  • the gantry crane 22 is provided with a gantry 24.
  • the gantry is drivable over rails 26 along the hold of the vessel in the longitudinal direction L of the vessel.
  • the gantry crane 22 is further provided with a jib 28.
  • the jib 28 is connected to the gantry 24 for movement in longitudinal direction L and in transverse direction B.
  • a crab (not shown) to which a lifting frame 30 is connected through lifting cables or lifting chains (not shown).
  • the end face can be the rear side of the vessel.
  • a pilot house 36 is provided adjacent a rear of the vessel. In an alternative embodiment, such a pilot house 36 can also be provided adjacent a front of the vessel.
  • the pilot house 36 can for instance be height-adjustable for seeing over the containers C, with the pilot house in a highest position, when the inland vessel 20 is fully loaded. When the inland vessel is not fully loaded, the pilot house 36 can be brought to a lower position.
  • the lifting platform assembly 34 has already been placed on the waterway floor and a container transporting means 38 is located on the lifting platform assembly 34.
  • the container transporting means 38 can for instance be a trailer of a truck. However, also other container transporting means are possible, such as a straddle carrier or similar means.
  • the lifting platform assembly 34 can be provided with a number of spuds 40. Such spuds 40 can be introduced into the waterway floor or rest thereon.
  • the lifting platform assembly 34 is further provided with a lifting platform comprising a lifting platform middle part 42 and two lifting platform lengthening parts 44. Instead of two, only one or no lifting platform lengthening part 44 at all can be provided.
  • the lifting platform lengthening parts 44 are connected to the lifting platform middle part 42 for upward and downward pivotal movement.
  • the lifting platform lengthening parts can be slideably connected to the lifting platform middle part 42.
  • the vertical position of the lifting platform middle part 42 is adjustable relative to the lower ends of the spuds 40.
  • the spuds 40 may be designed to be telescopic. It can thus be effected that the lifting platform assembly 34 can be stored in a compact manner in the storing position 32 on the inland vessel 20. It is furthermore effected that the lifting platform assembly 34 can be deployed at different quay heights relative to the waterline.
  • the adjustability of the lifting platform middle parts 42 relative to the underside of the spuds can also be obtained through an adjustable connection between the lifting platform middle part 42 and the spuds 40, for instance an adjustable connection via toothed rack/sprocket assemblies or the like.
  • Fig. 2 shows the lifting platform assembly 34 in the storage position 32 on the inland vessel 20 adjacent the forecastle. Clearly visible is that the lifting platform lengthening parts 44 are folded upwards and that the lifting platform middle part 42 is located adjacent an underside of the spuds 40. The lifting frame 30 rests on the lifting platform middle part 42.
  • Fig. 3 shows the condition in which the lifting platform assembly 34 is lifted by the gantry crane 22 and is brought, via the jib 28, above the forecastle adjacent the end face and is rotated there, such that the lifting platform assembly extends with a central line in the transverse direction B of the inland vessel 20.
  • Fig. 4 shows the following condition in which the gantry 24 of the gantry crane 22 has been driven a bit further in the direction of the end face, so that now, the lifting platform assembly 34 is suspended above the water adjacent the end face of the vessel 20.
  • Fig. 5 shows the condition in which the lifting platform assembly 34 is placed on the waterway floor.
  • the spuds 40 can be designed to be telescopic, so that they can be lengthened and be brought from a retracted condition ( Figs. 2 - 4 ) to a folded out condition ( Figs. 5 - 11 ). With the spuds 40 in the folded-out condition, the lower ends thereof rest on the waterway floor.
  • the lifting platform middle part 42 is preferably vertically adjustable relative to the lower ends of the spuds 40 such that the lifting platform middle part 42 can be positioned at the desired height relative to the quay K and be set horizontally.
  • the lifting platform lengthening parts 44 are still in a folded-up condition.
  • Figs. 6 and 7 show the following condition in which the platform lengthening parts 44 are folded down. Figs. 6 and 7 also show that a container transporting means 38 has driven onto the lifting platform assembly 34. Meanwhile, the gantry crane 22 has been rolled back and is now located with the lifting frame 30 above a container C to be unloaded.
  • Fig. 8 shows that the gantry crane 22 has taken up a container C with the lifting frame.
  • the crab of the gantry crane 22 to which the lifting frame 30 is attached is now at the free end, reaching to the front, of the jib 28.
  • the container C is in an intermediate position and is brought from a position with the longitudinal axis in longitudinal direction L to a position with the longitudinal axis in transverse direction B.
  • Fig. 9 shows that the container C is rotated a complete quarter of a turn and presently extends with the longitudinal axis in the transverse direction B.
  • Fig. 10 shows that the container C is placed on the container transporting means 38 and that the lifting frame 30 is uncoupled.
  • Fig. 11 shows that the transporting means has driven from the lifting platform assembly 34 and is located on the quay K.
  • Loading an inland vessel is carried out accordingly, albeit in reverse order.
  • a further object of the claims is to comprise a variant wherein the loading/unloading position in which the lifting platform for the lifting platform assembly links up with the quay is between the end faces of the vessel, for instance approximately in the middle of the vessel.
  • the container crane preferably designed as gantry crane needs to travel a smaller distance over the vessel.
  • Such a lifting platform assembly could be stored in a storage position approximately in the middle of the vessel.
  • the lifting platform could furthermore be provided with spuds with the aid of which the lifting platform assembly rest in the loading/unloading position mentioned on the waterway floor.

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