NL2019989B1 - Ship to ship or ship to shore mooring system and a method for mooring as well as a mooring vessel - Google Patents

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NL2019989B1
NL2019989B1 NL2019989A NL2019989A NL2019989B1 NL 2019989 B1 NL2019989 B1 NL 2019989B1 NL 2019989 A NL2019989 A NL 2019989A NL 2019989 A NL2019989 A NL 2019989A NL 2019989 B1 NL2019989 B1 NL 2019989B1
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Antonius Jozef Mampaeij Gerardus
Boerleider Marlon
Xuelei Feng Oliver
Paul Busselaar Jean
Hope Timothy
Prosjkin Slawik
Van Reenen Wouter
Al Zuhairy Nezhat
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B21/00—Tying-up; Shifting, towing, or pushing equipment; Anchoring
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
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    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B21/00—Tying-up; Shifting, towing, or pushing equipment; Anchoring
    • B63B2021/001—Mooring bars, yokes, or the like, e.g. comprising articulations on both ends
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
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Ship to ship or ship to shore mooring system for moor— ing a visiting ship to a resident ship or to shore, comprising an engaging system for linking the visiting ship to the resident ship or to the short, wherein the engaging system comprises one 5 or more mooring vessels, wherein each mooring vessel comprises at least two mooring arms, one of which being arranged for con— tacting the visiting ship, and one of which being arranged for contacting the resident ship or the shore.

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Ship to ship or ship to shore mooring system and a method for mooring as well as a mooring vessel
The invention relates to a ship to ship or ship to shore mooring; system and a method for moor i tig a visiting ship to a resident ship: or to shore, comprising; the use of an engaging system for linking the visiting ship to the resident ship or to the shore. According to the: prior art the engaging system are simply embodied in the form of mooring lines or shore lines.
Although throughout the application the terms visiting ship and resident ship are used, these terms should not be understood as restrictive in the sense that the mooring system as disclosed herein can only be used with a visiting ship and a resident ship. The invention also applies when it is used for mooring ships that are permanently in the area Of application, or to ships that are both only temporarily in the area of application. The: terms visiting ship and resident ship are only used to meet the requirements of the respective patent laws throughout the world that it should be clear that the visiting ship is another ship than the resident ship. The terms could therefore equally well be replaced by the terms first ship and second ship.
Mooring: of ships to other ships or to shore is discussed on the website https://wv/w.:raavr.ineinsight.com/marine·- lug-methodgjphhips/ . Qn this website it is mentioned that each ship has been designed with mooring arrangements such that ropes and wires of; recommended strength can help it moor safely alongside a berth, floating platform, buoy or a jetty. Fundamentally a ship has to be positioned alongside a jetty or a berth, between mooring buoys, to a mooring buoy,: to another ship or barge and then made fast using her own anchors, mooring lines or shore lines.
The said website mentions that some very common methods of mooring are Mediterranean mooring, Baltic mooring, running mooring, standing mooring, spider mooring buoys, single point or single buoy mooring, conventional or multi buoy mooring, and ship to ship mooring.
In the prior art method of ship to ship mooring use is made of conventional mooring lines, which is however laborious and time-consuming and can be unsafe.
It is an object of the invention to provide an automated mooring system for ship to ship mooring or ship to shore mooring so as to increase personal safety and make mooring more efficient.
It is also an object of the invention to provide such an automated mooring system which is insensitive to height differences of the ships involved in the ship to ship mooring, and insensitive to tidal harbour water level variations.
It is a further object of the invention to provide such an automated mooring system which may be applied without converting the ships to be moored to being used with this automated system.
According to the invention a ship to ship or ship to shore mooring system and a method for mooring a visiting ship to a resident ship or to shore is proposed as well as a mooring vessel which can be used in conjunction therewith, having the features of one or more of the appended claims.
According to a first aspect of the invention the mooring system is embodied with an engaging system that comprises one or more floating mooring vessels, wherein each mooring vessel comprises at least two mooring arms, one of which being arranged for contacting the visiting ship, and one of which being arranged for contacting the resident ship or contacting the shore. Accordingly the invention is also embodied in an individual mooring vessel which comprises at least two mooring arms, one of which being arranged for contacting a visiting ship, and one of which being arranged for contacting a resident ship or a shore.
The mooring arms of the mooring vessel are preferably suited to make mooring possible on a ship's hull, for instance by a magnetic device at the end of the arm that contacts the ship, or by application of a vacuuming device at the end of the respective mooring arms.
The mooring system and the mooring vessel of the invention open the way to implement an automatic method of moor ing in which a ship is automatically moored to another ship or automatically moored to shore.
In a first embodiment of the method of mooring wherein a visiting ship is moored to a resident ship, a mooring vessel or vessels are moved to engage the visiting ship, whereafter the resident ship is moved towards the visiting ship on a side where the mooring vessel or vessels have engaged the visiting ship in order to enable that subsequently the mooring vessel or vessels engage the resident ship. Everywhere where in the previous sentence the concepts 'resident ship' and 'visiting ship' are used, the resident ship could be replaced by visiting ship and vice versa.
In a second embodiment of the method of mooring wherein a visiting ship is moored to a shore, the mooring vessel or vessels are moved to engage the shore on a predefined location, whereafter the visiting ship is moved towards the mooring vessel or vessels so as to enable the mooring vessel or vessels to engage the visiting ship.
In order to promote the autonomous operation of mooring as envisaged by the invention each mooring vessel is preferably provided with a propellant system to arrange for autonomous movement of the mooring vessel to an intended location nearby the visiting ship or nearby the resident ship or nearby the shore.
The autonomous mooring operation is further promoted by arranging that each mooring vessel is equipped to identify the visiting ship and the resident ship or a predefined location on the shore where mooring is intended.
It appears that best results may be achieved by arranging that the mooring vessels entertain a continuous two-way communication link with a computer system to coordinate and control the movement and operation of the respective mooring vessels relative to the visiting ship and/or the resident ship or the shore.
The invention will hereinafter be further elucidated with reference to the drawing of an exemplary embodiment of a mooring system according to the invention that is not limiting as to the appended claims.
In the drawing: -figure 1 shows in a sequence of steps a mooring operation according to the invention wherein mooring vessels according to the invention are applied; and -figure 2 shows a series of mooring vessels according to the invention employing a communication link with a central computer system.
Whenever in the figures the same reference numerals are applied, these numerals refer to the same parts.
Making reference first to figure 2, it shows a schematic drawing of a mooring system 1 of the invention, wherein the system 1 comprises a series of mooring vessels 2, wherein each mooring vessel 2 comprises at least two mooring arms 3, 4. One of the mooring arms 3, 4 is arranged for contacting a visiting ship 5, and the other of the mooring arms 3, 4 is arranged for contacting a resident ship 6 or for contacting the shore 7. The ends of the mooring arms are preferably provided with a magnetic device or vacuuming device to establish and maintain contact with a ship's hull were with the shore 7.
Furthermore each mooring vessel 2 is provided with a propellant system to arrange for autonomous movement of the mooring vessel 2 to an intended location nearby the visiting ship 5 or nearby the resident ship 6 or nearby the shore 7.
The way how a mooring vessel 2 is to be provided with such a propellant system is entirely known to the skilled person and requires no further elucidation.
Preferably further each mooring vessel 2 is equipped to identify the visiting ship 5 and the resident ship 6 or a predefined location on the shore 7. This can for instance be implemented with radio beacons, or by using radiofrequency identification tags or other known suitable systems or another system yet to be developed.
It is further preferable that the mooring vessels 2 entertain a continuous communication link as symbolized with arrows A with a computer system 8. The computer system 8 is preferably located onshore although this is not essential, and serves to coordinate and control the movement and operation of the respective mooring vessels 2 relative to the visiting ship 5 and/or the resident ship 6 or the shore 7. This includes the planning and organisation of the number of mooring vessels that are required to handle a particular visiting ship (among a multitude of other tasks).
Turning now to figure 1 a method of mooring a visiting ship 5 to a resident ship 6 is shown, which is depicted in four subsequent steps.
In a first step in the top left corner of figure 1 it is shown that a visiting ship 5 is positioned at a dedicated location. A resident ship 6 is also shown in a non-moored condition .
In a second step shown in the right top corner of figure 1 it shows that a mooring vessel 2 is moved to engage the visiting ship 5, whereafter in a third step (shown below the first step) the resident ship 6 is moved towards the visiting ship 5 on a side where the mooring vessel or vessels 2 have engaged the visiting ship 5. This enables that subsequently in a step 4 (shown below the second step) the mooring vessel or vessels 2 engage the resident ship 6. At this time after step 4 the ship to ship mooring is completed. Without sacrificing the benefits of the invention it is of course also possible that the mooring vessels 2 first engage the resident ship 6, and that thereafter the visiting ship 5 is moved for engagement with the mooring vessels 2.
The system of the invention can in a similar way be used in a method of mooring a visiting ship to shore. Since this only requires that a mooring vessel or vessels are moved to engage the shore on a predefined location instead of engaging a ship as discussed above and shown with reference to figure 1, it is believed that an elucidation with reference to the drawing of how such a method is implemented can be dispensed with. Likewise it is not required to show that after positioning the mooring vessels to shore, the visiting ship is moved towards the mooring vessel or vessels so as to enable the mooring vessel or vessels to engage the visiting ship.
Although the invention has been discussed in the foregoing with reference to an exemplary embodiment of the method and mooring system of the invention, the invention is not restricted to this particular embodiment which can be varied in many ways without departing from the invention. The discussed exemplary embodiment shall therefore not be used to construe the appended claims strictly in accordance therewith. On the contrary the embodiment is merely intended to explain the wording of the appended claims without intent to limit the claims to this exemplary embodiment. The scope of protection of the invention shall therefore be construed in accordance with the appended claims only, wherein a possible ambiguity in the wording of the claims shall be resolved using this exemplary embodiment.

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Schip-naar-schip of schip-naar-wal-afmeersysteem (1) voor het afmeren van een bezoekend schip (5) aan een verblijvend schip (6) of aan de wal (7), omvattende een benade-ringssysteem voor het koppelen van het bezoekend schip (5) aan het verblijvend schip (6) of aan de wal (7), met het kenmerk dat het benaderingssysteem één of meer afmeervaartuigen (2) bezit, waarbij ieder afmeervaartuig (2) ten minste twee af-meerarmen (3, 4) bezit, één van welke is ingericht voor het contacteren van het bezoekend schip (5), en één waarvan is ingericht voor het contacteren van het verblijvend schip (6) of de wal (7) .A ship-to-ship or ship-to-shore mooring system (1) for mooring a visiting ship (5) to a resident ship (6) or ashore (7), comprising an approach system for coupling the visiting ship (5) to the resident ship (6) or on shore (7), characterized in that the approach system has one or more mooring vessels (2), each mooring vessel (2) having at least two mooring arms (3, 4), one of which is arranged for contacting the visiting ship (5), and one of which is arranged for contacting the remaining ship (6) or the shore (7). 2. Systeem volgens conclusie 1, met het kenmerk dat ieder afmeervaartuig (2) voorzien is van een aandrijfsysteem voor het bewerkstelligen van autonome beweging van het afmeervaartuig (2) naar een bedoelde locatie nabij het bezoekend schip (5) of het verblijvend schip (6) of de wal (7).A system according to claim 1, characterized in that each mooring vessel (2) is provided with a drive system for effecting autonomous movement of the mooring vessel (2) to an intended location near the visiting ship (5) or the resident ship (6). ) or the shore (7). 3. Systeem volgens conclusie 1 of 2, met het kenmerk dat ieder afmeervaartuig (2) is uitgerust om het bezoekend schip (5) en het verblijvend schip (6) of een vooraf bepaalde locatie aan de wal (7) te identificeren.A system according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that each mooring vessel (2) is equipped to identify the visiting ship (5) and the resident ship (6) or a predetermined location on shore (7). 4. Systeem volgens één der conclusies 1-3, met het kenmerk dat de afmeervaartuigen (2) met een computersysteem (8) een continue twee-weg-communicatiekoppeling onderhouden voor het coördineren en regelen van de beweging en werkzaamheid van de respectievelijke afmeervaartuigen (2) ten opzichte van het bezoekend schip (5) en/of het verblijvend schip (6) of de wal (7) .A system according to any one of claims 1-3, characterized in that the mooring vessels (2) maintain a continuous two-way communication link with a computer system (8) for coordinating and controlling the movement and effectiveness of the respective mooring vessels (2) ) with respect to the visiting ship (5) and / or the remaining ship (6) or the shore (7). 5. Werkwijze voor het afmeren van een bezoekend schip (5) aan een verblijvend schip (6), met het kenmerk dat een afmeervaartuig of vaartuigen (2) bewogen worden om het bezoekend schip (5) te benaderen, waarna het verblijvend schip (6) bewogen wordt naar het bezoekend schip (5) aan een zijde alwaar het afmeervaartuig of vaartuigen (2) het bezoekend schip (5) hebben benaderd teneinde daarop volgend mogelijk te maken dat het afmeervaartuig of vaartuigen (2) zich met het verblijvend schip (6) in verbinding stelt.Method for mooring a visiting ship (5) to a resident ship (6), characterized in that a mooring vessel or vessels (2) are moved to approach the visiting ship (5), whereafter the resident ship (6) ) is moved to the visiting ship (5) on a side where the mooring vessel or vessels (2) have approached the visiting vessel (5) to subsequently allow the mooring vessel or vessels (2) to engage with the resident vessel (6) ). 6. Werkwijze voor het afmeren van een bezoekend schip (5) aan een wal (7), met het kenmerk dat een afmeervaartuig of vaartuigen (2) bewogen worden om de wal (7) op een vooraf bepaalde locatie te benaderen, waarna het bezoekend schip (5) bewogen wordt naar het afmeervaartuig of vaartuigen (2) teneinde mogelijk te maken dat het afmeervaartuig of vaartuigen (2) het bezoekend schip (5) benaderen.Method for mooring a visiting ship (5) on a shore (7), characterized in that a mooring vessel or vessels (2) are moved to approach the shore (7) at a predetermined location, after which the visiting ship (5) is moved to the mooring vessel or vessels (2) to allow the mooring vessel or vessels (2) to approach the visiting vessel (5). 7. Afmeervaartuig (2) bruikbaar in de werkwijze voor het afmeren volgens conclusie 5 of 6 en/of bruikbaar als deel van een systeem (1) voor het afmeren volgens één der conclusies 1-4, met het kenmerk dat het afmeervaartuig (2) ten minste twee afmeerarmen (3, 4) bezit, waarvan één is ingericht voor het contacteren van een bezoekend schip (5), en één waarvan is ingericht voor het contacteren van een verblijvend schip (6) of een wal (7).Mooring vessel (2) usable in the mooring method according to claim 5 or 6 and / or usable as part of a mooring system (1) according to one of claims 1-4, characterized in that the mooring vessel (2) has at least two mooring arms (3, 4), one of which is arranged for contacting a visiting ship (5), and one of which is arranged for contacting a remaining ship (6) or a shore (7). 8. Afmeervaartuig volgens conclusie 7, met het kenmerk dat het afmeervaartuig (2) voorzien is van een aandrijfsysteem voor het bewerkstelligen van autonome beweging van het afmeervaartuig (2) naar een bedoelde locatie nabij het bezoekend schip (5) of het verblijvend schip (6) of de wal (7).A mooring vessel according to claim 7, characterized in that the mooring vessel (2) is provided with a drive system for effecting autonomous movement of the mooring vessel (2) to an intended location near the visiting ship (5) or the resident ship (6). ) or the shore (7). 9. Afmeervaartuig volgens conclusie 7 of 8, met het kenmerk dat het afmeervaartuig (2) is ingericht om het bezoekend schip (5) en het verblijvend schip (6) of een vooraf bepaalde locatie op de wal (7) te identificeren.Mooring vessel according to claim 7 or 8, characterized in that the mooring vessel (2) is arranged to identify the visiting ship (5) and the resident ship (6) or a predetermined location on the shore (7). 10. Afmeervaartuig volgens één der conclusies 7-9, met het kenmerk dat het afmeervaartuig (2) een continue communicatieverbinding onderhoudt met een computersysteem (8) voor het coördineren en regelen van de beweging en werking van het afmeervaartuig (2) ten opzichte van het bezoekend schip (5) en/of het verblijvend schip (6) of de wal (7).A mooring vessel according to any one of claims 7-9, characterized in that the mooring vessel (2) maintains a continuous communication connection with a computer system (8) for coordinating and controlling the movement and operation of the mooring vessel (2) with respect to the visiting ship (5) and / or the remaining ship (6) or the shore (7).
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