WO1992019490A1 - Procede de transport de vehicules par ferry et systeme de ferry pour le transport de vehicules - Google Patents

Procede de transport de vehicules par ferry et systeme de ferry pour le transport de vehicules Download PDF

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WO1992019490A1
WO1992019490A1 PCT/NO1992/000084 NO9200084W WO9219490A1 WO 1992019490 A1 WO1992019490 A1 WO 1992019490A1 NO 9200084 W NO9200084 W NO 9200084W WO 9219490 A1 WO9219490 A1 WO 9219490A1
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ferry
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Kåre Rygg JOHNSEN
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Kvaerner Mandal A.S
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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 
    • B63B25/00—Load-accommodating arrangements, e.g. stowing, trimming; Vessels characterised thereby
    • B63B25/002—Load-accommodating arrangements, e.g. stowing, trimming; Vessels characterised thereby for goods other than bulk goods

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  • the invention relates to a method for ferry transport of vehicles where the vehicles are placed on a deck (loading) and remain there during transit, whereafter they are brought on land (unloading).
  • the invention also relates to a ferry system for transport of vehicles where the vehicles are placed on a deck (loading) and remain there during transit, whereafter they are brought on land (unloading).
  • the main concept behind the ferry system according to the present invention is thus to divide a ferry into two parts, namely a propelled lift barge of the air-cushion multi-hull type, and a deck for the placement of vehicles and for any necessary passenger service rooms, and to operate these two sections or components separately.
  • the propelled lift barge could be more or less in continuous operation, while a deck either stands still for the loading/unloading of the vehicles or is connected to a propelled lift barge during transit.
  • the transport may be conducted in a particularly advantageous way by using as the supporting bridge a pontoon bridge designed as a drive-through slip for the propelled lift barge.
  • a pontoon bridge designed as a drive-through slip for the propelled lift barge.
  • the drive-through slip may be dimensioned so as to be able to carry or support two decks placed in succession in the direction of travel.
  • the propelled lift barge can bring in a deck loaded with vehicles, detach itself from the deck and, in so doing, also position the deck on the pontoon bridge, and then proceed further in the same drive-through slip to move in under the next deck, which has already been loaded with vehicles.
  • the propelled lift barge can then couple with this deck, which it carries with it out of the s ⁇ ip and on to the next ferry port.
  • the invention also relates to a ferry system for transport of vehicles where the vehicles are placed on a deck (loading) and remain there during transit, whereafter they are brought on land (unloading), the characterizing features of the ferry system according to the i nvention being that the ferry is designed as an air-cushion multi-hull vessel comprising a propelled lift barge and a deck for placement of vehicles (referred to hereafter as the "car deck") constructed as an independent unit, which may be coupled to/uncoupled from the propelled lift barge, and a supporting bridge for the car deck that is constructed at or may be placed in a loading/unloading dock.
  • the ferry is designed as an air-cushion multi-hull vessel comprising a propelled lift barge and a deck for placement of vehicles (referred to hereafter as the "car deck") constructed as an independent unit, which may be coupled to/uncoupled from the propelled lift barge, and a supporting bridge for the car deck that is constructed at or may be placed in a loading/unloading dock.
  • An especially advantageous ferry system according to the invention is characterized in that the supporting bridge is a pontoon bridge designed as a drive- through slip for the propelled lift barge.
  • the supporting bridge is a pontoon bridge designed as a drive- through slip for the propelled lift barge.
  • a particularly advantageous pontoon bridge may have dimensions that will permit receival and support of two car decks placed in succession in the direction of passage, thereby enabling very rapid switching of decks.
  • a particular advantage of a ferry system having a pontoon- type of supporting bridge is that one can thereby realize a ferry system where the components include a pontoon bridge, an air-cushion multi-hull vessel, and a deck.
  • the components may be constructed at places favorable for that purpose (wharf); this implies that not only the multi-hull vessel and deck or decks are built at the wharf, but the pontoon bridge/bridges may also be constructed in a particularly advantageous manner at a suitable location and floated into position where there is a need for them.
  • a Terry system where the supporting bridge is constructed as at least one dock where the propelled lift barge may enter, and where along the sides of the dock are arranged support means for the car deck.
  • a dock may also advantageously be formed from a floating structure in the sea (pontoon).
  • the ferry i.e., the deck and propelled lift barge
  • the deck is coupled to the dock and released from the barge
  • the barge is swung out and under a deck that is loaded with vehicles in the adjacent dock
  • this deck is uncoupled from the dock and coupled to the lift barge, whereafter the deck with the vehicles is transported — while connected to the propelled lift barge — to an unoccupied dock or similar facility on the other side of the ferry crossing/sound.
  • a particularly serviceable ferry system is one where the car deck is adapted for crosswise arrangement of the vehicles, i.e., transverse to the barge's direction of travel. This provides for particularly effective loading and unloading.
  • the ferry system according to the invention may advantage ⁇ ously comprise pontoon bringes essentially consisting of two parallel, vertical floating walls, which are joined together below the surface of the water by one or more cross beams. Between the floating walls is thus formed a through-going slip for the propelled lift barge.
  • propelled lift barge in such a way that it may pass freely under the car deck/decks. This makes it possible to use the barge in the drive-through slip, at the same time that, for example, the wheelhouse may be raised or lowered to bring it into a favorable navigating position during transit.
  • Fig. 1 in perspective shows a section of the ferry crossing/sound and a ferry, which constitute essential components in the ferry system according to the invention
  • Fig. 2 in exploded view shows the ferry, with the propelled lift barge and associated deck
  • Fig. 3 shows the same components as in Fig. 2, i.e., the propelled lift barge and a car deck belonging thereto
  • Fig. 4 shows the propelled lift barge in Fig. 3 seen from the underside
  • Fig. 5 shows a perspective view of a loading/unloading dock which constitutes a part of the ferry system according to the invention
  • Fig. 6 shows the same loading/unloading dock as in Fig.
  • FIG. 7 shows a schematic section through the loading/- unloading dock in Fig. 5 and 6
  • Fig. 8 shows more schematically the loading/unloading dock in Fig. 6,
  • Fig. 9 shows in four sections how the deck and propelled lift barge cooperate
  • Fig. 10 shows a perspective view of the forward part of the ferry, for example as shown in Fig. 1-4, with the wheelhouse lowered relative to the deck
  • Fig. 11 shows the same perspective view as Fig. 2, but with the wheelhouse raised to navigating position
  • Fig. 12 is a purely schematic illustration of how the dimensions of the necessary raising/lowering capability of the propelled lift barge are determined
  • Fig. 13 shows in six illustrations how a ferry berth may be operated
  • Fig. 14 shows an example of a traffic solution in a loading/unloading dock where the ferry system according to the invention is employed
  • Fig. 15 shows a variant of the invention.
  • Fig. 1 there is shown in the background one side 1 of a ferry crossing and in the foreground a ferry moving toward the other side of the ferry crossing.
  • the ferry 1 is in principle built up of a propelled lift barge 2 and an independent deck for placement of vehicles (car deck) 3 carried thereon;, see exploded view in Fig. 2, and Fig. 3, where the propelled lift barge 2 and the car deck 3 are shown.
  • the propelled lift barge 2 and the deck 3 have mating conical sockets 4 and conical members 5, respectively, which are used to connect the two ferry components.
  • the propelled lift barge 2 is designed as an air-cushion multi-hull vessel, as will be apparent from the perspective drawing in Fig. 4, where the barge 2 is shown viewed from the underside.
  • the vessel has three relatively slim, longitudinal hulls 6, 7, 8 which between them form compartments, bordered in the transverse direction by suitable cross skirtings 9, 10, 11.
  • the compartments 12 thus formed in this case four such compartments 12, there may be established by known means air cushions which serve to lift the barge in the sea.
  • a loading/unloading dock is shown in Fig. 5-8.
  • the loading/ unloading dock which forms a part of a ferry berth, comprises a quay 13, a pontoon bridge 14 and drive ramps 15, 16 between the quay and pontoon bridge.
  • a propelled lift barge 2 is shown on the way into the open drive-through slip formed by the pontoon bridge 14.
  • Barge 2 carries with it a car deck 3 with vehicles 17 arranged thereon.
  • deck 3' At the other end of the open slip formed by the pontoon bridge 14 for passage of the barge 2 is positioned deck 3' which is being loaded with vehicles 18 via ramp 16.
  • Fig. 6 is shown a subsequent phase, where the deck 3 is brought into position on the pontoon bridge 14 and is released from barge 2, which has then passed under deck 3', with vehicles 18 arranged thereon. Deck 3 is being unloaded, i.e., the vehicles 17 are being driven onto land via ramp 15.
  • the section in Fig. 7 and the more schematic illustration in Fig. 8 shows how the pontoon bridge 14 is designed. It consists essentially of two parallel, vertical floating walls 19, 20, which are joined together at the bottom, well below the surface of the water and under the draught of the barge 2, by means of cross beams 21. Along the top of each floating wall 19, 20 is formed a longitudinal groove 22, 23, V-shaped in cross-section, which serves to receive correspon ⁇ dingly shaped bottom ridges 24,25, triangular in cross- section, on the underside of deck 3.
  • Fig. 9 shows at the top, left, how the propelled lift barge 2 with the deck 3 has entered the through-going slip formed by the pontoon bridge 14, and it is apparent that contact has not yet been established between the bottom of deck 3 and the top of the pontoon bridge 14.
  • such contact has been achieved, by means of reduction of the air cushion on the underside of barge 2.
  • the air cushion under barge 2 has been reduced so severely that the vessel is lowered so deep in the water that deck 3 is brought to rest on the pontoon bridge 14 and the deck is thus released from barge 2.
  • the wheel ⁇ house 26 is lowered, so that barge 2 may pass freely under the car deck 3.
  • Fig. 12 shows how one determines the barge's 2 lifting , ⁇ height, which is calculated by the sum of the height dimension HI to the cone 5 plus the required margin Ml between the top of the cone and the top of the barge 2, together with the height dimension H2 to the bottom ridge 25 on the underside of deck 3 plus the margin M2 between the top 15 of the bottom ridge and the top of the pontoon bridge 14.
  • Fig. 13 there are shown in six illustrations a typical transport pattern for a ferry system according to the invention, with four car decks, two propelled lift barges and 5 two pontoon bridges, one on each side of the ferry crossing/sound.
  • the arrows indicate the directions x of movement, or the driving directions for, respectively, the parked vehicles and the vehicles being moved during loading/- unloading. :
  • FIG. 14 A possible system for handling the traffic in a loading/un ⁇ loading dock, i.e., in one section of a ferry berth, is shown in Fig. 14. On the quay 13 are indicated lanes for the vehicles, connected to a roundabout.
  • Fig. 15 is shown a possible embodiment utilizing a pontoon bridge 30 with two docks 31 and 32.
  • the ferry may enter the docks and back out.
  • Thi means that the ferry (i.e., the deck and propelled lif barge) arrive in an unoccupied dock 31 in the pontoo structure 30 and the deck is connected to the dock an released from the barge.
  • the barge then swings out and under a deck that is loaded with vehicles in the adjacent dock 32.
  • the deck with the vehicles is then transported, coupled to the barge, to an unoccupied dock on the other side of the ferry crossing.
  • Cost reductions are achieved, made possible as a consequence of increased departures and thus a greater number of vehicles being transported per unit of time, together with lower personnel costs.
  • a deck with space for about 40 passenger cars has the dimensions: 50 m length x 15 m width.
  • a lift barge of the air-cushion catamaran type having the dimensions: 40 m length x 11 m width.
  • the invention is particularly advantageous when the vehicles are driven on board and onto land and are arranged crosswise on the deck, i.e., transversely to the direction of movement r the barge, as can be seen, for example, in Fig. 1. Such arrangement is also shown in Fig. 5, and indicated in Fig. and Fig. 7.

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Système de transport par ferry de véhicules dans lequel les véhicules sont placés sur un pont (3) (chargement) et y restent durant le transit, après quoi ils sont amenés à terre (déchargement). Le pont (3) est constitué d'une unité indépendante pouvant être couplée à/désacouplée d'une barge de levage propulsée (2) dans un quai de chargement/déchargement. La barge de levage propulsée (2) est utilisée comme bateau multicoque à coussin d'air, par exemple comme un catamaran à coussin d'air. On décrit l'utilisation d'un ponton (14) servant de cale dans laquelle se déplace la barge de levage propulsée. Le ponton est conçu de façon à accueillir deux ponts indépendants (3, 3').
PCT/NO1992/000084 1991-05-03 1992-04-30 Procede de transport de vehicules par ferry et systeme de ferry pour le transport de vehicules WO1992019490A1 (fr)

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