Title:
SYSTEM FOR RAPID, SECURE TRANSPORT OF CARGO BY SEA, AND MONOHULL FAST SHIP AND ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR LOADING AND UNLOADING CARGO ON A SHIP
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2008106082
Kind Code:
B1
Abstract:
A system for rapid, secure transport of cargo by sea includes a monohull fast ship and an arrangement for loading and unloading cargo through an opening in the stern of the ship and along a driving surface of a cargo carrying deck of the ship. The arrangement includes a self-propelled, automatically guided vehicle for carrying cargo to be transported during loading and unloading of the ship and a self-contained security scanning system on the vehicle for maintaining control and surveillance of cargo in transit on the vehicle. The ship includes a reader grid of ship communication system on the cargo carrying deck to which continued control and surveillance of the cargo can be handed off from the vehicle scanning system.
Inventors:
GILES DAVID LAURENT (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2008/002450
Publication Date:
November 13, 2008
Filing Date:
February 26, 2008
Export Citation:
Assignee:
THORNYCROFT GILES & CO INC (US)
GILES DAVID LAURENT (US)
GILES DAVID LAURENT (US)
International Classes:
H04Q7/00; B63J99/00
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