Patent ID: 11866131
Assignee: nan
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 18:
19. A method of unloading cargo at sea from a cargo vessel to a cargo barge, comprising the steps of:
a) providing a catamaran vessel having a pair of spaced apart catamaran hulls and a pair of spaced apart frames, each one of said pair of spaced apart frames attached to each one of said pair of spaced apart catamaran hulls at a frame lower end portion, each one of said pair of spaced apart frames having an elevated top portion;
b) positioning the cargo vessel in between the pair of spaced apart catamaran hulls and under the elevated top portion of said pair of spaced apart frames;
c) placing one or more cargo barges next to one or both of said pair of spaced apart catamaran hulls, wherein each one of said pair of spaced apart catamaran hulls is in between said cargo vessel and said one or more cargo barges; and
d) unloading cargo from said cargo vessel to said one or more cargo barges wherein the cargo travels from the cargo vessel, beyond the catamaran vessel to said one or more cargo barges.