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

Claim 9:
10. 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 hulls and a pair of spaced apart frames, each of said spaced apart frames attached to each of said spaced apart hulls;
b) placing the cargo barge next to one of the spaced apart hulls, wherein one of said spaced apart hulls is in between the cargo vessel and the cargo barge;
c) positioning the cargo vessel in between the spaced apart hulls and under the spaced apart frames;
d) moving the cargo vessel and the spaced apart hulls at a selected speed; and
e) unloading cargo from the cargo vessel to the cargo barge wherein the cargo travels from the cargo vessel, over one of said spaced apart hulls to the cargo barge.