Patent ID: 9067643
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: B63B

Abstract:
1. A system of ocean going vessels for transporting goods among a plurality of ports, each of said oceangoing vessels having a hull with propulsion and steering components and a superstructure having control units for controlling the propulsion and steering units, comprising: each said ocean going vessel having an interchangeable superstructure and hull, said superstructure having control units for controlling propulsion and steering; said hull having propulsion and steering components that are controlled by said control units; said hull having a horizontal deck entirely above a waterline on which said superstructure is mounted; said hull having a first connection interface on the deck of said hull that has first quick connect and disconnect couplings; and said superstructure having a base and a second connection interface having second quick connect and disconnect couplings, wherein said base of said superstructure mounts on said deck and said second quick connect and disconnect couplings of said second connection interface of said superstructure connect and disconnect with the first quick connect and disconnect couplings of said first connection interface of said hull, enabling multiple times of quick connect and disconnect mounting of the superstructure on the deck of the hull, and multiple times of quick connect and disconnect coupling between the control units of the superstructure and the components of the hull being controlled, and wherein one said superstructure of one said ocean going vessel is disconnected and removed from a corresponding said hull at a port facility in accordance with unloading of said one ocean going vessel, and said one superstructure is placed on and connected to said hull of another said ocean going vessel in accordance with loading of said another ocean going vessel.