Patent ID: 6148752
Filing Date: 2000-11-21
Classification: B63B

Abstract:
A cargo ship for the transport of pallet units having, a high bay shelving palette storage system positioned in a cargo space, a plurality of storage bays (cells) placed either above one another or side by side for receiving the pallet units on both sides of at least one bay row, and a drivable pallet vehicle to store and remove the pallet units having at least one satellite vehicle (4) working on one or both sides of the vehicle, the satellite vehicle traveling into and out of the storage bays (1) transversely to a travel direction (F, Q) of the pallet vehicle (RFZ) from a mast (2) fixed to a chassis (16) of the vehicle, wherein the satellite vehicle(s) (4) can travel to an appropriate storage position for storage or removal of the pallet units (PE);wherein side walls (5) in lower areas of the ship are of hollow construction due to the addition of a hollow area (HR) to an inside of the side walls, the hollow area (HR) producing a stepped cargo space (SR) in the lower areas of the ship, wherein the pallet vehicle (RFZ) traveling in a transverse direction of the ship travels up to a vertical inner side (5a) of one of the side walls and then above the hollow area (HR) into an above-positioned cargo space (SR1) set to an outside of the ship, and up to the side wall (5) vertical outer side (5b) connected to the hollow area (HR) to permit storage and removal of pallet units (PE) by the satellite vehicle (4).