Patent ID: 8225948
Filing Date: 2012-07-24
Classification: B65G,B66C

Abstract:
1. A plant for transferring cargo to and from a ship, said plant comprising an elevated rail structure and a crane unit; said elevated rail structure is arranged on one side of the ship and comprises a longitudinal rail which extends essentially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the ship; said crane unit is arranged to transfer a load or a group of loads to and from said ship, is supported by said longitudinal rail and is displaceable along said longitudinal rail; said crane unit furthermore comprises a boom and a trolley connected to the boom; said boom of said crane unit extends essentially perpendicular to the longitudinal rail such that one end of the boom extends over the ship; said boom of said crane unit comprises a transverse rail which extends in a direction which is essentially transverse to the longitudinal rail and essentially parallel to the centre line of the boom; said trolley is displaceable along said transverse rail of said boom; and said trolley of said crane unit comprises a lifting device for lifting said load or said group of loads; wherein said transverse rail of said boom is arranged underneath said longitudinal rail of said elevated rail structure, so that at least a portion of the transverse rail is directly below at least a portion of the elevated rail structure, wherein said elevated rail structure comprises two longitudinal rails, said two longitudinal rails comprising a shipside longitudinal rail and a dockside longitudinal rail, and wherein the dockside longitudinal rail is arranged underneath the boom and the transverse rail and the waterside longitudinal rail is arranged above the boom and the transverse rail.