Patent ID: 8186916
Filing Date: 2012-05-29
Classification: B63B,F03D,F05B,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A system for transporting wind turbine tower sections on a waterborne shipping vessel, the shipping vessel having a plurality of locking components thereon, the system comprising: a support member securable to a wind turbine tower section, the support member having at least two locking components; a mounting member having a first set of locking components located on the mounting member that releasably connects with locking components of the shipping vessel to releasably secure the mounting member on the shipping vessel, and a second set of locking components located on the mounting member separate from the first set of locking components, the support member locking components capable of releasable connection with said second set of locking components of the mounting member to releasably secure the wind turbine tower section to the mounting member; and a second mounting member positioned adjacent to the mounting member in a cross-deck-wise relationship, the second mounting member for releasably securing a second wind turbine tower section with the locking components of the shipping vessel such that the second wind turbine tower section is in a cross-deck-wise relationship with the wind turbine tower section.