Patent ID: 8818586

Claim:
A protection system for ship loading comprising: a universal cover adaptable to any size of holds of ships, composed of inner and outer layers of naval polymeric material and supported by cables running through said inner and outer layers so as to define a plurality of sections of the cover, said plurality of sections being inflatable by means of air blowers to pressurize air in an annular tube which then delivers the air between the inner and outer layers of each of the sections of the cover; a set of guides coupled by attachment means, adaptable to metallic parts of the ship's deck to fix the said cables of support; a coupling and operation device, defined by a ring structure which packages the fixtures and fittings required for the setting and operation of the protection system for loading of ships; a tractor for handling, lowering and collapsing of said universal cover; a monitoring and control system for the loading, equipped with a man-machine interface (MMI) which controls all operations of climb, descent and movement of the cover of the protective system for loading of ships; a safety system against the action of wind, which measures the strength of the wind, and the operational limit of the device and sends the information to management application which, in turn, determines the range in which the equipment can operate; wherein said protection system for ship loading can be adapted to the openings of the holds of ships through cables that run from the coupling and operation devices and are attached to said openings in the hold of the ship, where said cable is pulled by tractors and still maintain said universal cover inflated.