Patent ID: 7297259

Claim:
A device for cleaning up oil spills attachable to a ship for cleaning up crude, the device comprising a pair of arms coupleable to a side of a hull of the ship at a water line level, each of said arms having a casing with a substantial semi-circular configuration, and an open top, and a front edge extending into a baffle positioned downwards and forwards to facilitate access to floating crude into said casing; a containment partition projecting upwardly and forwardly with a sufficient height to prevent the crude from rising above each of said arms; a screw housed in said casing and with its movement causing the crude to move; a collection tank arranged on an end of each of said arms and into which the crude is caused to move by said screw, said collection tank being connectable to the hull of the ship from where the crude is aspirated toward an inside of the ship.