Production Support and Storage Vessel

A production support and storage vessel is provided, as well as a method of processing material, such as ore, gathered from the seafloor using such a vessel. The production support and storage vessel has facilities to receive ore from the seafloor, process it, and store the ore in bulk storage silos...

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Main Authors JAFFERS DAAL HALLAM, BERNDT ROLAND, HOWITT MICHAEL
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 24.12.2015
Subjects
DREDGING
EARTH DRILLING
EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING
FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
FOUNDATIONS
HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING
MARINE PROPULSION OR STEERING
MINING
MINING OR QUARRYING
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
RELATED EQUIPMENT
SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS
SOIL SHIFTING
TRANSPORTING
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Summary:A production support and storage vessel is provided, as well as a method of processing material, such as ore, gathered from the seafloor using such a vessel. The production support and storage vessel has facilities to receive ore from the seafloor, process it, and store the ore in bulk storage silos. Additionally, the production support and storage vessel has a ballast capability and system to ballast the vessel down to a full operational draft. When needed, typically approximately weekly, a transport vessel is moored to the production support and storage vessel and the production support and storage vessel offloads the stored ore using a conveyor system.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201314651217