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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2024
Trendsetter Vulcan Offshore, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
James V. Maher, Houston, TX (US);
Rick Brown, Houston, TX (US);
Jeffrey Daniels, Houston, TX (US);
Daniel Mccelvey, Houston, TX (US);
Ben Kubichek, Houston, TX (US);
Jon Kersey, Houston, TX (US);
Steven Tran, Houston, TX (US);
Trendsetter Vulcan Offshore, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
In order to stabilize the shipping containers that are stored on a cargo ship between a first column of shipping containers stacked at the starboard side of the cargo ship and a second column of shipping containers stacked at the port side of the cargo ship, supports are coupled to the tops of the first and second columns and foundations are coupled to the lashing bridge. Lashing are installed diagonally between the supports and the foundations using motorized pull-in winches. Tension is applied to the lashings spanning between the supports and the foundations using tensioning winches attached to the foundations.