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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2005
Joop Roodenburg, Delft, NL;
Anne Klaas DE Groot, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Pieter Dirk Melis Van Duivendijk, Missouri City, TX (US);
Joop Roodenburg, Delft, NL;
Anne Klaas De Groot, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Pieter Dirk Melis Van Duivendijk, Missouri City, TX (US);
Itrec B.V., Schiedam, NL;
Abstract
A vessel () for handling subsea equipment comprising a subsea equipment hoist system including a winch and a hoist cable () for lowering and retrieving subsea equipment () in a hoist area of the vessel, a subsea equipment motion restraining and guidance system for restraining subsea equipment motion relative to the vessel in the hoist area. The subsea equipment motion restraining and guidance system includes a main trolley (), an auxiliary trolley () and a vertical trolley guide structure () mounted on the hull of the vessel that allows for vertical travel of the trolleys and further a top end engagement member (), which is movably supported by said main trolley and which is adapted to engage on a top end of the subsea equipment, and one or more rail engaging members () mounted on said auxiliary trolley, each adapted to engage on a vertical rail () mounted on said subsea equipment as said subsea equipment passes vertically by said auxiliary trolley.