Rolls-Royce developing cradle and rail-based boat transfer method
Rolls-Royce Marine are developing a cradle and rail-based method for launching and recovering daughter craft, called the boat transfer system (BTS), Riviera Maritime Media learned at a press event in Alesund, Norway.
The system utilises a cradle that a daughter craft simply manoeuvres into before being raised up to deck level on rails. Daughter craft can then either be taken on board or simply held alongside to allow for transfer of people and equipment at deck level. The modular cradle will be fitted with two dampeners to keep daughter craft stable during the process.
Deployment is either via a knuckle boom or an overhead crane and the system is available in ‘heavy-duty’ and ‘light’ versions.
Rolls-Royce Marine sees a number of advantages of the BTS over traditional davit and wire-based methods of deployment, including no pendulum effect from long wire lengths, no painter-handling hazards, no dual-lift complications, no hazards from free-swinging hooks and no hazards from misplaced cargo.
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Rolls-Royce Marine are developing a cradle and rail-based method for launching and recovering daughter craft, called the boat transfer system (BTS), Riviera Maritime Media learned at a press event in Alesund, Norway.
The system utilises a cradle that a daughter craft simply manoeuvres into before being raised up to deck level on rails. Daughter craft can then either be taken on board or simply held alongside to allow for transfer of people and equipment at deck level. The modular cradle will be fitted with two dampeners to keep daughter craft stable during the process.
Deployment is either via a knuckle boom or an overhead crane and the system is available in ‘heavy-duty’ and ‘light’ versions.
Rolls-Royce Marine sees a number of advantages of the BTS over traditional davit and wire-based methods of deployment, including no pendulum effect from long wire lengths, no painter-handling hazards, no dual-lift complications, no hazards from free-swinging hooks and no hazards from misplaced cargo.
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Illustrasjon: Rolls-Royce Marine