A method for overboarding from a vessel an elongated flexible article that comprises a joint between a first and a subsequent second length thereof is disclosed. The method comprises joining ends of a first and subsequent second article lengths to obtain a joint; holding the overboarded first article length with holding means configured to carry the overboarded first article length; taking up the thus prepared joint from a joining unit and bringing it to overboarding guide means such that part of the second article length is supported by the overboarding guide means and the joint is in a downstream position with respect to the overboarding guide means; and overboarding the second article length with the first article length joined thereto supported by the overboarding guide means until an end of the second length of the article is encountered. A vessel equipped with a device for carrying out the method is also described.
METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OVERBOARDING A JOINTED ELONGATED FLEXIBLE ARTICLE FROM A VESSEL
VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUM ÜBERBORDEN EINES VERBUNDENEN LÄNGLICHEN FLEXIBLEN ARTIKELS AUS EINEM SCHIFF
PROCEDE ET DISPOSITIF POUR PASSER PAR-DESSUS BORD UN ARTICLE FLEXIBLE ALLONGE ARTICULE A PARTIR D'UN NAVIRE
2022-08-24
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
Device and method for paying out an elongated flexible article from a vessel
Europäisches Patentamt | 2021
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