An apparatus, arrangement and method for assisting handling of mooring lines (4) during mooring operations of marine vessels (1). The apparatus comprises a robotic arm (11) and grapple device (9) at an end portion of the arm. Loop (6) of mooring line is detected by means of a range finder device (13) and the loop is gripped by means of the grapple device. Thereafter the loop is transferred from the ship to a bollard (5).
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED HANDLING OF MOORING ROPES
VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUR AUTOMATISIERTEN HANDHABUNG VON VERANKERUNGSSEILEN
APPAREIL ET PROCÉDÉ DE MANIPULATION AUTOMATISÉE D'AMARRES
2021-06-23
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED HANDLING OF MOORING ROPES
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