A method of ballasting a vessel comprises positioning a vessel having a first draft adjacent to or underneath an offshore installation. The vessel has at least one ballasting tank and at least one port in fluid communication with the at least one ballasting tank. The at least one ballasting tank is arranged to selectively adjust the flow of ballast water in and out of the at least one ballasting tank. The method comprises pushing down from the offshore installation on the vessel to increase the draft of the vessel from the first draft to a second draft. The method further comprises opening the at least one port when the vessel is at the second draft and the at least one port is below a waterline. The method also comprises filling at least part of the at least one ballasting tank.
A METHOD AND SYSTEM OF BALLASTING AND DEBALLASTING A VESSEL
VERFAHREN UND SYSTEM ZUM BALLASTIEREN UND ENTBALSAMIEREN EINES SCHIFFS
PROCÉDÉ ET SYSTÈME DE LESTAGE ET DE DÉLESTAGE D'UN NAVIRE
2025-03-26
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
A METHOD AND SYSTEM OF BALLASTING AND DEBALLASTING A VESSEL
European Patent Office | 2022
|METHOD AND SYSTEM OF BALLASTING AND DEBALLASTING A VESSEL
European Patent Office | 2022
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