Abstract: System for handling riser pipe on an offshore vessel comprising a lifting device for lifting the pipe from a storage zone onto the deck.

Abstract: System and method for handling riser pipes on an offshore vessel having two reciprocally spaced trolleys provided with engagement means able to engage with respective ends of the riser pipe.

Abstract: Automatic hooking device with controlled releasing operation is mounted to a ship or other transportation device with a hooking member having an engaging member operated by ascending movement of a block and fixed to a support structure on lifting blocks, the hooking device is a system of moveable levers reciprocally interconnected by pins, the levers move the hooking device between two end positions to engage or release with the block depending on if the hooking device is in the engaging or releasing position, where a control device operates the hooking device and levers to move the hooking device between the engaging or releasing position to secure or release the block.