Abstract: A crane apparatus installed on a pier, wharf, bulkhead wharf or other foundation directly transships containers from a vessel moored alongside the foundation to another transportation mode without ground placement of the containers. The crane apparatus includes a parent crane displaceable along the foundation for unloading containers from the vessel and placing them on a first platform of the parent crane, and a sibling crane displaceable along the foundation independently of displacement of the parent crane for loading containers from the first platform directly onto over-the-ground vehicles or onto another vessel moored alongside the foundation.

Abstract: A crane apparatus is installed on a pier, wharf, bulkhead wharf or other foundation extending into the water for directly transshipping containers from a vessel moored alongside the foundation to another transportation mode without necessity of ground placement of the containers. The crane apparatus includes a parent crane displaceable along the foundation for unloading containers from a vessel moored alongside the foundation and placing the containers on a first platform of the parent crane, and a sibling crane displaceable along the foundation beneath the parent crane independently of displacement of the parent crane for loading containers from the first platform onto over-the-ground vehicles.

Abstract: A crane apparatus is installed on a pier, wharf, bulkhead wharf or other foundation extending into the water for directly transshipping containers from a vessel moored alongside the foundation to another transportation mode without necessity of ground placement of the containers. The crane apparatus includes a parent crane displaceable along the foundation for unloading containers from a vessel moored alongside the foundation and placing the containers on a first platform of the parent crane, and a sibling crane displaceable along the foundation beneath the parent crane independently of displacement of the parent crane for loading containers from the first platform onto over-the-ground vehicles.

Abstract: Crane apparatus is equipped with a container security scanning system for scanning containers for radioactive material, such as neutron or gamma ray emissions. The crane apparatus has a crane for unloading containers from a marine vessel and placing the containers on a deck located at the portal girder level of the crane and for transferring the containers from the deck to another location. The container security scanning system comprises one or more scanning units disposed on the deck, each scanning unit having one or more scanning platforms for supporting a container such that a bottom of the container is vertically spaced from the deck. A scanning device is movable beneath the container in a space between the underside of the scanning platforms and the deck for scanning the container to detect whether radioactive material is present. Existing cranes can be retrofitted with the container security scanning system, and newly manufactured cranes can be upgraded to include such a system.

Abstract: Crane apparatus is equipped with a container security scanning system for scanning containers for radioactive material, such as neutron or gamma ray emissions. The crane apparatus has a crane for unloading containers from a marine vessel and placing the containers on a deck located at the portal girder level of the crane and for transferring the containers from the deck to another location. The container security scanning system comprises one or more scanning units disposed on the deck, each scanning unit having one or more scanning platforms for supporting a container such that a bottom of the container is vertically spaced from the deck. A scanning device is movable beneath the container in a space between the underside of the scanning platforms and the deck for scanning the container to detect whether radioactive material is present. Existing cranes can be retrofitted with the container security scanning system, and newly manufactured cranes can be upgraded to include such a system.

Abstract: A crane apparatus is installed on a pier, wharf, bulkhead wharf or other foundation extending into the water for directly transshipping containers from a vessel moored alongside the foundation to another transportation mode without necessity of ground placement of the containers. The crane apparatus includes a parent crane displaceable along the foundation for unloading containers from a vessel moored alongside the foundation and placing the containers on a first platform of the parent crane, and a sibling crane displaceable along the foundation beneath the parent crane independently of displacement of the parent crane for loading containers from the first platform onto over-the-ground vehicles.

Abstract: A marine terminal has a cargo crane for directly transferring cargo between two marine vessels or between a marine vessel and a land-side vehicle. The marine terminal may comprise a wharf having a docking side along which marine vessels dock, and a cargo crane movable lengthwise along the wharf for directly transferring cargo from a vessel docked alongside the wharf to a land-side vehicle, such as railcars or trucks. The marine terminal may comprise a pier having opposed docking sides, and a cargo crane movable lengthwise along the pier for directly transferring cargo from a vessel docked along one docking side of the pier to a vessel docked along the other docking side of the pier.

Abstract: A marine terminal has a cargo crane for directly transferring cargo between two marine vessels or between a marine vessel and a land-side vehicle. The marine terminal may comprise a wharf having a docking side along which marine vessels dock, and a cargo crane movable lengthwise along the wharf for directly transferring cargo from a vessel docked alongside the wharf to a land-side vehicle, such as railcars or trucks. The marine terminal may comprise a pier having opposed docking sides, and a cargo crane movable lengthwise along the pier for directly transferring cargo from a vessel docked along one docking side of the pier to a vessel docked along the other docking side of the pier.

Abstract: A modular caisson installation demountably installed at a preselected water site. The modular caisson installation includes a plurality of caissons having tops and bottoms and being individually demountably installed in a predetermined configuration at a preselected water site with the caisson bottoms removably seated on a bed at the preselected water site. The caissons being constructed of one or more floatable sections each being fluid trimmable and fluid ballastable and having means for trimming and ballasting the section with fluid to effect controlled lowering and positioning thereof during formation of the installation and controlled raising and removal thereof by floatation to enable demounting of the installation.

Abstract: A plurality of floatable modular caissons are constructed onshore, either in whole or in part, towed to a desired site for port and harbor construction, expansion or modernization, precisely trimmed and ballasted down, and assembled in different combinations to form marine structures and/or integrated marine structures/marine cargo terminals to construct breakwaters, breakwater piers, bulkhead wharves, wharves and piers. The breakwaters and/or breakwater piers are arranged to form a protected port or harbor and are designed to withstand maximum force waves and winds at the harbor site. As an integral part of the breakwater piers, modular caissons are assembled to form marine cargo terminals, such as liquid bulk terminals and LNG/LPG terminals.

Abstract: A man-made sea defense system is constructed using floatable sea-defense caissons which are floated in the ocean to a pre-selected ocean site and then sunk to the ocean floor and connected in end-to-end relation to form a line of sea-defense caissons whose bottoms are secured in place on the ocean floor and whose tops extend above the ocean surface. The opposite ends of the line of sea-defense caissons are anchored by anchor tower caissons which extend higher above the ocean surface than the sea-defense caissons. A plurality of storage caissons are secured in place to the ocean floor on the leeward side of the line of sea-defense caissons for storing bulk materials. The storage caissons may be connected to the line of sea-defense caissons in a closed loop configuration to define a sheltered area on the leeward side of the sea-defense caissons. The sheltered area may remain filled with seawater to form a wet polder or may be pumped dry and filled with dry material to form a dry polder.